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EP4576880 - COMMUNICATION METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  23.05.2025
Database last updated on 28.03.2026
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  23.02.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip26.03.2026Amendment by applicant 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.
No.1, Vivo Road
Chang'an
Dongguan, Guangdong 523863 / CN
[2025/26]
Inventor(s)01 / YU, Hang
Dongguan, Guangdong 523863 / CN
02 / KANG, Yanchao
Dongguan, Guangdong 523863 / CN
03 / SUN, Xiaowen
Dongguan, Guangdong 523863 / CN
 [2025/26]
Representative(s)Winter, Brandl - Partnerschaft mbB
Alois-Steinecker-Straße 22
85354 Freising / DE
[2025/26]
Application number, filing date23854528.918.08.2023
[2025/26]
WO2023CN113799
Priority number, dateCN2022110398119.08.2022         Original published format: CN202211003981
[2025/26]
Filing languageZH
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2024037632
Date:22.02.2024
Language:ZH
[2024/08]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4576880
Date:25.06.2025
Language:EN
[2025/26]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:CN22.02.2024
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP06.11.2025
ClassificationIPC:H04W48/18, H04L5/00, H04W8/02, H04W8/24, H04W60/04
[2025/50]
CPC:
H04W60/04 (EP,KR); H04W48/18 (EP,CN,KR,US); H04L5/0053 (EP,CN);
H04W36/32 (CN); H04W48/02 (KR); H04W68/02 (EP);
H04W8/02 (EP,KR); H04W8/24 (EP,KR); H04W88/06 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2025/26]H04W48/18
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   ME,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2025/26]
TitleGerman:KOMMUNIKATIONSVERFAHREN, ENDGERÄT UND NETZWERKSEITIGE VORRICHTUNG[2025/26]
English:COMMUNICATION METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE[2025/26]
French:PROCÉDÉ DE COMMUNICATION, TERMINAL ET PÉRIPHÉRIQUE CÔTÉ RÉSEAU[2025/26]
Entry into regional phase17.03.2025Translation filed 
17.03.2025National basic fee paid 
17.03.2025Search fee paid 
17.03.2025Designation fee(s) paid 
17.03.2025Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure17.03.2025Examination requested  [2025/26]
24.03.2026Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
24.03.2026Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
03.07.2025Renewal fee patent year 03
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Documents cited:Search[XI] WO2022157666  (ERICSSON TELEFON AB L M et al.) [X] 1-2,12,14-15 * paragraph [0068] * * paragraph [0069] * * paragraph [0079] - paragraph [0081] * * figure 7 *[I] 3-11,13
 [XIA]   KRISZTIAN KISS ET AL: "KI#5: Evaluation and interim conclusion", vol. SA WG2, no. Online; 20220817 - 20220826, 10 August 2022 (2022-08-10), XP052185342, Retrieved from the Internet [retrieved on 20220810] [X] 1,12,14-15 * paragraph [07.X] *[I] 2-7,9-11,13 [A] 8
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