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EP3073784 - TERMINAL FOR A CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND METHOD OF OPERATING A TERMINAL [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  23.07.2021
Database last updated on 04.04.2026
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  14.08.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  06.05.2020
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  15.04.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  16.01.2020
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  14.12.2019
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  05.08.2019
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  18.05.2018
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  31.03.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip19.12.2025Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): TR		published on 21.01.2026  [2026/04]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Alcatel Lucent
Site Nokia Paris Saclay
Route de Villejust
91620 Nozay / FR
[2018/16]
Former [2016/39]For all designated states
ALCATEL LUCENT
148/152 route de la Reine
92100 Boulogne-Billancourt / FR
Inventor(s)01 / Zeller, Dietrich
c/o Alcatel-Lucent Deutschland AG Lorenzstraße 10
70435 Stuttgart / DE
02 / Bakker, Hajo
c/o Alcatel-Lucent Deutschland AG Lorenzstraße 10
70435 Stuttgart / DE
03 / Aziz, Danish
c/o Alcatel-Lucent Deutschland AG Lorenzstraße 10
70435 Stuttgart / DE
04 / Dötsch, Uwe
c/o Alcatel-Lucent Deutschland AG Lorenzstraße 10
70435 Stuttgart / DE
 [2016/39]
Representative(s)DREISS Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Postfach 10 37 62
70032 Stuttgart / DE
[2016/39]
Application number, filing date15290086.627.03.2015
[2016/39]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3073784
Date:28.09.2016
Language:EN
[2016/39]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3073784
Date:16.09.2020
Language:EN
[2020/38]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP11.09.2015
ClassificationIPC:H04W36/00
[2016/39]
CPC:
H04W36/0085 (EP,US)
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,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2017/18]
Former [2016/39]AL,  AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  LV,  MC,  MK,  MT,  NL,  NO,  PL,  PT,  RO,  RS,  SE,  SI,  SK,  SM,  TR 
TitleGerman:ENDGERÄT FÜR EIN ZELLULARES KOMMUNIKATIONSNETZWERK UND VERFAHREN ZUM BETRIEB EINES ENDGERÄTES[2016/39]
English:TERMINAL FOR A CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND METHOD OF OPERATING A TERMINAL[2016/39]
French:TERMINAL POUR UN RÉSEAU DE COMMUNICATION CELLULAIRE ET PROCÉDÉ DE FONCTIONNEMENT D'UN TERMINAL[2016/39]
Examination procedure27.03.2015Date on which the examining division has become responsible
18.12.2015Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
28.03.2017Examination requested  [2017/18]
16.05.2018Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
26.09.2018Reply to a communication from the examining division
06.08.2019Communication of intention to grant the patent
13.12.2019Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
17.01.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
15.04.2020Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
07.05.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
05.08.2020Fee for grant paid
05.08.2020Fee for publishing/printing paid
05.08.2020Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)17.06.2021No opposition filed within time limit [2021/34]
Fees paidRenewal fee
24.03.2017Renewal fee patent year 03
23.03.2018Renewal fee patent year 04
13.03.2019Renewal fee patent year 05
12.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 06
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