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EP3232319 - RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION APPARATUS, RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION METHOD AND PROGRAM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2017/42]RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION DEVICE, RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGAM
[2017/50]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  13.08.2021
Database last updated on 24.04.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  04.09.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  20.04.2020
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  28.03.2019
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  15.09.2017
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  11.07.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip23.06.2023Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): CY		published on 26.07.2023  [2023/30]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
5-1, Otemachi 1-chome
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8116 / JP
[2017/42]
Inventor(s)01 / IKARASHI, Dai
c/o NTT Intellectual Property Center
9-11, Midori-cho 3-chome
Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8585 / JP
 [2020/41]
Former [2017/42]01 / IKARASHI, Dai
c/o NTT Intellectual Property Center
9-11 Midori-cho 3-chome
Musashino-shi
Tokyo 180-8585 / JP
Representative(s)MERH-IP Matias Erny Reichl Hoffmann Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Paul-Heyse-Strasse 29
80336 München / DE
[2017/42]
Application number, filing date16737363.813.01.2016
[2017/42]
WO2016JP50803
Priority number, dateJP2015000488614.01.2015         Original published format: JP 2015004886
[2017/42]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2016114292
Date:21.07.2016
Language:JA
[2016/29]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3232319
Date:18.10.2017
Language:EN
[2017/42]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3232319
Date:07.10.2020
Language:EN
[2020/41]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP21.07.2016
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP12.07.2018
ClassificationIPC:G06F7/58, G09C1/00
[2020/20]
CPC:
G06F7/58 (EP,US); G06F7/584 (US); G06F7/72 (US);
G09C1/00 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2018/33]G06F7/58, G09C1/00, G06F7/72
Former IPC [2017/42]G06F7/58, G09C1/00
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 [2017/42]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesMANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TitleGerman:ZUFALLSZAHLENERZEUGUNGSVORRICHTUNG, ZUFALLSZAHLENERZEUGUNGSVERFAHREN UND PROGRAMM[2017/42]
English:RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION APPARATUS, RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION METHOD AND PROGRAM[2020/41]
French:DISPOSITIF DE GÉNÉRATION DE NOMBRES ALÉATOIRES, PROCÉDÉ DE GÉNÉRATION DE NOMBRES ALÉATOIRES ET PROGRAMME[2020/41]
Former [2017/42]RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION DEVICE, RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGAM
Former [2017/42]DISPOSITIF DE GÉNÉRATION DE NOMBRES ALÉATOIRES, PROCÉDÉ DE GÉNÉRATION DE NOMBRES ALÉATOIRES, ET PROGRAMME
Entry into regional phase10.07.2017Translation filed 
10.07.2017National basic fee paid 
10.07.2017Search fee paid 
10.07.2017Designation fee(s) paid 
10.07.2017Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure10.07.2017Examination requested  [2017/42]
10.07.2017Date on which the examining division has become responsible
14.01.2019Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
01.04.2019Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
09.08.2019Reply to a communication from the examining division
14.10.2019Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
24.02.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
21.04.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
28.08.2020Fee for grant paid
28.08.2020Fee for publishing/printing paid
28.08.2020Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)08.07.2021No opposition filed within time limit [2021/37]
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.01.2018Renewal fee patent year 03
31.01.2019Renewal fee patent year 04
31.01.2020Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU13.01.2016
AL07.10.2020
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IS07.02.2021
PT08.02.2021
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 [A]US6298360  (MULLER SHIMON [US]) [A] 1-9 * column 4, line 33 - column 6, line 20 *;
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