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EP About this file: EP3567472

EP3567472 - SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES UTILIZING AN ELASTIC FLOATING-POINT NUMBER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  25.10.2024
Database last updated on 21.03.2026
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  17.11.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  01.08.2023
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  18.09.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  15.05.2020
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  11.10.2019
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
INTEL Corporation
2200 Mission College Blvd.
Santa Clara, CA 95054 / US
[2019/46]
Inventor(s)01 / TANG, Ping Tak
4 Whitehall Avenue
Edison, NJ New Jersey 08820 / US
 [2019/46]
Representative(s)Samson & Partner Patentanwälte mbB
Widenmayerstraße 6
80538 München / DE
[2019/46]
Application number, filing date19167710.305.04.2019
[2019/46]
Priority number, dateUS20181597381608.05.2018         Original published format: US201815973816
[2019/46]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3567472
Date:13.11.2019
Language:EN
[2019/46]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3567472
Date:20.12.2023
Language:EN
[2023/51]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP27.09.2019
ClassificationIPC:G06F7/483, G06F7/00, G06F9/30
[2019/46]
CPC:
G06F9/30014 (EP,US); G06F7/00 (US); G06F7/483 (EP,US);
G06F9/30025 (EP,US); G06F9/3016 (EP,US); G06F9/30196 (CN);
G06F9/3818 (US); G06F2207/382 (EP,US) (-)
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Former [2019/46]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:SYSTEME, VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNGEN MIT VERWENDUNG EINER ELASTISCHEN GLEITKOMMAZAHL[2019/46]
English:SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES UTILIZING AN ELASTIC FLOATING-POINT NUMBER[2019/46]
French:SYSTÈMES, PROCÉDÉS ET APPAREILS UTILISANT UN NUMÉRO ÉLASTIQUE À VIRGULE FLOTTANTE[2019/46]
Examination procedure13.05.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
13.05.2020Examination requested  [2020/25]
13.05.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
22.09.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
01.02.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.10.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
28.02.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
02.08.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
14.11.2023Fee for grant paid
14.11.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
14.11.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)23.09.2024No opposition filed within time limit [2024/48]
Fees paidRenewal fee
15.04.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
20.03.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
21.03.2023Renewal fee patent year 05
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