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EP2156700 - WI-FI PROTECTED SETUP IN ADHOC NETWORK [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2010/08]COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WI-FI PROTECTED SETUP IN ADHOC NETWORK
[2016/23]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  06.10.2017
Database last updated on 10.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip10.07.2020Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IS		published on 12.08.2020  [2020/33]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
30-2 Shimomaruko 3-chome Ohta-ku
Tokyo 146-8501 / JP
[2010/08]
Inventor(s)01 / NAKAHARA, Masanori
c/o CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
30-2 Shimomaruko 3-chome
Ohta-ku
Tokyo 146-8501 / JP
 [2016/48]
Former [2010/08]01 / NAKAHARA, Masanori
c/o CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 30-2 Shimomaruko 3-chome Ohta-ku
Tokyo 146-8501 / JP
Representative(s)Hitching, Peter Matthew
Canon Europe Ltd
European Patent Department
3 The Square
Stockley Park
Uxbridge Middlesex UB11 1ET / GB
[2016/48]
Former [2010/08]Hitching, Peter Matthew
Canon Europe Ltd 3 The Square Stockley Park Uxbridge Middlesex
UB11 1ET / GB
Application number, filing date08752566.301.05.2008
[2010/08]
WO2008JP58683
Priority number, dateJP2007012524310.05.2007         Original published format: JP 2007125243
[2010/08]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2008143040
Date:27.11.2008
Language:EN
[2008/48]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2156700
Date:24.02.2010
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 27.11.2008 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2010/08]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2156700
Date:30.11.2016
Language:EN
[2016/48]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP27.11.2008
ClassificationIPC:H04W48/12, // H04W84/18
[2016/23]
CPC:
H04W48/12 (EP,KR,US); H04W48/02 (US); H04W12/06 (KR);
H04W48/20 (US); H04W8/18 (US); H04W84/18 (EP,KR,US);
H04W88/02 (US); H04N7/185 (US); H04W72/12 (US);
H04W84/12 (US) (-)
Former IPC [2010/09]H04W4/00, H04L29/06
Former IPC [2010/08]H04Q7/38, H04L29/06
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   TR [2016/48]
Former [2010/08]AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  LV,  MC,  MT,  NL,  NO,  PL,  PT,  RO,  SE,  SI,  SK,  TR 
TitleGerman:GESCHÜTZTER WI-FI-AUFBAU IN EINEM ADHOC-NETZWERK[2016/23]
English:WI-FI PROTECTED SETUP IN ADHOC NETWORK[2016/23]
French:ÉTABLISSEMENT DE LIAISON PROTÉGÉE WIFI DANS UN RÉSEAU ADHOC[2016/23]
Former [2010/08]KOMMUNIKATIONSVORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN FÜR GESCHÜTZTEN WI-FI-AUFBAU IN EINEM ADHOC-NETZWERK
Former [2010/08]COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WI-FI PROTECTED SETUP IN ADHOC NETWORK
Former [2010/08]APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉ DE COMMUNICATION POUR ÉTABLISSEMENT DE LIAISON PROTÉGÉE CONTRE LA WIFI DANS UN RÉSEAU SPÉCIALISÉ
Entry into regional phase10.12.2009National basic fee paid 
10.12.2009Designation fee(s) paid 
10.12.2009Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure10.12.2009Examination requested  [2010/08]
08.02.2010Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
30.07.2014Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
26.11.2014Reply to a communication from the examining division
10.02.2015Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
08.06.2015Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.09.2015Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
20.01.2016Reply to a communication from the examining division
17.06.2016Communication of intention to grant the patent
18.10.2016Fee for grant paid
18.10.2016Fee for publishing/printing paid
18.10.2016Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)EP11170242.9  / EP2375824
EP16200778.5  / EP3171641
The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  30.07.2014
Opposition(s)31.08.2017No opposition filed within time limit [2017/45]
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.05.2010Renewal fee patent year 03
31.05.2011Renewal fee patent year 04
16.03.2012Renewal fee patent year 05
31.05.2013Renewal fee patent year 06
18.03.2014Renewal fee patent year 07
01.06.2015Renewal fee patent year 08
18.03.2016Renewal fee patent year 09
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU01.05.2008
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Cited inInternational search[YA]US2006239208  (ROBERTS DAVID A [US], et al) [Y] 1-5,11,14 * paragraph [0008] - paragraph [0011] * * paragraph [0038] - paragraph [0045] * * paragraph [0050] - paragraph [0057] * * figures 5,6,8 * [A] 6-10,12,13,15,16;
 [Y]US2007026856  (KRANTZ ANTON W [US], et al) [Y] 1-5,11,14 * paragraphs [0005] , [0006] , [0008] , [0009] , [0012] , [0013] * * paragraphs [0033] , [0034] * * paragraph [0037] - paragraph [0043] * * paragraph [0056] * * figures 5,6 *;
 [PA]WO2008036660  (MARVELL INT LTD, et al) [PA] 1-16 * paragraphs [0007] , [0027] , [0028] * * paragraph [0030] - paragraph [0036] * * paragraph [0041] - paragraph [0044] * * paragraphs [0055] , [0056] * * paragraph [0061] - paragraph [0063] ** figures 3,4 *;
 [E]WO2008050622  (CANON KK [JP], et al) [E] 1,2,4,11,12 * paragraphs [0024] , [0025] * * paragraphs [0029] , [0030] * * paragraph [0035] - paragraph [0041] *
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