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EP2172072 - QUALITY OF SERVICE CONTROL IN MULTIPLE HOP WIRELESS COMMUNICATION ENVIRONMENTS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application is deemed to be withdrawn Status updated on 09.11.2018 Database last updated on 15.06.2024
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 28.01.2018
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 27.11.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	11.01.2019	Change - classification	published on 13.02.2019 [2019/07]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Apple Inc. One Apple Park Way Cupertino CA 95014 / US
	[2018/31]
Former [2012/44]	For all designated states Apple Inc. One Infinite Loop Cupertino, CA 95014 / US
Former [2010/14]	For all designated states Nortel Networks Limited 2351 Boulevard Alfred-Nobel St Laurent, Québec H4S 2A9 / CA
Inventor(s)	01 / ZHANG, Hang 24 Gardengate Way Nepean, Ontario K2G 5Z1 / CA
	02 / ZHU, Peiying 16 Pebble Creek Crescent Kanata Ontario K2M 2L4 / CA
	03 / TONG, Wen 12 Whitestone Drive Ottawa Ontario K2C 4A7 / CA
	04 / SENARATH, Gamini 46 Maple Stand Way Nepean Ontario K2G 6P5 / CA
	05 / YU, Derek 178 Walden Drive Kanata Ontario K2K 2K8 / CA
	06 / STEER, David G. 10 Cypress Court Nepean Ontario K2H 8Z8 / CA
	[2010/14]
Representative(s)	Lang, Johannes, et al Bardehle Pagenberg Partnerschaft mbB Patentanwälte, Rechtsanwälte Prinzregentenplatz 7 81675 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2013/15]	Lang, Johannes, et al Bardehle Pagenberg Partnerschaft Patentanwälte, Rechtsanwälte Prinzregentenplatz 7 81675 München / DE
Former [2010/14]	Boyce, Conor, et al FRKelly 27 Clyde Road Ballsbridge Dublin 4 / IE
Application number, filing date	08869402.1	14.07.2008
	[2010/14]
	WO2008IB03562
Priority number, date	US20070949767P	13.07.2007 Original published format: US 949767 P
	US20080033067	03.03.2008 Original published format: US 33067
	[2010/14]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	WO2009087443
	Date:	16.07.2009
	Language:	EN
	[2009/29]
	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP2172072
	Date:	07.04.2010
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 16.07.2009 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2010/14]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	CA	25.03.2010
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	24.06.2011
Classification	IPC:	H04L12/46, H04W40/22, H04L12/851, H04L12/841, H04B7/26, H04W16/26	[2018/04]
	CPC:	H04L12/4633 (EP,US); H04W28/24 (CN,KR,US); H04W40/12 (US); H04B7/14 (KR); H04B7/2606 (EP,US); H04L47/24 (EP,US); (+) H04L47/28 (EP,US); H04L69/22 (US); H04W16/26 (EP,US); H04W28/18 (EP,US); H04W40/22 (EP,US); H04W72/21 (US); H04W72/23 (US); H04W76/12 (EP,US); H04W84/047 (EP,US); H04W84/12 (US) (-)
	Former IPC [2010/14]	H04W28/24, H04W24/00, H04W88/04
Designated contracting states	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 [2010/14]
Title	German:	DIENSTGÜTEKONTROLLE IN DRAHTLOSEN MULTIHOP-KOMMUNIKATIONSUMGEBUNGEN	[2010/14]
	English:	QUALITY OF SERVICE CONTROL IN MULTIPLE HOP WIRELESS COMMUNICATION ENVIRONMENTS	[2010/14]
	French:	QUALITÉ DE CONTRÔLE DE SERVICE DANS DES ENVIRONNEMENTS DE COMMUNICATION SANS FIL À SAUTS MULTIPLES	[2010/14]
Entry into regional phase	15.02.2010	National basic fee paid
	15.02.2010	Search fee paid
	27.09.2010	Designation fee(s) paid
	27.09.2010	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	27.09.2010	Examination requested [2010/44]
	12.01.2012	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	14.02.2012	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	13.08.2012	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	21.03.2016	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	07.07.2016	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	16.11.2017	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M01)
	27.11.2017	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	29.01.2018	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	09.06.2018	Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect [2018/50]
	23.07.2018	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: fee for grant / fee for printing not paid in time [2018/50]
Divisional application(s)	The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 14.02.2012
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	08.07.2010	Renewal fee patent year 03
	16.07.2011	Renewal fee patent year 04
	10.07.2012	Renewal fee patent year 05
	10.07.2013	Renewal fee patent year 06
	14.07.2014	Renewal fee patent year 07
	10.07.2015	Renewal fee patent year 08
	11.07.2016	Renewal fee patent year 09
	12.07.2017	Renewal fee patent year 10
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	31.07.2018	11 M06 Not yet paid
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Documents cited:	Search	[Y]EP1069736 (ERICSSON TELEFON AB L M [SE]) [Y] 3-6,8-11,14-16 * paragraphs [0006] , [0007] , [0014] , [0015] , [0037] ** paragraphs [0084] - [0088] - [0091] - [0096] *;
		[X]WO2007019672 (NORTEL NETWORKS LTD [CA], et al) [X] 1 * page 5, line 29 - page 7, line 18 * * page 14, line 19 - page 15, line 14 * * figures 2,4b,6 *;
		[XY] - ZHANG H ET AL, "MAC PDU Design for Supporting Data Forwarding Schemes in 802.16j", IEEE 802.16 BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS WORKING GROUP, vol. C802.16J-07/094, page 9, URL: http://www.ieee802.org/16/relay/contrib/C80216j-07_094.pdf, (20080811), XP002491716 [X] 1,2,7,12,13 * paragraph [2.2.1.1]; figures 4,5 * * paragraph [6.3.2.1.3.1] * * paragraph [6.3.2.1.4.5] * [Y] 3-6,8-11,14-16
		[XA] - Relay Task Group of IEEE802.16, "Part 16: Air Interface for Fixed and Mobile Broadband Wireless Access Systems", (20070606), URL: http://www.qoscom.de/fileadmin/data/ieee802/802.16j-06_026r4.pdf, (20101103), XP002608183 [X] 1 * paragraphs [6.3.1.3] , [ 6.3.2] * * paragraphs [6.3.3.8.1] , [ 6.3.3.8.1.1] * * paragraph [6.3.14.10] * * figure 21a; table 7a * [A] 2-16
	International search	[A]US2005014464 (LARSSON PETER [SE]);
		[A]WO2005025110 (MOTOROLA INC [US], et al);
		[A]WO2007019672 (NORTEL NETWORKS LTD [CA], et al);
		[A] - PABST ET AL., "Relay-Based Deployment concepts for Wireless and Mobile Broadband Radio", IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE, (200409), vol. 42, no. 9, pages 80 - 89, XP011119469
	by applicant	EP1069736
		- ZHANG H ET AL., "MAC PDU Design for Supporting Data Forwarding Schemes in 8 . 6j", IEEE 8 . 6 BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS WORKING GROUP, vol. C802.16J, (20080811), page 9, URL: http://www.ieee802.org/16/relay/contrib/C80216j-07-0 .pdf
		- PART 6: AIR INTERFACE FOR FIXED AND MOBILE BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEMS, (20070606), URL: http://www.qoscom.de/fileadmin/data/ieee8o2/8o2.16j-06_026r .pdf

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