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EP2553981 - LINK ASSESSMENT BEFORE TERMINATING ALTERNATE CONNECTION DURING HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK HANDOVERS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  16.02.2018
Database last updated on 17.07.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  10.03.2017
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  13.02.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip10.07.2020Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): AL		published on 12.08.2020  [2020/33]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Koninklijke Philips N.V.
High Tech Campus 5
5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
[2013/39]
Former [2013/06]For all designated states
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
Groenewoudseweg 1
5621 BA Eindhoven / NL
Inventor(s)01 / SOOMRO, Amjad, A.
P.O. Box 3001 345 Scarborough Road
Briarcliff Manor, New York 10510-8001 / US
 [2013/06]
Representative(s)van Velzen, Maaike Mathilde
Philips Intellectual Property & Standards
High Tech Campus 5
5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
[2017/15]
Former [2013/06]Van Velzen, Maaike Mathilde
Philips Intellectual Property & Standards P.O. Box 220
5600 AE Eindhoven / NL
Application number, filing date11710883.724.02.2011
[2017/15]
WO2011IB50778
Priority number, dateUS20100317993P26.03.2010         Original published format: US 317993 P
[2013/06]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2011117764
Date:29.09.2011
Language:EN
[2011/39]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2553981
Date:06.02.2013
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 29.09.2011 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2013/06]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2553981
Date:12.04.2017
Language:EN
[2017/15]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP29.09.2011
ClassificationIPC:H04W48/18, // H04W72/02, H04W88/06
[2016/45]
CPC:
G16H40/67 (EP); H04W48/18 (EP,US); H04W24/00 (US);
H04W72/04 (US); H04W88/06 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2013/06]H04W48/18
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 [2013/06]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:LINK-ÜBERPRÜFUNG VOR DER TRENNUNG ALTERNATIVER VERBINDUNGEN WÄHREND WEITERLEITUNGEN IN HETEROGENEN NETZWERKEN[2013/06]
English:LINK ASSESSMENT BEFORE TERMINATING ALTERNATE CONNECTION DURING HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK HANDOVERS[2013/06]
French:EVALUATION DE LA LIAISON AVANT LA FIN D'UNE CONNEXION ALTERNÉE PENDANT DES TRANSFERTS DE RÉSEAU HÉTÉROGÈNE[2013/06]
Entry into regional phase26.10.2012National basic fee paid 
26.10.2012Designation fee(s) paid 
26.10.2012Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure26.10.2012Examination requested  [2013/06]
02.05.2013Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
24.10.2016Communication of intention to grant the patent
08.02.2017Fee for grant paid
08.02.2017Fee for publishing/printing paid
08.02.2017Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
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  24.10.2016
Opposition(s)15.01.2018No opposition filed within time limit [2018/12]
Fees paidRenewal fee
28.02.2013Renewal fee patent year 03
28.02.2014Renewal fee patent year 04
02.03.2015Renewal fee patent year 05
29.02.2016Renewal fee patent year 06
28.02.2017Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU24.02.2011
AL12.04.2017
AT12.04.2017
CY12.04.2017
CZ12.04.2017
DK12.04.2017
EE12.04.2017
ES12.04.2017
FI12.04.2017
HR12.04.2017
IT12.04.2017
LT12.04.2017
LV12.04.2017
MC12.04.2017
MK12.04.2017
NL12.04.2017
PL12.04.2017
PT12.04.2017
RO12.04.2017
RS12.04.2017
SE12.04.2017
SI12.04.2017
SK12.04.2017
SM12.04.2017
TR12.04.2017
BG12.07.2017
NO12.07.2017
GR13.07.2017
IS12.08.2017
[2020/33]
Former [2020/31]HU24.02.2011
AT12.04.2017
CY12.04.2017
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Cited inInternational search[I]US2005059400  (JAGADEESAN RAMANATHAN T [US], et al) [I] 1-20 * abstract * * paragraphs [0003] - [0008] - [0023] * * paragraphs [0047] - [0050] *;
 [I]WO2004109992  (PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY [DE], et al) [I] 1-20 * page 1, line 19 - page 2, line 34 * * page 4, lines 9-24 * * abstract *;
 [A]WO2006050206  (DRAEGER MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC [US], et al) [A] 1-20 * paragraphs [0011] , [0031] , [0043] * * paragraphs [0046] - [0047] * * abstract *
by applicantUS2005059400
 WO2004109992
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