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EP2652923 - COMMUNICATION PATH CONTROL SYSTEM, PATH CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION PATH CONTROL METHOD, AND PATH CONTROL PROGRAM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  18.08.2017
Database last updated on 05.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip17.07.2020Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): AL		published on 19.08.2020  [2020/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
NEC Corporation
7-1, Shiba 5-chome Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-8001 / JP
[2013/43]
Inventor(s)01 / ITOH, Nobuhiko
c/o NEC Corporation
7-1 Shiba 5-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-8001 / JP
 [2013/43]
Representative(s)Robson, Aidan John, et al
Reddie & Grose LLP The White Chapel Building
10 Whitechapel High Street
London E1 8QS / GB
[N/P]
Former [2013/43]Robson, Aidan John, et al
Reddie & Grose LLP
16 Theobalds Road
London WC1X 8PL / GB
Application number, filing date11848569.715.08.2011
[2016/41]
WO2011JP04587
Priority number, dateJP2010027720413.12.2010         Original published format: JP 2010277204
[2013/43]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2012081145
Date:21.06.2012
Language:EN
[2012/25]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2652923
Date:23.10.2013
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 21.06.2012 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2013/43]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2652923
Date:12.10.2016
Language:EN
[2016/41]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP21.06.2012
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP30.06.2015
ClassificationIPC:H04L12/721
[2015/31]
CPC:
H04L12/56 (EP,US); H04L45/38 (US); H04L45/00 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2013/43]H04L12/56
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 [2013/43]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:KOMMUNIKATIONSPFADSTEUERSYSTEM, PFADSTEUERVORRICHTUNG, KOMMUNIKATIONSPFADSTEUERVERFAHREN UND PFADSTEUERPROGRAMM[2013/43]
English:COMMUNICATION PATH CONTROL SYSTEM, PATH CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION PATH CONTROL METHOD, AND PATH CONTROL PROGRAM[2013/43]
French:SYSTÈME DE CONTRÔLE DE CHEMINS DE COMMUNICATION, DISPOSITIF DE CONTRÔLE DE CHEMINS, PROCÉDÉ DE CONTRÔLE DE CHEMINS DE COMMUNICATION ET PROGRAMME DE CONTRÔLE DE CHEMINS[2013/43]
Entry into regional phase11.07.2013National basic fee paid 
11.07.2013Search fee paid 
11.07.2013Designation fee(s) paid 
11.07.2013Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure11.07.2013Examination requested  [2013/43]
27.01.2016Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
11.04.2016Communication of intention to grant the patent
14.07.2016Fee for grant paid
14.07.2016Fee for publishing/printing paid
14.07.2016Receipt 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  11.04.2016
Opposition(s)13.07.2017No opposition filed within time limit [2017/38]
Fees paidRenewal fee
03.06.2013Renewal fee patent year 03
19.08.2014Renewal fee patent year 04
24.08.2015Renewal fee patent year 05
30.08.2016Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU15.08.2011
AL12.10.2016
AT12.10.2016
BE12.10.2016
CY12.10.2016
CZ12.10.2016
DK12.10.2016
EE12.10.2016
FI12.10.2016
HR12.10.2016
IT12.10.2016
LT12.10.2016
LV12.10.2016
MC12.10.2016
MK12.10.2016
NL12.10.2016
PL12.10.2016
RO12.10.2016
RS12.10.2016
SE12.10.2016
SI12.10.2016
SK12.10.2016
SM12.10.2016
TR12.10.2016
BG12.01.2017
NO12.01.2017
GR13.01.2017
IS12.02.2017
PT13.02.2017
[2020/34]
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1355734.1355746
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