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EP3107248 - INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, NETWORK CONTROL DEVICE, NETWORK CONTROL METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been withdrawn
Status updated on  12.11.2021
Database last updated on 12.07.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  17.07.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  18.11.2016
Most recent event   Tooltip12.11.2021Withdrawal of applicationpublished on 15.12.2021  [2021/50]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
NEC Corporation
7-1, Shiba 5-chome Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-8001 / JP
[2016/51]
Inventor(s)01 / AKIYOSHI, Ippei
c/o NEC Corporation
7-1 Shiba 5-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-8001 / JP
 [2016/51]
Representative(s)Reeve, Nicholas Edward
Reddie & Grose LLP The White Chapel Building
10 Whitechapel High Street
London E1 8QS / GB
[N/P]
Former [2016/51]Reeve, Nicholas Edward
Reddie & Grose LLP
16 Theobalds Road
London WC1X 8PL / GB
Application number, filing date15748706.710.02.2015
[2016/51]
WO2015JP00608
Priority number, dateJP2014002465612.02.2014         Original published format: JP 2014024656
[2016/51]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2015122176
Date:20.08.2015
Language:JA
[2015/33]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3107248
Date:21.12.2016
Language:EN
[2016/51]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP20.08.2015
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP19.09.2017
ClassificationIPC:H04L12/70, G06F9/46, G06F9/54, H04L12/24, H04L12/775, G06F9/48, G06F9/455, G06F17/30
[2017/42]
CPC:
G06F9/485 (EP,US); G06F9/45558 (US); G06F9/54 (EP,US);
G06F16/22 (EP,US); G06F2009/4557 (US); G06F2009/45595 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2016/51]H04L12/70, G06F9/46, G06F9/54, H04L12/24, H04L12/775
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 [2016/51]
TitleGerman:INFORMATIONSVERARBEITUNGSVORRICHTUNG, KOMMUNIKATIONSVERFAHREN, NETZWERKSTEUERUNGSVORRICHTUNG, NETZWERKSTEUERUNGSVERFAHREN, KOMMUNIKATIONSSYSTEM UND PROGRAMM[2016/51]
English:INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, NETWORK CONTROL DEVICE, NETWORK CONTROL METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM[2016/51]
French:DISPOSITIF DE TRAITEMENT D'INFORMATIONS, PROCÉDÉ DE COMMUNICATION, DISPOSITIF ET PROCÉDÉ DE COMMANDE DE RÉSEAU, SYSTÈME DE COMMUNICATION ET PROGRAMME[2016/51]
Entry into regional phase02.09.2016Translation filed 
02.09.2016National basic fee paid 
02.09.2016Search fee paid 
02.09.2016Designation fee(s) paid 
02.09.2016Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure02.09.2016Examination requested  [2016/51]
02.09.2016Date on which the examining division has become responsible
12.04.2018Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
20.07.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
19.11.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
09.11.2021Application withdrawn by applicant  [2021/50]
09.11.2021Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 10.11.2021
10.11.2021Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
Fees paidRenewal fee
15.12.2016Renewal fee patent year 03
14.02.2018Renewal fee patent year 04
13.02.2019Renewal fee patent year 05
13.02.2020Renewal fee patent year 06
12.02.2021Renewal fee patent year 07
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Documents cited:Search[A]WO0026807  (NORTEL NETWORKS CORP [CA], et al) [A] 1-14 * page 1, line 7 - page 3, line 15; figures 1a, 1b, 2 *;
 [A]US2005234954  (BAILEY STUART [US], et al) [A] 1-14 * abstract *;
 [A]EP2127456  (NOKIA CORP [FI]) [A] 8,9* paragraph [0022]; figure 3 *;
 [A]WO2013020126  (MIDOKURA PTE LTD [SG], et al) [A] 1-14 * paragraphs [0007] , [0 29] - [0034] - [0 69] - [0070] *;
 [I]  - Tarek Taleb, "D4.1: Mobile Network Cloud Component Design", D4.1, (20131108), URL: http://www.mobile-cloud-networking.eu/site/index.php?process=download&id=127&code=89d30565cd2ce087d3f8e95f9ad683066510a61f, (20170908), XP055405161 [I] 1-14 * Sections 2.8.1, 2.8.1.1, 2.8.1.2, 2.8.2.1.3, 2.8.3.4.6, 2.8.5, 2.8.3.2.6, Appendix C;; figure 6 *
International search[A]JPH05334270  (FUJITSU LTD) [A] 1-27 * , entire text; all drawings (Family: none) *;
 [A]JPH08287021  (FUJITSU LTD) [A] 1-27 * , entire text; all drawings & US 6728746 B1 & DE 19600432 A *;
 [PA]  - GIUSEPPE CARELLA et al., "Cloudified IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) for Network Function Virtualization (NFV)-based architectures", Proceedings of 2014 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communication (ISCC, (20140623), XP032649795 [PA] 1-27

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISCC.2014.6912647
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