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EP3355604 - BASE STATION DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  17.05.2024
Database last updated on 02.09.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  18.12.2019
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  29.06.2018
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  01.04.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip17.05.2024Refusal of applicationpublished on 19.06.2024  [2024/25]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
1 Takumi-cho
Sakai-ku
Sakai City, Osaka 590-8522 / JP
[2018/31]
Inventor(s)01 / YAMADA, Ryota
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
1, Takumi-cho
Sakai-ku
Sakai City, Osaka 590-8522 / JP
02 / GOTO, Jungo
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
1, Takumi-cho
Sakai-ku
Sakai City, Osaka 590-8522 / JP
03 / NAKAMURA, Osamu
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
1, Takumi-cho
Sakai-ku
Sakai City, Osaka 590-8522 / JP
 [2018/31]
Representative(s)Müller Hoffmann & Partner
Patentanwälte mbB
St.-Martin-Straße 58
81541 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2018/31]Müller Hoffmann & Partner
Patentanwälte mbB
St.-Martin-Strasse 58
81541 München / DE
Application number, filing date16848447.526.08.2016
[2018/31]
WO2016JP74929
Priority number, dateJP2015018765825.09.2015         Original published format: JP 2015187658
[2018/31]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2017051659
Date:30.03.2017
Language:JA
[2017/13]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3355604
Date:01.08.2018
Language:EN
[2018/31]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP30.03.2017
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP05.04.2019
ClassificationIPC:H04W16/28, H04J99/00, H04W24/10, H04W72/04
[2018/31]
CPC:
H04J11/0026 (EP,KR); H04B7/0426 (KR); H04B7/0452 (EP,KR,US);
H04B17/24 (KR); H04J11/0036 (EP); H04J11/0073 (US);
H04J11/0076 (US); H04L5/005 (US); H04W16/28 (US);
H04W24/10 (EP,US); H04W52/0219 (EP); H04W52/0245 (EP);
H04W72/04 (US); H04J2211/005 (KR); H04W52/34 (EP);
H04W72/23 (US) (-)
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 [2018/31]
TitleGerman:BASISSTATIONSVORRICHTUNG, ENDGERÄTEVORRICHTUNG UND KOMMUNIKATIONSVERFAHREN[2018/31]
English:BASE STATION DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD[2018/31]
French:DISPOSITIF DE STATION DE BASE, DISPOSITIF TERMINAL ET PROCÉDÉ DE COMMUNICATION[2018/31]
Entry into regional phase22.03.2018Translation filed 
22.03.2018National basic fee paid 
22.03.2018Search fee paid 
22.03.2018Designation fee(s) paid 
22.03.2018Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure22.03.2018Examination requested  [2018/31]
22.03.2018Date on which the examining division has become responsible
31.10.2019Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
02.01.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
12.05.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
01.07.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
21.10.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.11.2023Application refused, date of legal effect [2024/25]
23.11.2023Date of oral proceedings
12.02.2024Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2024/25]
13.02.2024Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
Fees paidRenewal fee
28.08.2018Renewal fee patent year 03
26.08.2019Renewal fee patent year 04
20.08.2020Renewal fee patent year 05
24.08.2021Renewal fee patent year 06
25.08.2022Renewal fee patent year 07
25.08.2023Renewal fee patent year 08
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Documents cited:Search[I]WO2015141689  (SHARP KK [JP]) [I] 1-12 * the whole document *;
 [XP]WO2016129424  (SHARP KK [JP]) [XP] 1-12 * the whole document *;
 EP3122133  [ ] (SHARP KK [JP]) [ ] * abstract ** paragraphs [0004] , [0064] , [0068] *;
 US2018035386  [ ] (YAMADA RYOTA [JP], et al) [ ] * paragraphs [0003] , [0047] , [0049] , [0072] , [0074] , [0076] , [0078] - [0081] - [0084] - [0086] - [0111] - [0113] * * figures 1,3,4 *;
 [XI]  - ITL, "High Level Signalling of NOMA for Multiuser Superposition Transmission", vol. RAN WG1, no. Beijing, China; 20150824 - 20150828, (20150823), 3GPP DRAFT; R1-154547, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, URL: http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Meetings_3GPP_SYNC/RAN1/Docs/, (20150823), XP051001817 [X] 1-3,5-8,10-12 * the whole document * [I] 4,9
International search[X]JP2015136031  (NTT DOCOMO INC) [X] 1-16 * , paragraphs [0004] to [0009], [0041] to [0046]; fig. 1, 5 & WO 2015/107818 A1 & CN 105917718 A *;
 [A]  - ZTE, "TP for Categorization of MUST Schemes", 3GPP TSG-RAN WG1#82 R1-154927, (20150828), XP051002010 [A] 1-16
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