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EP3253002 - TRANSFER APPARATUS IN A RING REDUNDANT COMMUNICATION PATH [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  03.07.2020
Database last updated on 19.10.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  05.07.2019
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  09.04.2019
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  03.11.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip03.07.2020No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 05.08.2020  [2020/32]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Nippon Telegraph And Telephone Corporation
3-1, Otemachi 2-chome
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8116 / JP
[2017/49]
Inventor(s)01 / Maruyoshi, Masahiro
NTT Intellectual Property Center
9-11, Midori-cho 3-chome
Musashino-shi
Tokyo, 180-8585 / JP
02 / Suzuki, Muneyoshi
NTT Intellectual Property Center
9-11, Midori-cho 3-chome
Musashino-shi
Tokyo, 180-8585 / JP
03 / Hato, Kunio
NTT Intellectual Property Center
9-11, Midori-cho 3-chome
Musashino-shi
Tokyo, 180-8585 / JP
04 / Minami, Katsuya
NTT Intellectual Property Center
9-11, Midori-cho 3-chome
Musashino-shi
Tokyo, 180-8585 / JP
 [2017/49]
Representative(s)Hoffmann Eitle
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB
Arabellastraße 30
81925 München / DE
[2017/49]
Application number, filing date17182314.927.03.2007
[2017/49]
Priority number, dateJP2006008827328.03.2006         Original published format: JP 2006088273
[2017/49]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3253002
Date:06.12.2017
Language:EN
[2017/49]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3253002
Date:07.08.2019
Language:EN
[2019/32]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP19.10.2017
ClassificationIPC:H04L12/437, H04L12/26, H04L12/40
[2017/49]
CPC:
H04L12/437 (EP,KR,US); H04L12/28 (KR); H04L12/40182 (EP,US);
H04L43/0811 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [2017/49]
TitleGerman:ÜBERTRAGUNGSVORRICHTUNG IN EINEM RINGREDUNDANTEN KOMMUNIKATIONSPFAD[2017/49]
English:TRANSFER APPARATUS IN A RING REDUNDANT COMMUNICATION PATH[2017/49]
French:APPAREIL DE TRANSFERT DANS UN TRAJET D'ANNEAU DE COMMUNICATION REDONDANT[2017/49]
Examination procedure20.07.2017Examination requested  [2017/49]
20.07.2017Date on which the examining division has become responsible
25.04.2018Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
10.04.2019Communication of intention to grant the patent
28.06.2019Fee for grant paid
28.06.2019Fee for publishing/printing paid
28.06.2019Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP07739918.6  / EP2001170
Opposition(s)03.06.2020No opposition filed within time limit [2020/32]
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.07.2017Renewal fee patent year 03
20.07.2017Renewal fee patent year 04
20.07.2017Renewal fee patent year 05
20.07.2017Renewal fee patent year 06
20.07.2017Renewal fee patent year 07
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20.07.2017Renewal fee patent year 09
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20.07.2017Renewal fee patent year 11
21.03.2018Renewal fee patent year 12
15.03.2019Renewal fee patent year 13
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Documents cited:Search[A]DE19810587  (SIEMENS AG [DE], et al) [A] 1-9 * column 1, line 3 - column 2, line 32 *;
 [A]US2004081083  (SEKIHATA OSAMU [JP]) [A] 1-9 * paragraph [0032] - paragraph [0034] * * paragraph [0073] - paragraph [0094] *;
 [YA]US6766482  (YIP MICHAEL [US], et al) [Y] 1-8 * column 3, line 53 - line 66 * * column 4, line 48 - column 5, line 50 * * figures 1,3,4,5,7 * [A] 9;
 [YA]US2005207348  (TSURUMI OSAMU [JP], et al) [Y] 1-8 * paragraph [0012] - paragraph [0013] * * paragraph [0061] - paragraph [0063] * * figure 4 * [A] 9;
 [A]  - PRYTZ G, "Redundancy in Industrial Ethernet Networks", FACTORY COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, 2006 IEEE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON JUNE 27, 2006, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA,IEEE, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA, (20060131), ISBN 978-1-4244-0379-0, pages 380 - 385, XP031741918 [A] 1-9 * chapter 5, pages 384 - 386 *
by applicant   - RFC3619 Extreme Networks' Ethernet (registered trademark) Automatic Protection Switching (EAPS
    - MASATO ANDO, "LAN Switch Technology - Redundancy Method and Latest Technology", Internet week, (20030000), pages 7 - 9, URL: http://www.soi.wide.ad.jp/class/20030038/slides/40/index-1. html
    - MASATO ANDO, "LAN Switch Technology - Redundancy Method and Latest Technology", Internet week, (20030000), pages 16 - 19, URL: http://www.soi.wide.ad.jp/class/20030038/slides/40/index-1. html
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