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EP About this file: EP3622664

EP3622664 - METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EMPTY PULSE MITIGATION IN QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS USING ENTANGLED PHOTONS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been withdrawn
Status updated on  19.04.2024
Database last updated on 12.07.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  15.12.2023
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  14.02.2020
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  17.11.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip19.04.2024Withdrawal of applicationpublished on 22.05.2024  [2024/21]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Corning Incorporated
1 Riverfront Plaza
Corning, New York 14831 / US
[2020/12]
Inventor(s)01 / KALITEEVSKIY, Nikolay A
18A 1st linia
pos. Aleksandrovskaya
Saint-Petersburg 196631 / RU
02 / MLEJNEK, Michal
85 Olcott Rd. N.
Big Flats, New York 14814 / US
03 / NOLAN, Daniel Aloysius
10762 Skyline Drive
Corning, New York 14830 / US
 [2020/12]
Representative(s)Elkington and Fife LLP
Prospect House
8 Pembroke Road
Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB
[2020/12]
Application number, filing date18797631.111.05.2018
[2020/12]
WO2018US32319
Priority number, dateUS201762505182P12.05.2017         Original published format: US 201762505182 P
[2020/12]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2018209233
Date:15.11.2018
Language:EN
[2018/46]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3622664
Date:18.03.2020
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 15.11.2018 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2020/12]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:KR15.11.2018
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP27.01.2021
ClassificationIPC:H04L9/08, H04B10/70
[2021/08]
CPC:
H04L9/0858 (EP,US); H04B10/70 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2020/12]H04L9/08
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 [2020/12]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN UND SYSTEME ZUR ABSCHWÄCHUNG LEERER IMPULSE IN QUANTENSCHLÜSSELVERTEILUNGSSYSTEMEN UNTER VERWENDUNG VON VERSCHRÄNKTEN PHOTONEN[2020/12]
English:METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EMPTY PULSE MITIGATION IN QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS USING ENTANGLED PHOTONS[2020/12]
French:PROCÉDÉS ET SYSTÈMES D'ATTÉNUATION D'IMPULSIONS VIDES DANS DES SYSTÈMES DE DISTRIBUTION DE CLÉS QUANTIQUES UTILISANT DES PHOTONS INTRIQUÉS[2020/12]
Entry into regional phase05.12.2019National basic fee paid 
05.12.2019Search fee paid 
05.12.2019Designation fee(s) paid 
05.12.2019Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure05.12.2019Examination requested  [2020/12]
25.08.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
14.12.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
12.04.2024Application withdrawn by applicant  [2024/21]
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
11.05.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
21.03.2022Renewal fee patent year 05
21.03.2023Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[X]US7502476  (TRIFONOV ALEXEI [US], et al) [X] 1 * column 3, line 45 - column 7, line 40; figure 1 *;
 [A]US2010226659  (NISHIOKA TSUYOSHI [JP], et al) [A] 1-11 * paragraphs [0064] - [0071]; figure 1 * * paragraphs [0080] , [0081]; figure 3 *;
 [A]  - TRIFONOV A ET AL, "Secure communication with a heralded single-photon source; Secure communication with a heralded single-photon source", JOURNAL OF OPTICS B: QUANTUM AND SEMICLASSICAL OPTICS, INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS PUBLISHING, BRISTOL, GB, (20051201), vol. 7, no. 12, doi:10.1088/1464-4266/7/12/050, ISSN 1464-4266, pages S772 - S777, XP020093280 [A] 1-11 * section 2; pages 2-3; figure 1 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1464-4266/7/12/050
International search[A]US7242774  (ELLIOTT BRIG BARNUM [US], et al) [A] 1-20 * See figures 1, 4. *;
 [Y]US7536012  (MEYERS RONALD E [US], et al) [Y] 1-20 * See column 3, line 23 - column 6, line 42; claims 1-2, 29; and figures 1-2. *;
 [Y]US8238556  (YUAN ZHILIANG [GB], et al) [Y] 1-20 * See column 1, lines 37-46; column 7, line 34 - column 12, line 53; and figure 4. *;
 [A]KR101610747B  (KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY) [A] 1-20* See paragraphs [0005], [0028]-[0034]; and figures 1-2. *;
 [A]US2016315715  (SMITH SHAWN MICHAEL [US], et al) [A] 1-20 * See claims 1-7; and figures 3, 5. *
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