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EP3955508 - EXCHANGE OF QUANTUM SECURE KEYS BETWEEN LOCAL AREA NETWORKS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  29.07.2022
Database last updated on 22.08.2024
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  14.01.2022
Most recent event   Tooltip03.11.2023Change - representative 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Deutsche Telekom AG
Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 140
53113 Bonn / DE
[2022/07]
Inventor(s)01 / BRAUN, Ralf-Peter
12305 Berlin / DE
02 / GEITZ, Marc
58089 Hagen / DE
 [2022/07]
Representative(s)Nern, Peter-Michael
Brandt & Nern Patentanwälte
Kekuléstrasse 2-4
12489 Berlin / DE
[N/P]
Former [2022/07]Brandt & Nern Patentanwälte
Kekuléstrasse 2-4
12489 Berlin / DE
Application number, filing date20191212.814.08.2020
[2022/07]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3955508
Date:16.02.2022
Language:DE
[2022/07]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP04.02.2021
ClassificationIPC:H04L9/08, H04L29/06
[2022/07]
CPC:
H04L9/0852 (EP); H04L9/0822 (EP); H04L63/0428 (EP);
H04L63/061 (EP); H04L63/068 (EP)
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 [2022/35]
Former [2022/07]AL,  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 
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:AUSTAUSCH QUANTENSICHERER SCHLÜSSEL ZWISCHEN LOKALEN NETZEN[2022/07]
English:EXCHANGE OF QUANTUM SECURE KEYS BETWEEN LOCAL AREA NETWORKS[2022/07]
French:ÉCHANGE DE CLÉ À SÉCURITÉ QUANTIQUE ENTRE DES RÉSEAUX LOCAUX[2022/07]
Examination procedure27.07.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
27.07.2022Examination requested  [2022/35]
27.07.2022Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
19.08.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
18.08.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[A]CN108270557  (KEDA QUANTUMCTEK TECH CO LTD, et al) [A] 1-9 * abstract *;
 [A]EP3562115  (SIEMENS AG [DE]) [A] 1-9 * paragraph [0012] - paragraph [0022] *
 [A]  - CAO YUAN ET AL, "Cost-efficient quantum key distribution (QKD) over WDM networks", JOURNAL OF OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING, INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS, US, vol. 11, no. 6, doi:10.1364/JOCN.11.000285, ISSN 1943-0620, (20190601), pages 285 - 298, (20190610), XP011729309 [A] 1-9 * page 286 - page 288 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOCN.11.000285
 [A]  - Anonymous, "Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) over Software-Defined Optical Networks | IntechOpen", (20181105), URL: https://www.intechopen.com/books/quantum-cryptography-in-advanced-networks/quantum-key-distribution-qkd-over-software-defined-optical-networks, (20191004), XP055628780 [A] 1-9 * page 4 - page 9 *
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