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EP About this file: EP3963498

EP3963498 - USING BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTIONS TO PROVIDE OFF-CHAIN FUNCTIONALITY [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  04.02.2022
Database last updated on 15.06.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  05.12.2020
Formerunknown
Status updated on  02.06.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip13.03.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
nChain Licensing AG
Grafenauweg 6
6300 Zug / CH
[2022/37]
Former [2022/10]For all designated states
Nchain Holdings Limited
Fitzgerald House
44 Church Street
St. John's / AG
Inventor(s)01 / TARTAN, Chloe
c/o nChain Holdings Limited 30 Market Place
London W1W 8AP / GB
02 / AMMAR, Bassem
c/o nChain Holdings Limited 30 Market Place
London W1W 8AP / GB
03 / DAVIES, Jack
c/o nChain Holdings Limited 30 Market Place
London W1W 8AP / GB
04 / WAHAB, Jad
c/o nChain Holdings Limited 30 Market Place
London W1W 8AP / GB
05 / ZHANG, Wei
c/o nChain Holdings Limited 30 Market Place
London W1W 8AP / GB
06 / VAUGHAN, Owen
c/o nChain Holdings Limited 30 Market Place
London W1W 8AP / GB
07 / WRIGHT, Craig
c/o nChain Holdings Limited 30 Market Place
London W1W 8AP / GB
 [2022/10]
Representative(s)Page White Farrer
Bedford House
21a John Street
London WC1N 2BF / GB
[N/P]
Former [2022/10]Townsend, Martyn, et al
Page White & Farrer Bedford House John Street
London WC1N 2BF / GB
Application number, filing date20727840.922.04.2020
[2022/10]
WO2020IB53816
Priority number, dateGB2019000734624.05.2019         Original published format: GB 201907346
[2022/10]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2020240298
Date:03.12.2020
Language:EN
[2020/49]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3963498
Date:09.03.2022
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 03.12.2020 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2022/10]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP03.12.2020
ClassificationIPC:G06F21/64, H04L9/32
[2022/10]
CPC:
G06F21/64 (EP,KR); G06F21/6227 (US); G06F9/4484 (US);
G06F9/466 (US); G06F9/485 (US); H04L9/3239 (EP,KR);
H04L9/3247 (EP,KR); H04L9/50 (EP,KR,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 [2022/10]
TitleGerman:VERWENDUNG VON BLOCKCHAIN-TRANSAKTIONEN ZUR BEREITSTELLUNG VON OFF-CHAIN-FUNKTIONALITÄT[2022/10]
English:USING BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTIONS TO PROVIDE OFF-CHAIN FUNCTIONALITY[2022/10]
French:UTILISATION DE TRANSACTIONS DE CHAÎNE DE BLOCS POUR FOURNIR UNE FONCTIONNALITÉ HORS CHAÎNE[2022/10]
Entry into regional phase02.12.2021National basic fee paid 
02.12.2021Designation fee(s) paid 
02.12.2021Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure02.12.2021Examination requested  [2022/10]
02.12.2021Date on which the examining division has become responsible
07.04.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
Fees paidRenewal fee
16.03.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
14.03.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
13.03.2024Renewal fee patent year 05
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Cited inInternational search[A]WO2018116105  (NCHAIN HOLDINGS LTD [AG]) [A] 1-33 * abstract * * figures 1,4,9a,9b * * page 8 - page 17 *;
 [XI]  - Andreas M. Antonopoulos, "Mastering Bitcoin - Unlocking Digital Cryptocurrencies", Mastering bitcoin : [unlocking digital cryptocurrencies], Beijing Cambridge Farnham Köln Sebastopol Tokyo, O'Reilly Media, (20141220), ISBN 978-1-4493-7404-4, XP055306939 [X] 1,32,33 * page 129, paragraph 3 * * page 129, paragraph 4 * * figures 5-1 * * page 125, paragraph 3 * * page 129, paragraph 5 * * figures 5-3,5-4 * [I] 2-31
 [A]  - Anonymous, "OP_CHECKSIG - Bitcoin Wiki", (20190116), URL: https://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=OP_CHECKSIG&oldid=66023, (20200114), XP055657864 [A] 1-33 * the whole document *
 [A]  - AUGUSTANA DIGITAL COMMONS ET AL, "Augustana College Data Insertion in Bitcoin' s Blockchain Augustana Digital Commons Citation Data Insertion in Bitcoin's Blockchain", SCRIPT. 4. TRANSACTION MALLEABILITY. 5. OP RETURN. 6. COINBASE. 7. FREE SPEECH, (20170101), XP055464096 [A] 1-33 * page 5, paragraph 3 * * page 6 - page 9 *
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