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EP About this file: EP4104463

EP4104463 - METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR SMS DELIVERY [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  14.06.2024
Database last updated on 21.03.2026
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  07.07.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  22.02.2023
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  18.11.2022
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  20.08.2021
Formerunknown
Status updated on  09.10.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip22.08.2025Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): HU		published on 24.09.2025  [2025/39]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
164 83 Stockholm / SE
[2022/51]
Inventor(s)01 / LONG, Hongxia
Building A No. 1068 Tianshan Rd West
Shanghai, Changning District 200335 / CN
 [2022/51]
Representative(s)Laqua, Bernd Christian Kurt
Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff
Patentanwälte und Rechtsanwalt PartG mbB
Schweigerstraße 2
81541 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2022/51]Laqua, Bernd Christian Kurt
Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff
Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Schweigerstraße 2
81541 München / DE
Application number, filing date20781499.728.09.2020
[2022/51]
WO2020EP77085
Priority number, dateWO2020CN7463510.02.2020         Original published format: PCT/CN2020/074635
[2022/51]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021160299
Date:19.08.2021
Language:EN
[2021/33]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4104463
Date:21.12.2022
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 19.08.2021 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2022/51]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP4104463
Date:09.08.2023
Language:EN
[2023/32]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP19.08.2021
ClassificationIPC:H04W4/14, // H04W8/20, H04W88/18, H04W8/06
[2023/10]
CPC:
H04W4/14 (EP,US); H04L67/02 (US); H04W8/06 (EP);
H04W8/20 (EP); H04W88/184 (EP)
Former IPC [2022/51]H04W4/14
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 [2022/51]  
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNGEN ZUR SMS ZUSTELLUNG[2023/10]
English:METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR SMS DELIVERY[2022/51]
French:PROCÉDÉS ET APPAREILS POUR L'ENVOI DE SMS[2022/51]
Former [2022/51]VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG FÜR DIE ZUSTELLUNG VON SMS
Entry into regional phase29.08.2022National basic fee paid 
29.08.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
29.08.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure08.12.2021Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
29.08.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
29.08.2022Examination requested  [2022/51]
29.08.2022Date on which the examining division has become responsible
23.02.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
05.07.2023Fee for grant paid
05.07.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
05.07.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)EP23190171.1  / EP4284039
Opposition(s)13.05.2024No opposition filed within time limit [2024/29]
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.09.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipCY28.09.2020
HU28.09.2020
CZ09.08.2023
HR09.08.2023
MC09.08.2023
PL09.08.2023
RO09.08.2023
RS09.08.2023
SK09.08.2023
SM09.08.2023
IE28.09.2023
CH30.09.2023
NO09.11.2023
GR10.11.2023
IS09.12.2023
[2025/39]
Former [2025/36]CY28.09.2020
CZ09.08.2023
HR09.08.2023
MC09.08.2023
PL09.08.2023
RO09.08.2023
RS09.08.2023
SK09.08.2023
SM09.08.2023
IE28.09.2023
CH30.09.2023
NO09.11.2023
GR10.11.2023
IS09.12.2023
Former [2024/34]CZ09.08.2023
HR09.08.2023
MC09.08.2023
PL09.08.2023
RO09.08.2023
RS09.08.2023
SK09.08.2023
SM09.08.2023
IE28.09.2023
CH30.09.2023
NO09.11.2023
GR10.11.2023
IS09.12.2023
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HR09.08.2023
MC09.08.2023
PL09.08.2023
RO09.08.2023
RS09.08.2023
SK09.08.2023
SM09.08.2023
IE28.09.2023
NO09.11.2023
GR10.11.2023
IS09.12.2023
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HR09.08.2023
MC09.08.2023
PL09.08.2023
RO09.08.2023
RS09.08.2023
SK09.08.2023
SM09.08.2023
NO09.11.2023
GR10.11.2023
IS09.12.2023
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HR09.08.2023
PL09.08.2023
RO09.08.2023
RS09.08.2023
SK09.08.2023
SM09.08.2023
NO09.11.2023
GR10.11.2023
IS09.12.2023
Former [2024/20]HR09.08.2023
PL09.08.2023
RS09.08.2023
SM09.08.2023
NO09.11.2023
GR10.11.2023
IS09.12.2023
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PL09.08.2023
RS09.08.2023
NO09.11.2023
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IS09.12.2023
Former [2024/09]NO09.11.2023
GR10.11.2023
IS09.12.2023
Former [2024/08]NO09.11.2023
GR10.11.2023
Cited inInternational search[X]   ANONYMOUS: "3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Services and System Aspects; Procedures for the 5G System; Stage 2 (Release 15)", 3GPP STANDARD; TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION; 3GPP TS 23.502, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, no. V15.3.0, 17 September 2018 (2018-09-17), pages 1 - 330, XP051487017
 [X]   NOKIA ET AL: "Pseudo-CR on UDICOM SMS", vol. CT WG4, no. Reno, US; 20190513 - 20190517, 17 May 2019 (2019-05-17), XP051739006, Retrieved from the Internet [retrieved on 20190517] [X] 1-32 * abstract * * figures 4.13.3.1-1 (7a,7b) * * paragraph [4.13.3.2] * * paragraph [4.13.3.9] *
 [A]   ERICSSON: "Pseudo-CR on SMS Procedures", vol. CT WG4, no. Reno, US; 20191111 - 20191115, 15 November 2019 (2019-11-15), XP051825786, Retrieved from the Internet [retrieved on 20191115] [A] 1-32 * abstract * * figures Figure 4.6.3-1 * * paragraph [4.6.3] *
Examination  "3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Core Network and Terminals; 5G System; Unified Data Repository Services; Stage 3 (Release 16)", vol. CT WG4, no. V16.2.0, 20 December 2019 (2019-12-20), pages 1 - 37, XP051840877, Retrieved from the Internet [retrieved on 20191220]
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