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EP4002774 - COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  22.04.2022
Database last updated on 14.06.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  30.01.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip21.07.2023New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sony Group Corporation
1-7-1, Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
[2022/21]
Inventor(s)01 / KIMURA, Ryota
c/o Sony Corporation, 1-7-1, Konan, Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
02 / TAKANO, Hiroaki
c/o Sony Corporation, 1-7-1, Konan, Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
03 / KASAI, Hirofumi
c/o Sony Corporation, 1-7-1, Konan, Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
04 / SAWAI, Ryo
c/o Sony Corporation, 1-7-1, Konan, Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
05 / TERAOKA, Fumio
c/o KEIO UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY, 3-14-1, Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku
Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 223-8522 / JP
 [2022/21]
Representative(s)Witte, Weller & Partner Patentanwälte mbB
Postfach 10 54 62
70047 Stuttgart / DE
[2022/21]
Application number, filing date20844753.210.07.2020
[2022/21]
WO2020JP27140
Priority number, dateJP2019013410619.07.2019         Original published format: JP 2019134106
[2022/21]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021015021
Date:28.01.2021
Language:JA
[2021/04]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4002774
Date:25.05.2022
Language:EN
[2022/21]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP28.01.2021
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP05.08.2022
ClassificationIPC:H04L67/56
[2022/36]
CPC:
H04L67/10 (EP,US); G06F21/606 (EP); H04L41/40 (US);
H04L63/0892 (EP); H04L67/02 (EP,US); H04L67/55 (EP);
H04L67/56 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2022/21]H04L12/70, H04L12/721
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 [2022/21]
TitleGerman:KOMMUNIKATIONSVORRICHTUNG UND KOMMUNIKATIONSVERFAHREN[2022/21]
English:COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD[2022/21]
French:DISPOSITIF DE COMMUNICATION ET PROCÉDÉ DE COMMUNICATION[2022/21]
Entry into regional phase11.01.2022Translation filed 
11.01.2022National basic fee paid 
11.01.2022Search fee paid 
11.01.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
11.01.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure11.01.2022Examination requested  [2022/21]
08.02.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
08.02.2023Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
21.07.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
20.07.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[A]US2017331669  (GANESH KONDAVEETI LAKSHMI [IN], et al) [A] 1-12 * abstract *;
 [A]US10116553  (PENNO REINALDO [US], et al) [A] 1-12* abstract *;
 [XA]  - RIJSMAN J MOISAND JUNIPER NETWORKS B, "Metadata Considerations; draft-rijsman-sfc-metadata-considerations-00.txt", METADATA CONSIDERATIONS; DRAFT-RIJSMAN-SFC-METADATA-CONSIDERATIONS-00.TXT, INTERNET ENGINEERING TASK FORCE, IETF; STANDARDWORKINGDRAFT, INTERNET SOCIETY (ISOC) 4, RUE DES FALAISES CH- 1205 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, (20140213), pages 1 - 30, XP015096689 [X] 1,4,8-10 * page 12; figure 6 * [A] 2,3,5-7,11,12
International search[A]WO2018079440  (NEC CORP [JP]) [A] 1-12* entire text, all drawings *;
 [A]WO2019116928  (SONY CORP [JP]) [A] 1-12 * entire text, all drawings *;
 [A]  - Sato Tomonori, "Application Function Chaining Infrastructure for Commercial Off-The-Shelf Devices", IPSJ SIG techinical report, (20190516), pages 1 - 8, XP055879019 [A] 1-12
by applicantJP2016046736
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