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EP About this file: EP4040877

EP4040877 - TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  01.08.2025
Database last updated on 19.03.2026
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  20.03.2025
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  15.03.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  08.07.2022
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  10.04.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip06.02.2026Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): ES		published on 11.03.2026  [2026/11]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
2050 W 190th Street, Suite 450
Torrance, CA 90504 / US
[2022/32]
Inventor(s)01 / SHIBAIKE, Naoya
Osaka-shi, Osaka 540-6207 / JP
02 / SUZUKI, Hidetoshi
Osaka-shi, Osaka 540-6207 / JP
03 / HORIUCHI, Ayako
Osaka-shi, Osaka 540-6207 / JP
04 / KANG, Yang
Singapore 469332 / SG
05 / NISHIO, Akihiko
Osaka-shi, Osaka 540-6207 / JP
 [2022/32]
Representative(s)Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB
Leopoldstraße 4
80802 München / DE
[2022/32]
Application number, filing date20872907.915.07.2020
[2022/32]
WO2020JP27572
Priority number, dateJP2019018403904.10.2019         Original published format: JP 2019184039
[2022/32]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021065153
Date:08.04.2021
Language:JA
[2021/14]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4040877
Date:10.08.2022
Language:EN
[2022/32]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP4040877
Date:03.09.2025
Language:EN
[2025/36]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP08.04.2021
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP11.10.2022
ClassificationIPC:H04W4/40, H04L1/1812, H04L1/1867, // H04W76/14
[2025/10]
CPC:
H04L1/1887 (EP); H04W4/40 (EP,CN); H04W72/02 (CN,US);
H04L1/1819 (EP); H04L1/1893 (EP); H04L1/1896 (EP);
H04W28/26 (US); H04W72/0446 (CN,US); H04W72/20 (US);
H04W72/53 (CN); H04W76/14 (EP,CN) (-)
Former IPC [2022/45]H04W4/40, H04L1/18, // H04W76/14
Former IPC [2022/32]H04W72/02, H04W72/04, H04W4/40, H04W76/14
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 [2022/32]  
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:ENDGERÄT UND KOMMUNIKATIONSVERFAHREN[2022/32]
English:TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD[2022/32]
French:TERMINAL ET PROCÉDÉ DE COMMUNICATION[2022/32]
Entry into regional phase31.03.2022Translation filed 
31.03.2022National basic fee paid 
31.03.2022Search fee paid 
31.03.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
31.03.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure31.03.2022Examination requested  [2022/32]
04.05.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
04.05.2023Date on which the examining division has become responsible
19.03.2024Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
19.07.2024Reply to a communication from the examining division
21.03.2025Communication of intention to grant the patent
02.07.2025Fee for grant paid
02.07.2025Fee for publishing/printing paid
02.07.2025Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.03.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
26.07.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
25.07.2024Renewal fee patent year 05
28.07.2025Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipES03.09.2025
HR03.09.2025
PL03.09.2025
NO03.12.2025
RS03.12.2025
GR04.12.2025
[2026/11]
Former [2026/10]HR03.09.2025
PL03.09.2025
NO03.12.2025
RS03.12.2025
GR04.12.2025
Former [2026/09]HR03.09.2025
NO03.12.2025
GR04.12.2025
Former [2026/08]HR03.09.2025
NO03.12.2025
Documents cited:Search[XAI]   LG ELECTRONICS INC: "Smaller periodicity on PC5 based V2V", vol. RAN WG2, no. Kaohsiung, Taiwan; 20160822 - 20160826, 9 October 2016 (2016-10-09), XP051151436, Retrieved from the Internet [retrieved on 20161009] [X] 1-3,8,10-12 * the whole document *[A] 4-7 [I] 9
 [A]   ANONYMOUS: "3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network; Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol specification (Release 13)", 3GPP TS 36.321 V13.3.0,, 1 September 2016 (2016-09-01), pages 1 - 93, XP055558864, Retrieved from the Internet [retrieved on 20190219] [A] 1-12 * Section 5.14; page 49 - page 55 *
International search[YA] US2018098322  (YOON SUNG JUN et al.) [Y] 1-4, 7-12 * , paragraphs [0092]-[0096], [0105]-[0115], [0132]-[0255], fig. 9, 11, 12 *[A] 5, 6
 [A] US2019090250  (LEE SEUNGMIN et al.) [A] 5, 6 * , paragraph [0274] *
   MOTOROLA MOBILITY: "Introduction of V2X", 3GPP DRAFT; 36213_(REL-14-COVER PAGE) - V2X_R1-1703432, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, vol. RAN WG1, no. Athens, Greece; 20170213 - 20170217, 36213_(REL-14-cover page) - V2X_R1-1703432, 10 February 2017 (2017-02-10), Mobile Competence Centre ; 650, route des Lucioles ; F-06921 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex ; France, XP051221987
by applicantJP2019184039
   "Study on NR Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) (Release 16", 3GPP TR 38.885, March 2019 (2019-03-01)
   3GPP TS 38.300
   3GPP TS 38.211
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