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EP About this file: EP4162361

EP4162361 - PARTIALLY PRIVILEGED LIGHTWEIGHT VIRTUALIZATION ENVIRONMENTS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  10.03.2023
Database last updated on 03.09.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  10.12.2021
Formerunknown
Status updated on  11.05.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip15.03.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052-6399 / US
[2023/15]
Inventor(s)01 / GUO, Amber Tianqi
Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 / US
02 / SMITH, Frederick J., IV
Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 / US
03 / STARKS, John
Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 / US
04 / REUTHER, Lars
Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 / US
05 / THOMAS, Deepu
Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 / US
06 / PULAPAKA, Hari R.
Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 / US
07 / SCHULTZ, Benjamin M.
Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 / US
08 / LIU, Judy J.
Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 / US
 [2023/15]
Representative(s)Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB
Leopoldstraße 4
80802 München / DE
[2023/15]
Application number, filing date21722618.206.04.2021
[2023/15]
WO2021US25841
Priority number, dateUS20201689328804.06.2020         Original published format: US202016893288
[2023/15]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021247138
Date:09.12.2021
Language:EN
[2021/49]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4162361
Date:12.04.2023
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 09.12.2021 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2023/15]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP09.12.2021
ClassificationIPC:G06F9/455, G06F21/53
[2023/15]
CPC:
G06F9/45558 (EP,US); G06F21/53 (EP,US); G06F9/545 (US);
G06F2009/45562 (US); G06F2009/45587 (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 [2023/15]
TitleGerman:TEILWEISE PRIVILEGIERTE LEICHTGEWICHTIGE VIRTUALISIERUNGSUMGEBUNGEN[2023/15]
English:PARTIALLY PRIVILEGED LIGHTWEIGHT VIRTUALIZATION ENVIRONMENTS[2023/15]
French:ENVIRONNEMENTS DE VIRTUALISATION LÉGERS PARTIELLEMENT PRIVILÉGIÉS[2023/15]
Entry into regional phase10.11.2022National basic fee paid 
10.11.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
10.11.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure10.11.2022Examination requested  [2023/15]
10.11.2022Date on which the examining division has become responsible
12.07.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
Fees paidRenewal fee
28.03.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
15.03.2024Renewal fee patent year 04
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Cited inInternational search[X]  - ZHANG MINGWEI ET AL, "Harbormaster: Policy Enforcement for Containers", 2015 IEEE 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CLOUD COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE (CLOUDCOM), IEEE, (20151130), doi:10.1109/CLOUDCOM.2015.96, pages 355 - 362, XP032859138 [X] 1-3,9-15 * abstract * * Sections A. and B.; page 356 * * Section B.; page 357 - page 359; figure 2 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CloudCom.2015.96
 [A]  - Dirk Merkel, "Docker: Lightweight Linux Containers for Consistent Development and Deployment", Linux Journal, Volume 2014 Issue 239, March 2014, (20140301), URL: doi:10.1145/3265723.3265734, (20150220), XP055171140 [A] 1-3,9-15 * Section "Unter the Hood"; page 78 - page 79 *
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