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EP4531493 - METHOD FOR SELECTING A NETWORK SLICE FOR AN APPLICATION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  28.11.2025
Database last updated on 28.03.2026
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  28.02.2025
Most recent event   Tooltip28.11.2025The date on which the examining division becomes responsible, has been established 
28.11.2025Amendment by applicant 
28.11.2025Request for examination filedpublished on 31.12.2025  [2026/01]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
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111 Quai du Président Roosevelt
92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux / FR
[2025/14]
Inventor(s)01 / CHATRAS, Bruno
92326 Chatillon / FR
02 / TSANG KWONG U, Steve
92326 Chatillon / FR
 [2025/14]
Application number, filing date25157557.725.05.2018
[2025/14]
Priority number, dateFR2017005487501.06.2017         Original published format: FR 1754875
[2025/14]
Filing languageFR
Procedural languageFR
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP4531493
Date:02.04.2025
Language:FR
[2025/14]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP4531493
Date:11.06.2025
Language:FR
[2025/24]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP09.05.2025
ClassificationIPC:H04L67/1097, H04W24/02, H04W48/18, H04W48/16, H04W88/06, // H04L41/0859, H04L41/0897, H04L41/5051, H04L41/50, H04W48/14, H04W60/04
[2025/24]
CPC:
H04L67/1097 (EP,CN); H04L41/5096 (EP,CN,US); H04L41/0859 (EP,CN);
H04L41/5051 (EP,CN); H04L67/60 (US); H04W48/14 (EP,CN,US);
H04W48/18 (EP,CN,US); H04W88/06 (EP,CN); H04L41/0897 (EP);
H04W60/04 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2025/14]H04W88/06
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 [2025/14]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUR AUSWAHL EINES NETZWERK-SLICES IN BEZUG AUF EINE ANWENDUNG[2025/14]
English:METHOD FOR SELECTING A NETWORK SLICE FOR AN APPLICATION[2025/14]
French:PROCÉDÉ DE SÉLECTION D'UNE TRANCHE DE RÉSEAU RELATIVE À UNE APPLICATION[2025/14]
Examination procedure27.11.2025Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
27.11.2025Examination requested  [2026/01]
27.11.2025Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP18749414.1  / EP3632087
EP22180616.9  / EP4087305
Fees paidRenewal fee
13.02.2025Renewal fee patent year 03
13.02.2025Renewal fee patent year 04
13.02.2025Renewal fee patent year 05
13.02.2025Renewal fee patent year 06
13.02.2025Renewal fee patent year 07
13.02.2025Renewal fee patent year 08
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Documents cited:Search[A] WO2017063708  (ERICSSON TELEFON AB L M (PUBL) et al.) [A] 1-16 * abstract * * page 3, line 1 - page 4, line 7 * * page 6, line 14 - page 8, line 5 * * page 11, line 21 - page 16, line 8; figures 2,5,6; claims 1-15 *
 [A]   "3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Services and System Aspects; System Architecture for the 5G System; Stage 2 (Release 15)", 3GPP STANDARD ; TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION ; 3GPP TS 23.501, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, vol. SA WG2, no. V0.4.0, 20 April 2017 (2017-04-20), pages 1 - 123, XP051298170 [A] 1-16 * paragraph [5.15.5.2] - paragraph [5.15.6] *
 [A]   "3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Services and System Aspects; Study on Architecture for Next Generation System (Release 14)", 3GPP STANDARD; 3GPP TR 23.799, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, vol. SA WG2, no. V14.0.0, 16 December 2016 (2016-12-16), pages 1 - 522, XP051230010 [A] 1-16 * paragraph [6.1.2] - paragraph [6.1.7] *
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