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EP0400362 - Method for hierarchical key management with partial keys for transmitting digital information [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  04.10.1996
Database last updated on 26.06.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip26.04.2002Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): ES
published on 12.06.2002  [2002/24]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Werner-von-Siemens-Str. 1
DE-80333 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1990/49]For all designated states
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Wittelsbacherplatz 2
D-80333 München / DE
Inventor(s)01 / Leclerc, Matthias, Dr.
Theresienstrasse 140
D-8000 München 2 / DE
[1990/49]
Application number, filing date90108665.208.05.1990
[1990/49]
Priority number, dateDE1989391771131.05.1989         Original published format: DE 3917711
[1990/49]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0400362
Date:05.12.1990
Language:DE
[1990/49]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0400362
Date:27.05.1992
Language:DE
[1992/22]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0400362
Date:29.11.1995
Language:DE
[1995/48]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP03.04.1992
ClassificationIPC:H04L9/08
[1990/49]
CPC:
H04L9/0836 (EP)
Designated contracting statesBE,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IT,   LU,   NL [1991/05]
Former [1990/49]AT,  BE,  CH,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IT,  LI,  LU,  NL,  SE 
TitleGerman:Verfahren zur hierarchischen Schlüsselverwaltung mit Teilschlüsseln zur Übermittlung digitalisierter Information[1990/49]
English:Method for hierarchical key management with partial keys for transmitting digital information[1990/49]
French:Procédé d'administration hiérarchique de clés à clés partielles pour la transmission d'informations numériques[1990/49]
Examination procedure09.06.1990Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
03.09.1990Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, CH, SE
05.12.1990Examination requested  [1991/05]
11.08.1994Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
21.11.1994Reply to a communication from the examining division
30.01.1995Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
31.05.1995Communication of intention to grant the patent
18.08.1995Fee for grant paid
18.08.1995Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)30.08.1996No opposition filed within time limit [1996/47]
Fees paidRenewal fee
21.05.1992Renewal fee patent year 03
19.05.1993Renewal fee patent year 04
19.05.1994Renewal fee patent year 05
18.05.1995Renewal fee patent year 06
Penalty fee
Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973
04.07.1990AT   M01   Not yet paid
04.07.1990CH   M01   Not yet paid
04.07.1990SE   M01   Not yet paid
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipDK29.11.1995
ES29.11.1995
GR29.11.1995
LU31.05.1996
[2002/24]
Former [2000/04]DK29.11.1995
GR29.11.1995
LU31.05.1996
Former [1998/15]DK29.11.1995
Documents cited:Search[A]EP0281224  (HEWLETT PACKARD CO [US])
 [X]  - PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1986 IEEE SYMPOSIUM ON SECURITY AND PRIVACY, 7-9 April 1986, pages 138 147, Washington DC, US; W.P. LU and M.K. SUNDARESHAN: "A Hierarchical Key Management Scheme For End-to-End Encryption In Internet Environments"
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