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EP4184856 - BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTION COMPRISING RUNNABLE CODE FOR HASH-BASED VERIFICATION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  12.01.2024
Database last updated on 24.04.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  10.11.2023
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  21.04.2023
Most recent event   Tooltip13.03.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
nChain Licensing AG
Grafenauweg 6
6300 Zug / CH
[2023/21]
Inventor(s)01 / WAHAB, Jad
London, W1W 8AP / GB
02 / ZHANG, Wei
London, W1W 8AP / GB
03 / DOIRON, Brock
London, W1W 8AP / GB
04 / VAUGHAN, Owen
London, W1W 8AP / GB
05 / WRIGHT, Craig Steven
London, W1W 8AP / GB
 [2023/21]
Representative(s)Page White Farrer
Bedford House
21a John Street
London WC1N 2BF / GB
[N/P]
Former [2023/21]Townsend, Martyn, et al
Page White & Farrer Limited
Bedford House
21A John Street
London WC1N 2BF / GB
Application number, filing date23151264.122.04.2020
[2023/21]
Priority number, dateGB2019000739524.05.2019         Original published format: GB 201907395
[2023/21]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4184856
Date:24.05.2023
Language:EN
[2023/21]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP16.02.2023
ClassificationIPC:H04L9/00, H04L9/32
[2023/21]
CPC:
H04L9/3252 (EP,KR,US); H04L9/3239 (KR,US); H04L9/3218 (EP,US);
H04L9/50 (EP,KR,US)
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 [2023/50]
Former [2023/21]AL,  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 
TitleGerman:BLOCKCHAIN TRANSAKTION, UMFASSEND AUSFÜHRBAREN CODE FÜR HASH-BASIERTE VERIFIZIERUNG[2023/21]
English:BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTION COMPRISING RUNNABLE CODE FOR HASH-BASED VERIFICATION[2023/21]
French:TRANSACTION DANS UNE CHAÎNE À BLOCS, COMPRENANT DU CODE EXÉCUTABLE POUR LA VÉRIFICATION BASÉE SUR L'HACHAGE[2023/21]
Examination procedure07.11.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
07.11.2023Examination requested  [2023/50]
07.11.2023Date on which the examining division has become responsible
07.12.2023Observations by third parties
15.01.2024Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP20724199.3  / EP3977673
Fees paidRenewal fee
12.01.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
12.01.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
13.03.2024Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[A]WO2018215876  (NCHAIN HOLDINGS LTD [AG]) [A] 1-15 * abstract * * page 31, line 23 - page 37, line 16 *;
 [A]  - Rajput Ubaidullah ET AL, "A Solution towards Eliminating Transaction Malleability in Bitcoin", Journal of Information Processing Systems Vol. 14, No. 4, (20180801), pages 837 - 850, URL: http://jips-k.org/journals/jips/digital-library/manuscript/file/22921/JIPS-2018-14-4-837.pdf, (20200603), XP055700451 [A] 1-15 * abstract * * Chapter 3. "Bitcoin Basics"; pages 839-843 *
 [A]  - Simon Barber ET AL, "Bitter to Better - How to Make Bitcoin a Better Currency", doi:10.1007/978-3-642-32946-3_29, (20120218), URL: http://elaineshi.com/docs/bitcoin.pdf, (20170426), XP055367949 [A] 1-15 * abstract * * Chapter 3. "Under the Hood of the Bitcoin System" *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32946-3_29
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