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Fallback Requests For Autonomous Vehicles - EP3304233

The patent EP3304233 was granted to Waymo on Sep 10, 2025. The application was originally filed on May 23, 2016 under application number EP16732020A. The patent is currently recorded with a legal status of "Patent Maintained As Amended".

EP3304233

WAYMO
Application Number
EP16732020A
Filing Date
May 23, 2016
Status
Patent Maintained As Amended
Aug 8, 2025
Publication Date
Sep 10, 2025
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Patent Citations (22) New

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Non-Patent Literature (NPL) Citations (8) New

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OPPOSITION- Conesa-Muñoz Jesús, Gonzalez-De-Soto Mariano, Gonzalez-De-Santos Pablo, Ribeiro Angela, "Distributed Multi-Level Supervision to Effectively Monitor the Operations of a Fleet of Autonomous Vehicles in Agricultural Tasks", Sensors, vol. 15, no. 3, doi:10.3390/s150305402, pages 5402 - 5428, XP093002808

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