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(11) EP 4 494 129 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
22.01.2025 Bulletin 2025/04

(21) Application number: 23713195.8

(22) Date of filing: 27.02.2023
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G09B 19/16(2006.01)
B61L 27/60(2022.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
G09B 19/167; B61L 27/60; G09B 9/04; B61L 15/009; B61L 15/0081
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2023/013972
(87) International publication number:
WO 2023/177516 (21.09.2023 Gazette 2023/38)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
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 ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA
Designated Validation States:
KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 18.03.2022 US 202217698512

(71) Applicant: BNSF Railway Company
Fort Worth, TX 76131 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • MASON, Nicholas Glen
    Garden City, MO 64747 (US)

(74) Representative: Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB 
Leopoldstraße 4
80802 München
80802 München (DE)

   


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