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EP1290579 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONVERTING THE FORMAT OF AN ELECTRONIC MESSAGE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application is deemed to be withdrawn Status updated on 24.06.2005 Database last updated on 18.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	22.08.2008	Change - representative	published on 24.09.2008 [2008/39]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Contivo, Inc. Suite 103, 2483 East Bayshore Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 / US
	[2003/11]
Inventor(s)	01 / TOMM, Douglas, Cameron 795 Aaron Park Drive Milpitas, CA 95035 / US
	02 / LECKIE, Donald, Albert 34 Greatstone Drive Merrimack, NH 03054 / US
	[2003/11]
Representative(s)	WP Thompson 8th Floor 1 Mann Island Liverpool L3 1BP / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2008/39]	W.P. Thompson & Co. Coopers Building Church Street Liverpool L1 3AB / GB
Former [2003/11]	W.P. THOMPSON & CO. Coopers Building, Church Street Liverpool L1 3AB / GB
Application number, filing date	01901700.3	02.01.2001
	[2003/11]
	WO2001US00165
Priority number, date	US20000588270	05.06.2000 Original published format: US 588270
	[2003/11]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	WO0195135
	Date:	13.12.2001
	Language:	EN
	[2001/50]
	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP1290579
	Date:	12.03.2003
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 13.12.2001 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2003/11]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	06.09.2002
Classification	IPC:	G06F17/30	[2003/11]
	CPC:	G06F40/247 (EP,US); Y10S707/99943 (US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, TR [2003/11]
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	LT	Not yet paid
	LV	Not yet paid
	MK	Not yet paid
	RO	Not yet paid
	SI	Not yet paid
Title	German:	METHODE UND GERÄT ZUR AUTOMATISCHEN KONVERTIERUNG DES FORMATS EINER ELEKTRONISCHEN NACHRICHT	[2003/11]
	English:	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONVERTING THE FORMAT OF AN ELECTRONIC MESSAGE	[2003/11]
	French:	PROCEDE ET APPAREIL DE CONVERSION AUTOMATIQUE DU FORMAT D'UN MESSAGE ELECTRONIQUE	[2003/11]
Entry into regional phase	02.01.2003	National basic fee paid
	02.01.2003	Designation fee(s) paid
	02.01.2003	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	12.12.2001	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	03.01.2003	Examination requested [2003/11]
	27.07.2004	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	08.02.2005	Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect [2005/32]
	11.03.2005	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time [2005/32]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	02.01.2003	Renewal fee patent year 03
	26.01.2004	Renewal fee patent year 04
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	31.01.2005	05 M06 Not yet paid
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Cited in	International search	[A]EP0454303 (TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC [US]) [A] 1-15 * page 8, line 47 - line 55; figure 6 * * abstract *;
		[A]US5708828 (COLEMAN J TODD [US]) [A] 1-15 * column 2, line 40 - column 5, line 31 * * column 9, line 48 - line 54 * * column 11, line 40 - column 14, line 14 * * column 16, line 32 - line 41 * * abstract *;
		[A]US5715397 (OGAWA STUART S [US], et al) [A] 1-15 * column 15, line 55 - column 16, line 65 * * abstract *;
		[X]US5794234 (CHURCH CRAIG A [US], et al) [X] 1-15 * column 3, line 55 - column 5, line 15 * * column 7, line 18 - column 8, line 20; figures 4A,,4B *;
		[X]WO9856024 (CROSSMAR INC [US]) [X] 1-15 * page 28, line 30 - line 33 * * page 103, line 16 - line 33 * * abstract *;
		[A]US5909570 (WEBBER DAVID R R [US]) [A] 1-15 * abstract *;
		[A]US6032147 (WILLIAMS DALE L [US], et al) [A] 1-15 * column 5, line 16 - column 6, line 29; figures 3B,9A-11B * * abstract *;
		[A] - "GENERIC DATABASE INTERFACE", RESEARCH DISCLOSURE, KENNETH MASON PUBLICATIONS, HAMPSHIRE, GB, (19901001), no. 318, ISSN 0374-4353, page 794, XP000148635 [A] 1-15 * the whole document *
		[A] - LIANG J ET AL, "Synthesis of consolidated data schema for engineering analysis from multiple STEP application protocols", COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN, ELSEVIER PUBLISHERS BV., BARKING, GB, (199906), vol. 31, no. 7, ISSN 0010-4485, pages 429 - 447, XP004172466 [A] 1-15 * page 431, column L, paragraph 2 - page 432, column L, paragraph 5 * * page 441, column R, paragraph 2 - page 443, column L, paragraph L * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0010-4485(99)00041-X

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