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EP1623379 - WORKFLOW SERVICES ARCHITECTURE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  10.10.2014
Database last updated on 25.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip10.10.2014Refusal of applicationpublished on 12.11.2014  [2014/46]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
One Microsoft Way, Building 8
Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 / US
[2006/06]
Inventor(s)01 / AZIZ, Imran
2717 Western Avenue, 4010
Seattle, WA 98121 / US
02 / WONG, Kong-Kat
c/o Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052 / US
03 / TEEGAN, Hugh, A.
2717 142nd Place, NE
Bellevue, WA 98008 / US
 [2006/42]
Former [2006/18]01 / AZIZ, Imran
2717 Western Avenue, 4010
Seattle, WA 98121 / US
02 / WONG, Kong-Kat
1206 243 Place SE
Sammamish, WA 98075 / US
03 / TEEGAN, Hugh, A.
2717 142nd Place, NE
Bellevue, WA 98008 / US
Former [2006/06]01 / AZIZ, Imran
MICROSOFT CORPORATION One Microsoft Way
Redmond, Washington 98052 / US
02 / WONG, Kong-Kat
MICROSOFT CORPORATION One Microsoft Way
Redmond, Washington 98052 / US
03 / TEEGAN, Hugh
MICROSOFT CORPORATION One Microsoft Way
Redmond, Washington 98052 / US
Representative(s)Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB
Leopoldstrasse 4
80802 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2006/06]Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät
Maximilianstrasse 58
80538 München / DE
Application number, filing date04779274.227.07.2004
[2006/06]
WO2004US24141
Priority number, dateUS2003074269619.12.2003         Original published format: US 742696
[2006/06]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO2005067432
Date:28.07.2005
Language:EN
[2005/30]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP1623379
Date:08.02.2006
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 28.07.2005 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2006/06]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US22.09.2005
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP03.03.2008
ClassificationIPC:G06Q10/00
[2006/06]
CPC:
G06Q10/10 (EP,US); G06Q10/06 (KR); G06Q10/0633 (US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HU,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   TR [2006/06]
Extension statesALNot yet paid
HRNot yet paid
LTNot yet paid
LVNot yet paid
MKNot yet paid
TitleGerman:ARBEITSFLUSSDIENSTEARCHITEKTUR[2006/06]
English:WORKFLOW SERVICES ARCHITECTURE[2006/06]
French:ARCHITECTURE DE SERVICES DE GESTION DE FLUX DE TRAVAUX[2006/06]
Entry into regional phase28.06.2005National basic fee paid 
28.06.2005Search fee paid 
28.06.2005Designation fee(s) paid 
28.06.2005Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure28.06.2005Examination requested  [2006/06]
24.07.2008Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
20.11.2008Reply to a communication from the examining division
12.05.2014Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 27.05.2014
27.05.2014Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
26.06.2014Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2014/46]
06.07.2014Application refused, date of legal effect [2014/46]
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  24.07.2008
Fees paidRenewal fee
12.07.2006Renewal fee patent year 03
13.07.2007Renewal fee patent year 04
31.03.2008Renewal fee patent year 05
10.07.2009Renewal fee patent year 06
14.07.2010Renewal fee patent year 07
12.07.2011Renewal fee patent year 08
13.07.2012Renewal fee patent year 09
08.07.2013Renewal fee patent year 10
08.07.2014Renewal fee patent year 11
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Documents cited:Search[PX]US2004103014  (TEEGAN HUGH A [US], et al) [PX] 1-36 * paragraph [0008] * * paragraph [0032] - paragraph [0040] * * figure 2 *;
 [X]  - HANDYSOFT CORP., "BizFlow Features and Benefits", INTERNET ARTICLE, (200306), URL: http://www.databaserepublic.com/downloads/files/bizflow_br_benefits.pdf, (20080212), XP002468672 [X] 1-36 * page 2 - page 6 * * page 9 - page 11 *
 [X]  - JIE MENG ET AL, "Flexible inter-enterprise workflow management using e-services", ADVANCED ISSUES OF E-COMMERCE AND WEB-BASED INFORMATION SYSTEMS, 2002. (WECWIS 2002). PROCEEDINGS. FOURTH IEEE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON 26-28 JUNE 2002, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA,IEEE, (20020626), ISBN 0-7695-1567-3, pages 36 - 43, XP010595206 [X] 1-36 * the whole document *
 [X]  - HOLLINGSWORTH D, "Workflow Management Coalition, The Workflow Reference Model", INTERNET CITATION, (19950119), URL: http://www.wfmc.org/standards/docs/tc003v11.pdf, (20021029), XP002218704 [X] 1-36 * page 7 - page 10 * * page 12 - page 15 * * figure 5 *
 [A]  - GRAHAM, STEVE ET AL, Building Web Services with Java?: Making Sense of XML, SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI, SAMS, (20011212), ISBN 0-672-32181-5, XP002468674 [A] 1-36 * excerpt: Chapter 1. Web Services Overview *
 [A]  - VAN DER AALST ET AL, "Business Process Management: A Survey", PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT, BPM 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-40318-0, (200306), pages 1 - 12, URL: http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/579893.html, (20080112), XP002468673 [A] 1-36
International search[X]US5216592  (MANN GEORGE R [US], et al);
 [X]US6594636  (SAKAGUCHI TOSHIAKI [JP], et al);
 [AP]US6678714  (OLAPURATH JOHN [US], et al);
 [XE]US6832202  (SCHUYLER PAULA D [US], et al);
 [Y]  - WONG W. ET AL, "Sunchanges tune in support of SOAP protocol.", 07 JUNI 2000, (20050415), URL: http://news.com/Sun+changes+tune+in+support+of+SOAP+protocol/2100-1001_3-241568.html, XP002989143
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