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EP About this file: EP1971933

EP1971933 - METHOD FOR SYSTEMATIC MODELING AND EVALUATION OF APPLICATION FLOWS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  21.02.2014
Database last updated on 20.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip21.02.2014Refusal of applicationpublished on 26.03.2014  [2014/13]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
One Telcordia Drive
Piscataway, NJ 08854-4157 / US
[2008/39]
Inventor(s)01 / FALCHUK, Benjamin W.
14 Castleheights Avenue
Upper Nyack, NY 10960 / US
02 / KRISHNAN, Komandur R.
56 Shannon Road
Bridgewater, NJ 08807 / US
03 / LOEB, Shoshana K.
127 West Chestnut Hill Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19118 / US
04 / SHALLCROSS, David F.
38A Pleasantview Drive
Piscataway, NJ 08854 / US
 [2008/39]
Representative(s)Beetz & Partner mbB
Patentanwälte
Prinzregentenstraße 54
80538 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2008/39]Beetz & Partner
Patentanwälte Steinsdorfstrasse 10
80538 München / DE
Former [2008/38]Beetz & Partner
Steinsdorfstrasse 10
80538 München / DE
Application number, filing date06848159.722.12.2006
[2008/39]
WO2006US49277
Priority number, dateUS20050753179P22.12.2005         Original published format: US 753179 P
US2006044153126.05.2006         Original published format: US 441531
[2008/39]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO2007076130
Date:05.07.2007
Language:EN
[2007/27]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP1971933
Date:24.09.2008
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 05.07.2007 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2008/39]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US13.12.2007
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP26.01.2009
ClassificationIPC:G06F15/173
[2008/39]
CPC:
G06Q10/0633 (EP,US); H04L12/66 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [2009/04]
Former [2008/39]AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  LV,  MC,  NL,  PL,  PT,  RO,  SE,  SI,  SK,  TR 
Extension statesALNot yet paid
BANot yet paid
HRNot yet paid
MKNot yet paid
RSNot yet paid
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUR SYSTEMATISCHEN MODELLIERUNG UND EVALUIERUNG VON ANWENDUNGSABLÄUFEN[2008/39]
English:METHOD FOR SYSTEMATIC MODELING AND EVALUATION OF APPLICATION FLOWS[2008/39]
French:PROCEDE POUR MODELISER ET EVALUER DES FLUX D'APPLICATIONS[2008/39]
Entry into regional phase22.07.2008National basic fee paid 
22.07.2008Search fee paid 
22.07.2008Designation fee(s) paid 
21.07.2008Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure23.07.2007Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
21.07.2008Examination requested  [2008/39]
23.07.2008Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
28.08.2008Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, ES, FI, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
10.03.2009Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
21.09.2009Reply to a communication from the examining division
13.09.2012Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
25.03.2013Reply to a communication from the examining division
10.10.2013Application refused, date of legal effect [2014/13]
10.10.2013Date of oral proceedings
06.11.2013Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2014/13]
06.11.2013Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
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  10.03.2009
Fees paidRenewal fee
24.12.2008Renewal fee patent year 03
28.12.2009Renewal fee patent year 04
27.12.2010Renewal fee patent year 05
27.12.2011Renewal fee patent year 06
26.12.2012Renewal fee patent year 07
27.12.2013Renewal fee patent year 08
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 [X]  - V. GRASSI, R. MIRANDOLA, "UML Modelling and Performance Analysis of Mobile Software Architectures", ISBN 978-3-540-42667-7, (2001), pages 209 - 224, URL: http://www.springerlink.com/content/xy66h9rv6yg0ptl3/fulltext.pdf, (20090115), XP002510546 [X] 1-42 * abstract * * page 215 * * page 221 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45441-1_16
 [X]  - JIONG YAN ET AL, "Automatic generation of Markov chain usage models from real-time software UML models", PROCEEDINGS. FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON QUALITY SOFTWARE IEEE COMPUT. SOC LOS ALAMITOS, CA, USA, (2004), ISBN 0-7695-2207-6, pages 22 - 31, XP002510547 [X] 1-42 * the whole document *
 [A]  - LINDEMANN ET AL, "Performance analysis of time-enhanced UML diagrams based on stochastic processes", (2002), URL: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.16.7425, (20090115), XP002510548 [A] 1-42 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/584369.584375
 [A]  - FALKOVYCH ET AL, "UML for the Semantic Web: Transformation-Based Approaches", (2003), pages 1 - 14, URL: http://homepages.cwi.nl/~media/publications/UML_for_SW.pdf, (20090115), XP002510549 [A] 1-42 * the whole document *
 [A]  - GOMAA H ET AL, "Design and performance modeling of component interconnection patterns for distributed software architectures", PROCEEDINGS SECOND INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON SOFTWARE AND PERFORMANCE. WOSP2000 ACM NEW YORK, NY, USA, (2000), ISBN 1-58113-195-X, pages 117 - 126, XP002510550 [A] * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/350391.350418
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 [Y]US2005273757  (ANDERSON CRAIG D [US]);
 [Y]US2005197991  (WRAY ROBERT E [US], et al);
 [Y]US5754695  (KUO SHYH-SHIAW [US], et al);
 [Y]US4885757  (PROVENCE JOHN D [US]);
 [Y]US2004148416  (AARNOS JRYKI [FI], et al)
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