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EP2304544 - METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLUSTERING [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  05.01.2018
Database last updated on 31.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip05.01.2018Refusal of applicationpublished on 07.02.2018  [2018/06]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
PayPal, Inc.
2211 North First Street
San Jose CA 95131 / US
[2015/52]
Former [2011/14]For all designated states
eBay Inc.
2145 Hamilton Avenue
San Jose, CA 95125 / US
Inventor(s)01 / GRANDHI, Roopnath
655 S. Fair Oaks Ave. D101
Sunnyvale California 94086 / US
02 / SUNDARESAN, Neelakantan
2720 Wasatch Drive
Mountain View California 94040 / US
 [2011/14]
Representative(s)Müller-Boré & Partner Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Friedenheimer Brücke 21
80639 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2011/14]Müller-Boré & Partner Patentanwälte
Grafinger Straße 2
81671 München / DE
Application number, filing date09762936.412.06.2009
[2011/14]
WO2009US03555
Priority number, dateUS20080061461P13.06.2008         Original published format: US 61461 P
[2011/14]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2009151640
Date:17.12.2009
Language:EN
[2009/51]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2304544
Date:06.04.2011
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 17.12.2009 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2011/14]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US17.12.2009
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP25.07.2011
ClassificationIPC:G06F7/00, G06F17/30
[2011/34]
CPC:
G06F16/951 (EP,CN,US); G06F16/355 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2011/14]G06F7/00
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   TR [2011/14]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN UND SYSTEM ZUM CLUSTERN[2011/14]
English:METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLUSTERING[2011/14]
French:PROCÉDÉ ET SYSTÈME DE GROUPAGE[2011/14]
Entry into regional phase23.12.2010National basic fee paid 
23.12.2010Search fee paid 
23.12.2010Designation fee(s) paid 
23.12.2010Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure23.12.2010Examination requested  [2011/14]
26.01.2012Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
15.08.2013Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
28.01.2014Reply to a communication from the examining division
14.07.2017Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 15.11.2017
19.09.2017Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2018/06]
29.09.2017Application refused, date of legal effect [2018/06]
15.11.2017Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
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  15.08.2013
Fees paidRenewal fee
13.06.2011Renewal fee patent year 03
14.06.2012Renewal fee patent year 04
10.06.2013Renewal fee patent year 05
31.03.2014Renewal fee patent year 06
10.06.2015Renewal fee patent year 07
10.06.2016Renewal fee patent year 08
16.06.2017Renewal fee patent year 09
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Documents cited:Search[X]US6385602  (TSO MICHAEL [US], et al) [X] 1-5 * abstract * * column 4, line 4 - column 10, line 36 *;
 [X]US2006122979  (KAPUR SHYAM [US], et al) [X] 1-5* paragraph [0035] - paragraph [0071] *;
 [X]US2008120292  (SUNDARESAN NEELAKANTAN [US], et al) [X] 1-5 * abstract * * paragraph [0025] - paragraph [0045] *
International search[X]US2008133479  (ZELEVINSKY VLADIMIR V [US], et al);
 [A]US2008071771  (VENKATARAMAN SASHIKUMAR [IN], et al);
 [A]US2007162443  (LIU SHIXIA [CN], et al);
 [A]US2006026152  (ZENG HUA-JUN [CN], et al)
ExaminationUS2006117002
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