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EP2261846 - Pervasive model adaptation: the integration of planning and information gathering in dynamic production systems [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  06.03.2015
Database last updated on 14.11.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip06.03.2015Refusal of applicationpublished on 08.04.2015  [2015/15]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
3333 Coyote Hill Road
Palo Alto, California 94304 / US
[2010/50]
Inventor(s)01 / Liu, Juan
44 Jacklin Place
Milpitas, CA 95035 / US
02 / De Kleer Johan
685 Paco Drive
Los Altos CA 94024 / US
03 / Kuhn Lukas D.
4020 Amaranta Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94306 / US
 [2010/50]
Representative(s)Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB
Leopoldstrasse 4
80802 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2010/50]Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät
Leopoldstrasse 4
80802 München / DE
Application number, filing date10164574.501.06.2010
[2010/50]
Priority number, dateUS20090183440P02.06.2009         Original published format: US 183440 P
US2009049894307.07.2009         Original published format: US 498943
[2010/50]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP2261846
Date:15.12.2010
Language:EN
[2010/50]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP2261846
Date:14.11.2012
Language:EN
[2012/46]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP17.10.2012
ClassificationIPC:G05B19/418, G06Q10/00
[2012/46]
CPC:
G06Q10/06 (EP,US); G05B17/02 (EP,US); Y02P90/80 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2010/50]G06Q10/00
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   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,   SM,   TR [2010/50]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
RSNot yet paid
TitleGerman:Anpassung eines "Pervasive Computing"-Modells: Integration von Planung und Informationssammlung in dynamischen Produktionssystemen[2010/50]
English:Pervasive model adaptation: the integration of planning and information gathering in dynamic production systems[2010/50]
French:Adaptation de modèle pervasif : intégration de la planification et de la collecte d'informations dans des systèmes de production dynamiques[2010/50]
Examination procedure14.05.2013Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
14.05.2013Examination requested  [2013/26]
19.07.2013Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
16.01.2014Reply to a communication from the examining division
07.10.2014Application refused, date of legal effect [2015/15]
07.10.2014Date of oral proceedings
17.11.2014Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
19.11.2014Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2015/15]
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  19.07.2013
Fees paidRenewal fee
02.07.2012Renewal fee patent year 03
01.07.2013Renewal fee patent year 04
30.06.2014Renewal fee patent year 05
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IECON.1994.398046
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1.1.37.2612
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 [T]  - "A* search algorithm", (20121004), URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A*_search_algorithm, (20121004), XP055040018 [T] 5,11 * the whole document *
Examination   - HOFBAUR M W ET AL, "Hybrid Estimation of Complex Systems", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SYSTEMS, MAN AND CYBERNETICS. PART B:CYBERNETICS, IEEE SERVICE CENTER, PISCATAWAY, NJ, US, (20041001), vol. 34, no. 5, doi:10.1109/TSMCB.2004.835009, ISSN 1083-4419, pages 2178 - 2191, XP011118848

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TSMCB.2004.835009
    - Juan Liu ET AL, "Pervasive Model Adaptation: Integration of Planning and Information Gathering in Dynamic Production Systems", Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS 2009), Thessaloniki, Greece, (20090919), URL: http://www.parc.com/content/attachments/pervasive-model-adaptation.pdf, (20130627), XP055068605
    - ANONYMOUS, "Kalman filter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia", (20140403), URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalman_filter#Update, (20140403), XP055112014
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