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EP2234047 - Electronic discovery system [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been refused Status updated on 16.05.2014 Database last updated on 22.08.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	16.05.2014	Refusal of application	published on 18.06.2014 [2014/25]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Bank of America Corporation Mailcode: NC1-002-29-01 101 South Tryon Street Charlotte, NC 28255 / US
	[2010/39]
Inventor(s)	01 / Richards, Phillip L. Mailcode: NC1-002-29-01 101 South Tryon Street Charlotte North Carolina 28255 / US
	02 / Hobart, Eric B. Mailcode: NC1-002-29-01 101 South Tryon Street Charlotte North Carolina 28255 / US
	03 / Andersen, David M. Mailcode: NC1-002-29-01 101 South Tryon Street Charlotte North Carolina 28255 / US
	04 / Miller, Emerson D. Mailcode: NC1-002-29-01 101 South Tryon Street Charlotte North Carolina 28255 / US
	05 / Mayer, Michael J. Mailcode: NC1-002-29-01 101 South Tryon Street Charlotte North Carolina 28255 / US
	06 / Whalen, John N. Jr. Mailcode: NC1-002-29-01 101 South Tryon Street Charlotte North Carolina 28255 / US
	07 / Toomey, Brian L. Mailcode: NC1-002-29-01 101 South Tryon Street Charlotte North Carolina 28255 / US
	08 / Stellhorn, David W. Mailcode: NC1-002-29-01 101 South Tryon Street Charlotte North Carolina 28255 / US
	[2010/39]
Representative(s)	Kinsler, Maureen Catherine, et al Marks & Clerk LLP Atholl Exchange 6 Canning Street Edinburgh EH3 8EG / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2013/42]	Kinsler, Maureen Catherine, et al Marks & Clerk LLP Atholl Exchange 6 Canning Street Edinburgh EH3 8EG / GB
Former [2010/39]	Kinsler, Maureen Catherine, et al Marks & Clerk LLP Aurora 120 Bothwell Street Glasgow G2 7JS / GB
Application number, filing date	10250579.9	26.03.2010
	[2010/39]
Priority number, date	US20090164276P	27.03.2009 Original published format: US 164276 P
	US20090627791	30.11.2009 Original published format: US 627791
	[2010/39]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP2234047
	Date:	29.09.2010
	Language:	EN
	[2010/39]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP2234047
	Date:	24.11.2010
	[2010/47]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	22.10.2010
Classification	IPC:	G06Q10/00	[2010/39]
	CPC:	G06Q10/06 (EP,US); G06F16/35 (US); G06F16/23 (US); G06F16/25 (US); G06F16/58 (EP,US); G06Q10/10 (EP,US); (+) G06F16/285 (EP,US); G06F16/355 (EP,US); G06F16/951 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting states	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 [2010/39]
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
	RS	Not yet paid
Title	German:	Elektronisches Entdeckungssystem	[2010/39]
	English:	Electronic discovery system	[2010/39]
	French:	Système de découverte électronique	[2010/39]
Examination procedure	20.05.2011	Examination requested [2011/26]
	30.06.2011	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the Extended European Search Report/Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority/International Preliminary Examination Report/Supplementary international search report not received in time
	09.09.2011	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	26.04.2012	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	06.11.2012	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	03.12.2013	Application refused, date of legal effect [2014/25]
	03.12.2013	Date of oral proceedings
	30.01.2014	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2014/25]
	30.01.2014	Minutes 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 26.04.2012
Request for further processing for:	The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the Extended European Search Report/Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority/International Preliminary Examination Report/Supplementary international search report/Supplementary European search report
	09.09.2011	Request for further processing filed
	09.09.2011	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	28.09.2011	Decision despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	14.03.2012	Renewal fee patent year 03
	08.03.2013	Renewal fee patent year 04
	10.03.2014	Renewal fee patent year 05
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		[A]US2006095795 (NAKAMURA OSAMU [JP], et al) [A] 1-19 * the whole document *;
		[I]US7076543 (KIRTI RITURAJ [US], et al) [I] 1-19 * the whole document *;
		[I]US2007112783 (MCCREIGHT SHAWN [US], et al) [I] 1-19 * the whole document *;
		[I]WO2007076515 (HAYES CHRISTIAN [US]) [I] 1-19 * the whole document *;
		[I]US2008027895 (COMBAZ JEAN-CHRISTOPHE [FR]) [I] 1-19 * the whole document *;
		[A]US2008061146 (KOMAKI YOSHIO [JP]) [A] 1-19 * the whole document *;
		[I]WO2008070415 (DEEPDIVE TECHNOLOGIES INC [US], et al) [I] 1-19 * the whole document *;
		[A] - DAN MANSON ET AL, "Is the Open Way a Better Way? Digital Forensics Using Open Source Tools", SYSTEM SCIENCES, 2007. HICSS 2007. 40TH ANNUAL HAWAII INTERNATIONAL CO NFERENCE ON, IEEE, PI, (20070101), ISBN 978-0-7695-2755-0, pages 266B - 266B, XP031013756 [A] 1-19 * the whole document *
		[A] - Anonymous, "EDRM LegalTech 2009 Luncheon Presentation", LegalTech New York, (20090209), E.D.R.M. -The Electronic Discovery Reference Model, URL: http://edrm.net/002/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/EDRM_LegalTech.pdf, (20100917), XP002601404 [A] 1-19 * the whole document *
		[A] - J. Barlow, L. Bean and D.D. Hott, "Employee "spy" software: should you use it ?", (20030405), URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcaf.10162/abstract, (20100917), XP002601405 [A] 1-19 * the whole document * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcaf.10162
	Examination	- MICROSOFT CORPORATION, "Developing Efficient Background Processes for Windows", INTERNET CITATION, (20090120), URL: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/gg463211.aspx, (20130704), XP055069554

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