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EP2470983 - DIRECT MANIPULATION GESTURES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  15.03.2019
Database last updated on 14.11.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  30.06.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip15.03.2019Refusal of applicationpublished on 17.04.2019  [2019/16]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Google LLC
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043 / US
[2017/45]
Former [2012/27]For all designated states
Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043 / US
Inventor(s)01 / AGARAWALA, Anand
Suite 308
3375 17th Street
San Francisco CA 94110 / US
02 / DUBROY, Patrick
1297-A Sanchez St.
San Francisco CA 94114 / US
03 / LESINSKI, Adam
4102 Taffey Cres.
Mississauga ON L5L 2A7 / CA
 [2012/27]
Representative(s)Clark, Jonathan Lister
Venner Shipley LLP
200 Aldersgate
London EC1A 4HD / GB
[N/P]
Former [2012/27]Hackney, Nigel John, et al
Mewburn Ellis LLP 33 Gutter Lane
London EC2V 8AS / GB
Application number, filing date10760814.325.08.2010
WO2010US46688
Priority number, dateUS20090236634P25.08.2009         Original published format: US 236634 P
[2012/27]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2011031492
Date:17.03.2011
Language:EN
[2011/11]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2470983
Date:04.07.2012
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 17.03.2011 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2012/27]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP17.03.2011
ClassificationIPC:G06F3/048, G06F3/01
[2012/27]
CPC:
G06F3/04883 (EP,KR,US); G06F3/0488 (KR); G06F3/016 (EP,KR,US);
G06F3/041 (KR); G06F3/04812 (EP,US); G06F3/04817 (EP,US);
G06F3/0482 (EP,US); G06F3/0483 (EP,US); G06F3/04845 (EP,KR,US);
G06F3/14 (KR); G06F2203/04808 (EP,KR,US) (-)
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 [2012/27]
TitleGerman:DIREKTE MANIPULATIONSGESTIK[2012/27]
English:DIRECT MANIPULATION GESTURES[2012/27]
French:GESTES DE MANIPULATION DIRECTE[2012/27]
Entry into regional phase13.03.2012National basic fee paid 
13.03.2012Designation fee(s) paid 
13.03.2012Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure13.03.2012Examination requested  [2012/27]
10.10.2012Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
29.06.2017Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
19.10.2017Reply to a communication from the examining division
12.10.2018Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 19.10.2018
19.10.2018Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
27.11.2018Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2019/16]
07.12.2018Application refused, date of legal effect [2019/16]
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  29.06.2017
Fees paidRenewal fee
07.06.2012Renewal fee patent year 03
27.08.2013Renewal fee patent year 04
27.08.2014Renewal fee patent year 05
27.08.2015Renewal fee patent year 06
29.08.2016Renewal fee patent year 07
28.08.2017Renewal fee patent year 08
27.08.2018Renewal fee patent year 09
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Cited inInternational search[XI]US2008168403  (WESTERMAN WAYNE CARL [US], et al) [X] 1,5,7,8,10,23,24 * paragraph [0044] - paragraph [0069]; figures 1-5 * * paragraph [0090]; figure 8A * * paragraph [0119] - paragraph [0162]; figures 18-28 * [I] 2-4,6,9,11-22;
 [I]US2008168402  (BLUMENBERG CHRISTOPHER [US]) [I] 1-24 * the whole document *;
 [A]US2008309632  (WESTERMAN WAYNE CARL [US], et al) [A] 1-24 * the whole document *;
 [A]  - WU M ET AL, "Multi-finger and whole hand gestural interaction techniques for multi-user tabletop displays", PROCEEDINGS OF THE 16TH ANNUAL ACM SYMPOSIUM ON USER INTERFACE SOFTWARE AND TECHNOLOGY : VANCOUVER, CANADA, NOVEMBER 2 - 5, 2003; [ACM SYMPOSIUM ON USER INTERFACE SOFTWARE AND TECHNOLOGY], NEW YORK, NY : ACM PRESS, (20031102), vol. 5, no. 2, doi:DOI:10.1145/964696.964718, ISBN 978-1-58113-636-4, pages 193 - 202, XP002394716 [A] 1-24 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/964696.964718
ExaminationEP0622722
    - Anand Agarawala, "BumpTop Multitouch Part 1", (20090713), URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHUlLmC3AlE&t=51s, (20170622), XP054977462
    - Anand Agarawala, "BumpTop 3D Desktop Prototype - www.bumptop.com", (20060621), URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0ODskdEPnQ, (20170622), XP054977461
    - ANAND AGARAWALA ET AL, "Keepin' It Real: Pushing the Desktop Metaphor with Physics, Piles and the Pen", CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS / CHI 2006, CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYSTEMS : MONTRÉAL, QUEBEC, CANADA, APRIL 22 - 27, 2006; [CHI CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS. HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYSTEMS], ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY (ACM) PRESS, NE, ISBN 978-1-59593-178-8, (20060422), pages 1283 - 1292, (20060101), XP002566457
    - JACOB O WOBBROCK ET AL, "User-defined gestures for surface computing", CHI 2009 - DIGITAL LIFE, NEW WORLD: CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND EXTENDED ABSTRACTS; THE 27TH ANNUAL CHI CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYSTEMS, APRIL 4 - 9, 2009 IN BOSTON, USA, ACM, ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY, NEW YORK, NY, (20090404), doi:10.1145/1518701.1518866, ISBN 978-1-60558-246-7, pages 1083 - 1092, XP058114389

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1518701.1518866
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