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EP2580557 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION AND ORIENTATION OF A 3D FEATURE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been refused Status updated on 21.05.2018 Database last updated on 30.03.2026
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 18.08.2017
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 14.05.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	07.09.2018	Refusal of application	published on 10.10.2018 [2018/41]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Perceptron, Inc. 47827 Halyard Drive Plymouth, MI 48170 / US
	[2013/16]
Inventor(s)	01 / LIN, Chengchih 4945 Ravine Court Ann Arbor, MI 48105 / US
	02 / MANNING, Craig, A. 27713 Shiawassee Rd. Farmington Hills, MI 48336 / US
	03 / KESHAVMARTHY, Shyam, P. 6191 Wilson Road Ann Arbor, MI 48108 / US
	[2013/16]
Representative(s)	Kindermann, Peter, et al Patentanwälte Kindermann Postfach 10 02 34 85593 Baldham / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2013/16]	Karl, Frank Kindermann Patentanwälte Postfach 100234 85593 Baldham / DE
Application number, filing date	11727370.6	08.06.2011
	WO2011US39543
Priority number, date	US20100797083	09.06.2010 Original published format: US 797083
	[2013/16]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2011156441
	Date:	15.12.2011
	Language:	EN
	[2011/50]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2580557
	Date:	17.04.2013
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 15.12.2011 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2013/16]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	15.12.2011
Classification	IPC:	G01B11/275, G06T7/521, G01B11/25	[2017/18]
	CPC:	G01B11/2531 (EP,US); G01B11/2545 (EP,US); G01B11/2755 (EP,US); G06T7/521 (EP,US); G01B2210/286 (EP,US); G01B2210/52 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2013/16]	G01B11/25, G06T7/00
Designated contracting states	AL, 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, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2013/16]
Title	German:	SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUR BESTIMMUNG DER POSITION UND AUSRICHTUNG EINER 3D-FUNKTION	[2013/16]
	English:	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION AND ORIENTATION OF A 3D FEATURE	[2013/16]
	French:	SYSTÈME ET PROCÉDÉ POUR LA DÉTERMINATION DE LA POSITION ET DE L'ORIENTATION D'UN ÉLÉMENT TRIDIMENSIONNEL	[2013/16]
Entry into regional phase	06.12.2012	National basic fee paid
	06.12.2012	Designation fee(s) paid
	06.12.2012	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	deleted	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	09.04.2012	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	06.12.2012	Examination requested [2013/16]
	01.07.2014	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	22.12.2014	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	25.06.2015	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	09.10.2015	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	15.05.2017	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	08.08.2017	Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
	22.09.2017	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	28.03.2018	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	22.05.2018	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2018/41]
	01.06.2018	Application refused, date of legal effect [2018/41]
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 01.07.2014
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	31.03.2013	Renewal fee patent year 03
	31.03.2014	Renewal fee patent year 04
	29.04.2015	Renewal fee patent year 05
	31.03.2016	Renewal fee patent year 06
	08.06.2017	Renewal fee patent year 07
	08.06.2018	Renewal fee patent year 08
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