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EP2726977 - VIRTUAL MACHINE IMAGE ANALYSIS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 16.10.2020 Database last updated on 02.09.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 08.11.2019
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 11.07.2019
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 16.02.2018
Most recent event Tooltip	08.07.2022	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK	published on 10.08.2022 [2022/32]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 / US
	[2015/12]
Former [2014/19]	For all designated states Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / FRIES, Robert c/o Microsoft Corporation LCA - International Patents One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052-6399 / US
	02 / PARTHASARATHY, Srivatsan c/o Microsoft Corporation LCA - International Patents One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052-6399 / US
	03 / HUNT, Galen c/o Microsoft Corporation LCA - International Patents One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052-6399 / US
	[2019/50]
Former [2014/19]	01 / FRIES, Robert c/o Microsoft Corporation LCA - International Patents One Microsoft Way Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 / US
	02 / PARTHASARATHY, Srivatsan c/o Microsoft Corporation LCA - International Patents One Microsoft Way Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 / US
	03 / HUNT, Galen c/o Microsoft Corporation LCA - International Patents One Microsoft Way Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 / US
Representative(s)	Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB Leopoldstraße 4 80802 München / DE
	[2019/50]
Former [2014/19]	Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Leopoldstrasse 4 80802 München / DE
Application number, filing date	12803990.6	08.06.2012
	[2019/50]
	WO2012US41700
Priority number, date	US201113171366	28.06.2011 Original published format: US201113171366
	[2014/19]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	WO2013003005
	Date:	03.01.2013
	Language:	EN
	[2013/01]
	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP2726977
	Date:	07.05.2014
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 03.01.2013 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2014/19]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2726977
	Date:	11.12.2019
	Language:	EN
	[2019/50]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	KR	14.03.2013
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	05.12.2014
Classification	IPC:	G06F9/06, G06F9/455	[2015/02]
	CPC:	G06F9/45558 (EP,US); G06F9/06 (KR); G06F9/45533 (US); G06F8/00 (KR); G06F9/455 (KR)
	Former IPC [2014/19]	G06F9/06, G06F9/44
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 [2014/19]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Title	German:	BILDANALYSE MIT EINER VIRTUELLEN MASCHINE	[2014/19]
	English:	VIRTUAL MACHINE IMAGE ANALYSIS	[2014/19]
	French:	ANALYSE D'IMAGES DE MACHINES VIRTUELLES	[2014/19]
Entry into regional phase	13.12.2013	National basic fee paid
	13.12.2013	Search fee paid
	13.12.2013	Designation fee(s) paid
	13.12.2013	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	13.12.2013	Examination requested [2014/19]
	26.06.2015	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	15.02.2018	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	20.06.2018	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	07.05.2019	Date of oral proceedings
	04.07.2019	Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
	11.07.2019	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	31.10.2019	Fee for grant paid
	31.10.2019	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	31.10.2019	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
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 15.02.2018
Opposition(s)	14.09.2020	No opposition filed within time limit [2020/47]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	09.06.2014	Renewal fee patent year 03
	05.06.2015	Renewal fee patent year 04
	31.03.2016	Renewal fee patent year 05
	16.06.2017	Renewal fee patent year 06
	12.06.2018	Renewal fee patent year 07
	13.06.2019	Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	08.06.2012
	AL	11.12.2019
	AT	11.12.2019
	CY	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	MK	11.12.2019
	MT	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	TR	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
	IE	08.06.2020
	LU	08.06.2020
	BE	30.06.2020
	CH	30.06.2020
	LI	30.06.2020
	[2022/32]
Former [2022/27]	HU	08.06.2012
	AL	11.12.2019
	AT	11.12.2019
	CY	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	MT	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	TR	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
	IE	08.06.2020
	LU	08.06.2020
	BE	30.06.2020
	CH	30.06.2020
	LI	30.06.2020
Former [2022/26]	AL	11.12.2019
	AT	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	TR	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
	IE	08.06.2020
	LU	08.06.2020
	BE	30.06.2020
	CH	30.06.2020
	LI	30.06.2020
Former [2021/24]	AL	11.12.2019
	AT	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
	IE	08.06.2020
	LU	08.06.2020
	BE	30.06.2020
	CH	30.06.2020
	LI	30.06.2020
Former [2021/20]	AL	11.12.2019
	AT	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
	IE	08.06.2020
	LU	08.06.2020
	CH	30.06.2020
	LI	30.06.2020
Former [2021/15]	AL	11.12.2019
	AT	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
	LU	08.06.2020
Former [2021/10]	AL	11.12.2019
	AT	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
Former [2020/51]	AL	11.12.2019
	AT	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
Former [2020/47]	AL	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
Former [2020/40]	AL	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
Former [2020/37]	AL	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
Former [2020/36]	AL	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
Former [2020/35]	AL	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
Former [2020/32]	AL	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
Former [2020/26]	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
Former [2020/23]	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
Former [2020/22]	FI	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
Former [2020/21]	NO	11.03.2020
Documents cited:	Search	[I] - HELEN J WANG ET AL, "Automatic Misconfiguration Troubleshooting with PeerPressure", USENIX,, (20041120), pages 1 - 13, XP061012433 [I] 1-15 * the whole document * * paragraph [0002] *
	International search	[A]US2007162521 (RAGHUNATH MANDAYAM T [US]);
		[A]US2008256534 (CHESS DAVID M [US], et al);
		[A]US2008263258 (ALLWELL CLAUS [DE], et al);
		[A]US2011035747 (MACHIDA FUMIO [JP])
	Examination	US2009300057

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