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EP2960808 - SERVER DEVICE, PRIVATE SEARCH PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PRIVATE SEARCH SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  05.04.2019
Database last updated on 13.09.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  04.08.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip05.04.2019Refusal of applicationpublished on 08.05.2019  [2019/19]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
7-3 Marunouchi 2-chome
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8310 / JP
[2016/01]
Inventor(s)01 / ITO, Takashi
c/o Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
7-3 Marunouchi 2-Chome
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8310 / JP
02 / MATSUDA, Nori
c/o Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
7-3 Marunouchi 2-Chome
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8310 / JP
03 / HATTORI, Mitsuhiro
c/o Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
7-3 Marunouchi 2-Chome
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8310 / JP
04 / MORI, Takumi
c/o Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
7-3 Marunouchi 2-Chome
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8310 / JP
05 / HIRANO, Takato
c/o Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
7-3 Marunouchi 2-Chome
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8310 / JP
 [2016/01]
Representative(s)Pfenning, Meinig & Partner mbB
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte
Theresienhöhe 11a
80339 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2016/01]Pfenning, Meinig & Partner GbR
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte
Theresienhöhe 11a
80339 München / DE
Application number, filing date13875718.225.02.2013
[2016/01]
WO2013JP54735
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2014128958
Date:28.08.2014
Language:JA
[2014/35]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2960808
Date:30.12.2015
Language:EN
[2015/53]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP28.08.2014
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP26.09.2016
ClassificationIPC:G06F17/30, G06F21/60, G06F21/62, G09C1/00, H04L9/30
[2016/43]
CPC:
G06F21/62 (EP,US); G06F21/72 (US); G06F21/6245 (EP,US);
G09C1/00 (EP,US); H04L9/30 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2016/01]G06F17/30, G06F21/60, G06F21/62, G09C1/00
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,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2016/01]
TitleGerman:SERVERVORRICHTUNG, PRIVATES SUCHPROGRAMM, AUFZEICHNUNGSMEDIUM UND PRIVATES SUCHSYSTEM[2016/01]
English:SERVER DEVICE, PRIVATE SEARCH PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PRIVATE SEARCH SYSTEM[2016/01]
French:DISPOSITIF SERVEUR, PROGRAMME DE RECHERCHE PRIVÉE, SUPPORT D'ENREGISTREMENT ET SYSTÈME DE RECHERCHE PRIVÉE[2016/01]
Entry into regional phase06.08.2015Translation filed 
06.08.2015National basic fee paid 
06.08.2015Search fee paid 
06.08.2015Designation fee(s) paid 
06.08.2015Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure06.08.2015Examination requested  [2015/53]
03.04.2017Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
02.08.2017Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
28.11.2017Reply to a communication from the examining division
04.12.2018Application refused, date of legal effect [2019/19]
04.12.2018Date of oral proceedings
13.12.2018Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
17.12.2018Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2019/19]
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  02.08.2017
Fees paidRenewal fee
06.08.2015Renewal fee patent year 03
10.02.2016Renewal fee patent year 04
10.02.2017Renewal fee patent year 05
14.02.2018Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[I]  - DAN BONEH ET AL, "Public Key Encryption with keyword Search", INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR CRYPTOLOGIC RESEARCH,, (20040325), vol. 20040325:014738, doi:10.1007/978-3-540-24676-3_30, pages 1 - 15, XP061000696 [I] 1-7 * section 3.1 sections 1 and 2 *
 [I]  - SCHREFL M ET AL, "SemCrypt - Ensuring Privacy of Electronic Documents Through Semantic-Based Encrypted Query Processing", DATA ENGINEERING WORKSHOPS, 2005. 21ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TOKYO, JAPAN 05-08 APRIL 2005, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA,IEEE, (20050405), doi:10.1109/ICDE.2005.280, ISBN 978-0-7695-2657-7, pages 1191 - 1191, XP010924094 [I] 1-7 * sections 4 and 5 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICDE.2005.280
 [A]  - ZHIQIANG YANG ET AL, Privacy-Preserving Queries on Encrypted Data, COMPUTER SECURITY - ESORICS 2006. 11TH EUROPEAN SYMPOSIUM ON RESEARCH IN COMPUTER SECURITY (LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE VOL. 4189) SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, GERMANY,, PAGE(S) 479 - 495, (20060101), ISBN 978-3-540-44601-9, XP019043217 [A] 1-7 * sections 2.2, 3.2 and 5 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11863908_29
International search[A]JP2002044072  (CONTENTGUARD HOLDINGS INC);
 [A]JP2011198079  (HITACHI SOLUTIONS LTD);
 [A]JP2012083863  (MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP);
 [A]JP2012164031  (MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP);
 [A]  - TAKANORI SUGA ET AL., "Security of Searchable Encryption Revisited", CSS2011 COMPUTER SECURITY SYMPOSIUM 2011 RONBUNSHU HEISAI ANTI MALWARE ENGINEERING WORKSHOP 2011, IPSJ SYMPOSIUM SERIES, (20111012), vol. 2011, no. 3, pages 125 - 130, XP008180432
by applicantJP2011198079
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