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EP3169900 - CLOSED LOOP DATA CENTER AND ORGANIC LIFE ECOSYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Examination is in progress Status updated on 25.03.2021 Database last updated on 08.04.2026
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 21.04.2017
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 28.12.2016
Most recent event Tooltip	05.08.2023	New entry: Decision (+date) in appeal procedure
	05.08.2023	Deletion: Date of oral proceedings
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052-6399 / US
	[2021/45]
Former [2017/21]	For all designated states Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052-6399 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / BELADY, Christian L. c/o Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC LCA - International Patents (8/1172) One Microsoft Way Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 / US
	02 / JANOUS, Brian c/o Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC LCA - International Patents (8/1172) One Microsoft Way Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 / US
	03 / JAMES, Sean c/o Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC LCA - International Patents (8/1172) One Microsoft Way Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 / US
	[2017/21]
Representative(s)	Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB Leopoldstraße 4 80802 München / DE
	[2017/21]
Application number, filing date	15753516.2	14.07.2015
	[2017/21]
	WO2015US40239
Priority number, date	US201414335874	18.07.2014 Original published format: US201414335874
	[2017/21]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2016010941
	Date:	21.01.2016
	Language:	EN
	[2016/03]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3169900
	Date:	24.05.2017
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 21.01.2016 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2017/21]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	21.01.2016
Classification	IPC:	F03G7/00, B64G7/00	[2017/21]
	CPC:	B64G1/48 (EP,CN,US); B64G7/00 (US); H02K7/18 (US)
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 [2017/21]
Title	German:	DATENZENTRUM MIT GESCHLOSSENER SCHLEIFE UND ÖKOSYSTEM MIT ORGANISCHEM LEBEN	[2017/21]
	English:	CLOSED LOOP DATA CENTER AND ORGANIC LIFE ECOSYSTEM	[2017/21]
	French:	CENTRE DE DONNÉES EN BOUCLE FERMÉE ET ÉCOSYSTÈME DE VIE ORGANIQUE	[2017/21]
Entry into regional phase	28.12.2016	National basic fee paid
	28.12.2016	Designation fee(s) paid
	28.12.2016	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	29.03.2016	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	28.12.2016	Examination requested [2017/21]
	28.12.2016	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	05.09.2017	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	24.03.2021	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	26.07.2021	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	19.07.2022	Date of oral proceedings
	02.08.2022	Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
	03.08.2022	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination {1}
Appeal following examination	05.10.2022	Appeal received No. T2653/22
	05.10.2022	Payment of appeal fee
	12.12.2022	Statement of grounds filed
	03.08.2023	Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the applicant withdrawn
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	12.07.2017	Renewal fee patent year 03
	11.07.2018	Renewal fee patent year 04
	15.07.2019	Renewal fee patent year 05
	29.06.2020	Renewal fee patent year 06
	29.06.2021	Renewal fee patent year 07
	16.06.2022	Renewal fee patent year 08
	20.07.2023	Renewal fee patent year 09
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Cited in	International search	[XI] ANONYMOUS: "Biosphere 2", 18 June 2014 (2014-06-18), XP055218739, Retrieved from the Internet [retrieved on 20151007] [X] 1-3,5-7,9,10 * the whole document *[I] 4,8
		[A] ANONYMOUS: "Fast Facts \| Biosphere2", 18 June 2014 (2014-06-18), XP055218747, Retrieved from the Internet [retrieved on 20151007] [A] 1-10 * the whole document *
		[A] IOSEF I GITELSON ET AL: "- 19 - Creation of Closed Ecological Life Support Systems: Results, Critical Problems and Potentials", BIOLOGY, 1 January 2008 (2008-01-01), pages 19 - 39, XP055218758, Retrieved from the Internet [A] 1-10 * the whole document *
		[A] "Environmental Biotechnology", 1 January 2010, HUMANA PRESS, Totowa, NJ, ISBN: 978-1-60327-140-0, article MARK NELSON ET AL: "Closed Ecological Systems, Space Life Support and Biospherics", pages: 517 - 565, XP055218764, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-140-0_11 [A] 1-10 * the whole document * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-140-0_11

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