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EP2989537 - AUTHENTICATION VIA BIOMETRIC PASSPHRASE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  15.01.2021
Database last updated on 03.09.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  21.05.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip15.01.2021Refusal of applicationpublished on 17.02.2021  [2021/07]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
200 Vesey Street
New York, NY 10285 / US
[2016/09]
Inventor(s)01 / BRUNO, John
c/o American Express
200 Vesey Street
New York NY 10285-4900 / US
 [2017/15]
Former [2016/45]01 / BRUNO, John
7264 E. Starla Dr.
Scottsdale, Arizona 85255 / US
Former [2016/09]01 / BRUNO, John
7264 E. Starla Dr.
Scottsdale, Arizona 85255 / US
Representative(s)Hargreaves, Timothy Edward, et al
Marks & Clerk LLP
40 Torphichen Street
Edinburgh EH3 8JB / GB
[N/P]
Former [2016/09]Hargreaves, Timothy Edward
Marks & Clerk LLP Atholl Exchange 6 Canning Street
Edinburgh EH3 8EG / GB
Application number, filing date15787888.508.04.2015
[2016/09]
WO2015US24881
Priority number, dateUS20141428098519.05.2014         Original published format: US201414280985
[2016/09]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2015179034
Date:26.11.2015
Language:EN
[2015/47]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2989537
Date:02.03.2016
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 26.11.2015 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2016/09]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US26.11.2015
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP30.09.2016
ClassificationIPC:G06F7/04, G06F21/32, G06K9/62
[2016/45]
CPC:
G06Q20/40145 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2016/44]G06Q20/40
Former IPC [2016/09]G06F7/04, G06F21/32, G06K9/62
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 [2016/09]
TitleGerman:AUTHENTIFIZIERUNG ÜBER BIOMETRISCHE PASSWÖRTER[2016/09]
English:AUTHENTICATION VIA BIOMETRIC PASSPHRASE[2016/09]
French:AUTHENTIFICATION PAR PHRASE DE PASSE BIOMÉTRIQUE[2016/09]
Entry into regional phase11.11.2015National basic fee paid 
11.11.2015Search fee paid 
11.11.2015Designation fee(s) paid 
11.11.2015Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure22.09.2015Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
11.11.2015Examination requested  [2016/09]
21.03.2017Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
24.05.2019Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
26.06.2019Reply to a communication from the examining division
04.09.2020Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 09.09.2020
09.09.2020Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
16.09.2020Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2021/07]
26.09.2020Application refused, date of legal effect [2021/07]
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.04.2017Renewal fee patent year 03
27.04.2018Renewal fee patent year 04
29.04.2019Renewal fee patent year 05
27.04.2020Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[I]WO0232308  (KENT RIDGE DIGITAL LABS [SG], et al) [I] 1-15 * abstract *;
 [I]US2007175986  (PETRONE JAMES F [US], et al) [I] 1-15* paragraphs [0006] , [00 7] , [0 32] , [0 43] , [0 50] , [0 51] , [0 55] , [0 63]; figures 1-7; claim 1 *;
 [I]US7685629  (WHITE CONOR ROBERT [US], et al) [I] 1-15 * abstract *;
 [I]US2013232073  (SHEETS JOHN F [US], et al) [I] 1-15 * paragraph [0038]; figures 1-10; claim 1 *
International search[Y]US2008059805  (YOSHIOKA YASUO [JP], et al) [Y] 2 * ; abstract; paragrapn [0007] *;
 [Y]US8205256  (AHN TAE JIN [KR], et al) [Y] 16 * ; column 2, lines 18-29 *;
 [Y]US2012169613  (ARMSTRONG ANDREW ALAN [GB], et al) [Y] 9 * ;figure 1; paragraph [0041] *;
 [Y]US8494142  (LINGAFELT CHARLES STEVEN [US], et al) [Y] 10 * ; abstract; column 2, lines 1-15 *;
 [Y]US2013212022  (LANC DAVID [GB]) [Y] 6, 11, 13 * ; paragraphs [0013], [0091], [0116] *;
 [Y]US8607319  (PEIRCE MICHAEL [IE]) [Y] 1-20 * ; figures 2, 5; column 5, lines 52-64; column 10, lines 23-34; *;
 [Y]US8613052  (WEISS KENNETH P [US]) [Y] 17* ; figure 11; column 33, lines 32-34 *;
 [Y]US8645222  (TAMASSIA HUGH ROBERT [US], et al) [Y] 15 * ; figure 3; column 12, lines 47-65 *;
 [Y]US8660322  (TSAI PEI-WEI [SA], et al) [Y] 1-20 * ; abstract; figures 1-4; column 2, lines 64-65; column 3, lines 3-25; column 4, lines 21-25, 37-49; claims 1, 9-11 *;
 [Y]US8718335  (MASON STEPHEN ARCHER [AU], et al) [Y] 8 * ; column 2, lines 31-37 *
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