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EP About this file: EP3563911

EP3563911 - OUTPUT CONTROL DEVICE, OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  19.04.2024
Database last updated on 25.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  12.05.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  08.01.2023
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  09.04.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  04.10.2019
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  07.07.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip19.07.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): CH, LU		published on 21.08.2024  [2024/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sony Group Corporation
1-7-1 Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
[2021/30]
Former [2019/45]For all designated states
Sony Corporation
1-7-1 Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / ITO, Osamu
c/o SONY CORPORATION
1-7-1 Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
 [2019/45]
Representative(s)MFG Patentanwälte Meyer-Wildhagen Meggle-Freund Gerhard PartG mbB
Amalienstraße 62
80799 München / DE
[2019/45]
Application number, filing date17888695.810.11.2017
[2019/45]
WO2017JP40601
Priority number, dateJP2016025266527.12.2016         Original published format: JP 2016252665
[2019/45]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2018123293
Date:05.07.2018
Language:JA
[2018/27]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3563911
Date:06.11.2019
Language:EN
[2019/45]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3563911
Date:14.06.2023
Language:EN
[2023/24]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP05.07.2018
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP30.09.2019
ClassificationIPC:A63B69/00, G06F3/01, G09B19/00
[2019/45]
CPC:
G09B19/0015 (EP,US); G09B19/003 (US); A63B69/00 (EP);
G06F3/01 (EP); G06F3/011 (US); G08B6/00 (US);
G09B19/0038 (EP,US); A63B2071/0655 (US); A63B2220/62 (US);
A63B2220/803 (US); A63B2220/836 (US); A63B71/0622 (US) (-)
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 [2019/45]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesMANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TitleGerman:AUSGABESTEUERUNGSVORRICHTUNG, AUSGABESTEUERUNGSVERFAHREN UND PROGRAMM[2019/45]
English:OUTPUT CONTROL DEVICE, OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM[2019/45]
French:DISPOSITIF DE COMMANDE DE SORTIE, PROCÉDÉ DE COMMANDE DE SORTIE, ET PROGRAMME[2019/45]
Entry into regional phase24.06.2019Translation filed 
17.07.2019National basic fee paid 
17.07.2019Search fee paid 
17.07.2019Designation fee(s) paid 
17.07.2019Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure17.07.2019Examination requested  [2019/45]
26.03.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
09.04.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
28.07.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
09.01.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
27.04.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
09.05.2023Fee for grant paid
09.05.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)15.03.2024No opposition filed within time limit [2024/21]
Fees paidRenewal fee
26.11.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
20.11.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
18.11.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
22.11.2022Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT14.06.2023
CZ14.06.2023
DK14.06.2023
EE14.06.2023
ES14.06.2023
FI14.06.2023
HR14.06.2023
IT14.06.2023
LT14.06.2023
LV14.06.2023
MC14.06.2023
PL14.06.2023
RO14.06.2023
RS14.06.2023
SE14.06.2023
SI14.06.2023
SK14.06.2023
SM14.06.2023
NO14.09.2023
GR15.09.2023
IS14.10.2023
PT16.10.2023
LU10.11.2023
CH30.11.2023
[2024/34]
Former [2024/32]AT14.06.2023
CZ14.06.2023
DK14.06.2023
EE14.06.2023
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NO14.09.2023
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PT16.10.2023
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Documents cited:Search[A]WO2008049151  (BAKER RICHARD JOHN [AU]) [A] 1-15* the whole document *;
 [I]WO2009123396  (KOREA ELECTRONICS TELECOMM [KR], et al) [I] 1-15 * abstract * * paragraphs [0001] - [0005] - [0017] , [0025] - [0068]; figures 1-5 *;
 [A]US2013089843  (HUTCHISON SEAN [US]) [A] 1-15 * the whole document *;
 [X]US9173596  (BERME NECIP [US], et al) [X] 1-15 * abstract * * column 8, lines 28-48 * * column 9, lines 51-61 * * column 10, line 50 - column 11, line 12 * * column 11, lines 54-62 * * column 12, lines 38-58 * * column 13, lines 47-61 * * column 15, line 65 - column 16, line 24 * * column 16, lines 35-67 * * column 17, lines 1-17 * * column 21, lines 26-36 * * column 24, lines 21-51 * * column 27, lines 24-36 * * column 29, lines 24-26 * * figures 1-4,7,26-28 *
International search[XA]US2004077975  (ZIMMERMAN JEFFREY C [US]) [X] 1-6, 9-20 * , paragraphs [0055]-[0058], [0063]-[0066] & WO 2004/039055 A2 & AU 2003285918 A * [A] 7-8;
 [XA]JP2007167203  (SONY CORP) [X] 1-6, 9-20 * , paragraphs [0017]-[0047] (Family: none) * [A] 7-8;
 [A]US2010173276  (VASIN MAXIM ALEXEEVICH [RU]) [A] 1-20 * , entire text, all drawings & GB 2462780 A & WO 2009/002218 A1 & DE 112008001625 T & RU 2007122577 A & CN 101801471 A *;
 [A]JP2011087794  (SONY CORP) [A] 1-20* , paragraphs [0076]-[0077], [0097] & US 2011/0097695 A1, paragraphs [0213]-[0216], [0268]-[0270] & US 2015/0262503 A1 & CN 102039042 A *;
 [XA]JP2011516915  (ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE) [X] 1-6, 9-20 * , paragraphs [0024]-[0049] & US 2011/0006926 A1, paragraphs [0028]-[0053] & WO 2009/123396 A2 & EP 2262573 A2 & KR 10-2009-0105785 A & CN 101983090 A * [A] 7-8;
 [PX]JP2017136142  (SEIKO EPSON CORP) [PX] 1-2, 4, 6, 9-10, 13, 17-20 * , paragraphs, [0043]-[0178] & US 2017/0221379 A1, paragraphs [0061]-[0197] *
by applicantJP2016047207
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