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EP3831226 - INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  24.03.2023
Database last updated on 05.10.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  07.05.2021
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  08.02.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip05.09.2024New entry: Additional fee for renewal fee: despatch of communication + time limit 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Japan Tobacco Inc.
1-1, Toranomon 4-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-6927 / JP
[2021/23]
Inventor(s)01 / HAMAGUCHI, Hideshi
c/o Monogoto, Inc., 526, 1410 NW Kearney Street
Portland, Oregon 97209 / US
 [2021/23]
Representative(s)Hoffmann Eitle
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB
Arabellastraße 30
81925 München / DE
[2021/23]
Application number, filing date18928608.131.07.2018
[2021/23]
WO2018JP28528
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2020026319
Date:06.02.2020
Language:JA
[2020/06]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3831226
Date:09.06.2021
Language:EN
[2021/23]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP06.02.2020
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP24.02.2022
ClassificationIPC:G09B23/28, A24F47/00, A24F13/02, A24F40/00
[2022/13]
CPC:
A24F40/53 (EP); A24F40/50 (KR); A24F40/51 (KR);
A24F40/60 (EP,KR); A24F40/65 (EP,KR); G09B23/28 (EP)
Former IPC [2021/23]A24F47/00
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 [2021/23]
TitleGerman:INFORMATIONSVERARBEITUNGSENDGERÄT, INFORMATIONSVERARBEITUNGSVERFAHREN, INFORMATIONSVERARBEITUNGSSYSTEM UND PROGRAMM[2021/23]
English:INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM[2021/23]
French:TERMINAL DE TRAITEMENT D'INFORMATIONS, PROCÉDÉ DE TRAITEMENT D'INFORMATIONS, SYSTÈME, ET PROGRAMME DE TRAITEMENT D'INFORMATIONS[2021/23]
Entry into regional phase15.02.2021Translation filed 
15.02.2021National basic fee paid 
15.02.2021Search fee paid 
15.02.2021Designation fee(s) paid 
15.02.2021Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure15.02.2021Examination requested  [2021/23]
25.08.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
27.03.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
29.09.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
16.02.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
08.07.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
27.07.2022Renewal fee patent year 05
26.07.2023Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[A]EP1569530  (BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO CO [GB]) [A] 1-11 * paragraph [0006] * * paragraph [0009] * * paragraph [0013] * * claims 1-37 *;
 [XI]US2013284192  (PELEG EYAL [IL], et al) [X] 1-5,10,11 * claims 1-20 * * figures 1-15 * * paragraph [0037] * * paragraph [0059] * * paragraph [0071] * [I] 6-9;
 [A]JP2015507477  (PHILIP MORRIS INC) [A] 1-11 * figures 1-6 * * claims 1-15 * * paragraph [0007] * * paragraph [0020] * * paragraph [0022] * * paragraph [0029] * * paragraph [0030] * * paragraph [0034] *;
 [A]US2017042251  (YAMADA MANABU [JP], et al) [A] 1-11 * claims 1-12 * * figures 1-15 * * paragraph [0046] * * paragraph [0088] * * paragraph [0089] * * paragraph [0090] * * paragraph [0091] *;
 [A]WO2018036945  (MEDITUNER AB [SE]) [A] 1-11 * page 4, line 25 - page 6, line 7 * * figures 1-4 ** claims 1-13 *;
 [A]  - WOLFGANG E.S. KAMIN ET AL, "The Inhalation Manager: A New Computer-Based Device to Assess Inhalation Technique and Drug Delivery to the Patient", JOURNAL OF AEROSOL MEDICINE, (20030301), vol. 16, no. 1, doi:10.1089/089426803764928329, ISSN 0894-2684, pages 21 - 29, XP055421425 [A] 1-11 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/089426803764928329
International search[A]JP2006507499  (BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED) [A] 1-11* , paragraphs [0026]-[0044] & WO 2004/047570 A2, page 4, line 30 to page 7, line 5 & US 2006/0099554 A1 & EP 1569530 A2 & CA 2505530 A1 & BR 316698 A & AT 347281 T & NZ 539945 A & KR 10-2005-0084040 A & CN 1719989 A & RU 2005120161 A & ZA 200503939 B & AU 2003285529 A1 & MX PA05005614 A & SI 1569530 T1 *;
 [A]US2011036346  (COHEN SCOTT A [US], et al) [A] 1-11 * , paragraphs [0032]-[0054] & CN 107612312 A *;
 [A]JP2015507477  (PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S. A.) [A] 1-11 * , paragraphs [0090]-[0105] & WO 2013/098398 A2, page 23, line 23 to page 28, line 17 & US 2014/0345633 A1 & EP 2797447 A2 & CA 2858479 A1 & CN 103997921 A & AU 2012360820 B2 & KR 10-2014-0118985 A & HK 1198241 A1 & MX 2014008085 A & NZ 624139 A & RU 2014131454 A & ES 2635092 T3 & PL 2797447 T3 & BR 112014012734 A2 & PT 2797447 T & ZA 201402705 B *;
 [A]JP2016101231  (FIELDS CORP) [A] 1-11 * , paragraphs [0077], [0081] (Family: none) *;
 [A]WO2018036945  (MEDITUNER AB [SE]) [A] 1-11 * , page 7, lines 1-18 & GB 2553281 A *
by applicantJP2017512459
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