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EP About this file: EP4116937

EP4116937 - INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  09.12.2022
Database last updated on 15.07.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  10.09.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip20.02.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sony Group Corporation
1-7-1, Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
[2023/02]
Inventor(s)01 / ICHIKAWA, Miwa
c/o Sony Group Corporation
1-7-1 Konan, Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
02 / TAJIMA, Daisuke
c/o Sony Group Corporation
1-7-1 Konan, Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
03 / YUMIBA, Hiromu
c/o Sony Group Corporation
1-7-1 Konan, Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
04 / ISHII, Tomohiro
c/o Sony Group Corporation
1-7-1 Konan, Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
05 / FUNABASHI, Masatoshi
c/o Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.
3-14-13 Higashi-gotanda, Shinagawa-ku
Tokyo 141-0022 / JP
 [2023/02]
Representative(s)D Young & Co LLP
3 Noble Street
London EC2V 7BQ / GB
[N/P]
Former [2023/02]D Young & Co LLP
120 Holborn
London EC1N 2DY / GB
Application number, filing date21764158.826.02.2021
[2023/02]
WO2021JP07530
Priority number, dateJP2020003839006.03.2020         Original published format: JP 2020038390
[2023/02]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021177186
Date:10.09.2021
Language:JA
[2021/36]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4116937
Date:11.01.2023
Language:EN
[2023/02]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP10.09.2021
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP03.07.2023
ClassificationIPC:G06T19/00, G06Q50/02, G06F3/01
[2023/02]
CPC:
G06F3/011 (EP); G06T19/00 (US); G06F3/012 (EP);
G06Q10/063 (EP); G06Q50/02 (EP); G06T19/006 (EP);
G06V10/761 (US); G06V20/188 (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 [2023/02]
TitleGerman:VORRICHTUNG, VERFAHREN UND PROGRAMM FÜR DIE INFORMATIONSVERARBEITUNG[2023/02]
English:INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM[2023/02]
French:DISPOSITIF DE TRAITEMENT D'INFORMATIONS, PROCÉDÉ DE TRAITEMENT D'INFORMATIONS ET PROGRAMME DE TRAITEMENT D'INFORMATIONS[2023/02]
Entry into regional phase03.08.2022Translation filed 
16.08.2022National basic fee paid 
16.08.2022Search fee paid 
16.08.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
16.08.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure16.08.2022Examination requested  [2023/02]
19.01.2024Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
19.01.2024Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.02.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
20.02.2024Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[XI]EP3188132  (SONY CORP [JP]) [X] 1,13,14 * abstract * * paragraphs [0180] , [0196] * * claims 1,15 *[I] 2-12;
 [XI]US2017309079  (NAPLES ALYSHA [US], et al) [X] 1,13,14 * abstract * * paragraphs [0097] - [0103] * * claim 1 * [I] 2-12
International search[A]JP2006293605  (CANON KK)[A] 1-14;
 [Y]WO2017061281  (SONY CORP [JP]) [Y] 9-11 * [0173]-[0187], [0493]-[0501], 18, 47 *;
 [A]WO2017098822  (SONY CORP [JP]) [A] 1-14;
 [XY]WO2017169273  (SONY CORP [JP]) [X] 1-7,12-14 * [0017]-[0020], [0105]-[0116], 11-12 * [Y] 8-11;
 [A]WO2019131143  (SONY CORP [JP]) [A] 1-14;
 [Y]JP2019164650  (TOSHIBA IS CORP) [Y] 8 * [0002], [0010], [0019]-[0020], 1 *
by applicantWO2017061281
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