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EP About this file: EP4132242

EP4132242 - ELECTRONIC DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  06.01.2023
Database last updated on 21.03.2026
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  08.06.2022
Most recent event   Tooltip21.03.2026New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
1-7-1, Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
[2023/06]
Inventor(s)01 / MITO, Satoshi
c/o Sony Global Manufacturing &
Operations Corporation
1-7-1, Konan, Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
02 / OOTORI, Yasuhiro
c/o Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
1-7-1, Konan, Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
 [2023/06]
Representative(s)D Young & Co LLP
3 Noble Street
London EC2V 7BQ / GB
[N/P]
Former [2023/06]D Young & Co LLP
120 Holborn
London EC1N 2DY / GB
Application number, filing date21776994.225.03.2021
[2023/06]
WO2021JP12747
Priority number, dateJP2020005918327.03.2020         Original published format: JP 2020059183
[2023/06]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021193879
Date:30.09.2021
Language:JA
[2021/39]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4132242
Date:08.02.2023
Language:EN
[2023/06]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP30.09.2021
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP27.03.2024
ClassificationIPC:H05K7/20, G06F1/20
[2024/17]
CPC:
H05K7/20136 (EP); H05K7/20145 (US); G06F1/20 (EP);
H05K7/20172 (US); H05K7/20181 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2023/06]H05K7/20
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 [2023/06]
TitleGerman:ELEKTRONISCHE VORRICHTUNG[2023/06]
English:ELECTRONIC DEVICE[2023/06]
French:DISPOSITIF ÉLECTRONIQUE[2023/06]
Entry into regional phase09.09.2022Translation filed 
13.10.2022National basic fee paid 
13.10.2022Search fee paid 
13.10.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
13.10.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure13.10.2022Examination requested  [2023/06]
09.10.2024Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
09.10.2024Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
21.03.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
20.03.2024Renewal fee patent year 04
19.03.2025Renewal fee patent year 05
19.03.2026Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[XI] US2010275560  (CHEN MING-CHIH et al.)
 [XI] US2017152864  (LIN KUANG-HUA et al.) [X] 1,5-7 * paragraphs [0037] - [0041]; figures 4-6 *[I] 9,10
 [XI] US2010154838  (SHIH ZHI-HONG et al.) [X] 1,5,6 * paragraphs [0005] , [0026] , [0027]; figures 2-7b *[I] 9,10
 [XI] US2007064390  (YEH DUNGCHANG et al.) [X] 1-3 * paragraphs [0029] - [0036]; figures 2,3 *[I] 4
 [X] US2011198064  (SMALEN MATTI et al.) [X] 1,7,8 * paragraphs [0011] - [0013] - [0023] - [0027]; figure 2 *
International search[X] JP2010086053  (FUJITSU LTD et al.) [X] 1-8 * paragraphs [0010]-[0018], fig. 3-5 *
 [X] JP2014518002   [X] 1 * paragraphs [0024], [0092]-[0094], fig. 23-26 *
 [XY] CN107023517  (ACER INC et al.) [X] 1-9 * paragraph [0002], fig. 2 *[Y] 10
 [Y] JP2012227296  (SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC et al.) [Y] 10 * paragraphs [0014]-[0017], fig. 1-2 *
 [A] CN207219283  (BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO LTD et al.) [A] 1-10 * paragraphs [0044]-[0049], fig. 3 *
 [A] JP2013501373   [A] 1-10 * paragraphs [0068]-[0072], fig. 6-8 *
by applicantWO2014185311
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