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EP0402372 - GENERATING A MESH FOR FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been withdrawn
Status updated on  15.05.1992
Database last updated on 13.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip15.05.1992Withdrawal of applicationpublished on 08.07.1992 [1992/28]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Mentor Graphics Corporation
8500 S.W. Creekside Place
Beaverton, Oregon 97005-7191 / US
[1990/51]
Inventor(s)01 / WEISS, Jonathan
5718 Charles Circle
Lake Oswego, OR 97035 / US
02 / FORTNER, Patrick, D.
10010 S.W. 135th
Beaverton, OR 97005 / US
[1990/51]
Representative(s)Meddle, Alan L., et al
Forrester & Boehmert Pettenkoferstrasse 20-22
80336 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1990/51]Meddle, Alan Leonard, et al
FORRESTER & BOEHMERT Franz-Joseph-Strasse 38
D-8000 München 40 / DE
Application number, filing date89902579.527.01.1989
[1990/51]
WO1989US00357
Priority number, dateUS1988015110501.02.1988         Original published format: US 151105
[1990/51]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO8907301
Date:10.08.1989
Language:EN
[1989/18]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0402372
Date:19.12.1990
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 10.08.1989 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1990/51]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US10.08.1989
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP06.02.1992
ClassificationIPC:G06F15/62, G06K9/48
[1990/51]
CPC:
G06T17/20 (EP,US); G06F30/23 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   LU,   NL,   SE [1990/51]
TitleGerman:ERMITTLUNG EINES ANALYSEMASTERS ENDIGER ELEMENTEN[1990/51]
English:GENERATING A MESH FOR FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS[1990/51]
French:GENERATION DE GRILLE D'ANALYSE D'ELEMENTS FINIS[1990/51]
File destroyed:22.02.2000
Entry into regional phase01.08.1990National basic fee paid 
01.08.1990Search fee paid 
01.08.1990Designation fee(s) paid 
01.08.1990Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure21.08.1989Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: DE
01.08.1990Examination requested  [1990/51]
03.05.1992Application withdrawn by applicant  [1992/28]
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.12.1990Renewal fee patent year 03
17.12.1991Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search   [ ] - PATTERN RECOGNITION. vol. 20, no. 5, 1987, NEW YORKUS pages 525 - 533; A. GOSHTASBY: 'Piecewise cubic mapping functions for image registration'
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