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EP0580105 - Vehicle-guiding device for recognizing curved road and leading vehicle along curved road aurally [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  03.12.1999
Database last updated on 13.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip03.12.1999No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 19.01.2000 [2000/03]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
1, Toyota-cho
Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, 471-8571 / JP
For all designated states
AISIN AW CO., LTD.
10, Takane Fujii-cho Anjo-shi
Aichi-ken 444-11 / JP
[N/P]
Former [1999/05]For all designated states
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
1, Toyota-cho, Toyota-shi
Aichi-ken 471-8571 / JP
For all designated states
AISIN AW CO., LTD.
10, Takane Fujii-cho
Anjo-shi Aichi-ken 444-11 / JP
Former [1994/04]For all designated states
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
1, Toyota-cho Toyota-shi
Aichi-ken 471 / JP
For all designated states
AISIN AW CO., LTD.
10, Takane Fujii-cho
Anjo-shi Aichi-ken 444-11 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Kishi, Hiroshi
8-89-302, Yamanote
Toyota-shi, Aichi 471 / JP
02 / Ito, Toru
801 Yagoto Fujimi, Showa-ku
Nagoya-shi, Aichi 466 / JP
03 / Morimoto, Kyomi
288-1, Nagayoshi-cho
Nishio-shi, Aichi 445 / JP
04 / Yokoyama, Shoji
Anjo-Gurando-Haitsu(312), 3-18, Sakura-machi
Anjo-shi, Aichi 446 / JP
05 / Kuroda, Kenji
6-9, Geshi-cho
Sabae-shi, Fukui 916 / JP
[1994/04]
Representative(s)Pellmann, Hans-Bernd
Patentanwaltsbüro Tiedtke-Bühling-Kinne & Partner Bavariaring 4-6
80336 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1994/08]Pellmann, Hans-Bernd, Dipl.-Ing.
Patentanwaltsbüro Tiedtke-Bühling-Kinne & Partner Bavariaring 4
D-80336 München / DE
Former [1994/04]Pellmann, Hans-Bernd, Dipl.-Ing.
Patentanwaltsbüro Tiedtke-Bühling-Kinne & Partner Bavariaring 4
D-80336 München / DE
Application number, filing date93111551.319.07.1993
[1994/04]
Priority number, dateJP1992019252820.07.1992         Original published format: JP 19252892
JP1992019357221.07.1992         Original published format: JP 19357292
[1994/04]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0580105
Date:26.01.1994
Language:EN
[1994/04]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0580105
Date:03.02.1999
Language:EN
[1999/05]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP20.09.1993
ClassificationIPC:G08G1/0968
[1994/04]
CPC:
G01C21/3629 (EP,US); G08G1/096861 (EP,US); G08G1/096872 (EP,US);
G08G1/0968 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [1994/04]
TitleGerman:Navigationsgerät für Fahrzeuge mit Erkennung von Kurven und Leitung der Fahrzeuge mittels Sprache[1994/04]
English:Vehicle-guiding device for recognizing curved road and leading vehicle along curved road aurally[1994/04]
French:Dispositif de navigation pour véhicules avec reconnaissance de courbes et guidage auditif de véhicules[1994/04]
Examination procedure19.07.1993Examination requested  [1994/04]
20.09.1996Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
26.02.1997Reply to a communication from the examining division
24.04.1997Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
22.10.1997Reply to a communication from the examining division
24.03.1998Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
07.08.1998Communication of intention to grant the patent
09.11.1998Fee for grant paid
09.11.1998Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)EP98114209.4  / EP0877348
Opposition(s)04.11.1999No opposition filed within time limit [2000/03]
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.07.1995Renewal fee patent year 03
31.07.1996Renewal fee patent year 04
29.07.1997Renewal fee patent year 05
28.07.1998Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[Y]EP0487280  (FUJITSU TEN LTD [JP])
 [X]  - VEHICLE NAVIGATION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS; VNIS '89, SEPTEMBER 11- 13,1989 IEEE US pages 146 - 150 DAVIS ET AL 'The Back Seat Driver: Real Time Spoken Driving Instructions'
Examination   - James Davis; "Back Seat Driver: voice assisted automobile navigation." PhD thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, September 1989
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