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EP0740245 - Handwritten data and command gesture input method and apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  03.08.2001
Database last updated on 28.03.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip04.01.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT
published on 06.02.2008  [2008/06]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku
Tokyo / JP
[N/P]
Former [1996/44]For all designated states
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku
Tokyo / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Sakaguchi, Katsuhiko
c/o Canon K. K., 30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko
Ohta-ku, Tokyo 146 / JP
02 / Arai, Tsunekazu
c/o Canon K. K., 30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko
Ohta-ku, Tokyo 146 / JP
03 / Takasu, Eiji
c/o Canon K. K., 30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko
Ohta-ku, Tokyo 146 / JP
04 / Yoshii, Hiroto
c/o Canon K. K., 30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko
Ohta-ku, Tokyo 146 / JP
[1996/44]
Representative(s)Pellmann, Hans-Bernd, et al
Patentanwaltsbüro Tiedtke-Bühling-Kinne & Partner Bavariaring 4-6
80336 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1996/44]Pellmann, Hans-Bernd, Dipl.-Ing., et al
Patentanwaltsbüro Tiedtke-Bühling-Kinne & Partner Bavariaring 4
80336 München / DE
Application number, filing date96106667.726.04.1996
[1996/44]
Priority number, dateJP1995010619428.04.1995         Original published format: JP 10619495
[1996/44]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0740245
Date:30.10.1996
Language:EN
[1996/44]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0740245
Date:28.01.1998
[1998/05]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0740245
Date:04.10.2000
Language:EN
[2000/40]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP11.12.1997
ClassificationIPC:G06F3/033, G06F17/24
[1998/03]
CPC:
G06F3/04883 (EP,US); G06T1/00 (KR)
Former IPC [1996/44]G06F3/033
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   NL [1996/44]
TitleGerman:Handgeschriebene Daten und Befehlgesteneingabemethode und Gerät[1996/44]
English:Handwritten data and command gesture input method and apparatus[1996/44]
French:Méthode d'entrée de données manuscrites et de commandes de geste et appareil[1996/44]
Examination procedure15.06.1998Examination requested  [1998/33]
18.09.1998Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
17.03.1999Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.07.1999Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
06.08.1999Reply to a communication from the examining division
29.11.1999Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
12.04.2000Communication of intention to grant the patent
12.07.2000Fee for grant paid
12.07.2000Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)05.07.2001No opposition filed within time limit [2001/38]
Fees paidRenewal fee
29.04.1998Renewal fee patent year 03
30.04.1999Renewal fee patent year 04
28.04.2000Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipFR04.10.2000
IT04.10.2000
NL04.10.2000
[2008/06]
Former [2006/14]FR04.10.2000
NL04.10.2000
Former [2003/09]NL04.10.2000
FR02.03.2001
Former [2002/02]FR02.03.2001
Documents cited:Search[A]   KURTENBACH G ET AL: "ISSUES IN COMBINING MARKING AND DIRECT MANIPULATION TECHNIQUES", PROCEEDINGS OF THE SYMPOSIUM ON USER INTERFACE SOFTWARE AND TECHNOL ( UIST ), HILTON HEAD, S. CAROLINA, NOV. 11 - 13, 1991, no. SYMP. 4, 11 November 1991 (1991-11-11), ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY, pages 137 - 144, XP000315074 [A] 1 * page 140, column R, paragraph 2 - page 142, column L, paragraph 6 *
 [A]   "Newton, MessagePad 110 Handbook", 1994, APPLE COMPUTER, INC., CUPERTINO, CA, USA, XP002047153 [A] 1 * page 83 - page 113 *
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