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| EP0901660 - STATISTICAL THESAURUS, METHOD OF FORMING SAME, AND USE THEREOF IN QUERY EXPANSION IN AUTOMATED TEXT SEARCHING [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The application has been withdrawn Status updated on 09.05.2014 Database last updated on 24.07.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 09.05.2014 | Withdrawal of application | published on 11.06.2014 [2014/24] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Lexis-Nexis, A Division of Reed Elsevier Inc. 9443 Springboro Pike Miamisburg, OH 45401 / US | [1999/11] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
MILLER, David, James 2689 Woodbluff Lane Dayton, OH 45458 / US | 02 /
LU, Xin, Allan 320 Brookside Drive Springboro, OH 45066 / US | 03 /
HOLT, John, D. 4405 Lac Lamen Drive Centerville, OH 45458 / US | [1999/11] | Representative(s) | Gray, John James, et al Murgitroyd & Company Scotland House 165-169 Scotland Street Glasgow G5 8PL / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1999/11] | Gray, John James, et al Fitzpatricks, 4 West Regent Street Glasgow G2 1RS / GB | Application number, filing date | 97908789.7 | 07.03.1997 | [1999/11] | WO1997US03185 | Priority number, date | US19960616883 | 15.03.1996 Original published format: US 616883 | [1999/11] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9734242 | Date: | 18.09.1997 | Language: | EN | [1997/40] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0901660 | Date: | 17.03.1999 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 18.09.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1999/11] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 18.09.1997 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 21.05.2001 | Classification | IPC: | G06F17/30 | [1999/11] | CPC: |
G06F16/374 (EP,US);
Y10S707/917 (US);
Y10S707/99933 (US);
Y10S707/99934 (US);
Y10S707/99935 (US);
Y10S707/99937 (US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB [1999/11] | Title | German: | STATISTISCHER THESAURUS, VERFAHREN ZU DESSEN ERZEUGUNG UND DESSEN VERWENDUNG FÜR DIE ABFRAGE-EXPANSION BEI DER AUTOMATISCHEN TEXTSUCHE | [1999/11] | English: | STATISTICAL THESAURUS, METHOD OF FORMING SAME, AND USE THEREOF IN QUERY EXPANSION IN AUTOMATED TEXT SEARCHING | [1999/11] | French: | THESAURUS STATISTIQUE, SON PROCEDE DE CONSTITUTION ET SON UTILISATION POUR L'EXTENSION D'INTERROGATION DANS LA RECHERCHE DE TEXTE AUTOMATISEE | [1999/11] | Entry into regional phase | 06.10.1998 | National basic fee paid | 06.10.1998 | Search fee paid | 06.10.1998 | Designation fee(s) paid | 06.10.1998 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 03.09.1997 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 06.10.1998 | Examination requested [1999/25] | 03.02.2006 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 28.07.2006 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 05.02.2008 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 24.05.2008 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 13.01.2011 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 11.05.2011 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 05.05.2014 | Application withdrawn by applicant [2014/24] | 07.05.2014 | Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 15.05.2014 | 15.05.2014 | Date of oral proceedings (cancelled) | Divisional application(s) | The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 03.02.2006 | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 16.03.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 06.03.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 16.03.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 13.03.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 11.03.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 15.03.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 14.03.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 09.03.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | 28.03.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 11 | 22.05.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 12 | 24.02.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 13 | 16.03.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 14 | 28.03.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 15 | 26.03.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 16 | 27.03.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 17 | 27.03.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 18 | Penalty fee | Additional fee for renewal fee | 31.03.2008 | 12 M06 Fee paid on 22.05.2008 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Documents cited: | Search | [A]EP0687987 (XEROX CORP [US]) [A] 1-7 * abstract ** page 2, line 1 - page 4, line 30 * | International search | [A]US4870568 (KAHLE BREWSTER [US], et al); | [Y]US4876643 (MCNEILL KEVIN M [US], et al); | [A]US5136289 (YOSHIDA SHIGERU [JP], et al); | [A]US5297039 (KANAEGAMI ATSUSHI [JP], et al); | [A]US5469355 (TSUZUKI KOUICHI [JP]); | [AE]US5615378 (NISHINO FUMIHITO [JP], et al); | [AE]US5619709 (CAID WILLIAM R [US], et al); | [A] - CROUCH C J, YANG B, "EXPERIMENTS IN AUTOMATIC STATISTICAL THESAURUS CONSTRUCTION", SIGIR FORUM., ACM, NEW YORK, NY., US, US, (19920601), ISSN 0163-5840, pages 77 - 88, XP002940409 | [A] - MINKER J, WILSON G A, ZIMMERMAN B H, "AN EVALUATION OF QUERY EXPANSION BY THE ADDITION OF CLUSTERED TERMSFOR A DOCUMENT RETRIEVAL SYSTEM", INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL., PERGAMON PRESS. OXFORD., GB, GB, (19720101), vol. 08, doi:10.1016/0020-0271(72)90021-6, pages 329 - 348, XP002945185 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0020-0271(72)90021-6 | [Y] - CROUCH C J, "AN APPROACH TO THE AUTOMATIC CONSTRUCTION OF GLOBAL THESAURI", INFORMATION PROCESSING & MANAGEMENT., ELSEVIER, BARKING., GB, GB, (19900101), vol. 26, no. 05, doi:10.1016/0306-4573(90)90106-C, ISSN 0306-4573, pages 629 - 640, XP002945186 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0306-4573(90)90106-C |