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EP0877327
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| EP0877327 - Method and apparatus for performing a join query in a database system [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 29.05.2009 Database last updated on 09.09.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 11.06.2010 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IE | published on 14.07.2010 [2010/28] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states International Business Machines Corporation New Orchard Road Armonk, NY 10504 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [2002/13] | For all designated states International Business Machines Corporation New Orchard Road Armonk, NY 10504 / US | ||
| Former [1998/46] | For all designated states Informix Software, Inc. 4100 Bohannon Drive Menlo Park, California 94025 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Krishna, Murali M. 6684 S E Ariel Hillsboro, Oregon 97123 / US | 02 /
Gerber, Robert Howard 12015 N W Dumar Lane Portland, Oregon 97229 / US | 03 /
Kashyap, Anurag 34340 Eucalyptus Terrace Fremont, California 94555 / US | 04 /
Taylor, Paul Sherwood 406 Iris Street Redwood City, California 94062 / US | 05 /
Shurts, Scott Alan 18625 S W Alderwood Drive Aloha, Oregon 97006 / US | 06 /
Sundaresan, Prakash 2920 S W 89th Avenue Portland, Oregon 97225 / US | 07 /
Ni, Shengsong 15912 S W Sundew Drive Tigard, Oregon 97223 / US | [1998/46] | Representative(s) | Burt, Roger James, et al IBM United Kingdom Limited Intellectual Property Department Hursley Park Winchester Hampshire SO21 2JN / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2002/13] | Burt, Roger James, Dr., et al IBM United Kingdom Limited Intellectual Property Law Hursley Park Winchester Hampshire SO21 2JN / GB | ||
| Former [2002/04] | Burt, Roger James, Dr., et al IBM United Kingdom Limited Intellectual Property Department Hursley Park Winchester Hampshire SO21 2JN / GB | ||
| Former [1998/46] | Hall, Robert Leonard, et al Dibb Lupton Alsop Fountain Precinct, Balm Green Sheffield S1 1RZ / GB | Application number, filing date | 98302804.4 | 07.04.1998 | [1998/46] | Priority number, date | US19970833519 | 07.04.1997 Original published format: US 833519 | [1998/46] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0877327 | Date: | 11.11.1998 | Language: | EN | [1998/46] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0877327 | Date: | 06.09.2000 | [2000/36] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0877327 | Date: | 23.07.2008 | Language: | EN | [2008/30] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 25.07.2000 | Classification | IPC: | G06F17/30 | [1998/46] | CPC: |
G06F16/24561 (EP,US);
G06F16/2456 (EP,US);
Y10S707/99932 (US);
Y10S707/99934 (US);
Y10S707/99935 (US)
| Designated contracting states | BE, CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, IE, IT, LI, NL, SE [2001/21] |
| Former [1998/46] | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE | Title | German: | Verfahren und Einrichtung zum Ausführen einer Verbindungsabfrage in einem Datenbanksystem | [1998/46] | English: | Method and apparatus for performing a join query in a database system | [1998/46] | French: | Méthode et dispositif pour réaliser des requêtes de jointures dans un système de bases de données | [2008/15] |
| Former [1998/46] | Méthode et dispositif por réaliser des requêtes de jointures dans un sysème de bases de données | Examination procedure | 20.04.1998 | Examination requested [1998/46] | 08.11.2006 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 16.01.2007 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 27.03.2008 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 29.05.2008 | Fee for grant paid | 29.05.2008 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 24.04.2009 | No opposition filed within time limit [2009/27] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 20.03.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 21.03.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 15.04.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 14.04.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 15.04.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 15.04.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 19.04.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 16.04.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | 28.04.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 11 |
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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. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | BE | 23.07.2008 | IT | 23.07.2008 | NL | 23.07.2008 | SE | 23.10.2008 | ES | 03.11.2008 | IE | 07.04.2009 | [2010/28] |
| Former [2010/19] | BE | 23.07.2008 | |
| IT | 23.07.2008 | ||
| NL | 23.07.2008 | ||
| SE | 23.10.2008 | ||
| ES | 03.11.2008 | ||
| Former [2010/05] | BE | 23.07.2008 | |
| IT | 23.07.2008 | ||
| NL | 23.07.2008 | ||
| ES | 03.11.2008 | ||
| Former [2009/19] | BE | 23.07.2008 | |
| NL | 23.07.2008 | ||
| ES | 03.11.2008 | ||
| Former [2009/09] | NL | 23.07.2008 | |
| ES | 03.11.2008 | Documents cited: | Search | [A]EP0070119 (FUJITSU LTD [JP]) [A] 1,25,26* the whole document *; | [Y] - MURPHY M C ET AL, "PROCESSOR SCHEDULING FOR MULTIPROCESSOR JOINS", PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DATA ENGINEERING,US,WASHINGTON, IEEE COMP. SOC. PRESS, (1989), vol. CONF. 5, ISBN 0-8186-9915-9, pages 140 - 148, XP000076112 [Y] 1-5,11-15,19,20,24-27 * page 140, column R, line 33 - page 141, column L, line 9; figure 1 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICDE.1989.47209 | [Y] - O'NEIL P ET AL, "Multi-table joins through bitmapped join indices", SIGMOD RECORD, SEPT. 1995, USA, vol. 24, no. 3, ISSN 0163-5808, pages 8 - 11, XP002141931 [Y] 1-5,11-15,19,20,24-27 * abstract * * page 8, column L, paragraph 2. - page 10, column L, paragraph 3. * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/211990.212001 |