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EP1494144 - Information retrieval assessing degree of relevance [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  20.03.2009
Database last updated on 10.12.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip20.03.2009Refusal of applicationpublished on 22.04.2009  [2009/17]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED
The Heights, Brooklands
Weybridge KT13 0XW / GB
[N/P]
Former [2005/01]For all designated states
SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED
The Heights, Brooklands
Weybridge KT13 0XW / GB
Inventor(s)01 / Trepess, David William
18 Corinthian Close Hatch Warren
Basingstoke Hampshire RG22 4TN / GB
 [2005/01]
Representative(s)Turner, James Arthur, et al
D Young & Co LLP
120 Holborn
London EC1N 2DY / GB
[N/P]
Former [2005/01]Turner, James Arthur, et al
D Young & Co 120 Holborn
London EC1N 2DY / GB
Application number, filing date04253341.404.06.2004
[2005/01]
Priority number, dateGB2003001550502.07.2003         Original published format: GB 0315505
[2005/01]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP1494144
Date:05.01.2005
Language:EN
[2005/01]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP1494144
Date:11.01.2006
[2006/02]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP25.11.2005
ClassificationIPC:G06F17/30
[2005/01]
CPC:
G06F16/3328 (EP,US); G06F16/48 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [2006/37]
Former [2005/01]AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HU,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PL,  PT,  RO,  SE,  SI,  SK,  TR 
TitleGerman:Informationswiederauffindung mit Relevanzbewertung[2005/01]
English:Information retrieval assessing degree of relevance[2005/01]
French:Recherche d'informations avec évaluation de la pertinence[2005/01]
Examination procedure08.06.2006Examination requested  [2006/30]
13.11.2006Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
14.05.2007Reply to a communication from the examining division
25.11.2008Application refused, date of legal effect [2009/17]
25.11.2008Date of oral proceedings
02.12.2008Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2009/17]
02.12.2008Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.03.2006Renewal fee patent year 03
14.06.2007Renewal fee patent year 04
28.03.2008Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[X]  - RAUBER A ET AL, "'Andreas, Rauber'? conference pages are over there, german documents on the lower left,.. An Old-Fashioned Approach to Web Search Results Visualization", DATABASE AND EXPERT SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS, 2000. PROCEEDINGS. 11TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON 4-8 SEPTEMBER 2000, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA,IEEE, (20000904), ISBN 0-7695-0680-1, pages 615 - 619, XP010515556 [X] 1-17 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/DEXA.2000.875088
 [X]  - RAUBER A ET AL, "A metaphor graphics based representation of digital libraries on the World Wide Web: using the libViewer to make metadata visible", DATABASE AND EXPERT SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS, 1999. PROCEEDINGS. TENTH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON FLORENCE, ITALY 1-3 SEPT. 1999, LOS ALAMITOS, CA, USA,IEEE COMPUT. SOC, US, (19990901), ISBN 0-7695-0281-4, pages 286 - 290, XP010352477 [X] 1-17 * the whole document *
 [A]  - GOROKHOVSKY V AND AMADIO L, "Layered Windows", WINDOWS USER INTERFACE TECHNICAL ARTICLES, (200001), URL: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwui/html/layerwin.asp, (20051114), XP002354125 [A] 3-5 * the whole document *
 [A]  - XIA LIN ED - BOOKSTEIN A ET AL ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY, "A SELF-ORGANIZING SEMANTIC MAP FOR INFORMATION RETRIEVAL", PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL ACM/SIGIR CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN INFORMATION RETRIEVAL. CHICAGO, OCT. 13 - 16, 1991, PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL ACM/SIGIR CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH AND DEEVELOPMENT IN INFORMATION R, (19911013), vol. CONF. 14, pages 262 - 269, XP000239177 [A] 6-8 * page 266, line 37 - page 267, column 1, line 25 *
ExaminationUS2002171682
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