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StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  06.06.2025
Database last updated on 08.04.2026
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  03.06.2019
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  18.01.2019
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  25.05.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip06.06.2025Refusal of applicationpublished on 09.07.2025  [2025/28]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Dassault Systèmes
10, rue Marcel Dassault
78140 Vélizy-Villacoublay / FR
[2018/26]
Inventor(s)01 / Rorato, Rémy
8 rue du commandant René Mouchotte A203
75014 Paris / FR
02 / Marini, Laurent
75 bis rue Michel Ange
75016 Paris / FR
 [2018/26]
Representative(s)Bandpay & Greuter
11 rue Christophe Colomb
75008 Paris / FR
[N/P]
Former [2018/26]Bandpay & Greuter
30, rue Notre-Dame des Victoires
75002 Paris / FR
Application number, filing date16306790.322.12.2016
[2018/26]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3340084
Date:27.06.2018
Language:EN
[2018/26]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP19.06.2017
ClassificationIPC:G06F17/50, G06T17/10
[2018/26]
CPC:
G06T17/10 (EP,CN,US); G06F30/00 (EP,CN,US); G06F30/10 (US);
G06T19/20 (CN,US); G06F16/5854 (US); G06F2111/02 (US);
G06F2111/04 (EP,US); G06F2111/10 (US); G06F2111/20 (EP,CN,US);
G06T17/00 (US); G06T17/20 (US); G06T19/00 (US);
G06T2219/2008 (CN); G06T2219/2016 (CN); G06T2219/2021 (CN);
G06T7/73 (US); G06V20/653 (US) (-)
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2019/08]
Former [2018/26]AL,  AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  LV,  MC,  MK,  MT,  NL,  NO,  PL,  PT,  RO,  RS,  SE,  SI,  SK,  SM,  TR 
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesMANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TitleGerman:REPLIKAAUSWAHL[2018/26]
English:REPLICA SELECTION[2018/26]
French:SÉLECTION DE RÉPLIQUE[2018/26]
Examination procedure02.01.2019Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
02.01.2019Examination requested  [2019/08]
02.01.2019Date on which the examining division has become responsible
06.06.2019Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
17.01.2020Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time
24.03.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
19.05.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
19.11.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
16.11.2023Date of oral proceedings
13.12.2023Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
14.12.2023Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2025/28]
27.05.2025Application refused, date of legal effect [2025/28]
Appeal following examination14.02.2024Appeal received No.  T0646/24
14.02.2024Payment of appeal fee
15.04.2024Statement of grounds filed
27.05.2025Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the applicant withdrawn
Request for further processing for:The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the examination report
24.03.2020Request for further processing filed
24.03.2020Full payment received (date of receipt of payment)
Request granted
07.04.2020Decision despatched
Fees paidRenewal fee
02.01.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
02.01.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
11.01.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
03.01.2022Renewal fee patent year 06
02.01.2023Renewal fee patent year 07
02.01.2024Renewal fee patent year 08
02.01.2025Renewal fee patent year 09
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Documents cited:Search[I]   QUOC VIET DANG ET AL: "Similarity Detection for Free-Form Parametric Models", 21ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER GRAPHICS, VISUALIZATION AND COMPUTER VISION, 2013, pages 239 - 248, XP055378405, ISBN: 978-80-86-94375-6
 [I]   L CHIANG ET AL: "Identification of Patterns of Repeated Parts in Solid Objects", IMATI REPORT SERIES, 2 November 2016 (2016-11-02), CNR-IMATI, pages i - 111, XP055378393, Retrieved from the Internet [retrieved on 20170602]
 [I]   MARK PAULY ET AL: "Discovering structural regularity in 3D geometry", ACM TRANSACTIONS ON GRAPHICS (TOG), ACM, US, vol. 27, no. 3, August 2008 (2008-08-01), pages 43:1 - 43:11, XP002700032, ISSN: 0730-0301, DOI: 10.1145/1360612.1360642

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1360612.1360642
 [I]   LESLIE GORDON: "Comparing 3D CAD modelers - What designers should know about history-based and dynamic schemes", MACHINE DESIGN, 22 November 2006 (2006-11-22), http://machinedesign.com/article/comparing-3d-cad-modelers-1122, pages 1 - 4, XP055013550, Retrieved from the Internet [retrieved on 20111130] [I] 1-10 * abstract * * identifying B-rep surface patches; page 241, column left, lines 36-43; figure 2 * * page 241, column right, lines 18-20, 22-26 * * sections 5 and 5.1: isometries; page 243 * * sections 7, 7.1 and 7.2; page 245, column right - page 246, column left; figure 6 * * model similarities / symmetries; page 247, column left, lines 8-27; figures 10 - 13 * * the whole document *
ExaminationWO2016178107
by applicantEP12306720
 EP15305808
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