| EP0864145 - TACTILE FEEDBACK MAN-MACHINE INTERFACE DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The application has been refused Status updated on 21.12.2007 Database last updated on 26.03.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 21.12.2007 | Refusal of application | published on 23.01.2008 [2008/04] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Immersion Corporation 801 Fox Lane San Jose, CA 95131 / US | [2002/48] |
| Former [1998/38] | For all designated states Virtual Technologies, Inc. 2175 Park Boulevard Palo Alto, CA 94306 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
TREMBLAY, Marc, R. 110 Seale Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 / US | 02 /
YIM, Mark, H. Apartment 215,1091 Tanland Drive Palo Alto, CA 94301 / US | [1998/38] | Representative(s) | Hamilton, Alistair, et al Mewburn Ellis LLP 33 Gutter Lane London EC2V 8AS / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1998/38] | Hamilton, Alistair, et al Mewburn Ellis, York House, 23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP / GB | Application number, filing date | 96944744.0 | 02.12.1996 | [1998/38] | WO1996US19209 | Priority number, date | US19950565102 | 30.11.1995 Original published format: US 565102 | [1998/38] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9720305 | Date: | 05.06.1997 | Language: | EN | [1997/24] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0864145 | Date: | 16.09.1998 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 05.06.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1998/38] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 05.06.1997 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 29.10.1998 | Classification | IPC: | G09G5/00, G06F3/00 | [1998/51] | CPC: |
G06F3/016 (EP,US);
G06F3/011 (EP,US);
G06F3/014 (EP,US);
G06F3/0484 (US);
G10H1/34 (EP,US);
G10L15/22 (US);
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| Former IPC [1998/38] | G09G5/00 | Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [1998/38] | Title | German: | TAKTILE RÜCKKOPPLUNG FÜR MENSCH-/MASCHINENSCHNITTSTELLE | [1998/38] | English: | TACTILE FEEDBACK MAN-MACHINE INTERFACE DEVICE | [1998/38] | French: | DISPOSITIF D'INTERFACE HOMME-MACHINE AVEC RETOUR D'INFORMATIONS TACTILE | [1998/38] | Entry into regional phase | 19.06.1998 | National basic fee paid | 19.06.1998 | Search fee paid | 19.06.1998 | Designation fee(s) paid | 19.06.1998 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 27.06.1997 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 19.06.1998 | Examination requested [1998/38] | 02.08.2006 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 12.12.2006 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 26.06.2007 | Date of oral proceedings | 07.08.2007 | Minutes of oral proceedings despatched | 07.09.2007 | Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2008/04] | 18.09.2007 | Application refused, date of legal effect [2008/04] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 20.11.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 19.11.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 29.11.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 07.12.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 23.12.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 29.12.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 23.12.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 27.12.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | 27.12.2006 | 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. | Cited in | Examination | US5451924 | WO9418652 | STURMAN D.J.; ZELTZER D.: "A Survey of Glove-based Input", IEEE COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND APPLICATIONS, vol. 14, no. 1, January 1994 (1994-01-01), pages 30 - 39, XP000511085 [PA] 10,11,19 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/38.250916 | SHIMOGA K.B.: "A survey of perceptual feedback issues in dexterous telemanipulation. II. Finger touch feedback", VIRTUAL REALITY ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, 18 September 1993 (1993-09-18), NEW YORK, NY, USA, IEEE, pages 271 - 279, XP010130482, ISBN: 0-7803-1363-1 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/VRAIS.1993.380769 |