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EP1391834 - Document retrieval system and question answering system [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been withdrawn
Status updated on  16.01.2009
Database last updated on 24.04.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip16.01.2009Withdrawal of applicationpublished on 18.02.2009  [2009/08]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Panasonic Corporation
1006, Oaza Kadoma
Kadoma-shi
Osaka 571-8501 / JP
[N/P]
Former [2008/47]For all designated states
Panasonic Corporation
1006, Oaza Kadoma Kadoma-shi
Osaka 571-8501 / JP
Former [2004/09]For all designated states
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
1006, Oaza-Kadoma
Kadoma-shi, Osaka 571-8501 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Nomoto, Masako
7-18-504, Minamisumiyoshi
Tokorozawa-shi, Saitama 359-1125 / JP
02 / Sato, Mitsuhiro
4-11-11, Miyanosato
Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa 243-0216 / JP
03 / Suzuki, Hiroyuki
4-22-10-501, Shimokodanaka, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-0041 / JP
 [2004/09]
Representative(s)Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB
Leopoldstraße 4
80802 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2004/09]Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät
Maximilianstrasse 58
80538 München / DE
Application number, filing date03018569.818.08.2003
[2004/09]
Priority number, dateJP2002023803119.08.2002         Original published format: JP 2002238031
JP2003018911130.06.2003         Original published format: JP 2003189111
[2004/09]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP1391834
Date:25.02.2004
Language:EN
[2004/09]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP1391834
Date:18.01.2006
[2006/03]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP01.12.2005
ClassificationIPC:G06F17/30
[2004/09]
CPC:
G06F16/3329 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HU,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   TR [2004/09]
TitleGerman:Dokumentwiederauffindungssystem und Frage-Antwortsystem[2004/09]
English:Document retrieval system and question answering system[2004/09]
French:Système de recouvrement de documents et système de questions/réponses[2004/09]
Examination procedure17.07.2006Examination requested  [2006/35]
19.07.2006Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
05.01.2009Application withdrawn by applicant  [2009/08]
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.08.2005Renewal fee patent year 03
30.08.2006Renewal fee patent year 04
30.08.2007Renewal fee patent year 05
31.03.2008Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[X]  - ATTARDI G ET AL, "The PISAB question answering system", TEXT RETRIEVAL CONFERENCE. PROCEEDINGS, (20001113), pages 621 - 626, XP002246949 [X] 1-36 * abstract * * page 622, line 37 - page 623, line 5; figures 1,2 * * page 624, line 1 - page 625, line 25; figures 3,5 *
 [X]  - ATTARDI G ET AL, "PiQASso: Pisa Question Answering System", PROCEEDINGS OF THE TENTH TEXT RETRIEVAL CONFERENCE, Gaithersburg, MD, USA, (20011113), pages 633 - 641, URL: http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/attardi01piqasso.html, (20051116), XP002355125 [X] 1-36 * abstract * * paragraph 4 "Question analysis" * * paragraph 5 "Query formulation and expansion" * * paragraph 7 "Extracting relations" *
 [A]  - ABNEY S ET AL, "Answer Extraction", PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTH APPLIED NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING CONFERENCE, (200004), pages 296 - 301, URL: http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/abney00answer.html, (20051116), XP002355126 [A] 1-36 * abstract * * page 296, column R, line 35 - page 297, column L, line 44 * * page 298, column L, line 5 - column R, line 37 *
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