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EP1677190 - Systems and methods for virtualizing graphics subsystems [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been refused Status updated on 27.01.2017 Database last updated on 15.08.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	27.01.2017	Refusal of application	published on 01.03.2017 [2017/09]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 / US
	[2015/12]
Former [2006/27]	For all designated states MICROSOFT CORPORATION One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / Blythe, David R. c/o Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond WA 98052 / US
	[2006/27]
Representative(s)	Goddar, Heinz J., et al Boehmert & Boehmert Anwaltspartnerschaft mbB Pettenkoferstrasse 22 80336 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2006/27]	Goddar, Heinz J., et al FORRESTER & BOEHMERT Pettenkoferstrasse 20-22 80336 München / DE
Application number, filing date	05026118.9	30.11.2005
	[2006/27]
Priority number, date	US20040026380	30.12.2004 Original published format: US 26380
	[2006/27]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP1677190
	Date:	05.07.2006
	Language:	EN
	[2006/27]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP1677190
	Date:	02.04.2014
	Language:	EN
	[2014/14]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	04.03.2014
Classification	IPC:	G06F9/455, G09G5/36, G09G5/397, G06F21/53, G06F21/57, G06F21/10, G06T15/00	[2014/14]
	CPC:	G06F9/45537 (EP,US); G06F9/06 (KR); G06F3/14 (KR); G06F9/45533 (EP,US); G06T15/005 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2013/18]	G06F9/455, G09G5/36, G09G5/397
	Former IPC [2006/27]	G06F9/455
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2006/27]
Title	German:	Systeme und Verfahren zur Virtualisierung von Grafiksubsystemen	[2006/27]
	English:	Systems and methods for virtualizing graphics subsystems	[2006/27]
	French:	Systèmes et procédés pour virtualiser des sous-systèmes graphiques	[2006/27]
Examination procedure	30.09.2014	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	30.09.2014	Examination requested [2014/46]
	01.06.2015	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	12.10.2015	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	15.09.2016	Application refused, date of legal effect [2017/09]
	15.09.2016	Date of oral proceedings
	11.10.2016	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2017/09]
	11.10.2016	Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
Divisional application(s)	The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 01.06.2015
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	15.11.2007	Renewal fee patent year 03
	31.03.2008	Renewal fee patent year 04
	12.11.2009	Renewal fee patent year 05
	12.11.2010	Renewal fee patent year 06
	14.11.2011	Renewal fee patent year 07
	07.11.2012	Renewal fee patent year 08
	07.11.2013	Renewal fee patent year 09
	07.11.2014	Renewal fee patent year 10
	10.11.2015	Renewal fee patent year 11
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	30.11.2016	12 M06 Not yet paid
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Documents cited:	Search	[Y]EP1087289 (HITACHI LTD [JP], et al) [Y] 6 * paragraphs [0041] , [0049] * * figure 8 *;
		[XY]EP1492004 (TOSHIBA KK [JP]) [X] 1-5,8,9 * paragraph [0030] * * paragraphs [0034] - [0036] * * figures 13,14 * [Y] 6,7;
		[I] - DOUGLAS VOORHIES ET AL, "Virtual graphics", PROCEEDINGS OF THE 15TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND INTERACTIVE TECHNIQUES , SIGGRAPH '88, New York, New York, USA, (198801), vol. 22, doi:10.1145/54852.378517, ISBN 978-0-89-791275-4, pages 247 - 253, XP055056606 [I] 1-5,8,9 * the whole document * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/54852.378517
		[A] - POPEK G J, "FORMAL REQUIREMENTS FOR VIRTUALIZABLE THIRD GENERATION ARCHITECTURES", COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM, ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY, INC, UNITED STATES, (197407), vol. 17, no. 7, doi:10.1145/361011.361073, ISSN 0001-0782, pages 412 - 421, XP000891453 [A] 1-5,8,9 * fourth paragraph of section 4 at page 416 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/361011.361073
		[Y] - TAL GARFINKEL ET AL, "Flexible OS Support and Applications for Trusted Computing", PROCEEDINGS OF HOTOS'03: 9TH WORKSHOP ON HOT TOPICS IN OPERATING SYSTEMS, MAY 18-21, 2003, LIHUE (KAUAI), HAWAII, USA, USENIX, (20030518), ISBN 978-1-931971-17-1, pages 145 - 150, XP007917071 [Y] 7 * section 3 *

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