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EP1746517 - XPath automaton systems and methods [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  07.05.2010
Database last updated on 18.05.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip07.05.2010Refusal of applicationpublished on 09.06.2010  [2010/23]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Xerox Corporation
Xerox Square - 20A
Rochester, NY 14644 / US
[2007/04]
Inventor(s)01 / Roux, Claude
22, Rue Edouard Vaillant
38100, Grenoble / FR
 [2007/04]
Representative(s)Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB
Leopoldstrasse 4
80802 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2007/04]Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät
Maximilianstrasse 58
80538 München / DE
Application number, filing date06117377.918.07.2006
[2007/04]
Priority number, dateUS2005018448419.07.2005         Original published format: US 184484
[2007/04]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP1746517
Date:24.01.2007
Language:EN
[2007/04]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP1746517
Date:05.12.2007
[2007/49]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP06.11.2007
ClassificationIPC:G06F17/22
[2007/04]
CPC:
G06F16/81 (EP,US); G06F40/137 (EP,US); G06F40/143 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [2008/33]
Former [2007/04]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 
TitleGerman:System und Verfahren für XPath-Automat[2007/04]
English:XPath automaton systems and methods[2007/04]
French:Système et procédé d'automate XPath[2007/04]
Examination procedure05.06.2008Examination requested  [2008/29]
06.06.2008Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
07.07.2008Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
14.07.2008Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, ES, FI, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
09.09.2008Reply to a communication from the examining division
19.01.2010Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 10.03.2010
21.01.2010Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2010/23]
31.01.2010Application refused, date of legal effect [2010/23]
10.03.2010Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.07.2008Renewal fee patent year 03
31.07.2009Renewal fee patent year 04
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 [X]  - COOPER B F ET AL, "A fast index for semistructured data", PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON VERY LARGE DATA BASES, (2001), pages 341 - 350, XP002303292 [X] 1-10 * section 2; figure 2 * * section 3; figures 3,4 *
 [X]  - MILO T ET AL, "INDEX STRUCTURES FOR PATH EXPRESSIONS", LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE, SPRINGER VERLAG, BERLIN, DE, (1999), vol. 1540, ISSN 0302-9743, pages 277 - 295, XP001221989 [X] 1-10 * section 3 * * section 4 * * section 5 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-49257-7_18
 [A]  - GOLDMAN R ET AL, "DataGuides: Enabling Query Formulation and Optimization in Semistructured Databases", PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON VERY LARGE DATA BASES, (19970826), pages 436 - 445, XP002248314 [A] 1,8,10 * section 2 *
 [T]  - ANONYMOUS, "Trie", ONLINE WIKIPEDIA PUBLICATION, URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trie, (20071008), XP002454124 [T] 1,8,10 * the whole document *
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