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EP1903767 - Personalisation of menu screens of a user interface based on user authority [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been refused Status updated on 14.08.2015 Database last updated on 19.07.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	14.08.2015	Refusal of application	published on 16.09.2015 [2015/38]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Ricoh Company, Ltd. 3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome Ohta-ku Tokyo 143-8555 / JP
	[N/P]
Former [2008/13]	For all designated states Ricoh Company, Ltd. 3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome, Ohta-ku Tokyo 143-8555 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / Isobe, Tami 15, Maeda-cho 502-chome Totsuka-ku Yokohama-shi Kanagawa 244-0804 / JP
	02 / Saka, Takao 1-726, Imajukuhigashi-cho 1638-chome Asahi-ku Yokohama-shi Kanagawa 241-0032 / JP
	[2008/13]
Representative(s)	SSM Sandmair Patentanwälte Rechtsanwalt Partnerschaft mbB Joseph-Wild-Straße 20 81829 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2008/40]	Schwabe - Sandmair - Marx Patentanwälte Stuntzstrasse 16 81677 München / DE
Former [2008/13]	Schwabe - Sandmair - Marx Patentanwälte Stuntzstraße 16 81677 München / DE
Application number, filing date	07116644.1	18.09.2007
	[2008/13]
Priority number, date	JP20060252710	19.09.2006 Original published format: JP 2006252710
	JP20070139421	25.05.2007 Original published format: JP 2007139421
	[2008/13]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1903767
	Date:	26.03.2008
	Language:	EN
	[2008/13]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	31.01.2008
Classification	IPC:	H04N1/00, H04N1/44	[2008/13]
	CPC:	H04N1/00413 (EP,US); H04N1/00474 (EP,US); H04N1/00501 (EP,US); H04N1/00832 (EP,US); H04N1/4413 (EP,US); H04N1/4426 (EP,US); (+) H04N1/4433 (EP,US); H04N2201/3202 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting states	DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, NL [2008/49]
Former [2008/13]	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
Title	German:	Personalisierung von Menüschirmen einer Benutzeroberfläche auf Benutzerberechtigungsbasis	[2008/13]
	English:	Personalisation of menu screens of a user interface based on user authority	[2008/13]
	French:	Personnalisation des écrans de menus d'une interface utilisateur basé sur l'autorisation d'utilisateur	[2008/13]
Examination procedure	28.08.2008	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	28.08.2008	Examination requested [2008/42]
	27.09.2008	Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
	31.10.2008	Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, FI, GR, HU, IE, IS, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
	28.03.2013	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	01.08.2013	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	15.04.2015	Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 06.05.2015
	28.04.2015	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2015/38]
	06.05.2015	Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
	08.05.2015	Application refused, date of legal effect [2015/38]
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 28.03.2013
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	23.09.2009	Renewal fee patent year 03
	27.09.2010	Renewal fee patent year 04
	22.09.2011	Renewal fee patent year 05
	20.09.2012	Renewal fee patent year 06
	20.09.2013	Renewal fee patent year 07
	26.09.2014	Renewal fee patent year 08
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Documents cited:	Search	[Y]US5604860 (MCLAUGHLIN DENISE C [US], et al) [Y] 3-6 * figure 7 * * column 7, lines 36-40 * * column 8, line 56 - column 9, line 35 *;
		[Y]WO0209056 (CREDIT CHIP CORP [CA], et al) [Y] 9 * page 1, lines 27-29 * * page 9, lines 6-9 *;
		[Y]EP1209558 (CANON KK [JP]) [Y] 3,5 * the whole document *;
		[Y]US2002097262 (IWASE AKINORI [JP], et al) [Y] 5,6 * figures 30,37 * * paragraphs [0191] - [0198] - [0213] , [0214] , [0309] *;
		[Y]US6529692 (HAINES ROBERT E [US], et al) [Y] 10,11 * column 4, lines 14-16 * * column 7, lines 38-45 *;
		[Y]EP1398954 (RICOH KK [JP]) [Y] 7 * paragraphs [0082] , [0083] *;
		[XY]EP1427166 (CANON KK [JP]) [X] 1,2,6,9,12-14 [Y] 1-14;
		[Y]US2005039126 (KATANO SEIICHI [US]) [Y] 5 * paragraphs [0006] , [0031] , [0034] , [0047] *;
		[XY]EP1553525 (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD [JP]) [X] 1,2,6,12-14 * the whole document * [Y] 1-5,7-14;
		[XY]US2005193340 (AMBURGEY JAMES T [US], et al) [X] 1,2,12-14 * the whole document * [Y] 1-5,7-14;
		[Y]US2005190657 (KAJI MASAYA [JP], et al) [Y] 10,11 * figures 4A,4B ** paragraphs [0005] , [0047] - [0050] *;
		[Y]EP1599029 (RICOH KK [JP]) [Y] 7,8 * paragraphs [0075] , [0076] *;
		[Y]US2006078859 (MULLIN TERENCE J [US]) [Y] 4 * paragraph [0029] *
	Examination	US2005091348
		US2006123411

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