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EP2013790 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTINUOUS DATA PROTECTION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been refused Status updated on 28.09.2012 Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	28.09.2012	Refusal of application	published on 31.10.2012 [2012/44]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Network Appliance, Inc. 495 East Java Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 / US
	[2009/03]
Inventor(s)	01 / ZHENG, Ling 495 East Java Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 / US
	02 / ENGLISH, Robert M. c/o Network Appliance, Inc. 495 East Java Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 / US
	03 / MANLEY, Stephen, L. 495 East Java Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 / US
	04 / LEWIS, Blake, H. 495 East Java Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 / US
	[2009/21]
Former [2009/16]	01 / ZHENG, Ling 495 East Java Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 / US
	02 / ENGLISH, Robert M. c/o Netapp, Inc. 495 East Java Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 / US
	03 / MANLEY, Stephen, L. 495 East Java Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 / US
	04 / LEWIS, Blake, H. 495 East Java Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 / US
Former [2009/10]	01 / ZHENG, Ling 495 East Java Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 / US
	02 / ENGLISH, Robert M. 495 East Java Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 / US
	03 / MANLEY, Stephen, L. 495 East Java Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 / US
	04 / LEWIS, Blake, H. 495 East Java Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 / US
Former [2009/03]	01 / ZHENG, Ling 495 East Java Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 / US
	02 / ENGLISH, Robert, M. 495 East Java Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 / US
	03 / MANLEY, Stephen, L. 495 East Java Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 / US
	04 / LEWIS, Blake, H. 495 East Java Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 / US
Representative(s)	Rupprecht, Kay, et al Meissner Bolte Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB Widenmayerstrasse 47 80538 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2009/03]	Rupprecht, Kay, et al Meissner, Bolte & Partner GbR Widenmayerstrasse 48 80538 München / DE
Application number, filing date	07794388.4	26.04.2007
	[2009/03]
	WO2007US10223
Priority number, date	US20060413882	28.04.2006 Original published format: US 413882
	[2009/03]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	WO2007127361
	Date:	08.11.2007
	Language:	EN
	[2007/45]
	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP2013790
	Date:	14.01.2009
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 08.11.2007 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2009/03]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	13.11.2008
Classification	IPC:	G06F17/30, G06F11/14	[2009/03]
	CPC:	G06F11/1435 (EP,US); G06F16/125 (EP,US)
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, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2009/03]
Extension states	AL	27.10.2008
	BA	27.10.2008
	HR	27.10.2008
	MK	27.10.2008
	RS	27.10.2008
Title	German:	SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUR BEREITSTELLUNG VON KONTINUIERLICHEM DATENSCHUTZ	[2009/03]
	English:	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTINUOUS DATA PROTECTION	[2009/03]
	French:	SYSTEME ET PROCEDE POUR ASSURER UNE PROTECTION CONTINUE DES DONNEES	[2009/03]
Entry into regional phase	27.10.2008	National basic fee paid
	27.10.2008	Designation fee(s) paid
	27.10.2008	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	27.10.2008	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	27.10.2008	Examination requested [2009/03]
	07.01.2010	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	12.05.2010	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	03.02.2011	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	12.08.2011	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	24.04.2012	Application refused, date of legal effect [2012/44]
	24.04.2012	Date of oral proceedings
	15.06.2012	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2012/44]
	15.06.2012	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 07.01.2010
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	27.10.2008	Renewal fee patent year 03
	26.04.2010	Renewal fee patent year 04
	25.04.2011	Renewal fee patent year 05
	25.04.2012	Renewal fee patent year 06
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Cited in	International search	[X]WO0229573 (NETWORK APPLIANCE INC [US]) [X] 1-25 * page 1, paragraph 1 - page 2, paragraph 6 * * page 6, paragraph LAST - page 10, paragraph 1 *;
		[A]US2006047925 (PERRY ROBERT [US]) [A] 1-25 * paragraph [0005] - paragraph [0015] *;
		[A]WO2004044746 (INASOFT INC [US]) [A] 1-25 * paragraph [0084] - paragraph [0112] *
	Examination	US2005192932
		US5819292
		- SANTRY D J ET AL, "Elephant: the file system that never forgets", HOT TOPICS IN OPERATING SYSTEMS, 1999. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SEVENTH WORK SHOP ON RIO RICO, AZ, USA 29-30 MARCH 1999, LOS ALAMITOS, CA, USA,IEEE COMPUT. SOC, US, (19990329), doi:10.1109/HOTOS.1999.798369, ISBN 978-0-7695-0237-3, pages 2 - 7, XP010355840 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/HOTOS.1999.798369
		- ROSENBLUM M ET AL, "THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A LOG-STRUCTURED FILE SYSTEM", OPERATING SYSTEMS REVIEW, ACM, NEW YORK, NY, US, (19910101), vol. 25, no. 5, doi:10.1145/121133.121137, ISSN 0163-5980, pages 1 - 15, XP000288298 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/121133.121137

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