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EP2040165 - Workflow-enabled client [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 12.02.2021 Database last updated on 24.04.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 06.03.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 02.12.2019
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 19.05.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	12.02.2021	No opposition filed within time limit	published on 17.03.2021 [2021/11]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Ricoh Company, Ltd. 3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome Ohta-ku Tokyo 143-8555 / JP
	[2020/15]
Former [2009/13]	For all designated states Ricoh Company, Ltd. 3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome Ohta-ku Tokyo 143-8555 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / Rhodes, Bradley J.@c/o RICOH INNOVATIONS, INC. California Research Center 2882 Sand Hill Road, Suite 115 Menlo Park, CA 94025-7054 / US
	02 / Chemishkian, Sergey@c/o RICOH INNOVATIONS, INC. California Research Center 2882 Sand Hill Road, Suite 115 Menlo Park, CA 94025-7054 / US
	03 / Schwartz, Edward@c/o RICOH INNOVATIONS, INC. California Research Center 2882 Sand Hill Road, Suite 115 Menlo Park, CA 94025-7054 / US
	04 / Phillips, Daja@c/o RICOH INNOVATIONS, INC. California Research Center 2882 Sand Hill Road, Suite 115 Menlo Park, CA 94025-7054 / US
	05 / McFarland, Max E.@c/o RICOH INNOVATIONS, INC. California Research Center 2882 Sand Hill Road, Suite 115 Menlo Park, CA 94025-7054 / US
	06 / Mariotti, Andrea@c/o RICOH INNOVATIONS, INC. California Research Center 2882 Sand Hill Road, Suite 115 Menlo Park, CA 94025-7054 / US
	07 / Haixia, Yu@c/o RICOH INNOVATIONS, INC. California Research Center 2882 Sand Hill Road, Suite 115 Menlo Park, CA 94025-7054 / US
	08 / Griffin, Michael G.E.@c/o RICOH INNOVATIONS, INC California Research Center 2882 Sand Hill Road, Suite 115 Menlo Park, CA 94025-7054 / US
	09 / Savitzky, Stephen R.@c/o RICOH INNOVATIONS, INC California Research Center 2882 Sand Hill Road, Suite 115 Menlo Park, CA 94025-7054 / US
	10 / Wolff, Gregory@c/o RICOH INNOVATIONS, INC California Research Center 2882 Sand Hill Road, Suite 115 Menlo Park, CA 94025-7054 / US
	11 / Case, Patty@c/o RICOH INNOVATIONS, INC California Research Center 2882 Sand Hill Road, Suite 115 Menlo Park, CA 94025-7054 / US
	[2020/15]
Former [2009/13]	01 / Rhodes, Bradley J. c/o RICOH INNOVATIONS, INC. California Research Center 2882 Sand Hill Road, Suite 115 Menlo Park, CA 94025-7054 / US
	02 / Chemishkian, Sergey c/o RICOH INNOVATIONS, INC. California Research Center 2882 Sand Hill Road, Suite 115 Menlo Park, CA 94025-7054 / US
	03 / Schwartz, Edward c/o RICOH INNOVATIONS, INC. California Research Center 2882 Sand Hill Road, Suite 115 Menlo Park, CA 94025-7054 / US
	04 / Phillips, Daja c/o RICOH INNOVATIONS, INC. California Research Center 2882 Sand Hill Road, Suite 115 Menlo Park, CA 94025-7054 / US
	05 / McFarland, Max E. c/o RICOH INNOVATIONS, INC. California Research Center 2882 Sand Hill Road, Suite 115 Menlo Park, CA 94025-7054 / US
	06 / Mariotti, Andrea c/o RICOH INNOVATIONS, INC. California Research Center 2882 Sand Hill Road, Suite 115 Menlo Park, CA 94025-7054 / US
	07 / Haixia, Yu c/o RICOH INNOVATIONS, INC. California Research Center 2882 Sand Hill Road, Suite 115 Menlo Park, CA 94025-7054 / US
	08 / Griffin, Michael G.E. c/o RICOH INNOVATIONS, INC California Research Center 2882 Sand Hill Road, Suite 115 Menlo Park, CA 94025-7054 / US
	09 / Savitzky, Stephen R. c/o RICOH INNOVATIONS, INC California Research Center 2882 Sand Hill Road, Suite 115 Menlo Park, CA 94025-7054 / US
	10 / Wolff, Gregory c/o RICOH INNOVATIONS, INC California Research Center 2882 Sand Hill Road, Suite 115 Menlo Park, CA 94025-7054 / US
	11 / Case, Patty c/o RICOH INNOVATIONS, INC California Research Center 2882 Sand Hill Road, Suite 115 Menlo Park, CA 94025-7054 / US
Representative(s)	SSM Sandmair Patentanwälte Rechtsanwalt Partnerschaft mbB Joseph-Wild-Straße 20 81829 München / DE
	[2020/15]
Former [2009/13]	Schwabe - Sandmair - Marx Patentanwälte Stuntzstrasse 16 81677 München / DE
Application number, filing date	08163946.0	09.09.2008
	[2009/13]
Priority number, date	US20070972562P	14.09.2007 Original published format: US 972562 P
	US20080135706	09.06.2008 Original published format: US 135706
	US20080135715	09.06.2008 Original published format: US 135715
	US20080135725	09.06.2008 Original published format: US 135725
	US20080135735	09.06.2008 Original published format: US 135735
	[2009/13]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP2040165
	Date:	25.03.2009
	Language:	EN
	[2009/13]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP2040165
	Date:	07.07.2010
	[2010/27]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2040165
	Date:	08.04.2020
	Language:	EN
	[2020/15]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	07.06.2010
Classification	IPC:	G06F9/50	[2009/13]
	CPC:	G06F9/5027 (EP)
Designated contracting states	DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, NL [2020/15]
Former [2011/11]	DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, NL
Former [2009/13]	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
Title	German:	Workflow-fähiger Client	[2009/13]
	English:	Workflow-enabled client	[2009/13]
	French:	Client habilité pour le flux de travail	[2009/13]
Examination procedure	09.09.2008	Examination requested [2009/13]
	28.12.2010	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	08.01.2011	Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
	23.02.2011	Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, FI, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
	19.05.2017	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	12.10.2017	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	11.12.2018	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	10.04.2019	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	03.12.2019	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	02.03.2020	Fee for grant paid
	02.03.2020	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	02.03.2020	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
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 19.05.2017
Opposition(s)	12.01.2021	No opposition filed within time limit [2021/11]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	27.09.2010	Renewal fee patent year 03
	22.09.2011	Renewal fee patent year 04
	20.09.2012	Renewal fee patent year 05
	20.09.2013	Renewal fee patent year 06
	26.09.2014	Renewal fee patent year 07
	25.09.2015	Renewal fee patent year 08
	22.09.2016	Renewal fee patent year 09
	26.09.2017	Renewal fee patent year 10
	25.09.2018	Renewal fee patent year 11
	24.09.2019	Renewal fee patent year 12
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	ES	08.04.2020
	IT	08.04.2020
	NL	08.04.2020
	[2021/09]
Former [2020/48]	NL	08.04.2020
Documents cited:	Search	[A]US2001030766 (YAMAMOTO MASAHITO [JP]) [A] 1-15 * abstract *
		[I] - "JINI ARCHITECTURAL OVERVIEW", INTERNET CITATION, (199901), URL: http://www.sun.com/software/jini/whitepapers/architecture.pdf, (19990101), XP002217546 [I] 1-15 * the whole document *
		[I] - "THE JINI PRINT SERVICE API. DRAFT STANDARD VERSION 1.0", INTERNET CITATION, (20000523), URL: http://www.jini.org/files/specs/print-api/overview-summary.html, (20100504), XP007912924 [I] 1-15 * the whole document *
		[I] - RAJA NAGENDRA KUMAR ET AL, "Aladdin - The Jini Service Browser", PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATIONS.PROCEEDINGS NCC, XX, XX, (20000129), pages 100 - 108, XP007912926 [I] 1-15 * the whole document *
	Examination	- SUN MICROSYSTEMS, "Jini (TM) Device Architecture Specification", INTERNET CITATION, (19990125), URL: http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/doc/jini/doc/specs/device-arch/deviceArch.pdf, (20001120), XP002153332
		- WALDO J ET AL, "The Jini Technology-Enabled Surrogate Architecture - TS-984", JAVAONE SUN'S WORLDWIDE JAVA DEVELOPER CONFERENCE, XX, XX, (20000607), pages 2 - 21, XP002269427
		- GAMMA E ED - GAMMA E ET AL, Design Patterns, Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented-Software, Visitor Pattern, Structural Patterns, DESIGN PATTERNS : ELEMENTS OF REUSABLE OBJECT-ORIENTED SOFTWARE; [ADDISON-WESLEY PROFESSIONAL COMPUTING SERIES], ADDISON-WESLEY, BOSTON, MASS. [U.A.], PAGE(S) 207 - 217, (20050401), ISBN 978-0-201-63361-0, XP002543513
	by applicant	US2006010095

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