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EP2423921 - Methods and electronic devices for selecting and displaying thumbnails [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been refused Status updated on 19.09.2014 Database last updated on 19.10.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	19.09.2014	Refusal of application	published on 22.10.2014 [2014/43]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states BlackBerry Limited 2200 University Avenue East Waterloo, ON N2K 0A7 / CA
	[2013/48]
Former [2013/36]	For all designated states BlackBerry Limited 295 Phillip Street Waterloo ON N2L 3W8 / CA
Former [2012/09]	For all designated states RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 295 Phillip Street Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3W8 / CA
Inventor(s)	01 / Runstedler, Christopher James / 156 Columbia Street W. Extension: 75424 Waterloo Ontario N2L 3L3 / CA
	02 / Boeckner, Bartholomew Alexander / 156 Columbia St. W. Extension: 78554 Waterloo Ontario N2L 3L3 / CA
	03 / Fahmy, Samer / 156 Columbia St. W. Extension: 75932 Waterloo Ontario N2L 3L3 / CA
	[2012/09]
Representative(s)	Moore, Barry, et al Hanna Moore + Curley Garryard House 25/26 Earlsfort Terrace Dublin 2, D02 PX51 / IE
	[N/P]
Former [2012/09]	Moore, Barry, et al Hanna Moore & Curley 13 Lower Lad Lane Dublin 2 / IE
Application number, filing date	10174664.2	31.08.2010
	[2012/09]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2423921
	Date:	29.02.2012
	Language:	EN
	[2012/09]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	09.11.2010
Classification	IPC:	G11B27/28, G11B27/34, G06F3/048, // G06F17/30, H04M1/725	[2012/09]
	CPC:	G11B27/34 (EP); G06F16/743 (EP); G11B27/28 (EP); H04M1/72427 (EP); H04M2250/22 (EP)
Designated contracting states	AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2012/09]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
	RS	Not yet paid
Title	German:	Verfahren und Elektronikgeräte zur Auswahl und Anzeige von Miniaturbildern	[2012/09]
	English:	Methods and electronic devices for selecting and displaying thumbnails	[2012/09]
	French:	Procédés et dispositifs électroniques pour sélectionner et afficher des miniatures	[2012/09]
Examination procedure	31.08.2010	Examination requested [2012/09]
	08.03.2011	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	08.07.2011	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	15.05.2014	Application refused, date of legal effect [2014/43]
	15.05.2014	Date of oral proceedings
	06.06.2014	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2014/43]
	06.06.2014	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 08.03.2011
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	10.08.2012	Renewal fee patent year 03
	19.08.2013	Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:	Search	[X]EP1045316 (CANON KK [JP]) [X] 1-5,7-12,14,15 * paragraph [0017] - paragraph [0077]; figures 12-13 *;
		[A]US2007058876 (TOJO HIROSHI [JP]) [A] 1-15* abstract *;
		[X]US2007071404 (CURTNER KEITH L [US], et al) [X] 1-6,9-13 * paragraph [0025] - paragraph [0069]; figures 3,5A-5D *;
		[X]EP1830361 (SONY CORP [JP]) [X] 1-4,6,9-13 * paragraph [0016] - paragraph [0066]; figures 1-6 *;
		[X]WO2007133668 (HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO [US], et al) [X] 1,3-9,11-15 * page 3, line 26 - page 9, line 32; figures 2,3 *;
		[A]US2008138035 (NISHIURA HIROMI [JP]) [A] 1-15 * paragraph [0033] - paragraph [0105] *;
		[XA]WO2008079587 (APPLE INC [US], et al) [X] 1-3,9-11 * paragraph [0044] - paragraph [0047]; figures 4A-4E * [A] 4-6,12,13;
		[XA] - Julie Perry, "YouTube Change: No More YouTube Video Thumbnail Control!", YouTube Secret Weapon, (20081203), pages 1/2 - 2/2, URL: http://www.youtubesecretweapon.com/blog/youtube-change-no-more-youtube-video-thumbnail-control/, (20101013), XP002604855 [X] 1-6,9-13 * the whole document * [A] 7,8,14,15
		[X] - K.I.S.Soft, "Random Frame 1.0", filetransit, (20061222), page 1/3-3/3, URL: http://www.filetransit.com/view.php?id=5110, (20101013), XP002604856 [X] 1-3,8 * page 1 *
		[X] - Andrew Collington, "Create a random thumbnail of a video file", Amnuts, (20070622), pages 1/3 - 3/3, URL: http://blog.amnuts.com/2007/06/22/create-a-random-thumbnail-of-a-video-file/, (20101013), XP002604857 [X] 1-3 * page 1 - page 2 *

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