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EP2657873 - ELECTRONIC BOOK CONTENT PROTECTION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2013/44]Electronic Book Content Protection
[2017/03]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  13.04.2018
Database last updated on 28.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  15.06.2017
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  21.12.2016
Most recent event   Tooltip17.07.2020Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): AL		published on 19.08.2020  [2020/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Google LLC
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043 / US
[2017/45]
Former [2017/23]For all designated states
Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043 / US
Former [2013/44]For all designated states
Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Jiang, Xin
Google, Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043 / US
02 / Brenneman, Shawn
Google, Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043 / US
 [2013/44]
Representative(s)Maikowski & Ninnemann Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB
Kurfürstendamm 54-55
10707 Berlin / DE
[N/P]
Former [2017/23]Maikowski & Ninnemann Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB
Kurfüstendamm 54-55
10707 Berlin / DE
Former [2013/44]Round, Edward Mark
Marks & Clerk LLP
90 Long Acre
London
WC2E 9RA / GB
Application number, filing date13161954.602.04.2013
[2013/44]
Priority number, dateUS20121345314623.04.2012         Original published format: US201213453146
[2013/44]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP2657873
Date:30.10.2013
Language:EN
[2013/44]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP2657873
Date:25.03.2015
Language:EN
[2015/13]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2657873
Date:07.06.2017
Language:EN
[2017/23]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP19.02.2015
ClassificationIPC:G06F21/10, G06F21/62
[2013/44]
CPC:
G06F21/10 (EP,KR,US); G06F21/6218 (EP,US); G06F21/6227 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAL,   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,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2013/44]
TitleGerman:E-BOOK-INHALTSSCHUTZ[2017/03]
English:ELECTRONIC BOOK CONTENT PROTECTION[2017/03]
French:PROTECTION DE CONTENU DE LIVRE ÉLECTRONIQUE[2017/03]
Former [2013/44]E-Book-Inhaltsschutz
Former [2013/44]Electronic Book Content Protection
Former [2013/44]Protection de contenu de livre électronique
Examination procedure02.04.2013Examination requested  [2013/44]
04.08.2015Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
11.11.2015Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
09.03.2016Reply to a communication from the examining division
07.06.2016Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
01.09.2016Reply to a communication from the examining division
22.12.2016Communication of intention to grant the patent
24.02.2017Fee for grant paid
24.02.2017Fee for publishing/printing paid
24.02.2017Receipt 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  11.11.2015
Opposition(s)08.03.2018No opposition filed within time limit [2018/20]
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.04.2015Renewal fee patent year 03
27.04.2016Renewal fee patent year 04
27.04.2017Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU02.04.2013
AL07.06.2017
AT07.06.2017
CY07.06.2017
CZ07.06.2017
DK07.06.2017
EE07.06.2017
ES07.06.2017
FI07.06.2017
HR07.06.2017
IT07.06.2017
LT07.06.2017
LV07.06.2017
MC07.06.2017
MK07.06.2017
PL07.06.2017
PT07.06.2017
RO07.06.2017
RS07.06.2017
SE07.06.2017
SI07.06.2017
SK07.06.2017
SM07.06.2017
TR07.06.2017
BG07.09.2017
NO07.09.2017
GR08.09.2017
IS07.10.2017
[2020/34]
Former [2020/31]HU02.04.2013
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Documents cited:Search[XI]GB2443093  (DOVETAIL SOFTWARE CORP LTD) [X] 1,7,12 * page 31 - page 36 *[I] 2-6,8-11,13-16;
 [XI]WO2009154564  (STARTA EGET BOXEN 10516 AB [SE], et al) [X] 1,7,12 * page 7, line 28 - page 9, line 31 * * figure 4 * * figures 5a-5d * [I] 2-6,8-11,13-16;
 [XI]US2011219455  (BHAGWAN VARUN [US], et al) [X] 1-3,6-9,12-14 * paragraph [0014] - paragraph [0019] * * claim 1 * [I] 4,5,10,11,15,16
Examination   - Anonymous, "HTML & CSS Basics", (20130712), URL: http://web.archive.org/web/20130712033425/http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/ehchua/programming/webprogramming/HTML_CSS_Basics.html, (20160530), XP055276232
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