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Status	The application has been refused Status updated on 06.04.2018 Database last updated on 19.07.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	06.04.2018	Refusal of application	published on 09.05.2018 [2018/19]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Giga-Byte Technology Co., Ltd. No. 6, Bao Chiang Rd. Hsin-Tien Dist. New Taipei City 231 / TW
	[N/P]
Former [2014/22]	For all designated states Giga-Byte Technology Co., Ltd. No. 6, Bau Chiang Rd Hsin-Tien Dist. New Taipei City 231 / TW
Inventor(s)	01 / Lin, Yin Yu Gigab-Byte Technology Co. Ltd. No.6, Bao Chiang Road, Hsin-Tien Dist., New Taipei City 231,Taiwan 231 Taiwan / TW
	02 / Huang, Haw Kae Gigab-Byte Technology Co. Ltd. No.6, Bao Chiang Road, Hsin-Tien Dist., New Taipei City 231,Taiwan 231 Taiwan / TW
	[2014/22]
Representative(s)	Plasseraud IP 104 Rue de Richelieu CS92104 75080 Paris Cedex 02 / FR
	[N/P]
Former [2014/22]	Schwerbrock, Florian Danziger Straße 35a 20099 Hamburg / DE
Application number, filing date	13173905.4	27.06.2013
	[2014/22]
Priority number, date	TW20120142688	15.11.2012 Original published format: TW 101142688
	[2014/22]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP2735939
	Date:	28.05.2014
	Language:	EN
	[2014/22]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP2735939
	Date:	11.03.2015
	Language:	EN
	[2015/11]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	09.02.2015
Classification	IPC:	G06F3/02	[2014/22]
	CPC:	G06F3/0202 (EP,US); G06F3/04897 (US); G06F3/0219 (EP,US)
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, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2015/43]
Former [2014/22]	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, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Title	German:	Tastatur	[2014/22]
	English:	Keyboard	[2014/22]
	French:	Clavier	[2014/22]
Examination procedure	10.09.2015	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	10.09.2015	Examination requested [2015/43]
	29.06.2016	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	24.10.2016	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	09.11.2017	Application refused, date of legal effect [2018/19]
	09.11.2017	Date of oral proceedings
	18.12.2017	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2018/19]
	18.12.2017	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 29.06.2016
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	29.06.2015	Renewal fee patent year 03
	10.06.2016	Renewal fee patent year 04
	16.06.2017	Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:	Search	[XAI]EP0964328 (COMPAQ COMPUTER CORP [US]) [X] 1,2 * paragraphs [0016] - [0018] * * figures 1-5 * [A] 6,9,10 [I] 4,5;
		[XAI]EP0994407 (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD [KR]) [X] 1,2,5 * paragraphs [0013] - [0018] * [A] 3,6,9,10 [I] 4;
		[XI]WO0070437 (ACCO BRANDS INC [US]) [X] 1,2,5 * page 4, lines 8-26; figures 3-4,7,9 * [I] 4;
		[XYI]US2002190955 (CHEN RICHARD [TW]) [X] 1,2,5,6,10 * paragraphs [0001] - [0002] * * paragraphs [0008] - [0013] * * paragraph [0026] * * paragraphs [0031] - [0037] * * figures 3, 7 * [Y] 3,8 [I] 4,7,9;
		[X]DE10215114 (KEY MOUSE ELECTRONIC ENTPR CO [TW]) [X] 1,2 * paragraphs [0017] , [0024] , [0027] * * figures 3-4 *;
		[Y]US2011202834 (MANDRYK LUCIANO BARETTA [US], et al) [Y] 3,8 * paragraphs [0066] - [0067] * * figures 4A, 4B, 4C *;
		[A] - Maria Langer, "Excerpted from Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide by", (2010), URL: http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/TW176_SampleChap.pdf, (20150120), XP055163641 [A] 1-10 * pages 168-170 * * pages 173, 177 *
		[A] - Anand Lal Shimpi, "AnandTech \| Apple's 45nm Refresh: New MacBook & MacBook Pro", (20080229), URL: http://www.anandtech.com/show/2464/4, (20150120), XP055163316 [A] 1,2,6,7 * pages 1-2 *

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