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EP2824628 - Direct debit procedure [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  07.04.2023
Database last updated on 20.12.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip07.04.2023Refusal of applicationpublished on 10.05.2023  [2023/19]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Vodafone Holding GmbH
Mannesmannufer 2
40213 Düsseldorf / DE
[2015/03]
Inventor(s)01 / Strasding, Nikolai
Heinrich-Klausmann-Str. 80
47809 Krefeld / DE
02 / Ritzmann, Mark
Münsterstrasse 28
40477 Düsseldorf / DE
 [2015/03]
Representative(s)Jostarndt Patentanwalts-AG
Metzgerstraße 61
52070 Aachen / DE
[N/P]
Former [2015/03]Jostarndt, Hans-Dieter
Jostarndt Patentanwalts-AG
Brüsseler Ring 51
52074 Aachen / DE
Application number, filing date13175965.610.07.2013
[2015/03]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2824628
Date:14.01.2015
Language:EN
[2015/03]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP14.01.2014
ClassificationIPC:G06Q20/20, G06Q20/32, G06Q20/38, G06Q20/40
[2015/03]
CPC:
G06Q20/401 (EP,US); G06Q20/26 (US); G06Q20/204 (EP,US);
G06Q20/3223 (EP,US); G06Q20/3224 (EP,US); G06Q20/3227 (EP,US);
G06Q20/3229 (EP,US); G06Q20/327 (US); G06Q20/3278 (EP,US);
G06Q20/382 (EP,US); G06Q20/385 (EP,US); G06Q20/4016 (EP,US);
G06Q20/407 (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 [2015/29]
Former [2015/03]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 statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:Lastschrifteinzugsverfahren[2015/03]
English:Direct debit procedure[2015/03]
French:Procédure de débit direct[2015/03]
Examination procedure05.06.2015Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
05.06.2015Examination requested  [2015/29]
20.07.2015Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
18.01.2016Reply to a communication from the examining division
28.10.2016Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 17.11.2016
11.11.2016Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2023/19]
17.11.2016Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
26.01.2023Application refused, date of legal effect [2023/19]
Appeal following examination16.01.2017Appeal received No.  T0768/17
14.03.2017Statement of grounds filed
25.01.2021Invitation to file observations in an appeal (Time limit: M04) [2021/04]
02.06.2021Date of receipt of observations in an appeal [2021/23]
26.01.2023Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the applicant was rejected
05.04.2023Despatch of the decision of the Board of Appeal
26.01.2023Date of oral proceedings
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  20.07.2015
Fees paidRenewal fee
23.07.2015Renewal fee patent year 03
22.07.2016Renewal fee patent year 04
24.07.2017Renewal fee patent year 05
30.07.2018Renewal fee patent year 06
25.07.2019Renewal fee patent year 07
23.07.2020Renewal fee patent year 08
26.07.2021Renewal fee patent year 09
27.07.2022Renewal fee patent year 10
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Documents cited:Search[A]EP2106108  (MOTOROLA INC [US]) [A] 1-15 * figures 1-6 *;
 [XI]WO2010019670  (VIVOTECH INC [US], et al) [X] 1,14,15 * page 5 - page 14; figures 1-3; claims 1-6 * [I] 2-13;
 [A]WO2010032215  (LOGOMOTION SRO [SK], et al) [A] 1-15 * page 3 - page 7 *;
 [A]US2010306076  (TAVEAU SEBASTIEN [US], et al) [A] 1-15 * claims 1-15 *;
 [A]US2011078081  (PIRZADEH KIUSHAN [US], et al) [A] 1-15 * paragraph [0024] - paragraph [0080] *;
 [A]EP2339521  (VODAFONE HOLDING GMBH [DE]) [A] 1-15* abstract *;
 [A]US2012032789  (ICHIMARU NORIHIRO [JP], et al) [A] 1-15 * paragraph [0056] - paragraph [0160] *;
 [I]US2012124394  (BRUDNICKI DAVID [US], et al) [I] 1-15 * paragraph [0015] - paragraph [0031]; figures 1-3 *;
 [A]US2013073404  (NARENDRA SIVA G [US], et al) [A] 1-15 * figures 1-22 *;
 [I]EP2584769  (RESEARCH IN MOTION LTD [CA]) [I] 1-15 * paragraph [0015] - paragraph [0033]; figures 1-7 *;
 [I]US2013139230  (KOH LIANG SENG [US], et al) [I] 1-15 * paragraph [0147] - paragraph [0174]; figures 2A-9 *;
 [I]EP2605202  (RESEARCH IN MOTION LTD [CA]) [I] 1-15 * paragraph [0063] - paragraph [0073]; figures 3a-5 *
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