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EP2891090 - INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 07.08.2020 Database last updated on 06.07.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 30.08.2019
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 09.04.2019
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 10.11.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	08.07.2022	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK	published on 10.08.2022 [2022/32]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Sony Corporation 1-7-1 Konan Minato-ku Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
	[2015/28]
Inventor(s)	01 / KYUSOJIN, Hiroshi c/o SONY CORPORATION 1-7-1 Konan Minato-ku Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
	02 / YAMANE, Kenji c/o SONY CORPORATION 1-7-1 Konan Minato-ku Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
	03 / WATANABE, Hirofumi c/o Sony Digital Network Applications Inc. 2-21-28 Higashigotanda Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 141-0022 / JP
	04 / TAGAMI, Naoki c/o SONY CORPORATION 1-7-1 Konan Minato-ku Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
	[2015/28]
Representative(s)	D Young & Co LLP 3 Noble Street London EC2V 7BQ / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2019/40]	D Young & Co LLP 120 Holborn London EC1N 2DY / GB
Former [2015/28]	DeVile, Jonathan Mark, et al D Young & Co LLP 120 Holborn London EC1N 2DY / GB
Application number, filing date	13759323.2	20.08.2013
	[2019/40]
	WO2013JP04906
Priority number, date	JP20120187659	28.08.2012 Original published format: JP 2012187659
	[2015/28]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2014034042
	Date:	06.03.2014
	Language:	EN
	[2014/10]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2891090
	Date:	08.07.2015
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 06.03.2014 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2015/28]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2891090
	Date:	02.10.2019
	Language:	EN
	[2019/40]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	06.03.2014
Classification	IPC:	G06F17/00	[2019/17]
	CPC:	G16H30/20 (EP,US); G06F3/0482 (US); G06F3/04842 (US); G06F3/04845 (US); G16H40/63 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2015/28]	G06F19/00
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 [2015/28]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Title	German:	INFORMATIONSVERARBEITUNGSVORRICHTUNG UND INFORMATIONSVERARBEITUNGSVERFAHREN	[2015/28]
	English:	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD	[2015/28]
	French:	APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉ DE TRAITEMENT D'INFORMATIONS	[2015/28]
Entry into regional phase	28.12.2014	National basic fee paid
	28.12.2014	Designation fee(s) paid
	28.12.2014	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	28.12.2014	Examination requested [2015/28]
	06.10.2015	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	09.11.2017	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	19.03.2018	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	08.03.2019	Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 28.03.2019
	28.03.2019	Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
	10.04.2019	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	08.08.2019	Fee for grant paid
	08.08.2019	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	08.08.2019	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 09.11.2017
Opposition(s)	03.07.2020	No opposition filed within time limit [2020/37]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	20.08.2015	Renewal fee patent year 03
	22.08.2016	Renewal fee patent year 04
	22.08.2017	Renewal fee patent year 05
	28.08.2018	Renewal fee patent year 06
	26.08.2019	Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	20.08.2013
	AL	02.10.2019
	AT	02.10.2019
	CY	02.10.2019
	CZ	02.10.2019
	DK	02.10.2019
	EE	02.10.2019
	ES	02.10.2019
	FI	02.10.2019
	HR	02.10.2019
	IT	02.10.2019
	LT	02.10.2019
	LV	02.10.2019
	MC	02.10.2019
	MK	02.10.2019
	MT	02.10.2019
	NL	02.10.2019
	PL	02.10.2019
	RO	02.10.2019
	RS	02.10.2019
	SE	02.10.2019
	SI	02.10.2019
	SK	02.10.2019
	SM	02.10.2019
	TR	02.10.2019
	BG	02.01.2020
	NO	02.01.2020
	GR	03.01.2020
	IS	02.02.2020
	PT	03.02.2020
	[2022/32]
Former [2022/27]	HU	20.08.2013
	AL	02.10.2019
	AT	02.10.2019
	CY	02.10.2019
	CZ	02.10.2019
	DK	02.10.2019
	EE	02.10.2019
	ES	02.10.2019
	FI	02.10.2019
	HR	02.10.2019
	IT	02.10.2019
	LT	02.10.2019
	LV	02.10.2019
	MC	02.10.2019
	MT	02.10.2019
	NL	02.10.2019
	PL	02.10.2019
	RO	02.10.2019
	RS	02.10.2019
	SE	02.10.2019
	SI	02.10.2019
	SK	02.10.2019
	SM	02.10.2019
	TR	02.10.2019
	BG	02.01.2020
	NO	02.01.2020
	GR	03.01.2020
	IS	02.02.2020
	PT	03.02.2020
Former [2022/26]	AL	02.10.2019
	AT	02.10.2019
	CZ	02.10.2019
	DK	02.10.2019
	EE	02.10.2019
	ES	02.10.2019
	FI	02.10.2019
	HR	02.10.2019
	IT	02.10.2019
	LT	02.10.2019
	LV	02.10.2019
	MC	02.10.2019
	NL	02.10.2019
	PL	02.10.2019
	RO	02.10.2019
	RS	02.10.2019
	SE	02.10.2019
	SI	02.10.2019
	SK	02.10.2019
	SM	02.10.2019
	TR	02.10.2019
	BG	02.01.2020
	NO	02.01.2020
	GR	03.01.2020
	IS	02.02.2020
	PT	03.02.2020
Former [2021/18]	AL	02.10.2019
	AT	02.10.2019
	CZ	02.10.2019
	DK	02.10.2019
	EE	02.10.2019
	ES	02.10.2019
	FI	02.10.2019
	HR	02.10.2019
	IT	02.10.2019
	LT	02.10.2019
	LV	02.10.2019
	MC	02.10.2019
	NL	02.10.2019
	PL	02.10.2019
	RO	02.10.2019
	RS	02.10.2019
	SE	02.10.2019
	SI	02.10.2019
	SK	02.10.2019
	SM	02.10.2019
	BG	02.01.2020
	NO	02.01.2020
	GR	03.01.2020
	IS	02.02.2020
	PT	03.02.2020
Former [2020/51]	AL	02.10.2019
	AT	02.10.2019
	CZ	02.10.2019
	DK	02.10.2019
	EE	02.10.2019
	ES	02.10.2019
	FI	02.10.2019
	HR	02.10.2019
	IT	02.10.2019
	LT	02.10.2019
	LV	02.10.2019
	NL	02.10.2019
	PL	02.10.2019
	RO	02.10.2019
	RS	02.10.2019
	SE	02.10.2019
	SI	02.10.2019
	SK	02.10.2019
	SM	02.10.2019
	BG	02.01.2020
	NO	02.01.2020
	GR	03.01.2020
	IS	02.02.2020
	PT	03.02.2020
Former [2020/38]	AL	02.10.2019
	AT	02.10.2019
	CZ	02.10.2019
	DK	02.10.2019
	EE	02.10.2019
	ES	02.10.2019
	FI	02.10.2019
	HR	02.10.2019
	IT	02.10.2019
	LT	02.10.2019
	LV	02.10.2019
	NL	02.10.2019
	PL	02.10.2019
	RO	02.10.2019
	RS	02.10.2019
	SE	02.10.2019
	SK	02.10.2019
	SM	02.10.2019
	BG	02.01.2020
	NO	02.01.2020
	GR	03.01.2020
	IS	02.02.2020
	PT	03.02.2020
Former [2020/37]	AL	02.10.2019
	AT	02.10.2019
	CZ	02.10.2019
	DK	02.10.2019
	EE	02.10.2019
	ES	02.10.2019
	FI	02.10.2019
	HR	02.10.2019
	LT	02.10.2019
	LV	02.10.2019
	NL	02.10.2019
	PL	02.10.2019
	RO	02.10.2019
	RS	02.10.2019
	SE	02.10.2019
	SK	02.10.2019
	SM	02.10.2019
	BG	02.01.2020
	NO	02.01.2020
	GR	03.01.2020
	IS	02.02.2020
	PT	03.02.2020
Former [2020/36]	AL	02.10.2019
	AT	02.10.2019
	CZ	02.10.2019
	DK	02.10.2019
	EE	02.10.2019
	ES	02.10.2019
	FI	02.10.2019
	HR	02.10.2019
	LT	02.10.2019
	LV	02.10.2019
	NL	02.10.2019
	PL	02.10.2019
	RO	02.10.2019
	RS	02.10.2019
	SE	02.10.2019
	BG	02.01.2020
	NO	02.01.2020
	GR	03.01.2020
	IS	02.02.2020
	PT	03.02.2020
Former [2020/35]	AL	02.10.2019
	AT	02.10.2019
	CZ	02.10.2019
	ES	02.10.2019
	FI	02.10.2019
	HR	02.10.2019
	LT	02.10.2019
	LV	02.10.2019
	NL	02.10.2019
	PL	02.10.2019
	RO	02.10.2019
	RS	02.10.2019
	SE	02.10.2019
	BG	02.01.2020
	NO	02.01.2020
	GR	03.01.2020
	PT	03.02.2020
	IS	24.02.2020
Former [2020/32]	AL	02.10.2019
	AT	02.10.2019
	CZ	02.10.2019
	ES	02.10.2019
	FI	02.10.2019
	HR	02.10.2019
	LT	02.10.2019
	LV	02.10.2019
	NL	02.10.2019
	PL	02.10.2019
	RS	02.10.2019
	SE	02.10.2019
	BG	02.01.2020
	NO	02.01.2020
	GR	03.01.2020
	PT	03.02.2020
	IS	24.02.2020
Former [2020/25]	AT	02.10.2019
	CZ	02.10.2019
	ES	02.10.2019
	FI	02.10.2019
	HR	02.10.2019
	LT	02.10.2019
	LV	02.10.2019
	NL	02.10.2019
	PL	02.10.2019
	RS	02.10.2019
	SE	02.10.2019
	BG	02.01.2020
	NO	02.01.2020
	GR	03.01.2020
	PT	03.02.2020
	IS	24.02.2020
Former [2020/24]	AT	02.10.2019
	ES	02.10.2019
	FI	02.10.2019
	LT	02.10.2019
	LV	02.10.2019
	NL	02.10.2019
	PL	02.10.2019
	SE	02.10.2019
	BG	02.01.2020
	NO	02.01.2020
	GR	03.01.2020
	PT	03.02.2020
	IS	24.02.2020
Former [2020/23]	AT	02.10.2019
	ES	02.10.2019
	FI	02.10.2019
	LT	02.10.2019
	LV	02.10.2019
	NL	02.10.2019
	PL	02.10.2019
	SE	02.10.2019
	BG	02.01.2020
	NO	02.01.2020
	GR	03.01.2020
	PT	03.02.2020
Former [2020/22]	FI	02.10.2019
	LT	02.10.2019
	NL	02.10.2019
	SE	02.10.2019
	BG	02.01.2020
	NO	02.01.2020
	PT	03.02.2020
Former [2020/21]	NL	02.10.2019
	NO	02.01.2020
Former [2020/20]	NL	02.10.2019
Cited in	International search	[XI]US2007097109 (SHOEMAKER GARTH B D [CA], et al) [X] 1-4,10-13,15-22,25,26 * paragraph [0088] - paragraph [0095]; figure 8 * [I] 5-9,14,23,24,27;
		[X]US2009208076 (NAKAJIMA TOSHIAKI [JP], et al) [X] 1-27 * paragraph [0072] - paragraph [0080]; figures 5-7 *;
		[X]US2010054556 (NOVATZKY BENJAMIN D [US], et al) [X] 1-27 * paragraph [0034] - paragraph [0038]; figures 1,2 * * paragraph [0056] * * paragraph [0083] - paragraph [0090]; figures 3-7 *;
		[X]US2011060766 (EHLKE JOSHUA TODD [US], et al) [X] 1-27 * paragraph [0151] - paragraph [0176]; figures 15-17 *;
		[A]US2012011568 (TAHAN THOMAS [US]) [A] 1-27* sentence §, paragraph 63 - paragraph 64; figures 1-5 *
	by applicant	JP2005176216
		JP2011244494
		JP2012187659

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