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EP2938967 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROUTE COMPARISON [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  20.09.2019
Database last updated on 18.10.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  12.05.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip20.09.2019Refusal of applicationpublished on 23.10.2019  [2019/43]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
TomTom Navigation B.V.
De Ruijterkade 154
1011 AC Amsterdam / NL
[2019/09]
Former [2015/45]For all designated states
TomTom Development Germany GmbH
Maximilianallee 4
04129 Leipzig / DE
Inventor(s)01 / DZYUBA, Tetyana
Platanenweg 64
12437 Berlin / DE
 [2015/45]
Representative(s)Siem, Max Yoe Shé
TomTom International B.V.
De Ruyterkade 154
1011 AC Amsterdam / NL
[N/P]
Former [2015/45]Dobson, Adrian
TomTom International B.V.
IP Creation
De Ruyterkade 154
1011 AC Amsterdam / NL
Application number, filing date13823960.331.12.2013
[2015/45]
WO2013EP78170
Priority number, dateGB2012002352031.12.2012         Original published format: GB 201223520
[2015/45]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2014102392
Date:03.07.2014
Language:EN
[2014/27]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2938967
Date:04.11.2015
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 03.07.2014 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2015/45]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP03.07.2014
ClassificationIPC:G01C21/30
[2015/45]
CPC:
G01C21/32 (EP); G01C21/30 (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 [2015/45]
TitleGerman:ROUTENVERGLEICHSVERFAHREN UND -VORRICHTUNG[2015/45]
English:METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROUTE COMPARISON[2015/45]
French:PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL DE COMPARAISON D'ITINÉRAIRES[2015/45]
Entry into regional phase31.07.2015National basic fee paid 
31.07.2015Designation fee(s) paid 
31.07.2015Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure31.07.2015Examination requested  [2015/45]
01.04.2016Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the Extended European Search Report/Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority/International Preliminary Examination Report/Supplementary international search report not received in time
01.04.2016Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: Claims {1}
13.06.2016Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
04.05.2017Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
14.11.2017Reply to a communication from the examining division
21.05.2019Application refused, date of legal effect [2019/43]
21.05.2019Date of oral proceedings
31.05.2019Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
04.06.2019Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2019/43]
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  04.05.2017
Request for further processing for:13.06.2016Request for further processing filed
13.06.2016Full payment received (date of receipt of payment)
Request granted
24.06.2016Decision despatched
13.06.2016Request for further processing filed
13.06.2016Full payment received (date of receipt of payment)
Request granted
24.06.2016Decision despatched
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.12.2015Renewal fee patent year 03
23.12.2016Renewal fee patent year 04
12.12.2017Renewal fee patent year 05
12.12.2018Renewal fee patent year 06
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Cited inInternational search[I]  - SOTIRIS BRAKATSOULAS, DIETER PFOSER, RANDALL SALAS, CAROLA WENK, "On map-matching vehicle tracking data", PROCEEDINGS OF THE 31ST VLDB CONFERENCE, ACM, USA, (20051004), ISBN 1-59593-154-6, pages 853 - 864, XP040026470 [I] 1-23 * abstract * * Section 3 *
 [I]  - WENK C ET AL, "Addressing the Need for Map-Matching Speed: Localizing Globalb Curve-Matching Algorithms", SCIENTIFIC AND STATISTICAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT, 2006. 18TH INTERNATION AL CONFERENCE ON, VIENNA, AUSTRIA, (20060703), doi:10.1109/SSDBM.2006.11, ISBN 978-0-7695-2590-7, pages 379 - 388, XP010927108 [I] 1-23 * Section 2.3 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SSDBM.2006.11
 [A]  - KEVIN BUCHIN ET AL, "Exact algorithms for partial curve matching via the Fréchet distance", PROC. 20TH ACM-SIAM SYMPOSIUM ON DISCRETE ALGORITHMS, (20090104), ISBN 978-0-898716-80-1, pages 645 - 654, XP058023867 [A] 1-23 * abstract *
 [AD]  - Thomas Eiter and Heikki Mannila, "Computing Discrete Fréchet Distance", (19940425), URL: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.90.937&rep=rep1&type=pdf, (20140325), XP002722389 [AD] 1-23 * the whole document *
 [A]  - CHEN D ET AL, "Approximate map matching with respect to the Frechet distance", 2011 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 13TH WORKSHOP ON ALGORITHM ENGINEERING AND EXPERIMENTS, ALENEX 2011, (2011), pages 75 - 83, XP002722390 [A] 1-23 * abstract *
 [A]  - SUDARSHAN S CHAWATHE ED - ANONYMOUS, "Segment-Based Map Matching", INTELLIGENT VEHICLES SYMPOSIUM, IEEE, (20070601), ISBN 978-1-4244-1067-5, pages 1190 - 1197, XP031127110 [A] 1-23 * abstract *
 [A]  - KEVIN BUCHIN ET AL, "Finding long and similar parts of trajectories", COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY, ELSEVIER, AMSTERDAM, NL, vol. 44, no. 9, doi:10.1016/J.COMGEO.2011.05.004, ISSN 0925-7721, (20110511), pages 465 - 476, (20110514), XP028236554 [A] 1-23 * abstract *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comgeo.2011.05.004
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