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EP2946313 - SEARCHING AND DETERMINING ACTIVE AREA [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been withdrawn
Status updated on  13.07.2018
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  12.05.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip13.07.2018New entry: Date of cancellation oral proceedings 
13.07.2018Withdrawal of applicationpublished on 15.08.2018  [2018/33]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Alibaba Group Holding Limited
Fourth Floor, One Capital Place P.O. Box 847
Grand Cayman / KY
[2015/48]
Inventor(s)01 / ZHOU, Shitian
C/o Alibaba Group Legal Department
5/f Building 3
No. 969 West Wen Yi Road
Yu Hang District
Hangzhou 311121 / CN
 [2015/48]
Representative(s)Barker Brettell LLP
100 Hagley Road
Edgbaston
Birmingham B16 8QQ / GB
[N/P]
Former [2015/48]Wilson, Alan Stuart
Barker Brettell LLP
Medina Chambers
Town Quay
Southampton SO14 2AQ / GB
Application number, filing date14704000.017.01.2014
[2015/48]
WO2014US12104
Priority number, dateCN201311998918.01.2013         Original published format: CN201310019989
[2015/48]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO2014113709
Date:24.07.2014
Language:EN
[2014/30]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP2946313
Date:25.11.2015
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 24.07.2014 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2015/48]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP30.10.2014
ClassificationIPC:G06F17/30
[2015/48]
CPC:
G06F16/29 (EP,US); G06F16/245 (US); G06F16/24578 (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 [2015/48]
TitleGerman:DURCHSUCHUNG UND BESTIMMUNG AKTIVER FLÄCHEN[2015/48]
English:SEARCHING AND DETERMINING ACTIVE AREA[2015/48]
French:RECHERCHE ET DÉTERMINATION DE ZONE ACTIVE[2015/48]
Entry into regional phase26.06.2015National basic fee paid 
26.06.2015Designation fee(s) paid 
26.06.2015Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure26.06.2015Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
26.06.2015Examination requested  [2015/48]
12.05.2017Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
31.08.2017Reply to a communication from the examining division
11.07.2018Application withdrawn by applicant  [2018/33]
12.07.2018Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 07.11.2018
07.11.2018Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
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  12.05.2017
Fees paidRenewal fee
29.01.2016Renewal fee patent year 03
31.01.2017Renewal fee patent year 04
29.01.2018Renewal fee patent year 05
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Cited inInternational search[A]US2002059273  (MORIMOTO YASUHIKO [JP], et al) [A] 1-20 * abstract * * paragraph [0014] - paragraph [0021]; figure 2 *;
 [A]WO2011081912  (MAPQUEST INC [US], et al) [A] 1-20 * abstract * * paragraph [0003] - paragraph [0013] * * paragraph [0025] - paragraph [0042] *;
 [I]  - WEI WANG ET AL, "STING: a statistical information grid approach to spatial data mining", PROCEEDINGS OF VLDB 97: 23RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON VERY LARGE DATABASES - 26-29 AUG. 1997 - ATHENS, GREECE,, (19970826), ISBN 978-1-55860-470-4, pages 186 - 195, XP009117379 [I] 1-20 * page 186, column r, paragraph 2 * * page 188, column l, paragraph last - column r, paragraph last; figure 1 * * page 189, column r, paragraph last - page 190, column r, paragraph last; figure 2 *
 [A]  - GEORGE LAMPRIANIDIS ET AL, "Jeocrowd", PROCEEDINGS OF THE 19TH ACM SIGSPATIAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCES IN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, GIS '11, New York, New York, USA, (20111101), doi:10.1145/2093973.2094061, ISBN 978-1-45-031031-4, pages 509 - 512, XP055134878 [A] 1-20 * page 509, column l, paragraph 1 - page 511, column l, paragraph 3 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2093973.2094061
 [A]  - Weining Qian ET AL, "Clustering in very large databases based on distance and density", Journal of Computer Science and Technology, Beijing, doi:10.1007/BF02946652, (20030101), pages 67 - 76, URL: http://search.proquest.com/docview/884704937, (20140814), XP055134879 [A] 1-20 * abstract * * page 67 - page 70 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02946652
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