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EP3101562 - DESIGN ASSISTANCE DEVICE, DESIGN ASSISTANCE METHOD, PROGRAM, AND MEMORY MEDIUM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  10.07.2020
Database last updated on 20.07.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  13.07.2018
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  04.11.2016
Most recent event   Tooltip10.07.2020Refusal of applicationpublished on 12.08.2020  [2020/33]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Kabushiki Kaisha Zuken
25-1 Edahigashi 2-chome
Tsuzuki-ku
Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 224-8585 / JP
[N/P]
Former [2016/49]For all designated states
Kabushiki Kaisha Zuken
25-1 Edahigashi 2-chome
Tsuzuki-ku
Yokohama-shi
Kanagawa 224-8585 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / HAYASHI, Shigeru
c/o KABUSHIKI KAISHA ZUKEN
25-1
Edahigashi 2-chome
Tsuzuki-ku
Yokohama-shi Kanagawa 224-8585 / JP
02 / OGUNI, Naoki
c/o KABUSHIKI KAISHA ZUKEN
25-1
Edahigashi 2-chome
Tsuzuki-ku
Yokohama-shi Kanagawa 224-8585 / JP
 [2016/49]
Representative(s)Müller-Boré & Partner Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Friedenheimer Brücke 21
80639 München / DE
[2016/49]
Application number, filing date14880659.928.01.2014
[2016/49]
WO2014JP00427
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2015114677
Date:06.08.2015
Language:JA
[2015/31]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3101562
Date:07.12.2016
Language:EN
[2016/49]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP06.08.2015
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP31.07.2017
ClassificationIPC:G06F17/50
[2016/49]
CPC:
G06F30/394 (EP,KR,US); G06F30/398 (US); G06F30/39 (EP,KR,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 [2016/49]
TitleGerman:ENTWURFSHILFEVORRICHTUNG, ENTWURFSHILFEVERFAHREN, PROGRAMM UND SPEICHERMEDIUM[2016/49]
English:DESIGN ASSISTANCE DEVICE, DESIGN ASSISTANCE METHOD, PROGRAM, AND MEMORY MEDIUM[2016/49]
French:DISPOSITIF D'AIDE À LA CONCEPTION, PROCÉDÉ D'AIDE À LA CONCEPTION, PROGRAMME ET SUPPORT MÉMOIRE[2016/49]
Entry into regional phase21.07.2016Translation filed 
28.07.2016National basic fee paid 
28.07.2016Search fee paid 
28.07.2016Designation fee(s) paid 
28.07.2016Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure21.07.2016Date on which the examining division has become responsible
28.07.2016Examination requested  [2016/49]
19.02.2018Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
17.07.2018Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
08.11.2018Reply to a communication from the examining division
11.02.2020Application refused, date of legal effect [2020/33]
11.02.2020Date of oral proceedings
27.02.2020Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
28.02.2020Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2020/33]
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  17.07.2018
Fees paidRenewal fee
28.07.2016Renewal fee patent year 03
30.01.2017Renewal fee patent year 04
22.01.2018Renewal fee patent year 05
29.01.2019Renewal fee patent year 06
17.01.2020Renewal fee patent year 07
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Documents cited:Search[XYI]JP2005309873  (NGK SPARK PLUG CO) [X] 1,11-13 * paragraphs [0005] , [0013] , [0022] , [0032] , [0039] , [0054] , [0065]; figures 1,7,30 * * abstract * * the whole document * [Y] 5-10 [I] 2-10;
 [Y]JP2010128700  (YDC CORP, et al) [Y] 5-10 * paragraph [0092] - paragraph [0102]; figure 11 ** the whole document *;
 [XYI]  - Chris Laplante ET AL, "EAGLE Matched Length Pairs / Groups", Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange, (20120218), pages 1 - 2, URL: https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/26775/eagle-matched-length-pairs-groups, (20170614), XP055381472 [X] 11 * page 1; figure 1 * * the whole document * [Y] 5-10 [I] 2-10,12,13
 [I]  - Toradex, "Apalis Computer Module Carrier Board Design Guide v1.2", (20131126), pages 1 - 27, URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20140104091735/docs.toradex.com/101123-apalis-arm-carrier-board-design-guide.pdf, (20170614), XP055381463 [I] 5-10 * sections 2.2, 2.3.2-2.3.7;; figures 9-10,14,18,24 * * the whole document *
International search[X]JP2005309873  (NGK SPARK PLUG CO);
 [Y]JP2010128700  (YDC CORP, et al)
by applicantJP2013093056
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