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EP About this file: EP3075496

EP3075496 - METHOD FOR IMPROVING OPERATION OF A ROBOT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  10.03.2023
Database last updated on 03.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  02.04.2022
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  25.11.2021
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  26.11.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  25.11.2016
Most recent event   Tooltip09.02.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT		published on 13.03.2024  [2024/11]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH
Carl-Legien-Strasse 30
63073 Offenbach/Main / DE
[2016/40]
Inventor(s)01 / Mühlig, Manuel
c/o Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH
Carl-Legien-Str. 30
63073 Offenbach / DE
02 / Gienger, Michael
c/o Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH
Carl-Legien-Str. 30
63073 Offenbach / DE
03 / Hayashi, Akinobu
c/o Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH
Carl-Legien-Str. 30
63073 Offenbach / DE
 [2016/40]
Representative(s)Beder, Jens
Mitscherlich PartmbB
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte
Karlstraße 7
80333 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2016/40]Beder, Jens
Mitscherlich PartmbB
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte
Sonnenstraße 33
80331 München / DE
Application number, filing date15162447.502.04.2015
[2016/40]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3075496
Date:05.10.2016
Language:EN
[2016/40]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3075496
Date:04.05.2022
Language:EN
[2022/18]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP04.12.2015
ClassificationIPC:B25J9/16
[2016/40]
CPC:
B25J9/1656 (EP,US); B25J9/163 (US); G05B2219/40499 (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 [2016/52]
Former [2016/40]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 
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUR VERBESSERUNG DES BETRIEBS EINES ROBOTERS[2016/40]
English:METHOD FOR IMPROVING OPERATION OF A ROBOT[2016/40]
French:PROCÉDÉ PERMETTANT D'AMÉLIORER LE FONCTIONNEMENT D'UN ROBOT[2016/40]
Examination procedure02.04.2015Date on which the examining division has become responsible
15.11.2016Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
15.11.2016Examination requested  [2016/52]
25.11.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
10.03.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
26.11.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
23.03.2022Fee for grant paid
23.03.2022Fee for publishing/printing paid
23.03.2022Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)07.02.2023No opposition filed within time limit [2023/15]
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.04.2017Renewal fee patent year 03
27.04.2018Renewal fee patent year 04
26.04.2019Renewal fee patent year 05
31.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 06
28.04.2021Renewal fee patent year 07
23.03.2022Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAL04.05.2022
AT04.05.2022
CZ04.05.2022
DK04.05.2022
EE04.05.2022
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Documents cited:Search[I]US5367449  (MANTHEY MICHAEL [DK]) [I] 1-9 * column 2, line 1 - column 4, line 22 ** column 4, line 58 - column 9, line 9 *;
 [XI]  - Chen K. Tham ET AL, "A Modular Q-Learning Architecture for Manipulator Task Decomposition", Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Machine Learning, Morgan Kaufmann, (19940101), pages 309 - 317, doi:10.1016/B978-1-55860-335-6.50045-3, ISBN 978-1-55860-335-6, XP055229377 [X] 1,3,7,8 * Sections 2 - 6;; figures 2 - 4 * [I] 2,4-6,9

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-1-55860-335-6.50045-3
 [XI]  - KHASHAYAR ROHANIMANESH ET AL, "Coarticulation: An Approach for Generating Concurrent Plans in Markov Decision Processes", PROCEEDINGS / TWENTY-SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MACHINE LEARNING, BONN, GERMANY, 7 - 11 AUGUST, 2005, New York, (20050807), doi:10.1145/1102351.1102442, ISBN 978-1-59593-180-1, XP055230032 [X] 1,2,4-8 * The whole document and especially Section 4 * [I] 3,9

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1102351.1102442
Examination   - BOADA M J L ET AL, "Visual approach skill for a mobile robot using learning and fusion of simple skills", ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS, ELSEVIER BV, AMSTERDAM, NL, (20020331), vol. 38, no. 3-4, doi:10.1016/S0921-8890(02)00165-3, ISSN 0921-8890, pages 157 - 170, XP004344527

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0921-8890(02)00165-3
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