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EP3719671 - SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING A VIRTUAL LIBRARY OF DOCUMENTS AND METHOD OF OPERATING SUCH SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  21.11.2025
Database last updated on 11.04.2026
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  09.04.2021
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  04.09.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip21.11.2025Refusal of applicationpublished on 24.12.2025  [2025/52]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Laich, Hilke
Alexanderstrasse 86
70182 Stuttgart / DE
For all designated states
Malyshev, Aleksandr Andreevich
Leninskij prospekt 70/11 kv.97
119261 Mockba / RU
[2020/41]
Inventor(s)01 / see applicant
...
 [2020/41]
Representative(s)Mzb PartmbB
Schloßberg 10
71032 Böblingen / DE
[N/P]
Former [2020/41]Meyer zu Bexten, Elmar
Schloßberg 10
71032 Böblingen / DE
Application number, filing date19172667.803.05.2019
[2020/41]
Priority number, dateEP2019016718003.04.2019         Original published format: EP 19167180
[2020/41]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3719671
Date:07.10.2020
Language:EN
[2020/41]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP05.12.2019
ClassificationIPC:G06F16/93, G06F16/901, G06F16/36, G06N3/02
[2020/41]
CPC:
G06F16/93 (EP); G06F16/36 (EP); G06F16/9024 (EP);
G06N20/00 (EP); G06N3/042 (EP); G06N3/044 (EP);
G06N3/0442 (EP); G06N3/0455 (EP); G06N3/09 (EP);
G06N5/022 (EP); G06N7/01 (EP) (-)
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 [2021/19]
Former [2020/41]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 
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:SYSTEM ZUR VERWALTUNG EINER VIRTUELLEN BIBLIOTHEK VON DOKUMENTEN UND VERFAHREN ZUM BETREIBEN EINES SOLCHEN SYSTEMS[2020/41]
English:SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING A VIRTUAL LIBRARY OF DOCUMENTS AND METHOD OF OPERATING SUCH SYSTEM[2020/41]
French:SYSTÈME PERMETTANT DE MAINTENIR UNE BIBLIOTHÈQUE VIRTUELLE DE DOCUMENTS ET PROCÉDÉ D'EXPLOITATION DE CE SYSTÈME[2020/41]
Examination procedure07.04.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
07.04.2021Examination requested  [2021/19]
07.04.2021Date on which the examining division has become responsible
26.09.2024Date of oral proceedings
04.10.2024Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
09.10.2024Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2025/52]
11.11.2025Application refused, date of legal effect [2025/52]
Appeal following examination09.12.2024Appeal received No.  T0491/25
09.12.2024Payment of appeal fee
31.01.2025Statement of grounds filed
02.09.2025Invitation to file observations in an appeal (Time limit: M02) [2025/36]
09.09.2025Date of receipt of observations in an appeal [2025/37]
11.11.2025Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the applicant inadmissible
17.11.2025Despatch of the decision of the Board of Appeal
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.05.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
04.05.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
31.05.2023Renewal fee patent year 05
21.05.2024Renewal fee patent year 06
14.04.2025Renewal fee patent year 07
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1367497.1367517
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/neco.1997.9.8.1735
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