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EP3779361 - VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  25.08.2023
Database last updated on 15.06.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  15.01.2021
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  05.10.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip15.03.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
2520 Takaba
Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki 312-8503 / JP
[2021/39]
Former [2021/07]For all designated states
HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
2520, Takaba
Hitachinaka-shi
Ibaraki 312-8503 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / KAWABATA, Akihiro
c/o HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.,
2520, Takaba
Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki 312-8503 / JP
02 / AKAHOSHI, Tsuyoshi
c/o Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.
12-7, Higashishinagawa 4-chome
Shinagawa-ku
Tokyo 140-0002 / JP
 [2021/07]
Representative(s)Mewburn Ellis LLP
Aurora Building
Counterslip
Bristol BS1 6BX / GB
[N/P]
Former [2021/07]Mewburn Ellis LLP
Aurora Building
Counterslip
Bristol BS1 6BX / GB
Application number, filing date19777791.526.03.2019
[2021/07]
WO2019JP12694
Priority number, dateJP2018006745530.03.2018         Original published format: JP 2018067455
[2021/07]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2019189083
Date:03.10.2019
Language:JA
[2019/40]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3779361
Date:17.02.2021
Language:EN
[2021/07]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP03.10.2019
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP11.11.2021
ClassificationIPC:G01C21/30, G08G1/0969, G09B29/00, G09B29/10
[2021/07]
CPC:
G01C21/30 (EP); G01C21/32 (US); G01C21/3602 (US);
G01C21/3815 (US); G01C21/3848 (US); G01S19/485 (US);
G06V20/588 (US); G09B29/10 (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 [2021/07]
TitleGerman:FAHRZEUGSTEUERUNGSVORRICHTUNG[2021/07]
English:VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE[2021/07]
French:DISPOSITIF DE COMMANDE DE VÉHICULE[2021/07]
Entry into regional phase28.09.2020Translation filed 
28.09.2020National basic fee paid 
28.09.2020Search fee paid 
28.09.2020Designation fee(s) paid 
28.09.2020Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure28.09.2020Examination requested  [2021/07]
17.01.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
25.08.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
27.12.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
26.03.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
16.03.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
21.03.2023Renewal fee patent year 05
15.03.2024Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[Y]US2015362326  (FUJIMOTO KOHEI [JP], et al) [Y] 1-12 * paragraphs [0038] , [0043] - [0046]; figure 7 *;
 [Y]  - TORRE FERNANDO TORRE@CS UMN EDU ET AL, "Matching GPS traces to (possibly) incomplete map data bridging map building and map matching", PROCEEDINGS OF THE 20TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCES ON GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, ACM, 2 PENN PLAZA, SUITE 701 NEW YORK NY 10121-0701 USA, (20121106), doi:10.1145/2424321.2424411, ISBN 978-1-4503-1691-0, pages 546 - 549, XP058467825 [Y] 1-12 * page 547, column 2 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2424321.2424411
International search[A]JP2008026032  (DENSO CORP) [A] 1-12 * , entire text, all drawings & US 2008/0021638 A1, entire text, all drawings & DE 102007033461 A1 & CN 101109639 A *;
 [A]JP2008134187  (ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC) [A] 1-12* , entire text, all drawings (Family: none) *;
 [A]JP2013156034  (TOYOTA MOTOR CORP) [A] 1-12 * , entire text, all drawings (Family: none) *
by applicantJP2013238544
 JP2014238297
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