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EP4454458 - EMOTION DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING EMOTION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  27.09.2024
Database last updated on 07.03.2026
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  01.07.2023
Most recent event   Tooltip30.12.2025New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Anicom Holdings, Inc.
Sumitomo Fudosan Shinjuku Grand Tower 39F
8-17-1 Nishi-Shinjuku
Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo
160-0023 / JP
[2024/44]
Inventor(s)01 / WATANABE, Takuro
Tokyo 160-0023 / JP
02 / SATO, Mai
Tokyo 160-0023 / JP
03 / INAGAKI, Tsuguna
Tokyo 160-0023 / JP
04 / KURIHARA, Satoru
Tokyo 160-0023 / JP
05 / TSUKADA, Mai
Tokyo 160-0023 / JP
06 / SHINODA, Natsumi
Tokyo 160-0023 / JP
07 / TAKADA, Naoyuki
Tokyo 160-0023 / JP
08 / KAMIJIMA, Ayumi
Tokyo 160-0023 / JP
09 / TOMINAGA, Ayaka
Tokyo 160-0023 / JP
10 / INUI, Yuri
Tokyo 160-0023 / JP
11 / KONNO, Nao
Tokyo 160-0023 / JP
12 / KANEKO, Megumi
Tokyo 160-0023 / JP
13 / IIDA, Yusuke
Tokyo 160-0023 / JP
14 / CHOI, Cheolhwan
Tokyo 160-0023 / JP
 [2024/44]
Representative(s)Gill Jennings & Every LLP
The Broadgate Tower
20 Primrose Street
London EC2A 2ES / GB
[2024/44]
Application number, filing date22911377.422.12.2022
[2024/44]
WO2022JP47482
Priority number, dateJP2021020989923.12.2021         Original published format: JP 2021209899
[2024/44]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2023120675
Date:29.06.2023
Language:JA
[2023/26]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4454458
Date:30.10.2024
Language:EN
[2024/44]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP29.06.2023
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP05.06.2025
ClassificationIPC:A01K29/00, A01K67/00, G06V10/764, G06V10/82, G06V40/10, G06V40/20
[2025/28]
CPC:
A01K67/00 (EP); G06V40/20 (EP,US); A01K29/00 (EP);
G06V10/764 (EP,US); G06V10/82 (EP); G06V40/10 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2024/44]A01K29/00
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,   ME,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2024/44]
TitleGerman:EMOTIONSBESTIMMUNGSSYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUR BESTIMMUNG VON EMOTIONEN[2024/44]
English:EMOTION DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING EMOTION[2024/44]
French:SYSTÈME DE DÉTERMINATION D'ÉMOTION ET PROCÉDÉ DE DÉTERMINATION D'ÉMOTION[2024/44]
Entry into regional phase17.07.2024Translation filed 
17.07.2024National basic fee paid 
17.07.2024Search fee paid 
17.07.2024Designation fee(s) paid 
17.07.2024Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure17.07.2024Examination requested  [2024/44]
16.12.2025Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.12.2024Renewal fee patent year 03
29.12.2025Renewal fee patent year 04
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