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EP0118187
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| EP0118187 - Menu-based natural language understanding system [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 15.07.1995 Database last updated on 29.03.2025 | Most recent event Tooltip | 05.10.2005 | Change: Appeal number | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Texas Instruments Incorporated 13500 North Central Expressway Dallas, Texas 75265 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1984/37] | For all designated states TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED 13500 North Central Expressway Dallas Texas 75265 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Tennant, Harry R. 3537 Ridgemoor Dr. Garland, Texas 75042 / US | 02 /
Ross, Kenneth M. 2800 Meadow Creek Bedford, TX 76021 / US | 03 /
Saenz, Richard M. 9323 Amberton Pkwy. Dallas, TX 75243 / US | 04 /
Miller, James R. 2303 Bengal Lane Plano, TX 75023 / US | 05 /
Thompson, Craig W. 1312 Sylvan Circle Plano, TX 75074 / US | [1984/37] | Representative(s) | Abbott, David John, et al Abel & Imray 20 Red Lion Street London WC1R 4PQ / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1984/37] | Abbott, David John, et al Abel & Imray Northumberland House 303-306 High Holborn London, WC1V 7LH / GB | Application number, filing date | 84300515.8 | 27.01.1984 | [1984/37] | Priority number, date | US19830462151 | 28.01.1983 Original published format: US 462151 | [1984/37] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0118187 | Date: | 12.09.1984 | Language: | EN | [1984/37] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0118187 | Date: | 14.09.1994 | Language: | EN | [1994/37] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 09.07.1984 | Classification | IPC: | G06F3/037, G06F15/40 | [1984/37] | CPC: |
G06F16/243 (EP);
G06F16/90324 (EP);
G06F16/90332 (EP);
G06F3/0489 (EP);
G06F40/253 (EP)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB [1984/37] | Title | German: | Menü-gestütztes, natürliche Sprache verstehendes System | [1984/37] | English: | Menu-based natural language understanding system | [1984/37] | French: | Système de compréhension de language naturel basé sur menu | [1984/37] | Examination procedure | 12.03.1985 | Examination requested [1985/22] | 15.04.1987 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M08) | 24.12.1987 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 29.02.1988 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M05) | 02.08.1988 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 10.11.1988 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02) | 12.01.1989 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 07.02.1990 | Date of oral proceedings | 27.02.1990 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 27.02.1990 | Minutes of oral proceedings despatched | 28.06.1990 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 15.10.1990 | Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination {1} | 05.11.1993 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 14.03.1994 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 10.06.1994 | Fee for grant paid | 10.06.1994 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Appeal following examination | 20.11.1990 | Appeal received No. T0236/91 | 21.02.1991 | Statement of grounds filed | 22.05.1992 | Invitation to file observations in an appeal (Time limit: M06) [1992/21] | 23.11.1992 | Date of receipt of observations in an appeal [1992/48] | 16.04.1993 | Result of appeal procedure: continuation of examination procedure | Opposition(s) | 15.06.1995 | No opposition filed within time limit [1995/36] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 13.12.1985 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 08.12.1986 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 26.01.1988 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 16.01.1989 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 12.01.1990 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 02.01.1991 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 21.01.1992 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 25.01.1993 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | 24.01.1994 | Renewal fee patent year 11 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Documents cited: | Search | [A] - 1982 INTERNATIONAL ZURICH SEMINAR ON DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS, MAN-MACHINE INTERACTION, 9th-11th March 1982, Zurich, Proceedings, IEEE Cat. no. 82CH1735-0, pages 153-158 | [A] - COMPUTER, vol. 13, no. 7, July 1980, pages 43-48, IEEE, Long Beach, California, US | [A] - IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PATTERN ANALYSIS AND MACHINE INTELLIGENCE, vol. PAMI-4, no. 2, March 1982, pages 221-223, IEEE, New York, US | [A] - PHILIPS TECHNICAL REVIEW, vol. 38, no. 10, 1978/79, pages 269-284, Eindhoven, NL"PHLIQA 1, a question-answering system for data-base consultation in natural English |