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EP About this file: EP1051686

EP1051686 - COMPUTER BASED SYSTEM FOR IMAGING AND ANALYSING AN ENGINEERING OBJECT SYSTEM AND INDICATING VALUES OF SPECIFIC DESIGN CHANGES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  21.02.2014
Database last updated on 18.05.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip21.02.2014Refusal of applicationpublished on 26.03.2014  [2014/13]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
INVENTION MACHINE CORPORATION
200 Portland Street
Boston, MA 02114 / US
[2000/46]
Inventor(s)01 / DEVOINO, Igor G.
75/1 Masherova Street 403
Minsk, 220020 / BY
02 / KOSHEVOY, Oleg E.
46 Sedikh Street 23
Minsk, 220103 / BY
03 / LITVIN, Simon S.
Appartment 81, 38 Malodetskoselsky Avenue
St.Petersburg 198147 / RU
04 / TSOURIKOV, Valery
770 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02199 / US
[2000/46]
Representative(s)Müller-Boré & Partner Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Friedenheimer Brücke 21
80639 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2014/11]Müller-Boré & Partner Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Friedenheimer Brücke 21
80639 München / DE
Former [2010/48]Rutetzki, Andreas, et al
Müller-Boré & Partner Patentanwälte Grafinger Strasse 2
81671 München / DE
Former [2000/46]Kampfenkel, Klaus, Dipl.-Ing.
Blumbach, Kramer & Partner GbR, Alexandrastrasse 5
65187 Wiesbaden / DE
Application number, filing date97947609.012.11.1997
[2000/46]
WO1997US21325
Priority number, dateUS1996074792212.11.1996         Original published format: US 747922
US1997082231421.03.1997         Original published format: US 822314
[2000/46]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO9824016
Date:04.06.1998
Language:EN
[1998/22]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP1051686
Date:15.11.2000
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 04.06.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2000/46]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US03.08.2000
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP08.08.2005
ClassificationIPC:G06F17/50
[2000/46]
CPC:
G06F30/20 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   IT,   NL,   SE [2000/46]
TitleGerman:COMPUTERBASIERTES SYSTEM ZUM DARSTELLEN UND ANALYSIEREN EINES TECHNISCHEN OBJEKTSYSTEMS UND WERT VON SPEZIFISCHEN DESSINÄNDERUNGEN ANZEIGEND[2000/46]
English:COMPUTER BASED SYSTEM FOR IMAGING AND ANALYSING AN ENGINEERING OBJECT SYSTEM AND INDICATING VALUES OF SPECIFIC DESIGN CHANGES[2000/46]
French:SYSTEME INFORMATISE POUR VISUALISER ET ANALYSER UN SYSTEME OBJET D'INGENIERIE ET INDIQUER DES VALEURS POUR LES MODIFICATIONS SPECIFIQUES DE LA CONCEPTION[2000/46]
Entry into regional phase12.06.1999National basic fee paid 
12.06.1999Search fee paid 
12.06.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
12.06.1999Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure04.06.1998Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
12.06.1999Examination requested  [2000/46]
20.11.2006Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
25.05.2007Reply to a communication from the examining division
02.07.2009Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
12.11.2009Reply to a communication from the examining division
03.05.2011Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
12.09.2011Reply to a communication from the examining division
28.10.2013Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 19.12.2013
08.11.2013Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2014/13]
18.11.2013Application refused, date of legal effect [2014/13]
19.12.2013Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  20.11.2006
Fees paidRenewal fee
09.02.2000Renewal fee patent year 03
20.10.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
22.11.2001Renewal fee patent year 05
23.11.2002Renewal fee patent year 06
20.11.2003Renewal fee patent year 07
19.03.2005Renewal fee patent year 08
23.11.2005Renewal fee patent year 09
22.11.2006Renewal fee patent year 10
03.11.2007Renewal fee patent year 11
24.11.2008Renewal fee patent year 12
25.11.2009Renewal fee patent year 13
30.11.2010Renewal fee patent year 14
29.11.2011Renewal fee patent year 15
28.11.2012Renewal fee patent year 16
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
30.11.199903   M06   Fee paid on   09.02.2000
30.11.200408   M06   Fee paid on   19.03.2005
30.11.201317   M06   Not yet paid
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Documents cited:Search[A]WO9622575  (INTERTECH VENTURES LTD [US], et al) [A] 1,2,4,7,10,12,15 * page 3, line 56 - page 6 *;
 [A]WO9632684  (MEDICAL SCIENCE SYS INC [US], et al) [A] 1,2,4,7,10,12,15 * page 5, line 22 - page 6, line 7 * * page 9, line 24 - page 13, line 25 * * page 17, line 7 - page 18, line 19 * * figures 1-5 *;
 [A]US5359523  (TALBOTT MARVIN T [US], et al) [A] 3,11 * column 1, line 63 - column 2, line 2; figure 12 *
 [A]  - SUSHKOV V V ET AL, "Introduction to TIPS: a theory for creative design", ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN ENGINEERING UK, (1995), vol. 9, no. 3, ISSN 0954-1810, pages 177 - 189, XP002337698 [A] 1,3,7,10,11,15 * paragraphs [0006] - [06.3] * * figures 2-4 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0954-1810(95)00002-Z
 [A]  - TSOURIKOV V, "Finding the systematic approach to new product development", WESCON/96 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (CAT. NO.96CH35927) IEEE NEW YORK, NY, USA, (19961022), ISBN 0-7803-3274-1, pages 18 - 20, XP002337699 [A] 1,3,7,10,11,15 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/WESCON.1996.553958
International search[XP]US5623418  (ROSTOKER MICHAEL D [US], et al);
 [Y]US5546321  (CHANG CHI S [US], et al);
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