EP0915401A3

Computerized virtual paint manufacturing and application system

Abstract

A computer-implemented apparatus and method for coordinating paint-related process steps of at least one paint-related facility. The paint-related process steps exhibit paint-related characteristics. A data acquisition module is provided for acquiring paint characteristic data indicative of the paint-related characteristics. A paint process control data structure is provided for interrelating the acquired paint characteristic data with at least two of the paint-related process steps to produce interrelated paint process control data. A paint process control coordinator is connected to the data acquisition module for storing the acquired paint characteristic data in the paint process control data structure. A data display is connected to the paint process control data structure for remotely receiving and viewing the interrelated paint process control data.

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Document	Relation	Office	Category	Cited during	Relevant claims
EP0403735A1	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	A	Search report	1-3
US4506626A	Cites	United States of America	Y	Search report	1-3,9
US5229948A	Cites	United States of America	A	Search report	1,9,10
US5632816A	Cites	United States of America	A	Search report	1-12
WO9408544A1	Cites	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	Y	Search report	1-3,9

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Document	Office	Kind	Date
966960	United States of America	–	1997-11-10
96696097	United States of America	A	1997-11-10
96696097	United States of America	A	1997-11-10
966960	–	–	–
US19970966960	–	–	–

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Document	Office	Kind
AU704609B1	Australia	B1	1999-04-29
CA2251431A1	Canada	A1	1999-05-10
EP0915401A2	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	1999-05-12
KR19990045174A	Republic of Korea	A	1999-06-25
JPH11216400A	Japan	A	1999-08-10
CN1230731A	China	A	1999-10-06
BR9804994A	Brazil	A	1999-11-09
US6073055A	United States of America	A	2000-06-06
EP0915401A3This record	European Patent Office (EPO)	A3	2001-01-31
AR017583A1	Argentina	A1	2001-09-12
US6330487B1	United States of America	B1	2001-12-11
US2002077716A1	United States of America	A1	2002-06-20
WO03019305A1	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A1	2003-03-06
EP0915401B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2004-04-07
AT263980T	Austria	T	2004-04-15
ATE263980T1	Austria	T1	2004-04-15
DE69822964D1	Germany	D1	2004-05-13
CN1168039C	China	C	2004-09-22
US6804567B2	United States of America	B2	2004-10-12
ES2219829T3	Spain	T3	2004-12-01
DE69822964T2	Germany	T2	2005-05-12
KR100523517B1	Republic of Korea	B1	2005-12-21
JP4235293B2	Japan	B2	2009-03-11

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2019-02-28	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2018-12-13	Patent expired because of reaching the maximum lifetime of a patentExpiredMK	MK	BE
2018-12-05	Patent expired after termination of 20 yearsExpiredPE20	PE20	GB
2018-11-10	Expiry of rightR071	R071	DE
2018-04-30	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
2018-02-28	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
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2004-12-17	Fr: translation filedET	ET	EP
2004-12-01	Definitive protectionFG2A	FG2A	ES
2004-11-10	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2004-10-15	Patent ceasedCeasedPL	PL	CH
2004-10-01	Nl: lapsed or annulled due to failure to fulfill the requirements of art. 29p and 29m of the patents actLapsedNLV1	NLV1	EP
2004-07-07	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
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2002-05-29	First examination report despatched17Q	17Q	EP
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1999-05-12	Request for examination filed17P	17P	EP
1999-05-12	Designated contracting statesAK	AK	EP
1999-05-12	Request for extension of the european patentAL;LT;LV;MK;RO;SIAX	AX	EP
1999-03-26	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phaseORIGINAL CODE: 0009012PUAI	PUAI	EP

Computerized virtual paint manufacturing and application system

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