EP1817686A4

Enabling category-based filtering

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EP1817686A4, drawing sheet 1 — Sheet 1 of 11

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Citations
Document	Relation	Office	Category	Cited during	Relevant claims
EP0797163A1	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	X	Search report	1-14,17,18
US2002143780A1	Cites	United States of America	X	Search report	1-14,17,18
US5457738A	Cites	United States of America	X	Search report	1-14,17,18
WO9429808A1	Cites	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A	Search report	1-6
EP0797163A	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	–	–	–
WO9429808A	Cites	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	–	–	–
See also references of WO 2006029504A1	Non-patent	–	–	Search report	–

10 members in 5 offices

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Priority claims
Document	Office	Kind	Date
608868P	United States of America	–	2004-09-13
60886804	United States of America	P	2004-09-13
60886804	United States of America	P	2004-09-13
2005001369	Canada	W	2005-09-09
2005001369	Canada	W	2005-09-09
608868P	–	–	–
CA2005001369	–	–	–
US20040608868P	–	–	–
WO2005CA01369	–	–	–

Members10

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Document	Office	Kind
US2006059185A1	United States of America	A1	2006-03-16
WO2006029504A1	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A1	2006-03-23
TW200632698A	Taiwan Province of China	A	2006-09-16
CA2579913A1	Canada	A1	2007-03-09
EP1817686A1	European Patent Office (EPO)	A1	2007-08-15
EP1817686A4This record	European Patent Office (EPO)	A4	2007-12-05
TWI292872B	Taiwan Province of China	B	2008-01-21
US7966323B2	United States of America	B2	2011-06-21
US2011231401A1	United States of America	A1	2011-09-22
CA2579913C	Canada	C	2014-05-06

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	Event	Code	Office
2012-05-09	Application refused18R	18R	EP
2012-04-10	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patentGrantedSTATUS: THE APPLICATION HAS BEEN REFUSEDSTAA	STAA	EP
2011-11-20	Refusal decision now finalR003	R003	DE
2008-06-18	First examination report despatched17Q	17Q	EP
2007-12-05	Supplementary search report drawn up and despatchedA4	A4	EP
2007-08-15	Request for examination filed17P	17P	EP
2007-08-15	Designated contracting statesAK	AK	EP
2007-08-15	Request for extension of the european patentAX	AX	EP
2007-07-13	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phaseORIGINAL CODE: 0009012PUAI	PUAI	EP