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DE file number : 11 2012 004 224.7 (Status: pending/in force, Query started: August 3, 2025)

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Master data
INID	Criterion	Field	Content
	Type of IP right	SART	Patent
	Status	ST	Pending/in force
21	DE file number	DAKZ	11 2012 004 224.7
86	WO file number	WAKZ	PCT/CA2012/050310
87	WO publication number	WPN	2013166580
54	Designation/title	TI	Erfassung einer an die Leertaste angrenzenden Zeicheneingabe
51	IPC main class	ICM (ICMV)	G06F 3/01 (2006.01)
51	IPC secondary class(es)	ICS (ICSV)	G06F 3/023 (2006.01), G06F 3/041 (2006.01), H04W 88/02 (2009.01)
22	DE application date	DAT	May 11, 2012
85	PCT national phase entry patent	PATNAT	May 2, 2014
86	WO application date	WAT	May 11, 2012
43	Date of first publication	OT	Nov 14, 2013
	Date of publication of grant	PET	Aug 14, 2024
71/73	Applicant/owner	INH	Malikie Innovations Limited, Dublin, IE
72	Inventor	IN	Pasquero, Jerome, Waterloo, Ontario, CA; Walker, David Ryan, Waterloo, Ontario, CA; Fyke, Steven Henry, Waterloo, Ontario, CA
74	Representative	VTR	MERH-IP Matias Erny Reichl Hoffmann Patentanwälte PartG mbB, 80336 München, DE
10	Published DE documents	DEPN	Original document: DE112012004224B4 Searchable text: DE112012004224B4 Original document: DE112012004224T5 Searchable text: DE112012004224T5
	Address for service		MERH-IP Matias Erny Reichl Hoffmann Patentanwälte PartG mbB, 80336 München, DE
	Due date	FT FG	May 31, 2026 Annual fee for the 15th year Patent fees
	Patent division in charge		51
87	WO language of publication	WLANG	EN - Englisch
57	Abstract	AB	A method of character entry includes detecting a spacebar adjacent input from a keyboard, the spacebar adjacent input corresponding to a key adjacent to a spacebar; and determining whether to accept the spacebar adjacent input based on whether a preceding inputted string, the preceding inputted string comprising a string of inputted characters preceding the spacebar adjacent input, corresponds to a first stored object.
81	Designated WO countries	WDS	AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IS, JP, KE, KG, KM, KN, KP, KR, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LT, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW
	Published EP/WO documents	EPWOPN	Original document: WO2013166580A1 Searchable text: WO2013166580A1
56	Citations	CT	[X] US020100321299A1 (US 2010 / 0 321 299 A1) [A] US020060274051A1 (US 2006 / 0 274 051 A1)
43	Date of first publication	EVT	Nov 14, 2013
	Number of official communications (office actions)		1
	Number of responses		1
	Date of the first transfer into DPMAregister	EREGT	Sep 18, 2014
	Date of the (most recent) update in DPMAregister	REGT	Jul 17, 2025 (Show all update days)(Hide all update days) Jul 17, 2025 Procedures: Examination procedure, Grant of patent has become final, 15.05.2025: changed Jun 13, 2025 Procedures: Examination procedure, Grant of patent has become final, 15.05.2025: new Jun 12, 2025 Due date: changed Jun 11, 2025 St.36: changed (technical change) Aug 14, 2024 Published DE documents: changed Procedures: Publications, Patent specification, 14.08.2024: changed Jul 19, 2024 Date of publication of grant: new Procedures: Publications, Patent specification, 14.08.2024: new Sep 18, 2014 Date of the first transfer into DPMAregister

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No.	Kind of procedure	Legal status	Date of legal/procedural status	Publication date	Alle Details anzeigen
1	Pre-registration procedure	The application is under preliminary examination	May 11, 2012		Details anzeigen
2	Procedure relating to PCT application	WO first publication with search report	Nov 14, 2013		Details anzeigen
3	Examination procedure	Request for examination effectively filed	May 2, 2014		Details anzeigen
4	Pre-registration procedure	Pre-registration procedure has been concluded	Aug 8, 2014		Details anzeigen
5	Pre-registration procedure	Closing PCT nationale phase entry	Aug 8, 2014		Details anzeigen
6	New applicant/owner details	New applicant/owner details	Aug 8, 2014	Jul 11, 2024	Details anzeigen
7	Publications	Publication of translation of PCT application	Sep 18, 2014	Sep 18, 2014	Details anzeigen
8	Examination procedure	Official communication on examination	Dec 14, 2023		Details anzeigen
9	Examination procedure	Reply to official communication	Apr 17, 2024		Details anzeigen
10	Examination procedure	Decision to grant patent by Examining Section/Patent Division	Apr 30, 2024		Details anzeigen
11	New applicant/owner details	New applicant/owner details	May 29, 2024	Jul 11, 2024	Details anzeigen
12	Publications	Patent specification	Aug 14, 2024	Aug 14, 2024	Details anzeigen
13	Examination procedure	Grant of patent has become final	May 15, 2025	Jul 17, 2025	Details anzeigen

View procedures Pre-registration procedure (No.: 1)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Pre-registration procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	The application is under preliminary examination
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	May 11, 2012

View procedures Procedure relating to PCT application (No.: 2)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Procedure relating to PCT application
Legal/procedural status	VST	WO first publication with search report
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Nov 14, 2013

View procedures Examination procedure (No.: 3)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Examination procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Request for examination effectively filed
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	May 2, 2014
Third party request		No
Date of receipt	AEGT	May 2, 2014

View procedures Pre-registration procedure (No.: 4)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Pre-registration procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Pre-registration procedure has been concluded
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Aug 8, 2014

View procedures Pre-registration procedure (No.: 5)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Pre-registration procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Closing PCT nationale phase entry
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Aug 8, 2014

View procedures New applicant/owner details (No.: 6)
INID	Criterion	Field	Content Close details
	Type of procedure	VART	New applicant/owner details
	Legal/procedural status	VST	New applicant/owner details
	Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Aug 8, 2014
	Issue number	HN	28
	Year	PJ	2024
	Publication date	VT	Jul 11, 2024
	Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
	Part	HT	Part 3
71/73	Applicant/owner	INH	BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA
71/73	Previous applicant/owner	INHF	BlackBerry Ltd., Waterloo, Ontario, CA
	Date of update of the procedure	REGT	Jul 6, 2024

View procedures Publications (No.: 7)
INID	Criterion	Field	Content Close details
	Type of procedure	VART	Publications
	Legal/procedural status	VST	Publication of translation of PCT application
	Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Sep 18, 2014
	Issue number	HN	38
	Year	PJ	2014
	Publication date	VT	Sep 18, 2014
	Type of publication	PART	Documents
	Part	HT	Part 6
10	Published DE documents	DEPN	Original document: DE112012004224T5 Searchable text: DE112012004224T5

View procedures Examination procedure (No.: 8)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Examination procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Official communication on examination
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Dec 14, 2023
Date of update of the procedure	REGT	Dec 15, 2023

View procedures Examination procedure (No.: 9)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Examination procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Reply to official communication
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Apr 17, 2024
Date of update of the procedure	REGT	Apr 20, 2024

View procedures Examination procedure (No.: 10)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Examination procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Decision to grant patent by Examining Section/Patent Division
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Apr 30, 2024
Date of update of the procedure	REGT	May 1, 2024

View procedures New applicant/owner details (No.: 11)
INID	Criterion	Field	Content Close details
	Type of procedure	VART	New applicant/owner details
	Legal/procedural status	VST	New applicant/owner details
	Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	May 29, 2024
	Issue number	HN	28
	Year	PJ	2024
	Publication date	VT	Jul 11, 2024
	Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
	Part	HT	Part 3
71/73	Applicant/owner	INH	Malikie Innovations Limited, Dublin, IE
71/73	Previous applicant/owner	INHF	BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA
	Date of update of the procedure	REGT	Jul 6, 2024

View procedures Publications (No.: 12)
INID	Criterion	Field	Content Close details
	Type of procedure	VART	Publications
	Legal/procedural status	VST	Patent specification
	Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Aug 14, 2024
	Issue number	HN	33
	Year	PJ	2024
	Publication date	VT	Aug 14, 2024
	Type of publication	PART	Documents
	Part	HT	Part 3
10	Published DE documents	DEPN	Original document: DE112012004224B4 Searchable text: DE112012004224B4
	Date of update of the procedure	REGT	Aug 14, 2024

View procedures Examination procedure (No.: 13)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Examination procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Grant of patent has become final
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	May 15, 2025
Issue number	HN	29
Year	PJ	2025
Publication date	VT	Jul 17, 2025
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
Part	HT	Part 3
Date of update of the procedure	REGT	Jul 17, 2025