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EP1089235 - Space leaping in a parallel pipelined volume rendering system [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application is deemed to be withdrawn
Status updated on  13.08.2004
Database last updated on 20.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip13.08.2004Application deemed to be withdrawnpublished on 29.09.2004  [2004/40]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
TeraRecon, Inc., A Delaware Corporation
2955 Campus Drive, Suite 325
San Mateo, CA 94403 / US
[2001/31]
Former [2001/14]For all designated states
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
2-3, Marunouchi 2-chome Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8310 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Lauer, Hugh C.
69 Border Road
Concord, Massachusetts 01742 / US
02 / Seiler, Larry D.
198 Linden Street
Boylston, Massachusetts 01505 / US
03 / Gasparakis, Charidimos E.
9 Davis Road, B7
Acton, Massachusetts 01720 / US
04 / Shimha, Vikram
414 Katahdin Drive
Lexington, Massachusetts 02144 / US
05 / Correll, Kenneth W.
2193 Lunenburg Road
Lancaster, Massachusetts 01523 / US
 [2001/14]
Representative(s)Pfenning, Meinig & Partner mbB
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte
Theresienhöhe 11a
80339 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2001/14]Pfenning, Meinig & Partner
Mozartstrasse 17
80336 München / DE
Application number, filing date00120073.215.09.2000
[2001/14]
Priority number, dateUS1999040964301.10.1999         Original published format: US 409643
[2001/14]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP1089235
Date:04.04.2001
Language:EN
[2001/14]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP1089235
Date:21.05.2003
[2003/21]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP09.04.2003
ClassificationIPC:G06T15/40
[2001/14]
CPC:
G06T15/06 (EP); G06T15/40 (EP)
Designated contracting states(deleted) [2004/07]
Former [2001/14]AT,  BE,  CH,  CY,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE 
TitleGerman:Raumsprung in einem parallelen Pipeline-Volumendarstellungssytem[2001/14]
English:Space leaping in a parallel pipelined volume rendering system[2001/14]
French:Saut d'espace dans un système parallèle pipeline de rendu de volume[2001/14]
Examination procedure22.11.2003Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect  [2004/40]
22.04.2004Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: examination fee not paid in time  [2004/40]
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.09.2002Renewal fee patent year 03
Penalty fee
Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973
28.01.2004AT   M01   Not yet paid
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28.01.2004NL   M01   Not yet paid
28.01.2004PT   M01   Not yet paid
28.01.2004SE   M01   Not yet paid
Penalty fee Rule 85b EPC 1973
28.01.2004M01   Not yet paid
Additional fee for renewal fee
30.09.200304   M06   Not yet paid
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Documents cited:Search[Y]US5847711  (KAUFMAN ARIE E [US], et al) [Y] 2 * column 3, line 33 - line 36 * * column 5, line 41 - line 42 * * column 34, line 19 - line 30 *;
 [XY]  - CHOONG HWAN LEE ET AL, "Fast volume rendering using adaptive block subdivision", COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND APPLICATIONS, 1997. PROCEEDINGS., THE FIFTH PACIFIC CONFERENCE ON SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA 13-16 OCT. 1997, LOS ALAMITOS, CA, USA,IEEE COMPUT. SOC, US, (19971013), ISBN 0-8186-8028-8, pages 148 - 157, XP010250245 [X] 1 * page 149, column R, paragraph 1 * * figure 2 * * page 150, column L, paragraph 3 * [Y] 2

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PCCGA.1997.626192
 [A]  - CHEOL-HI LEE ET AL, "Template-based rendering of run-length encoded volumes", COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND APPLICATIONS, 1997. PROCEEDINGS., THE FIFTH PACIFIC CONFERENCE ON SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA 13-16 OCT. 1997, LOS ALAMITOS, CA, USA,IEEE COMPUT. SOC, US, (19971013), ISBN 0-8186-8028-8, pages 138 - 147, XP010250244 [A] 1,2,1 * figure 3 * * page 139, column L, paragraph 4 * * page 139, column R, paragraph 2 - paragraph 3 * * page 140, column R, paragraph L *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PCCGA.1997.626190
 [A]  - SANO K ET AL, "Parallel processing of the shear-warp factorization with the binary-swap method on a distributed-memory multiprocessor system", PARALLEL RENDERING, 1997. PRS 97. PROCEEDINGS. IEEE SYMPOSIUM ON PHOENIX, AZ, USA 20-21 OCT. 1997, LOS ALAMITOS, CA, USA,IEEE COMPUT. SOC, US, (19971020), ISBN 0-8186-8265-5, pages 87 - 94,118, XP010251400 [A] 1,2 * page 88, column R, paragraph L * * page 89, Section 2.2.1. * * figure 1 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PRS.1997.628299
 [A]  - PALMER M E ET AL, "RAY CASTING ON SHARED-MEMORY ARCHITECTURES. MEMORY-HIERARCHY CONSIDERATIONS IN VOLUME RENDERING", IEEE CONCURRENCY, IEEE SERVICE CENTER, PISCATAWAY, NY, US, (1998), vol. 6, no. 1, ISSN 1092-3063, pages 20 - 35, XP000737883 [A] 1,2 * page 22, column L, line 8, paragraph 2 - line 9 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/4434.656777
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