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EP1229738 - Image decompression from transform coefficients [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  13.01.2012
Database last updated on 24.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip04.05.2012Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT
published on 06.06.2012  [2012/23]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome Ohta-ku
Tokyo 143-8555 / JP
[2011/10]
Former [2002/32]For all designated states
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome, Ohta-ku
Tokyo 143-8555 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Matsubara, Akio
13-3-102, Higashiserigaya, Kohnan-ku
Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa / JP
 [2011/08]
Former [2002/32]01 / Matsubara, Akio
13-3-102, Higashierigaya, Kohnan-ku
Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa / JP
Representative(s)SSM Sandmair
Patentanwälte Rechtsanwalt
Partnerschaft mbB
Joseph-Wild-Straße 20
81829 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2002/32]Schwabe - Sandmair - Marx
Stuntzstrasse 16
81677 München / DE
Application number, filing date01125478.606.11.2001
[2002/32]
Priority number, dateJP2000034415510.11.2000         Original published format: JP 2000344155
JP2000034439110.11.2000         Original published format: JP 2000344391
JP2001014294214.05.2001         Original published format: JP 2001142942
JP2001019593728.06.2001         Original published format: JP 2001195937
[2002/32]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1229738
Date:07.08.2002
Language:EN
[2002/32]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1229738
Date:09.03.2011
Language:EN
[2011/10]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP20.06.2002
ClassificationIPC:H04N7/26
[2002/32]
CPC:
G06T9/007 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT,   NL [2003/18]
Former [2002/32]AT,  BE,  CH,  CY,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE,  TR 
TitleGerman:Bilddekompression von Transformkoeffizienten[2002/32]
English:Image decompression from transform coefficients[2002/32]
French:Décodage d'images par des coefficients de transformation[2010/41]
Former [2002/32]Décodage d'images par des coéfficients de transformation
Examination procedure06.11.2001Examination requested  [2002/32]
08.02.2003Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
02.06.2003Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, CH, CY, DK, FI, GR, IE, LU, MC, PT, SE, TR
25.09.2009Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
05.01.2010Reply to a communication from the examining division
04.02.2010Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
26.05.2010Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.09.2010Communication of intention to grant the patent
18.01.2011Fee for grant paid
18.01.2011Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)12.12.2011No opposition filed within time limit [2012/07]
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.10.2003Renewal fee patent year 03
29.10.2004Renewal fee patent year 04
28.10.2005Renewal fee patent year 05
31.10.2006Renewal fee patent year 06
15.11.2007Renewal fee patent year 07
31.03.2008Renewal fee patent year 08
10.11.2009Renewal fee patent year 09
23.11.2010Renewal fee patent year 10
Penalty fee
Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973
17.03.2003AT   M01   Not yet paid
17.03.2003BE   M01   Not yet paid
17.03.2003CH   M01   Not yet paid
17.03.2003CY   M01   Not yet paid
17.03.2003DK   M01   Not yet paid
17.03.2003FI   M01   Not yet paid
17.03.2003GR   M01   Not yet paid
17.03.2003IE   M01   Not yet paid
17.03.2003LU   M01   Not yet paid
17.03.2003MC   M01   Not yet paid
17.03.2003PT   M01   Not yet paid
17.03.2003SE   M01   Not yet paid
17.03.2003TR   M01   Not yet paid
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipIT09.03.2011
NL09.03.2011
ES20.06.2011
[2012/23]
Former [2011/39]NL09.03.2011
ES20.06.2011
Documents cited:Search[X]JPH10327409  ;
 [A]JP2000092486  ;
 [A]US5020120  (WELDY JOHN A [US]) [A] 1-60 * column 6, line 19 - column 6, line 42 * * figures 2,4 *;
 [A]US5892847  (JOHNSON STEPHEN G [US]) [A] 1-60 * column 4, line 50 - column 4, line 54 * * figures 23-27 *;
 [X]WO9953429  (TERALOGIC INC [US]) [X] 1-60 * page 8, line 6 - page 8, line 14 * * page 11, line 1 - page 12, line 22 * * claims 1,2,5-7 *;
 [PX]US6259820  (STONE HAROLD S [US]) [PX] 1,9,16,23,29,37,44,51,57-60* column 13, line 55 - column 14, line 4 *;
 [PX]EP1148731  (CANON KK [JP]) [PX] 1,2,9,10,16,17,23,24,29,30,37,38,44,45,51,52,57-60 * paragraph [0025] * * paragraph [0037] * * paragraph [0079] - paragraph [0080] * * figure 11B *;
 [X]  - ANDRESEN D ET AL, "Scalability issues for high performance digital libraries on the World Wide Web", DIGITAL LIBRARIES, 1996. ADL '96., PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD FORUM ON RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES IN WASHINGTON, DC, USA 13-15 MAY 1996, LOS ALAMITOS, CA, USA,IEEE COMPUT. SOC, US, (19960513), ISBN 0-8186-7402-4, pages 139 - 148, XP010164918 [X] 1,9,16,23,29,37,44,51,57-60 * section "3. Scalability of the ADL" *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ADL.1996.502524
 [X]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19990331), vol. 1999, no. 03, & JP10327409 A 19981208 (FUJITSU LTD) [X] 1,9,16,23,29,37,44,51,57-60 * abstract *
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (20000922), vol. 2000, no. 06, & JP2000092486 A 20000331 (TOSHIBA CORP) [A] 1-60 * abstract * * paragraph [0024] - paragraph [0025] * * paragraph [0028] - paragraph [0029] *
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