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EP1193646 - Image processing apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been withdrawn Status updated on 05.02.2016 Database last updated on 17.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	05.02.2016	Withdrawal of application	published on 09.03.2016 [2016/10]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku Tokyo / JP
	[N/P]
Former [2002/14]	For all designated states CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku Tokyo / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / Kirk, Richard Antony 65 Hemel Hempstead Road Redbourn, Herts AL3 7NL / GB
	02 / Lyons, Alexander Ralph, c/o Canon Res. Cent Europe The Braccans, London Road Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 2XH / GB
	03 / Baumberg, Adam Michael, c/o Canon Res. Cent Europe The Braccans, London Road Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 2XH / GB
	04 / Taylor, Richard Ian, c/o Canon Res. Cent Europe Lt The Braccans, London Road Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 2XH / GB
	05 / Kotcheff, Aaron W.C 76, Selkirk Road London, SW 17 0EP / GB
	[2002/14]
Representative(s)	Hitching, Peter Matthew, et al Canon Europe Ltd European Patent Department 3 The Square Stockley Park Uxbridge Middlesex UB11 1ET / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2008/41]	Hitching, Peter Matthew, et al Canon Europe Limited 6 Roundwood Avenue Stockley Park Uxbridge UB11 1JA / GB
Former [2008/25]	Hitching, Peter Matthew, et al Canon Europe Limited 6 Roundwood Avenue Stockley Park Middlesex, Uxbridge UB11 1JA / GB
Former [2002/14]	Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis, et al Beresford & Co., 2-5 Warwick Court, High Holborn London WC1R 5DH / GB
Application number, filing date	01308112.0	24.09.2001
	[2002/14]
Priority number, date	GB20000023681	27.09.2000 Original published format: GB 0023681
	[2002/14]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP1193646
	Date:	03.04.2002
	Language:	EN
	[2002/14]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP1193646
	Date:	02.01.2004
	[2004/01]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	04.11.2003
Classification	IPC:	G06T1/00, G06T7/00	[2003/33]
	CPC:	G06T7/55 (EP,US); G06T7/80 (EP,US); G06T2200/08 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2002/14]	G06T1/00
Designated contracting states	DE, FR, GB, IT, NL [2004/39]
Former [2002/14]	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, TR
Title	German:	Bildverarbeitungsvorrichtung	[2002/14]
	English:	Image processing apparatus	[2002/14]
	French:	Dispositif de traitement d'images	[2002/14]
Examination procedure	14.05.2004	Examination requested [2004/29]
	25.09.2006	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	25.01.2007	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	22.10.2014	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	20.02.2015	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	28.01.2016	Application withdrawn by applicant [2016/10]
Divisional application(s)	The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 25.09.2006
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	19.09.2003	Renewal fee patent year 03
	20.09.2004	Renewal fee patent year 04
	19.09.2005	Renewal fee patent year 05
	02.10.2006	Renewal fee patent year 06
	01.10.2007	Renewal fee patent year 07
	13.03.2008	Renewal fee patent year 08
	30.09.2009	Renewal fee patent year 09
	30.09.2010	Renewal fee patent year 10
	30.09.2011	Renewal fee patent year 11
	01.10.2012	Renewal fee patent year 12
	30.09.2013	Renewal fee patent year 13
	30.09.2014	Renewal fee patent year 14
	30.09.2015	Renewal fee patent year 15
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Documents cited:	Search	[Y]EP0548629 (IBM [US]) [Y] 37,38,72,73 * page 3, lines 1-27 ** figures 3A-3C *;
		[A]EP0901105 (CANON KK [JP]) [A] 1-36,39-71,74,75 * abstract * * paragraph [0005] *;
		[XY]WO0004506 (GEOMETRIX INC [US]) [X] 1-36,39-71,74,75 * abstract * * page 17, line 4 - line 11 * * page 19, line 22 - line 28 * * page 20 - page 21 * * figure 1A * * figure 3 * * figure 4 * * figure 5 * [Y] 37,38,72,73;
		[A]US6072898 (BEATY ELWIN M [US], et al) [A] 1-36,39-71,74,75 * abstract * * column 2, line 21 - line 23 * * figures 1A-1B3 * * figure 2A *;
		[A] - FITZGIBBON A W ET AL, "Automatic 3D model construction for turn-table sequences", LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE, SPRINGER VERLAG, NEW YORK, NY, US, (19980606), ISSN 0302-9743, pages 155 - 170, XP002121436 [A] 1-36,39-71,74,75 * abstract * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-49437-5_11
	Examination	US6081273

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