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EP1163753 - ROTATION, SCALE, AND TRANSLATION RESILIENT PUBLIC WATERMARKING FOR IMAGES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application is deemed to be withdrawn
Status updated on  15.05.2009
Database last updated on 20.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip15.05.2009Application deemed to be withdrawnpublished on 17.06.2009  [2009/25]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
NEC Corporation
7-1, Shiba 5-chome Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-8001 / JP
[N/P]
Former [2003/15]For all designated states
NEC CORPORATION
7-1, Shiba 5-chome, Minato-ku
Tokyo / JP
Former [2001/51]For all designated states
Signafy, Inc.
4 Independence Way
Princeton, New Jerrsey 08540 / US
Inventor(s)01 / BLOOM, Jeffrey, A.
12 Krebs Road
Plainsboro, NJ 08536 / US
02 / COX, Ingemar, J.
21 LeParc Drive
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 / US
03 / MILLER, Matthew, L.
44 Tee-Ar Place
Princeton, NJ 08540 / US
04 / WU, Min
228A Harrison Lane
Princeton, NJ 08540 / US
05 / LIN, Ching-Yung
1155 Warburton Avenue, Apt. 7N
Yonkers, NY 10701-1027 / US
06 / LUI, Yui, Man
606 Stonegate Way
Middle Island, NY 11953 / US
 [2002/14]
Former [2002/10]01 / BLOOM, Jeffrey, A.
10 Hampshire Drive
Plainsboro, NJ 08536 / US
02 / COX, Ingemar, J.
21 LeParc Drive
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 / US
03 / MILLER, Matthew, L.
44 Tee-Ar Place
Princeton, NJ 08540 / US
04 / WU, Min
228A Harrison Lane
Princeton, NJ 08540 / US
05 / LIN, Ching-Yung
1155 Warburton Avenue, Apt. 7N
Yonkers, NY 10701-1027 / US
06 / LUI, Yui, Man
606 Stonegate Way
Middle Island, NY 11953 / US
Former [2001/51]01 / BLOOM, Jeffrey, A.
10 Hampshire Drive
Plainsboro, NJ 08536 / US
02 / COX, Ingemar, J.
21 LeParc Drive
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 / US
03 / MILLER, Matthew, L.
44 Tee-Ar Place
Princeton, NJ 08540 / US
04 / WU, Min
228A Harrison Lane
Princeton, NJ 08540 / US
05 / LIN, Ching-Yung
414 West 120th Street, Apt. 107
New York, NY 10027 / US
06 / LUI, Yui, Man
606 Stonegate Way
Middle Island, NY 11953 / US
Representative(s)Vossius & Partner Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbB
Siebertstrasse 3
81675 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2008/35]Vossius & Partner
Siebertstrasse 3
81675 München / DE
Former [2001/51]VOSSIUS & PARTNER
Siebertstrasse 4
81675 München / DE
Application number, filing date01904926.118.01.2001
[2001/51]
WO2001US01759
Priority number, dateUS2000048975221.01.2000         Original published format: US 489752
[2001/51]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO0154331
Date:26.07.2001
Language:EN
[2001/30]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1163753
Date:19.12.2001
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 26.07.2001 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2001/51]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US26.07.2001
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP06.07.2005
ClassificationIPC:H04K1/00, H04N1/32
[2005/33]
CPC:
G06T1/0064 (EP,US); G06T1/00 (KR); H04N1/00005 (EP,US);
H04N1/00037 (EP,US); H04N1/00074 (EP,US); H04N1/32154 (EP,US);
H04N1/3216 (EP,US); H04N1/32267 (EP,US); H04N1/3232 (EP,US);
H04N2201/3233 (EP,US); H04N2201/327 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2001/51]H04K1/00
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   NL [2004/21]
Former [2001/51]AT,  BE,  CH,  CY,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE,  TR 
TitleGerman:GEGEN ROTATION, MASSSTABSVERÄNDERUNG UND TRANSLATION BESTÄNDIGES ÖFFENTLICHES WASSERZEICHEN FÜR BILDINFORMATIONEN[2001/51]
English:ROTATION, SCALE, AND TRANSLATION RESILIENT PUBLIC WATERMARKING FOR IMAGES[2001/51]
French:SYSTEME DE FILIGRANE PUBLIC POUR IMAGES A RESILIENCE DE ROTATION, DE CHANGEMENT D'ECHELLE ET DE TRANSLATION[2001/51]
Entry into regional phase26.09.2001National basic fee paid 
26.09.2001Search fee paid 
26.09.2001Designation fee(s) paid 
08.01.2002Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure08.01.2002Examination requested  [2002/12]
11.09.2006Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
21.03.2007Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.07.2008Communication of intention to grant the patent
03.12.2008Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect  [2009/25]
21.01.2009Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: fee for grant / fee for printing not paid in time  [2009/25]
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.01.2003Renewal fee patent year 03
26.01.2004Renewal fee patent year 04
20.01.2005Renewal fee patent year 05
27.01.2006Renewal fee patent year 06
29.01.2007Renewal fee patent year 07
25.01.2008Renewal fee patent year 08
Penalty fee
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31.01.200909   M06   Not yet paid
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Documents cited:Search[A]EP0860984  (FUJITSU LTD [JP]) [A] 1,8 * claim 1 *;
 [A]  - RUANAIDH J O ET AL, "CRYPTOGRAPHIC COPYRIGHT PROTECTION FOR DIGITAL IMAGES BASED ON WATERMARKING TECHNIQUES", THEORETICAL COMPUTER SCIENCE, AMSTERDAM, NL, (1999), vol. 226, no. 1/2, ISSN 0304-3975, pages 117 - 142, XP000937907

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0304-3975(99)00069-9
International search[A]EP0905967  (DIGITAL COPYRIGHT TECHNOLOGIES [CH]);
 [A]  - LIN C.-Y., "Public watermarking surviving general scaling and cropping: An application for print-and-scan process", PROC. MULTIMEDIA AND SECURITY WORKSHOP AT ACM MULTIMEDIA '99, (199910), pages 41 - 46, XP002939819
 [A]  - PEREIRA S. ET AL., "Template based recovery of fourier-based watermarks using log-polar and log-log maps", PROC. IEEE INT. CONF. ON MULTIMEDIA COMPUTING AND SYSTEMS, (199906), pages 870 - 874, XP002939820
 [A]  - O RUANAIDH J.J.K. ET AL., "Rotation, scale and translation invariant spread spectrum digital image watermarking", SIGNAL PROCESSING, (199805), vol. 66, pages 303 - 317, XP002939617

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0165-1684(98)00012-7
 [A]  - O RUANAIDH J.J.K. ET AL., "Rotation, scale and translation invariant digital image watermarking", PROC. IEEE INT. CONF. ON IMAGE PROCESSING, (199710), pages 536 - 539, XP002939821
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