EP1488370 - METHOD OF IMPROVING FINGERPRINT IMAGES [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 19.06.2009 Database last updated on 22.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 30.09.2011 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): CY, TR | published on 02.11.2011 [2011/44] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states NXP B.V. High Tech Campus 60 5656 AG Eindhoven / NL | [2007/30] |
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Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Groenewoudseweg 1 5621 BA Eindhoven / NL | Inventor(s) | 01 /
SCHOLZE, Steffen, Philips IP & Standards GmbH Weisshausstr. 2 52066 Aachen / DE | 02 /
SCHWARZ, Alexander, Philips IP & Standards GmbH Weisshausstr. 2 52066 Aachen / DE | [2004/52] | Representative(s) | van der Veer, Johannis Leendert, et al NXP Semiconductors B.V. IP&L Department High Tech Campus 32 5656 AE Eindhoven / NL | [N/P] |
Former [2009/31] | van der Veer, Johannis Leendert, et al NXP Semiconductors B.V. IP&L Department High Tech Campus 32 5656 AE Eindhoven / NL | ||
Former [2009/14] | van der Veer, Johannis Leendert, et al NXP Semiconductors IP& Licensing High Tech Campus 32 5656 AE Eindhoven / NL | ||
Former [2004/52] | Meyer, Michael Josef Philips Intellectual Property & Standards GmbH Postfach 50 04 42 52088 Aachen / DE | Application number, filing date | 03744469.2 | 17.03.2003 | [2004/52] | WO2003IB00951 | Priority number, date | DE2002112277 | 20.03.2002 Original published format: DE 10212277 | [2004/52] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO03079274 | Date: | 25.09.2003 | Language: | EN | [2003/39] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP1488370 | Date: | 22.12.2004 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 25.09.2003 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2004/52] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1488370 | Date: | 13.08.2008 | Language: | EN | [2008/33] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 25.09.2003 | Classification | IPC: | G06K9/00 | [2004/52] | CPC: |
G06V40/1347 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2004/52] | Extension states | AL | Not yet paid | LT | Not yet paid | LV | Not yet paid | MK | Not yet paid | Title | German: | VERFAHREN ZUR VERBESSERUNG VON FINGERABDRUCKBILDERN | [2004/52] | English: | METHOD OF IMPROVING FINGERPRINT IMAGES | [2004/52] | French: | PROCEDE VISANT A AMELIORER LES IMAGES D'EMPREINTES DIGITALES | [2004/52] | Entry into regional phase | 20.10.2004 | National basic fee paid | 20.10.2004 | Designation fee(s) paid | 20.10.2004 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 20.10.2004 | Examination requested [2004/52] | 15.05.2007 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 24.08.2007 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 13.03.2008 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 25.06.2008 | Fee for grant paid | 25.06.2008 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 14.05.2009 | No opposition filed within time limit [2009/30] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 31.03.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 31.03.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 02.04.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 31.03.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | AT | 13.08.2008 | BE | 13.08.2008 | CY | 13.08.2008 | CZ | 13.08.2008 | DK | 13.08.2008 | EE | 13.08.2008 | FI | 13.08.2008 | IT | 13.08.2008 | NL | 13.08.2008 | RO | 13.08.2008 | SI | 13.08.2008 | SK | 13.08.2008 | TR | 13.08.2008 | BG | 13.11.2008 | SE | 13.11.2008 | GR | 14.11.2008 | ES | 24.11.2008 | PT | 13.01.2009 | HU | 14.02.2009 | IE | 17.03.2009 | LU | 17.03.2009 | CH | 31.03.2009 | LI | 31.03.2009 | MC | 31.03.2009 | [2011/43] |
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ES | 24.11.2008 | Cited in | International search | [DXA] - HONG L ET AL, "FINGERPRINT IMAGE ENHANCEMENT: ALGORITHM AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PATTERN ANALYSIS AND MACHINE INTELLIGENCE, IEEE INC. NEW YORK, US, (19980801), vol. 20, no. 8, ISSN 0162-8828, pages 777 - 789, XP000774452 [DX] 1,2 * the whole document; in particular the last paragraphs of section 2.7 on page 784 * [A] 3-5 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/34.709565 | [XA] - GREENBERG S ET AL, "Fingerprint image enhancement using filtering techniques", PATTERN RECOGNITION, 2000. PROCEEDINGS. 15TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SEPTEMBER 3-7, 2000, LOS ALAMITOS, CA, USA,IEEE COMPUT. SOC, US, (20000903), ISBN 0-7695-0750-6, pages 322 - 325, XP010533293 [X] 1,2 * section 3.1 (page 324) * [A] 3 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICPR.2000.903550 | [XA] - JIANG X, "A STUDY OF FINGERPRINT IMAGE FILTERING", PROCEEDINGS 2001 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IMAGE PROCESSING. ICIP 2001. THESSALONIKI, GREECE, OCT. 7 - 10, 2001, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IMAGE PROCESSING, NEW YORK, NY: IEEE, US, (20011007), vol. 3 OF 3. CONF. 8, ISBN 0-7803-6725-1, pages 238 - 241, XP001051244 [X] 1,2 * the whole document, in particular page 239, right column, below figure 2 * [A] 4 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICIP.2001.958095 | [A] - SHERLOCK B G ET AL, "Fingerprint enhancement by directional Fourier filtering", IEE PROCEEDINGS: VISION, IMAGE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING, INSTITUTION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS, GB, (19940401), vol. 141, no. 2, ISSN 1350-245X, pages 87 - 94, XP006002210 [A] 4 * abstract * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/ip-vis:19949924 |