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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]
Former [2004/52]	For:DE Philips Intellectual Property & Standards GmbH Steindamm 94 20099 Hamburg / DE
	For:AT BE BG CH CY CZ DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LU MC NL LI 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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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]
Former [2011/31]	AT	13.08.2008
	BE	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
	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
Former [2011/21]	AT	13.08.2008
	BE	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
	BG	13.11.2008
	SE	13.11.2008
	GR	14.11.2008
	ES	24.11.2008
	PT	13.01.2009
	IE	17.03.2009
	LU	17.03.2009
	CH	31.03.2009
	LI	31.03.2009
	MC	31.03.2009
Former [2010/48]	AT	13.08.2008
	BE	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
	BG	13.11.2008
	SE	13.11.2008
	GR	14.11.2008
	ES	24.11.2008
	PT	13.01.2009
	IE	17.03.2009
	CH	31.03.2009
	LI	31.03.2009
	MC	31.03.2009
Former [2010/09]	AT	13.08.2008
	BE	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
	BG	13.11.2008
	SE	13.11.2008
	ES	24.11.2008
	PT	13.01.2009
	IE	17.03.2009
	CH	31.03.2009
	LI	31.03.2009
	MC	31.03.2009
Former [2010/08]	AT	13.08.2008
	BE	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
	BG	13.11.2008
	ES	24.11.2008
	PT	13.01.2009
	IE	17.03.2009
	CH	31.03.2009
	LI	31.03.2009
	MC	31.03.2009
Former [2010/07]	AT	13.08.2008
	BE	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
	BG	13.11.2008
	ES	24.11.2008
	PT	13.01.2009
	IE	17.03.2009
	MC	31.03.2009
Former [2009/47]	AT	13.08.2008
	BE	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
	BG	13.11.2008
	ES	24.11.2008
	PT	13.01.2009
	MC	31.03.2009
Former [2009/39]	AT	13.08.2008
	BE	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
	BG	13.11.2008
	ES	24.11.2008
	PT	13.01.2009
Former [2009/36]	AT	13.08.2008
	BE	13.08.2008
	CZ	13.08.2008
	DK	13.08.2008
	EE	13.08.2008
	FI	13.08.2008
	NL	13.08.2008
	RO	13.08.2008
	SI	13.08.2008
	SK	13.08.2008
	BG	13.11.2008
	ES	24.11.2008
	PT	13.01.2009
Former [2009/26]	AT	13.08.2008
	BE	13.08.2008
	CZ	13.08.2008
	DK	13.08.2008
	FI	13.08.2008
	NL	13.08.2008
	RO	13.08.2008
	SI	13.08.2008
	SK	13.08.2008
	BG	13.11.2008
	ES	24.11.2008
	PT	13.01.2009
Former [2009/24]	AT	13.08.2008
	BE	13.08.2008
	CZ	13.08.2008
	DK	13.08.2008
	FI	13.08.2008
	NL	13.08.2008
	SI	13.08.2008
	SK	13.08.2008
	BG	13.11.2008
	ES	24.11.2008
Former [2009/23]	AT	13.08.2008
	BE	13.08.2008
	DK	13.08.2008
	FI	13.08.2008
	NL	13.08.2008
	SI	13.08.2008
	BG	13.11.2008
	ES	24.11.2008
Former [2009/19]	AT	13.08.2008
	BE	13.08.2008
	DK	13.08.2008
	FI	13.08.2008
	NL	13.08.2008
	SI	13.08.2008
	ES	24.11.2008
Former [2009/15]	AT	13.08.2008
	FI	13.08.2008
	NL	13.08.2008
	SI	13.08.2008
	ES	24.11.2008
Former [2009/12]	FI	13.08.2008
	NL	13.08.2008
	ES	24.11.2008
Former [2009/09]	NL	13.08.2008
	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

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