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EP1484719 - Currency validation [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  01.06.2018
Database last updated on 12.07.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  23.06.2017
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  16.03.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip08.06.2018Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT
published on 11.07.2018  [2018/28]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
NCR International, Inc.
3097 Satellite Blvd.
Duluth, GA 30096 / US
[2010/13]
Former [2004/50]For all designated states
NCR INTERNATIONAL INC.
1700 South Patterson Boulevard
Dayton, Ohio 45479 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Ross, Gary Alexander
60 Main Street
Colinsburgh, Fife / GB
02 / Girolami, Mark Andrew
25 Fereneze Avenue
Clarkston
Glasgow G76 7RU / GB
03 / He, Chao
10 Dunn Street
Paisley PA1 1NY / GB
 [2017/30]
Former [2004/50]01 / Ross, Gary Alexander
60 Main Street
Colinsburgh, Fife / GB
02 / Girolami, Mark Andrew
25 Fereneze Avenue, Clarkston
Glasgow G76 7RU / GB
03 / He, Chao
10 Dunn Street
Paisley PA1 1NY / GB
Representative(s)Secerna LLP
The Old Fire Station
18 Clifford Street
York YO1 9RD / GB
[N/P]
Former [2017/30]Secerna LLP
The Catalyst
Baird Lane, Heslington East
York YO10 5GA / GB
Former [2008/36]MacLeod, Roderick William, et al
NCR Limited Architecture & Technology Discovery Centre 3 Fulton Road
Dundee DD2 4SW / GB
Former [2004/50]Williamson, Brian, et al
NCR Limited International Patent Department 206 Marylebone Road
London NW1 6LY / GB
Application number, filing date04252403.324.04.2004
[2004/50]
Priority number, dateGB2003001300206.06.2003         Original published format: GB 0313002
[2004/50]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP1484719
Date:08.12.2004
Language:EN
[2004/50]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP1484719
Date:23.11.2005
[2005/47]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1484719
Date:26.07.2017
Language:EN
[2017/30]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP12.10.2005
ClassificationIPC:G07D7/20
[2004/50]
CPC:
G06Q20/042 (EP,US); G06F18/2111 (EP,US); G06F18/2433 (EP,US);
G06F18/254 (EP,US); G06V10/764 (EP,US); G06V10/771 (EP,US);
G06V10/809 (EP,US); G06V20/95 (EP); G07D7/12 (EP,US);
G07D7/2016 (EP,US); G07D7/206 (EP,US); G07D7/2075 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesDE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT [2017/30]
Former [2006/30]DE,  ES,  FR,  GB,  IT 
Former [2004/50]AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HU,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PL,  PT,  RO,  SE,  SI,  SK,  TR 
TitleGerman:Geldüberprüfung[2004/50]
English:Currency validation[2004/50]
French:Vérification de monnaie[2004/50]
Examination procedure23.05.2006Examination requested  [2006/27]
26.07.2006Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
30.01.2007Reply to a communication from the examining division
05.10.2009Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
25.11.2009Reply to a communication from the examining division
30.03.2016Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
26.07.2016Reply to a communication from the examining division
17.03.2017Communication of intention to grant the patent
15.06.2017Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
16.06.2017Fee for grant paid
16.06.2017Fee for publishing/printing paid
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  26.07.2006
Opposition(s)30.04.2018No opposition filed within time limit [2018/27]
Fees paidRenewal fee
02.05.2006Renewal fee patent year 03
02.05.2007Renewal fee patent year 04
02.05.2008Renewal fee patent year 05
04.05.2009Renewal fee patent year 06
03.05.2010Renewal fee patent year 07
02.05.2011Renewal fee patent year 08
02.05.2012Renewal fee patent year 09
02.05.2013Renewal fee patent year 10
30.04.2014Renewal fee patent year 11
30.04.2015Renewal fee patent year 12
02.05.2016Renewal fee patent year 13
02.05.2017Renewal fee patent year 14
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipES26.07.2017
IT26.07.2017
[2018/28]
Former [2018/14]ES26.07.2017
Documents cited:Search[XY]US2001043140  (ROSS GARY A [GB]) [X] 1-3,6-9,12-16,18,20-26,29-32,34-37,39-41 * paragraph [0001] - paragraph [0035] * * paragraph [0076] - paragraph [0086] * [Y] 4,5,10,11,17,19,27,28,33,38,42,43;
 [YA]EP1246164  (SONY FRANCE SA [FR]) [Y] 33,38 * paragraph [0001] - paragraph [0030] * * paragraph [0043] - paragraph [0058]; figure 1 * [A] 1-43;
 [PX]  - HE C ET AL, "Employing optimized combinations of one-class classifiers for automated currency validation", PATTERN RECOGNITION, ELSEVIER, KIDLINGTON, GB, (20040409), vol. 37, no. 6, ISSN 0031-3203, pages 1085 - 1096, XP004505313 [PX] 1-43 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2004.02.002
 [DYA]  - TAX D M J ET AL, "Support vector domain description", PATTERN RECOGNITION LETTERS, NORTH-HOLLAND PUBL. AMSTERDAM, NL, (199911), vol. 20, no. 11-13, ISSN 0167-8655, pages 1191 - 1199, XP004490753 [DY] 4,5,17,27,28,42,43 * the whole document * [A] 1-3,14-16,25,26,41

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-8655(99)00087-2
 [YA]  - B. F. BUXTON, W. B. LANGDON, S. J. BARRET, "Data Fusion by Intelligent Classifier Combination", MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL, vol. 34, no. 8, (200110), pages 229 - 234, URL: http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/W.Langdon/mc/, (20050822), XP002341556 [Y] 10,11,19 * the whole document * [A] 1,6-9,14,18,25,29-32,34,37
 [L]  - L. M. MANEVITZ, M. YOUSEF, "One-Class SVMs for Document Classification", JOURNAL OF MACHINE LEARNING RESEARCH, Cambridge, MA, USA, (200112), vol. 2, ISSN 1533-7928, pages 139 - 154, XP002341473 [L] 4,5,17,27,28,42,43

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/15324430260185574
 [PLX]  - CHAO HE, MARK GIROLAMI, GARY ROSS, "Employing optimized combinations of one-class classifiers for automated currency validation", (20030627), pages 1 - 33, URL: http://cis.paisley.ac.uk/research/reports/he---ic0/publication/NCR_PRL2003.pdf, (20050817) [PLX] 1-43 * Cited as support for publication date being between priority and filing of the present application *
ExaminationUS5729623
 GB2353859
    - KOCH M W ET AL, "Feature discovery in gray level imagery for one-class object recognition", NEURAL NETWORKS, 1994. IEEE WORLD CONGRESS ON COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGEN CE., 1994 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ORLANDO, FL, USA 27 JUNE-2 JULY 1994, NEW YORK, NY, USA,IEEE, (19940627), vol. 5, doi:10.1109/ICNN.1994.374707, ISBN 978-0-7803-1901-1, pages 2979 - 2984, XP010127776

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICNN.1994.374707
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