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EP1661062 - SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION USING HANDWRITING RECOGNITION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application is deemed to be withdrawn Status updated on 08.08.2014 Database last updated on 07.10.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	08.08.2014	Application deemed to be withdrawn	published on 10.09.2014 [2014/37]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Gannon Technologies Group 1000 North Payne Street Alexandria, VA 22314 / US
	[2006/22]
Inventor(s)	01 / WALCH, Mark A. 1000 North Payne Street Alexandria, VA 22314 / US
	[2006/22]
Representative(s)	Lawrence, John Barker Brettell LLP 100 Hagley Road Edgbaston Birmingham B16 8QQ / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2006/22]	Lawrence, John Barker Brettell, 138 Hagley Road, Edgbaston Birmingham B16 9PW / GB
Application number, filing date	04783375.1	07.09.2004
	[2006/22]
	WO2004US29091
Priority number, date	US20030500498P	05.09.2003 Original published format: US 500498 P
	[2006/22]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2005024711
	Date:	17.03.2005
	Language:	EN
	[2005/11]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1661062
	Date:	31.05.2006
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 17.03.2005 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2006/22]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	17.03.2005
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	11.03.2009
Classification	IPC:	G06K9/00, G06K9/18	[2006/22]
	CPC:	G06V40/33 (EP,US); G06V30/18 (EP,US); G06V40/30 (EP,US); G06V30/10 (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, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2006/22]
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	HR	Not yet paid
	LT	Not yet paid
	LV	Not yet paid
	MK	Not yet paid
Title	German:	SYSTEME UND VERFAHREN ZUR BIOMETRISCHEN IDENTIFIKATION DURCH VERWENDUNG VON HANDSCHRIFTERKENNUNG	[2006/22]
	English:	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION USING HANDWRITING RECOGNITION	[2006/22]
	French:	SYSTEMES ET PROCEDES D'IDENTIFICATION BIOMETRIQUE PAR LA RECONNAISSANCE DE L'ECRITURE MANUSCRITE	[2006/22]
Entry into regional phase	16.03.2006	National basic fee paid
	16.03.2006	Search fee paid
	16.03.2006	Designation fee(s) paid
	16.03.2006	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	16.03.2006	Examination requested [2006/22]
	25.04.2006	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	24.06.2009	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	31.12.2009	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	13.03.2012	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	23.07.2012	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	01.04.2014	Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect [2014/37]
	30.04.2014	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: renewal fee not paid in time [2014/37]
	08.05.2014	Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 09.10.2014
	09.10.2014	Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
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 24.06.2009
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	11.09.2006	Renewal fee patent year 03
	12.09.2007	Renewal fee patent year 04
	31.03.2008	Renewal fee patent year 05
	11.09.2009	Renewal fee patent year 06
	29.09.2010	Renewal fee patent year 07
	24.09.2011	Renewal fee patent year 08
	23.03.2013	Renewal fee patent year 09
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	30.09.2012	09 M06 Fee paid on 23.03.2013
	30.09.2013	10 M06 Not yet paid
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Documents cited:	Search	[Y]US5142589 (LOUGHEED ROBERT [US], et al) [Y] 3-9 * abstract *;
		[Y] - SAGAR V K ET AL, "Slant manipulation and character segmentation for forensic document examination", TENCON '96. PROCEEDINGS., 1996 IEEE TENCON. DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING APPLICATIONS PERTH, WA, AUSTRALIA 26-29 NOV. 1996, NEW YORK, NY, USA,IEEE, US, (19961126), vol. 2, ISBN 978-0-7803-3679-7, pages 933 - 938, XP010236807 [Y] 1-19 * the whole document * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TENCON.1996.608473
		[Y] - GREENING C M ET AL, "An image processing and pattern recognition framework for forensic document analysis", SECURITY TECHNOLOGY, 1995. PROCEEDINGS. INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND EL ECTRONICS ENGINEERS 29TH ANNUAL 1995 INTERNATIONAL CARNAHAN CONFERENCE ON SANDERSTEAD, UK 18-20 OCT. 1995, NEW YORK, NY, USA,IEEE, US, (19951018), ISBN 978-0-7803-2627-9, pages 295 - 300, XP010196428 [Y] 1-19 * the whole document * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CCST.1995.524926
		[A] - STEINKE K, "RECOGNITION OF WRITERS BY HANDWRITING IMAGES", PATTERN RECOGNITION, ELSEVIER, GB, (19810101), vol. 14, no. 1 - 06, ISSN 0031-3203, pages 357 - 364, XP000619362 [A] 1-19 * the whole document * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0031-3203(81)90080-7
		[A] - YAMAZAKI Y ET AL, "EXTRACTION OF PERSONAL FEATURES FROM ON-LINE HANDWRITING INFORMATION IN CONTEXT-INDEPENDENT CHARACTERS", IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRONICS,COMMUNICATIONS AND COMPUTER SCIENCES, ENGINEERING SCIENCES SOCIETY, TOKYO, JP, (20001001), vol. E83-A, no. 10, ISSN 0916-8508, pages 1955 - 1962, XP000975370 [A] 13 * abstract *
	International search	[Y]US5559895 (LEE LUAN L [US], et al);
		[Y]US5923793 (IKEBATA YOSHIKAZU [JP]);
		[Y]US5930380 (KASHI RAMANUJAN S [US], et al);
		[Y]US6445820 (LOVE PATRICK B [US]);
		[X] - DEHGHAN M., "Signature verification using vhape vescriptors and multiple neural networks", IEEE TENCON '97, (19971202), vol. 1, pages 415 - 418, XP010264236 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TENCON.1997.647344
	Examination	- DOERMANN D S ET AL, "RECOVERY OF TEMPORAL INFORMATION FROM STATIC IMAGES OF HANDWRITING", INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTER VISION, KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS, NORWELL, US, (19950601), vol. 15, no. 1/02, doi:10.1007/BF01450853, ISSN 0920-5691, pages 143 - 164, XP000499552 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01450853
		- KATO Y ET AL, "RECOVERY OF DRAWING ORDER FROM SINGLE-STROKE HANDWRITING IMAGES", TRANSACTIONS ON PATTERN ANALYSIS AND MACHINE INTELLIGENCE, IEEE, PISCATAWAY, USA, (20000901), vol. 22, no. 9, doi:10.1109/34.877517, ISSN 0162-8828, pages 938 - 949, XP000976476 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/34.877517
	by applicant	- SAGAR V.K. ET AL., "Slant manipulation and character segmentation for forensic document examination", TENCON PROCEEDINGS 1996 IEEE TENCON. DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING APPLICATIONS, (1996), vol. 2, doi:doi:10.1109/TENCON.1996.608473, pages 933 - 938, XP010236807 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TENCON.1996.608473
		- GREENING C.M. ET AL., "An image processing and pattern recognition framework for forensic document analysis", SECURITY TECHNOLOGY PROCEEDINGS, IEEE 29TH ANNUAL INT. CARNAHAN CONF., (19951018), doi:doi:10.1109/CCST.1995.524926, pages 295 - 300, XP000585869 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CCST.1995.524926

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