EP1696654 - Image processing apparatus and method and storage medium [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 18.01.2013 Database last updated on 24.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 30.05.2014 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): LU | published on 02.07.2014 [2014/27] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3-30-2, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku Tokyo / JP | [2012/11] |
Former [2006/35] | For all designated states CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3-30-2 Shimomaruko Ohta-ku, Tokyo / JP | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Sakaki, Eihiro Canon Kabushiki Kaisha 3-30-2, Shimomaruko Ohta-ku, Tokyo / JP | 02 /
Yamazaki, Hiroyuki Canon Kabushiki Kaisha 3-30-2, Shimomaruko Ohta-ku, Tokyo / JP | [2012/11] |
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Sakaki, Eihiro, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha 3-30-2, Shimomaruko Ohta-ku, Tokyo / JP | ||
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Yamazaki, Hiroyuki, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha 3-30-2, Shimomaruko Ohta-ku, Tokyo / JP | Representative(s) | Hitching, Peter Matthew, et al Canon Europe Ltd European Patent Department 3 The Square Stockley Park Uxbridge Middlesex UB11 1ET / GB | [N/P] |
Former [2012/11] | Hitching, Peter Matthew, et al Canon Europe Ltd 3 The Square Stockley Park Uxbridge Middlesex UB11 1ET / GB | ||
Former [2008/33] | Hitching, Peter Matthew, et al Canon Europe Limited 6 Roundwood Avenue Stockley Park Uxbridge UB11 1JA / GB | ||
Former [2006/35] | Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis, et al Beresford & Co., 16 High Holborn London WC1V 6BX / GB | Application number, filing date | 06076207.7 | 14.07.1998 | [2006/35] | Priority number, date | JP19970189743 | 15.07.1997 Original published format: JP 18974397 | JP19970189744 | 15.07.1997 Original published format: JP 18974497 | [2006/35] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP1696654 | Date: | 30.08.2006 | Language: | EN | [2006/35] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP1696654 | Date: | 11.10.2006 | [2006/41] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1696654 | Date: | 14.03.2012 | Language: | EN | [2012/11] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 12.09.2006 | Classification | IPC: | H04N1/00, H04N1/32 | [2006/35] | CPC: |
H04N1/00867 (EP,US);
H04N1/00838 (EP,US);
H04N1/0087 (EP,US);
H04N1/32203 (EP,US);
H04N1/32208 (EP,US);
H04N1/32256 (EP,US);
H04N1/32267 (EP,US);
H04N1/32288 (EP,US);
H04N1/32299 (EP,US);
H04N1/32309 (EP,US);
H04N2201/0082 (EP,US);
H04N2201/3205 (EP,US);
H04N2201/327 (EP,US);
H04N2201/3281 (EP,US);
H04N2201/3284 (EP,US);
Y10S283/901 (EP,US)
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| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [2006/35] | Title | German: | Bildverarbeitungsverfahren und -vorrichtung und Speichermedium | [2006/35] | English: | Image processing apparatus and method and storage medium | [2006/35] | French: | Procédé et appareil de traitement d'image et support de stockage | [2006/35] | Examination procedure | 11.04.2007 | Examination requested [2007/22] | 04.09.2007 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 04.09.2007 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 22.04.2008 | Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time | 23.05.2008 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 05.08.2009 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 02.02.2010 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 07.10.2011 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 01.02.2012 | Fee for grant paid | 01.02.2012 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Parent application(s) Tooltip | EP98305626.8 / EP0892544 | Divisional application(s) | EP10182530.5 / EP2276230 | The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued (EP19980305626) is 01.08.2003 | Opposition(s) | 17.12.2012 | No opposition filed within time limit [2013/08] | Request for further processing for: | The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the examination report | 23.05.2008 | Request for further processing filed | 23.05.2008 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 12.10.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 12.10.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 12.10.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 12.10.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 12.10.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 12.10.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 12.10.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 31.07.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | 13.03.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 11 | 31.07.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 12 | 02.08.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 13 | 01.08.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 14 |
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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 | 14.03.2012 | BE | 14.03.2012 | DK | 14.03.2012 | FI | 14.03.2012 | SE | 14.03.2012 | GR | 15.06.2012 | IE | 14.07.2012 | LU | 14.07.2012 | PT | 16.07.2012 | CH | 31.07.2012 | LI | 31.07.2012 | MC | 31.07.2012 | [2014/27] |
Former [2013/33] | AT | 14.03.2012 | |
BE | 14.03.2012 | ||
DK | 14.03.2012 | ||
FI | 14.03.2012 | ||
SE | 14.03.2012 | ||
GR | 15.06.2012 | ||
IE | 14.07.2012 | ||
PT | 16.07.2012 | ||
CH | 31.07.2012 | ||
LI | 31.07.2012 | ||
MC | 31.07.2012 | ||
Former [2013/20] | AT | 14.03.2012 | |
BE | 14.03.2012 | ||
DK | 14.03.2012 | ||
FI | 14.03.2012 | ||
SE | 14.03.2012 | ||
GR | 15.06.2012 | ||
PT | 16.07.2012 | ||
CH | 31.07.2012 | ||
LI | 31.07.2012 | ||
MC | 31.07.2012 | ||
Former [2013/11] | AT | 14.03.2012 | |
BE | 14.03.2012 | ||
DK | 14.03.2012 | ||
FI | 14.03.2012 | ||
SE | 14.03.2012 | ||
GR | 15.06.2012 | ||
PT | 16.07.2012 | ||
MC | 31.07.2012 | ||
Former [2013/08] | AT | 14.03.2012 | |
BE | 14.03.2012 | ||
DK | 14.03.2012 | ||
FI | 14.03.2012 | ||
SE | 14.03.2012 | ||
GR | 15.06.2012 | ||
PT | 16.07.2012 | ||
Former [2013/07] | AT | 14.03.2012 | |
BE | 14.03.2012 | ||
FI | 14.03.2012 | ||
SE | 14.03.2012 | ||
GR | 15.06.2012 | ||
PT | 16.07.2012 | ||
Former [2013/01] | BE | 14.03.2012 | |
FI | 14.03.2012 | ||
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GR | 15.06.2012 | ||
PT | 16.07.2012 | ||
Former [2012/48] | BE | 14.03.2012 | |
FI | 14.03.2012 | ||
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GR | 15.06.2012 | ||
Former [2012/46] | BE | 14.03.2012 | |
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GR | 15.06.2012 | ||
Former [2012/37] | FI | 14.03.2012 | |
GR | 15.06.2012 | ||
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