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EP2744188 - Recording data generation apparatus, recording system, program, recording data generation method and image data display method [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 14.01.2022 Database last updated on 05.10.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 05.02.2021
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 12.11.2020
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 27.05.2019
Most recent event Tooltip	06.09.2024	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MT	published on 09.10.2024 [2024/41]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Seiko Epson Corporation 4-1, Nishishinjuku 2-chome Shinjuku-ku Tokyo / JP
	[2014/25]
Inventor(s)	01 / Akasaka, Tatsuo c/o Seiko Epson Corporation 3-5 Owa 3-chome Suwa-shi, Nagano 392-8502 / JP
	02 / Ono, Takuya c/o Seiko Epson Corporation 3-5 Owa 3-chome Suwa-shi, Nagano 392-8502 / JP
	[2014/25]
Representative(s)	Miller Sturt Kenyon 9 John Street London WC1N 2ES / GB
	[2014/25]
Application number, filing date	13196649.1	11.12.2013
	[2014/25]
Priority number, date	JP20120270143	11.12.2012 Original published format: JP 2012270143
	[2014/25]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP2744188
	Date:	18.06.2014
	Language:	EN
	[2014/25]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP2744188
	Date:	06.04.2016
	Language:	EN
	[2016/14]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2744188
	Date:	10.03.2021
	Language:	EN
	[2021/10]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	04.03.2016
Classification	IPC:	H04N1/46, H04N1/62	[2020/49]
	CPC:	H04N1/46 (EP,US); G06K15/1878 (US); H04N1/62 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2014/25]	H04N1/46
Designated contracting states	AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2016/44]
Former [2014/25]	AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR
Title	German:	Datenaufzeichnungs-Erzeugungsvorrichtung, Aufzeichnungssystem, Programm, Aufzeichnungsdatenerzeugungsverfahren und Bilddatenanzeigeverfahren	[2014/25]
	English:	Recording data generation apparatus, recording system, program, recording data generation method and image data display method	[2014/25]
	French:	Appareil de génération de données d'enregistrement, système d'enregistrement, programme, procédé de génération de données d'enregistrement et procédé d'affichage de données d'image	[2014/25]
Examination procedure	20.09.2016	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	20.09.2016	Examination requested [2016/44]
	31.05.2019	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	26.07.2019	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	13.11.2020	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	29.01.2021	Fee for grant paid
	29.01.2021	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	29.01.2021	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
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 31.05.2019
Opposition(s)	13.12.2021	No opposition filed within time limit [2022/07]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	08.12.2015	Renewal fee patent year 03
	06.12.2016	Renewal fee patent year 04
	05.12.2017	Renewal fee patent year 05
	05.12.2018	Renewal fee patent year 06
	03.12.2019	Renewal fee patent year 07
	07.12.2020	Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	11.12.2013
	AL	10.03.2021
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Documents cited:	Search	[A]JPH08293995 (CANON KK) [A] 1-10 * abstract *;
		[A]US2006028483 (KONDO YOSHITAKE [JP], et al) [A] 1-6* abstract *;
		[Y]US2007216924 (WATANABE TAKESHI [JP]) [Y] 2-4,10 * abstract *;
		[XY]US2008062193 (OLSON THOR A [US]) [X] 1,7-9 * abstract * * paragraphs [0005] - [0009] - [0044] - [0058] - [0061] , [0064] , [0070] - [0078]; figures 5-7 * [Y] 2-6,10;
		[Y]US2009273609 (OHNISHI NAONORI [JP]) [Y] 2,3,5,6 * abstract * * paragraphs [0005] - [0012] - [0078] - [0090] *;
		[XA]US2012045126 (TOMOHIRO JUNJI [JP]) [X] 1,7-9 * abstract * * paragraphs [0005] , [0009] , [0033] - [0042] * [A] 2-6,10
	Examination	- ZUCKER S W, "REGION GROWING: CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE", COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND IMAGE PROCESSING, ACADEMIC PRESS. NEW YORK, US, (19760901), vol. 5, no. 3, doi:10.1016/0146-664X(76)90027-7, pages 382 - 399, XP001149042 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0146-664X(76)90027-7
		- Anonymous, "Is there a 'contiguous' option for the magic wand in Gimp? - Ask Ubuntu", (20110226), URL: https://askubuntu.com/questions/28108/is-there-a-contiguous-option-for-the-magic-wand-in-gimp, (20190524), XP055591665
		- Anonymous, "GIMP User Manual - 2.5. Fuzzy selection (Magic wand)", (20121115), URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20121115131807/http://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-tool-fuzzy-select.html, (20190524), XP055591669
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