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EP2862041 - IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  23.10.2020
Database last updated on 02.11.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  15.11.2019
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  08.11.2019
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  16.10.2019
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  17.06.2019
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  06.10.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip08.07.2022Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 10.08.2022  [2022/32]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sony Corporation
1-7-1 Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
[2015/17]
Inventor(s)01 / SHIGETA, Osamu
c/o SONY CORPORATION
1-7-1 Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
 [2015/17]
Representative(s)MFG Patentanwälte Meyer-Wildhagen Meggle-Freund Gerhard PartG mbB
Amalienstraße 62
80799 München / DE
[2015/17]
Application number, filing date13730945.616.05.2013
[2019/51]
WO2013JP03116
Priority number, dateJP2012013378613.06.2012         Original published format: JP 2012133786
[2015/17]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2013186986
Date:19.12.2013
Language:EN
[2013/51]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2862041
Date:22.04.2015
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 19.12.2013 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2015/17]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2862041
Date:18.12.2019
Language:EN
[2019/51]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP19.12.2013
ClassificationIPC:G06F3/01
[2015/17]
CPC:
G06F3/017 (EP,CN,US); G06F3/011 (EP,CN,US); G06F3/0304 (EP,CN,US);
G06T11/60 (US); G06V40/16 (US); G06V40/20 (US);
H04N23/61 (EP,CN,US); H04N23/635 (EP,CN,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesAL,   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 [2015/17]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:BILDVERARBEITUNGSVORRICHTUNG, BILDVERARBEITUNGSVERFAHREN UND PROGRAMM[2015/17]
English:IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM[2015/17]
French:APPAREIL DE TRAITEMENT D'IMAGE, PROCÉDÉ DE TRAITEMENT D'IMAGE, ET PROGRAMME[2015/17]
Entry into regional phase05.01.2015National basic fee paid 
05.01.2015Designation fee(s) paid 
05.01.2015Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure05.01.2015Examination requested  [2015/17]
20.07.2015Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
10.10.2017Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
07.02.2018Reply to a communication from the examining division
20.05.2019Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 05.06.2019
05.06.2019Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
18.06.2019Communication of intention to grant the patent
10.10.2019Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
24.10.2019Fee for grant paid
24.10.2019Fee for publishing/printing paid
08.11.2019Information about intention to grant a patent
08.11.2019Receipt 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  10.10.2017
Opposition(s)21.09.2020No opposition filed within time limit [2020/48]
Fees paidRenewal fee
21.05.2015Renewal fee patent year 03
30.03.2016Renewal fee patent year 04
23.05.2017Renewal fee patent year 05
25.05.2018Renewal fee patent year 06
23.05.2019Renewal fee patent year 07
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Cited inInternational search[XI]WO9965014  (INTEL CORP [US], et al) [X] 1-4,14,16-18,25-27 * abstract * * page 2, paragraph first * * page 4 - page 6 * * figure 1 *[I] 5-13,15,23,24;
 [XI]WO2005008626  (UNIV NORTH CAROLINA [US], et al) [X] 1-4,16,25-27 * abstract * * page 3, line 8 - line 28 * * page 5, line 1 - line 6 * * page 6, line 8 - page 8, line 2 * * page 9, line 9 - page 10, line 25 * * page 13, line 18 - page 15, line 12 * * figure - * [I] 5-15,17,18,21-24;
 [XI]EP1710663  (SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC [JP]) [X] 1-10,14,16,25-27 * abstract * * paragraph [0003] * * paragraph [0006] - paragraph [0019] * * paragraph [0027] - paragraph [0030] * * paragraph [0044] - paragraph [0047] * * paragraph [0052] - paragraph [0053] * * paragraph [0059] - paragraph [0063] * * paragraph [0067] - paragraph [0069] * * figure - * [I] 11-13,15,17-24;
 [XI]US2008141181  (ISHIGAKI SATORU [JP], et al) [X] 1-5,14,16,26,27 * paragraph [0005] * * paragraph [0040] * * paragraph [0049] - paragraph [0055] * * paragraph [0059] - paragraph [0064] * * paragraph [0073] * * paragraph [0091] - paragraph [0092] * * figure - * [I] 6-13,15,17,21-25;
 [XI]US2011107216  (BI NING [US]) [X] 1-5,8,14,16-18,25-27 * abstract * * paragraph [0005] - paragraph [0009] * * paragraph [0017] - paragraph [0021] * * paragraph [0027] - paragraph [0033] * * paragraph [0046] - paragraph [0050] * * paragraph [0053] * * figure - * [I] 6,9,11-13,15,21-24
by applicantJP2005216061
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