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EP3242272 - IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  16.04.2021
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  08.05.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  17.03.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  06.03.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  12.11.2019
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  18.05.2018
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  06.10.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip06.09.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MT		published on 09.10.2024 [2024/41]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome
Ohta-ku
Tokyo / JP
[2017/45]
Inventor(s)01 / Ishikawa, Tomokazu
c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2,
Shimomaruko 3-chome, Ohta-ku
Tokyo / JP
02 / Tanaka, Wakako
c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2,
Shimomaruko 3-chome, Ohta-ku
Tokyo / JP
03 / Suwa, Tetsuya
c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2,
Shimomaruko 3-chome, Ohta-ku
Tokyo / JP
04 / Hori, Shinjiro
c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2,
Shimomaruko 3-chome, Ohta-ku
Tokyo / JP
 [2020/24]
Former [2017/45]01 / Ishikawa, Tomokazu
c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2, Shimomaruko
3-chome, Ohta-ku
Tokyo / JP
02 / Tanaka, Wakako
c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2, Shimomaruko
3-chome, Ohta-ku
Tokyo / JP
03 / Suwa, Tetsuya
c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2, Shimomaruko
3-chome, Ohta-ku
Tokyo / JP
04 / Hori, Shinjiro
c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2, Shimomaruko
3-chome, Ohta-ku
Tokyo / JP
Representative(s)WESER & Kollegen Patentanwälte PartmbB
Radeckestraße 43
81245 München / DE
[2020/24]
Former [2017/45]WESER & Kollegen
Radeckestraße 43
81245 München / DE
Application number, filing date17000634.012.04.2017
[2017/45]
Priority number, dateJP2016009279802.05.2016         Original published format: JP 2016092798
[2017/45]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3242272
Date:08.11.2017
Language:EN
[2017/45]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3242272
Date:10.06.2020
Language:EN
[2020/24]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP31.08.2017
ClassificationIPC:G06T7/77
[2017/45]
CPC:
G06T7/77 (EP,US); H04N1/00045 (CN); G06T7/0002 (US);
H04N1/4072 (CN); G06T2207/10008 (US); G06T2207/30168 (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 [2018/25]
Former [2017/45]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 
TitleGerman:BILDVERARBEITUNGSVORRICHTUNG, BILDVERARBEITUNGSVERFAHREN UND -PROGRAMM[2017/45]
English:IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM[2017/45]
French:APPAREIL DE TRAITEMENT D'IMAGES, PROCÉDÉ DE TRAITEMENT D'IMAGES ET LOGICIEL DE TRAITEMENT D'IMAGES[2017/45]
Examination procedure12.04.2017Date on which the examining division has become responsible
21.12.2017Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
08.05.2018Examination requested  [2018/25]
13.11.2019Communication of intention to grant the patent
27.02.2020Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
18.03.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
16.04.2020Fee for grant paid
16.04.2020Fee for publishing/printing paid
16.04.2020Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)11.03.2021No opposition filed within time limit [2021/20]
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.04.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
30.04.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
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