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EP3509290 - IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND IMAGING DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  10.11.2023
Database last updated on 16.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  02.12.2022
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  13.07.2022
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  26.02.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  07.06.2019
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  10.03.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip24.05.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT
published on 26.06.2024  [2024/26]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
1-1,Tenjinkita-machi
Teranouchi-agaru 4-chome
Horikawa-dori
Kamigyo-ku
Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 602-8585 / JP
[2019/28]
Inventor(s)01 / YASUDA, Takuya
c/o SCREEN Holdings Co. Ltd.
Tenjinkita-machi 1-1
Teranouchi-agaru 4-chome
Horikawa-dori, Kamigyo-ku
Kyoto-shi Kyoto 602-8585 / JP
 [2019/28]
Representative(s)Kilian Kilian & Partner mbB
Zielstattstraße 23a
81379 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2019/28]Kilian Kilian & Partner
Aidenbachstraße 54
81379 München / DE
Application number, filing date17845797.430.05.2017
[2019/28]
WO2017JP20067
Priority number, dateJP2016017245205.09.2016         Original published format: JP 2016172452
[2019/28]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2018042786
Date:08.03.2018
Language:JA
[2018/10]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3509290
Date:10.07.2019
Language:EN
[2019/28]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3509290
Date:04.01.2023
Language:EN
[2023/01]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP08.03.2018
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP30.01.2020
ClassificationIPC:H04N5/232, G02B21/36, G03B15/00, G06T5/00, G06T5/50
[2019/28]
CPC:
G02B21/367 (EP); H04N23/71 (US); G06T5/50 (EP);
G06T5/73 (US); H04N23/56 (US); H04N23/67 (EP,US);
H04N23/676 (EP,US); H04N23/951 (EP,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 [2019/28]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesMANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TitleGerman:BILDVERARBEITUNGSVERFAHREN, BILDVERARBEITUNGSVORRICHTUNG UND BILDGEBUNGSVORRICHTUNG[2019/28]
English:IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND IMAGING DEVICE[2019/28]
French:PROCÉDÉ DE TRAITEMENT D'IMAGES, DISPOSITIF DE TRAITEMENT D'IMAGES ET DISPOSITIF D'IMAGERIE[2019/28]
Entry into regional phase04.03.2019Translation filed 
26.03.2019National basic fee paid 
26.03.2019Search fee paid 
26.03.2019Designation fee(s) paid 
26.03.2019Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure26.03.2019Examination requested  [2019/28]
28.07.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
02.03.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
12.07.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
31.05.2022Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 07.07.2022
07.07.2022Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
14.07.2022Communication of intention to grant the patent
24.11.2022Fee for grant paid
24.11.2022Fee for publishing/printing paid
24.11.2022Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)05.10.2023No opposition filed within time limit [2023/50]
Fees paidRenewal fee
26.03.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
31.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
31.05.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
31.03.2022Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT04.01.2023
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BE31.05.2023
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Documents cited:Search[IY]US2008259176  (TAMARU MASAYA [JP]) [I] 1,5,6,10,11 * paragraphs [0079] , [0 86] - [0090]; figure 6 * [Y] 3,4,8,9;
 [IY]US2011090326  (KENNY KEVIN BERNARD [US], et al) [I] 1,5,6,10,11 * paragraphs [0066] - [0071]; figure 5 * [Y] 3,4,8,9;
 [IY]WO2013162747  (UNIV COLUMBIA [US]) [I] 1,5,6,10,11 * paragraphs [0068] , [ 111] , [ 112]; figures 13-15 * [Y] 3,4,8,9;
 [IY]US2016191784  (MURAYAMA DAISUKE [JP], et al) [I] 1,2,5-7,10,11 * paragraphs [0067] , [0 95] , [0 96]; figures 5, 9B * [Y] 3,4,8,9;
 [Y]  - Anonymous, "Gaussian blur - Wikipedia", (20160802), URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gaussian_blur&oldid=732725171, (20200121), XP055660162 [Y] 3,4,8,9 * the whole document *
International search[A]JP2013228798  (OLYMPUS CORP) [A] 1, 6* , paragraphs [0059] to [0104] (Family: none) *;
 [XYA]WO2015020038  (SHARP KK [JP]) [X] 1-3, 6-8 * , paragraphs [0023], [0078] to [0088] & US 2016/0191784 A paragraphs [0033], [0088] to [0098] * [Y] 5, 10, 11 [A] 4, 9;
 [Y]JP2016014974  (SCREEN HOLDINGS CO LTD) [Y] 5, 10, 11 * , paragraphs [0002], [0022], [0032] (Family: none) *
by applicantJP2010020758
 JP2016014974
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