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EP3480745 - HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATION OF CONVOLUTION LAYER OF DEEP NEURAL NETWORK [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  18.11.2021
Database last updated on 18.11.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  15.11.2019
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  05.04.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip24.11.2023New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Imagination Technologies Limited
Imagination House
Home Park Estate
Kings Langley
Hertfordshire WD4 8LZ / GB
[2019/19]
Inventor(s)01 / MARTIN, Chris
44 Finch Crescent
Linslade
Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire LU7 2PF / GB
02 / HOUGH, David
c/o Imagination Technologies Limited
Imagination House
Home Park Estate
Kings Langley, Hertfordshire WD4 8LZ / GB
03 / GIBSON, Clifford
c/o Imagination Technologies Limited
Imagination House
Home Park Estate
Kings Langley, Hertfordshire WD4 8LZ / GB
04 / BARNARD, Daniel
c/o Imagination Technologies Limited
Imagination House
Home Park Estate
Kings Langley, Hertfordshire WD4 8LZ / GB
 [2019/19]
Representative(s)Slingsby Partners LLP
1 Kingsway
London WC2B 6AN / GB
[2019/19]
Application number, filing date18204188.902.11.2018
[2019/19]
Priority number, dateGB2017001829703.11.2017         Original published format: GB 201718297
[2019/19]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3480745
Date:08.05.2019
Language:EN
[2019/19]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP20.03.2019
ClassificationIPC:G06N3/063, // G06N3/04, G06T1/20
[2019/19]
CPC:
G06N3/063 (EP,CN,GB,US); G06N3/045 (EP,CN,US); G06F17/153 (US);
G06F7/5443 (US); G06N3/04 (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 [2019/51]
Former [2019/19]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 
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:HARDWARE-IMPLEMENTIERUNG EINER FALTUNGSSCHICHT VON TIEFEM NEURONALEM NETZWERK[2019/19]
English:HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATION OF CONVOLUTION LAYER OF DEEP NEURAL NETWORK[2019/19]
French:MISE EN UVRE MATÉRIELLE DE COUCHE DE CONVOLUTION DE RÉSEAU NEURONAL PROFOND[2019/19]
Examination procedure08.11.2019Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
08.11.2019Examination requested  [2019/51]
08.11.2019Date on which the examining division has become responsible
17.11.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
17.03.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.11.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
24.11.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
24.11.2022Renewal fee patent year 05
24.11.2023Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[A]US9710265  (TEMAM OLIVIER [FR], et al) [A] 1-15* the whole document *;
 [I]  - JIANTAO QIU ET AL, "Going Deeper with Embedded FPGA Platform for Convolutional Neural Network", PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2016 ACM/SIGDA INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON FIELD-PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS, FPGA '16, New York, New York, USA, (20160101), doi:10.1145/2847263.2847265, ISBN 978-1-4503-3856-1, pages 26 - 35, XP055423746 [I] 1-15 * page 26 - page 35, column l, paragraph 3 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2847263.2847265
 [A]  - MAURICE PEEMEN ET AL, "The Neuro Vector Engine: Flexibility to Improve Convolutional Net Efficiency for Wearable Vision", PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2016 DESIGN, AUTOMATION & TEST IN EUROPE CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION (DATE), Singapore, (20160101), doi:10.3850/9783981537079_0849, ISBN 978-3-9815370-7-9, pages 1604 - 1609, XP055568551 [A] 1-15 * page 1604 - page 1609, column l, paragraph 5 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.3850/9783981537079_0849
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2897937.2897995
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ASAP.2009.25
 [A]  - LI SHIGANG ET AL, "Fast Convolution Operations on Many-Core Architectures", 2015 IEEE 17TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATIONS, 2015 IEEE 7TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CYBERSPACE SAFETY AND SECURITY, AND 2015 IEEE 12TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EMBEDDED SOFTWARE AND SYSTEMS, IEEE, (20150824), doi:10.1109/HPCC-CSS-ICESS.2015.94, pages 316 - 323, XP032819269 [A] 1-15 * page 316 - page 323, column r, paragraph 1 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/HPCC-CSS-ICESS.2015.94
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