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EP About this file: EP3667488

EP3667488 - IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  03.05.2024
Database last updated on 03.10.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  26.05.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  20.04.2023
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  23.12.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  15.05.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip02.08.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): BE, SI		published on 04.09.2024  [2024/36]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Shanghai Cambricon Information Technology Co., Ltd
Floor 6, Block B, No.168 Tonghui Road
Pudong New Area
Shanghai 201306 / CN
[2020/25]
Inventor(s)01 / CHEN, Tianshi
Floor 6 block B No. 168 Tonghui Road, Pudong New
Area
Shanghai, 201306 / CN
02 / HU, Shuai
Floor 6 block B No. 168 Tonghui Road, Pudong New
Area
Shanghai, 201306 / CN
03 / CHEN, Xiaobing
Floor 6 block B No. 168 Tonghui Road, Pudong New
Area
Shanghai, 201306 / CN
 [2020/25]
Representative(s)Huang, Liwei
Cäcilienstraße 12
40597 Düsseldorf / DE
[2020/25]
Application number, filing date19215862.429.09.2018
[2020/25]
Priority number, dateCN20171091313129.09.2017         Original published format: CN201710913131
CN20171091327229.09.2017         Original published format: CN201710913272
CN20171112124414.11.2017         Original published format: CN201711121244
[2020/25]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3667488
Date:17.06.2020
Language:EN
[2020/25]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3667488
Date:28.06.2023
Language:EN
[2023/26]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP15.05.2020
ClassificationIPC:G06F3/16, G06T7/11, G10L15/183, G10L15/22, G06N3/08
[2020/25]
CPC:
G06F3/167 (EP,KR); G10L15/22 (EP,KR,US); G10L15/26 (KR,US);
G06N3/08 (EP,KR); G06T7/11 (KR); G10L15/063 (KR,US);
G10L15/1815 (US); G10L15/183 (EP,KR); G10L2015/223 (KR,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 [2020/25]
TitleGerman:BILDVERARBEITUNGSVORRICHTUNG UND -VERFAHREN[2020/25]
English:IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD[2020/25]
French:APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉ DE TRAITEMENT D'IMAGES[2020/25]
Examination procedure24.12.2019Examination requested  [2020/25]
12.11.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
22.12.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
18.04.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
21.04.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
18.05.2023Fee for grant paid
18.05.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
18.05.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP18861574.4  / EP3627499
Opposition(s)02.04.2024No opposition filed within time limit [2024/23]
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
02.07.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
14.09.2022Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT28.06.2023
CZ28.06.2023
DK28.06.2023
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FI28.06.2023
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GR29.09.2023
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Documents cited:Search[XI]EP0789296  (CANON KK [JP])
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