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EP0235456 - Image processing apparatus and method with blocks of compressed data [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1987/37]Image processing apparatus
[1998/37]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  28.01.2000
Database last updated on 05.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip05.10.2005Change: Appeal number 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku
Tokyo / JP
[N/P]
Former [1987/37]For all designated states
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku
Tokyo / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Sato, Mamoru
10-14 Himonya 4-chome
Meguro-ku Tokyo / JP
02 / Osawa, Hidefumi
5-11 Kamikizaki 4-chome
Urawa-shi Saitama-ken / JP
03 / Kawamura, Naoto
2-16-102 Azamino 3-chome Midori-ku
Yokohama-shi Kanagawa-ken / JP
[1987/37]
Representative(s)Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis, et al
Beresford Crump LLP
16 High Holborn
London WC1V 6BX / GB
[N/P]
Former [1987/37]Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis, et al
BERESFORD & Co. 2-5 Warwick Court High Holborn
London WC1R 5DJ / GB
Application number, filing date86309702.812.12.1986
[1987/37]
Priority number, dateJP1985028163113.12.1985         Original published format: JP 28163185
JP1985028163213.12.1985         Original published format: JP 28163285
JP1985028163313.12.1985         Original published format: JP 28163385
JP1985028163413.12.1985         Original published format: JP 28163485
JP1985028153714.12.1985         Original published format: JP 28153785
[1987/37]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0235456
Date:09.09.1987
Language:EN
[1987/37]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0235456
Date:24.05.1989
Language:EN
[1989/21]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0235456
Date:24.03.1999
Language:EN
[1999/12]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP06.04.1989
ClassificationIPC:G06T9/00, G06T11/00
[1998/37]
CPC:
G06T1/20 (EP,US); G06T11/00 (EP,US); G06T9/00 (EP,US);
G06T9/001 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1989/18]G06F15/62, G06F15/64
Former IPC [1987/37]G06F15/62
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   NL [1987/37]
TitleGerman:Bildverarbeitungsgerät und -verfahren mit Blöcken von komprimierten Daten[1999/03]
English:Image processing apparatus and method with blocks of compressed data[1998/37]
French:Appareil et méthode de traitement d'image utilisant des blocs de données comprimées[1999/03]
Former [1987/37]Bildverarbeitungsgerät
Former [1987/37]Image processing apparatus
Former [1987/37]Appareil de traitement d'image
MiscellaneousEPB 1994/10: Teilanmeldung 93203482.0 eingereicht am 12/12/86
EPB 1994/10: Divisional application 93203482.0 filed on 12/12/86
EPB 1994/10: Demande divisionnaire 93203482.0 déposée le 12/12/86
Examination procedure08.05.1989New documents discovered [1989/26]
14.10.1989Examination requested  [1989/50]
14.11.1991Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
16.05.1992Reply to a communication from the examining division
09.09.1992Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
12.03.1993Reply to a communication from the examining division
30.04.1993Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M03)
27.07.1993Reply to a communication from the examining division
06.10.1993Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
18.04.1994Reply to a communication from the examining division
06.02.1995Date of oral proceedings
03.03.1995Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination {1}
03.03.1995Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
10.02.1998Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
23.07.1998Communication of intention to grant the patent
07.10.1998Fee for grant paid
07.10.1998Fee for publishing/printing paid
Appeal following examination02.05.1995Appeal received No.  T0650/95
05.10.1994Interlocutory revision of appeal
13.07.1995Statement of grounds filed
10.02.1998Result of appeal procedure: remittal for grant
31.08.1994Appeal received No.  T0650/95
31.08.1994Statement of grounds filed
11.02.1997Invitation to file observations in an appeal (Time limit: M08) [1997/07]
13.10.1997Date of receipt of observations in an appeal [1997/42]
10.02.1998Result of appeal procedure: remittal for grant
Divisional application(s)EP93203481.2  / EP0597555
EP93203482.0  / EP0597556
Opposition(s)28.12.1999No opposition filed within time limit [2000/11]
Fees paidRenewal fee
10.12.1988Renewal fee patent year 03
29.12.1989Renewal fee patent year 04
26.11.1990Renewal fee patent year 05
31.12.1990Renewal fee patent year 06
25.11.1992Renewal fee patent year 07
23.12.1993Renewal fee patent year 08
27.12.1994Renewal fee patent year 09
21.12.1995Renewal fee patent year 10
19.12.1996Renewal fee patent year 11
18.12.1997Renewal fee patent year 12
24.12.1998Renewal fee patent year 13
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Documents cited:Search[A]GB1551229  (UNIV MANCHESTER);
 [A]GB2073998  (VYSOKA SKOLA CHEM TECH);
 [A]GB2024561  (TEKNOS SYSTEMS LTD)
 [A]  - IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SYSTEMS, MAN, AND CYBERNETICS, July 1973, pages 410-415, New York, US; K.S. HAN et al.: "The application of an image-compression/feature-transgeneration technique to the computer-aided diagnosis of brain tumors"
ExaminationGB2073995
 EP0179292
 US4636783
 US4281312
 US3945019
by applicantEP0179292
 US4636783
 US4281312
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