EP0695085 - Method and apparatus for hemispheric imaging [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 15.12.2000 Database last updated on 10.05.2025 | Most recent event Tooltip | 04.01.2003 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): NL | published on 19.02.2003 [2003/08] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states International Business Machines Corporation New Orchard Road Armonk, NY 10504 / US | [N/P] |
Former [1996/05] | For all designated states International Business Machines Corporation Old Orchard Road Armonk, N.Y. 10504 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Baker, Robert Grover 2112 NW 1st Avenue Delray Beach, FL 33444-4341 / US | 02 /
Flattery Freedenburg, Candace Joy 63 Worral Avenue Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 / US | 03 /
Kettler, Kevin 611 Montclair Street Pittsburg, PA 15217 / US | 04 /
Suarez, Gustavo Armando 21482 Woodchuck Lane Boca Raton, FL 33428 / US | 05 /
Uplinger, Kenneth Allen 10202 Lockleven Cove Austin, TX 78750 / US | [1996/05] | Representative(s) | Burt, Roger James IBM United Kingdom Limited Intellectual Property Department Hursley Park Winchester Hampshire SO21 2JN / GB | [N/P] |
Former [1996/05] | Burt, Roger James, Dr. IBM United Kingdom Limited Intellectual Property Department Hursley Park Winchester Hampshire SO21 2JN / GB | Application number, filing date | 95304930.1 | 14.07.1995 | [1996/05] | Priority number, date | US19940281331 | 27.07.1994 Original published format: US 281331 | [1996/05] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0695085 | Date: | 31.01.1996 | [1996/05] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0695085 | Date: | 16.02.2000 | Language: | EN | [2000/07] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 02.11.1995 | Classification | IPC: | H04N5/262, G02B13/06 | [1996/05] | CPC: |
H04N7/142 (EP,US);
G02B13/06 (EP,US);
G02B3/0087 (EP,US);
G02B6/04 (EP,US);
G02B6/06 (EP,US);
H04N5/2628 (EP,US);
H04N7/15 (EP,US)
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| Designated contracting states | CH, DE, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL, SE [1996/05] | Title | German: | Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur hemisphärischen Bildaufnahme | [1996/05] | English: | Method and apparatus for hemispheric imaging | [1996/05] | French: | Procédé et dispositif pour prise de vues hémisphériques | [1996/05] | Examination procedure | 28.05.1996 | Examination requested [1996/30] | 22.04.1998 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 22.10.1998 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 04.05.1999 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 11.08.1999 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 21.08.1999 | Fee for grant paid | 21.08.1999 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 17.11.2000 | No opposition filed within time limit [2001/05] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 16.07.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 17.07.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 20.07.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | CH | 16.02.2000 | LI | 16.02.2000 | NL | 16.02.2000 | SE | 16.05.2000 | [2003/08] |
Former [2001/09] | CH | 16.02.2000 | |
LI | 16.02.2000 | ||
SE | 16.05.2000 | ||
Former [2000/52] | CH | 16.02.2000 | |
LI | 16.02.2000 | Documents cited: | Search | [DY]WO9221208 (TELEROBOTICS INT INC [US]) [DY] 1,10 * page 1, line 1 - page 9, line 25 *; | [Y]WO8903076 (SECRETARY TRADE IND BRIT [GB]) [Y] 1,10 * page 4, line 10 - line 16 *; | [A]EP0574325 (THOMSON CSF [FR]) [A] 1,4,5,10 * column 1, line 1 - line 18 * * column 3, line 35 - line 45 * * column 4, line 38 - column 5, line 33 *; | [A]EP0547635 (EASTMAN KODAK CO [US]) [A] 1,10 * column 3, line 4 - line 18 * * column 3, line 46 - column 4, line 2 * * column 5, line 3 - line 33 * * column 6, line 39 - line 44 *; | [A]US4832472 (ROBB PAUL N [US]) [A] 9 * column 2, line 45 - line 53 *; | [A]JPH1163079 | [A] - GILBERT ET AL., "Endoscopic inspection and measurement", PROCEEDINGS OF THE SPIE, APPLICATIONS OF DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING XV, SAN DIEGO, CA, USA, vol. 1771, pages 106 - 112 [A] 1-3,10 * page 106, line 24 - page 108, line 10 * | [A] - GREGUSS ET AL., "PALIMADAR: a PAL-optic based imaging modul for allround data acquisition and recording", PROCEEDINGS OF THE SPIE, APPLICATIONS OF DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING XV, SAN DIEGO, CA, USA, vol. 1771, pages 567 - 573 [A] 1-3,10 * page 567, line 17 - page 569, line 43 * | [A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19890921), vol. 13, no. 425, Database accession no. (M - 873), & JP1163079 A 19890627 (NIPPON SHEET GLASS CO LTD) [A] 9 * abstract * | by applicant | US4125862 | US4442453 | US5185667 | US4170400 | - "Scaling a Design", SMITH W.J., Modern Lens Design, MCGRAW-HILL, INC., (1992), CH.5.4 |