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EP1016033 - AUTOMATIC LANGUAGE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR MULTILINGUAL OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 23.04.2004 Database last updated on 02.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	18.01.2008	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT	published on 20.02.2008 [2008/08]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Scansoft, Inc. 9 Centennial Drive Peabody, MA 01960 / US
	[2001/03]
Former [2000/27]	For all designated states Caere Corporation 100 Cooper Court Los Catos, CA 95030 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / PON, Leonard, K. 33 Pine Lane Los Altos, CA 94022 / US
	02 / KANUNGO, Tapas 9220 Edwards Way, Apartment 2339 Adelphi, Maryland 20783 / US
	03 / YANG, Jun 20896 Pepper Tree Lane Cupertino, CA 95014 / US
	04 / CHOY, Kenneth, Chan 6961 Calabazas Creek Circle San Jose, CA 95129 / US
	05 / BOKSER, Mindy, R. 1644 Washington 3 San Francisco, CA 94109 / US
	[2000/36]
Former [2000/35]	01 / PON, Leonard, K. 33 Pine Lane Los Altos, CA 94022 / US
	02 / KANUNGO, Tapas Apartment 90, 891 S. Winchester Boulevard San Jose, CA 98125 / US
	03 / YANG, Jun 20896 Pepper Tree Lane Cupertino, CA 95014 / US
	04 / CHOY, Kenneth, Chan 6961 Calabazas Creek Circle San Jose, CA 95129 / US
	05 / BOKSER, Mindy, R. 1644 Washington 3 San Francisco, CA 94109 / US
Former [2000/27]	01 / PON, Leonard, K. 33 Pine Lane Los Altos, CA 94022 / US
	02 / KANUNGO, Tapas Apartment 90, 891 S. Winchester Boulevard San Jose, CA 98125 / US
	03 / YANG, Jun Apartment N-313, 655 South Fair oaks Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94086 / US
	04 / CHOY, Kenneth, Chan 6961 Calabazas Creek Circle San Jose, CA 95129 / US
	05 / BOKSER, Mindy, R. 1644 Washington 3 San Francisco, CA 94109 / US
Representative(s)	Diehl, Hermann O. Th., et al Diehl & Partner GbR Augustenstrasse 46 80333 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2000/27]	Diehl, Hermann, Dr. Dipl.-Phys., et al DIEHL, GLÄSER, HILTL & PARTNER Patentanwälte Augustenstrasse 46 80333 München / DE
Application number, filing date	97948111.6	20.11.1997
	[2000/27]
	WO1997US18705
Priority number, date	US19970929788	15.09.1997 Original published format: US 929788
	[2000/27]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9914708
	Date:	25.03.1999
	Language:	EN
	[1999/12]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1016033
	Date:	05.07.2000
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 25.03.1999 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2000/27]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1016033
	Date:	18.06.2003
	Language:	EN
	[2003/25]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	25.03.1999
Classification	IPC:	G06K9/68	[2000/27]
	CPC:	G06V30/242 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [2000/27]
Title	German:	AUTOMATISCHES SPRACHENERKENNUNGSSYSTEM FÜR DIE MEHRSPRACHIGE OPTISCHE ZEICHENERKENNUNG	[2002/48]
	English:	AUTOMATIC LANGUAGE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR MULTILINGUAL OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION	[2000/27]
	French:	SYSTEME D'IDENTIFICATION AUTOMATIQUE DE LANGUES POUR LA RECONNAISSANCE DE CARACTERES OPTIQUES MULTILINGUES	[2000/27]
	Former [2000/27]	AUTOMATISCHES SPRACHERKENNUNGSSYSTEM FÜR MEHRSPRACHIGE OPTISCHE ZEICHENERKENNUNG
Entry into regional phase	12.04.2000	National basic fee paid
	12.04.2000	Designation fee(s) paid
	12.04.2000	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	06.04.1999	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	12.04.2000	Examination requested [2000/27]
	05.06.2002	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	02.10.2002	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	08.11.2002	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	12.03.2003	Fee for grant paid
	12.03.2003	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	19.03.2004	No opposition filed within time limit [2004/24]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	12.04.2000	Renewal fee patent year 03
	28.11.2000	Renewal fee patent year 04
	14.11.2001	Renewal fee patent year 05
	13.11.2002	Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	18.06.2003
	BE	18.06.2003
	CH	18.06.2003
	FI	18.06.2003
	IT	18.06.2003
	LI	18.06.2003
	NL	18.06.2003
	DK	18.09.2003
	GR	18.09.2003
	PT	18.09.2003
	SE	18.09.2003
	ES	29.09.2003
	IE	20.11.2003
	LU	20.11.2003
	MC	30.11.2003
	[2008/08]
Former [2005/03]	AT	18.06.2003
	BE	18.06.2003
	CH	18.06.2003
	FI	18.06.2003
	LI	18.06.2003
	NL	18.06.2003
	DK	18.09.2003
	GR	18.09.2003
	PT	18.09.2003
	SE	18.09.2003
	ES	29.09.2003
	IE	20.11.2003
	LU	20.11.2003
	MC	30.11.2003
Former [2005/02]	AT	18.06.2003
	BE	18.06.2003
	CH	18.06.2003
	FI	18.06.2003
	LI	18.06.2003
	NL	18.06.2003
	DK	18.09.2003
	GR	18.09.2003
	PT	18.09.2003
	SE	18.09.2003
	ES	29.09.2003
	LU	20.11.2003
	MC	30.11.2003
Former [2004/39]	AT	18.06.2003
	BE	18.06.2003
	CH	18.06.2003
	FI	18.06.2003
	LI	18.06.2003
	NL	18.06.2003
	DK	18.09.2003
	GR	18.09.2003
	PT	18.09.2003
	SE	18.09.2003
	ES	29.09.2003
	LU	20.11.2003
Former [2004/29]	AT	18.06.2003
	BE	18.06.2003
	CH	18.06.2003
	FI	18.06.2003
	LI	18.06.2003
	NL	18.06.2003
	DK	18.09.2003
	GR	18.09.2003
	PT	18.09.2003
	SE	18.09.2003
	ES	29.09.2003
Former [2004/28]	AT	18.06.2003
	BE	18.06.2003
	CH	18.06.2003
	FI	18.06.2003
	LI	18.06.2003
	NL	18.06.2003
	GR	18.09.2003
	PT	18.09.2003
	SE	18.09.2003
	ES	29.09.2003
Former [2004/13]	AT	18.06.2003
	CH	18.06.2003
	FI	18.06.2003
	LI	18.06.2003
	NL	18.06.2003
	GR	18.09.2003
	PT	18.09.2003
	SE	18.09.2003
	ES	29.09.2003
Former [2004/10]	AT	18.06.2003
	CH	18.06.2003
	FI	18.06.2003
	LI	18.06.2003
	NL	18.06.2003
	GR	18.09.2003
	SE	18.09.2003
	ES	29.09.2003
Former [2004/05]	AT	18.06.2003
	CH	18.06.2003
	FI	18.06.2003
	LI	18.06.2003
	NL	18.06.2003
	GR	18.09.2003
	ES	29.09.2003
Former [2004/03]	AT	18.06.2003
	CH	18.06.2003
	LI	18.06.2003
	NL	18.06.2003
	GR	18.09.2003
	ES	29.09.2003
Former [2004/02]	CH	18.06.2003
	LI	18.06.2003
	NL	18.06.2003
	GR	18.09.2003
Former [2004/01]	CH	18.06.2003
	LI	18.06.2003
Cited in	International search	[A]US5062143 (SCHMITT JOHN C [US]) [A] 1-14 * figure 3 *;
		[A] - ANIGBOGU J C AND BELAID A, "Application of Hidden Markov Models to Multifont Text recognition", 1ST INT. CONF. ON DOCUMENT ANALYSIS AND RECOGNITION, LOAS AAMITOS, CA, US, (19910930), pages 785 - 793, XP000431220 [A] 1-14 * abstract *
		[A] - SPITZ A L ET AL, "Palace: a multilingual document recognition system", INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR PATTERN RECOGNITION WORKSHOP ON DOCUMENT ANALYSIS SYSTEMS, PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR PATTERN RECOGNITION WORKSHOP, KAISERSLAUTERN, GERMANY, OCT. 1994, ISBN 981-02-2122-3, 1995, SINGAPORE, WORLD SCIENTIFIC, SINGAPORE, pages 16 - 37, XP002063490 [A] 1-14 * p. 30 Section "6.4 Language classification";; tables 1,2 *

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