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] |
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PON, Leonard, K. 33 Pine Lane Los Altos, CA 94022 / US | ||
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KANUNGO, Tapas Apartment 90, 891 S. Winchester Boulevard San Jose, CA 98125 / US | |||
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YANG, Jun 20896 Pepper Tree Lane Cupertino, CA 95014 / US | |||
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CHOY, Kenneth, Chan 6961 Calabazas Creek Circle San Jose, CA 95129 / US | |||
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BOKSER, Mindy, R. 1644 Washington 3 San Francisco, CA 94109 / US | |||
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PON, Leonard, K. 33 Pine Lane Los Altos, CA 94022 / US | ||
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KANUNGO, Tapas Apartment 90, 891 S. Winchester Boulevard San Jose, CA 98125 / US | |||
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YANG, Jun Apartment N-313, 655 South Fair oaks Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94086 / US | |||
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CHOY, Kenneth, Chan 6961 Calabazas Creek Circle San Jose, CA 95129 / US | |||
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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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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 | 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] |
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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 | ||
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DK | 18.09.2003 | ||
GR | 18.09.2003 | ||
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ES | 29.09.2003 | ||
LU | 20.11.2003 | ||
MC | 30.11.2003 | ||
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DK | 18.09.2003 | ||
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ES | 29.09.2003 | ||
LU | 20.11.2003 | ||
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ES | 29.09.2003 | ||
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ES | 29.09.2003 | ||
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ES | 29.09.2003 | ||
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GR | 18.09.2003 | ||
SE | 18.09.2003 | ||
ES | 29.09.2003 | ||
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LI | 18.06.2003 | ||
NL | 18.06.2003 | ||
GR | 18.09.2003 | ||
ES | 29.09.2003 | ||
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LI | 18.06.2003 | ||
NL | 18.06.2003 | ||
GR | 18.09.2003 | ||
ES | 29.09.2003 | ||
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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 * |