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EP0972273
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP0972273 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR APPLYING EFFECTS TO GRAPHICAL IMAGES [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 28.01.2005 Database last updated on 24.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 28.01.2005 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 16.03.2005 [2005/11] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Intergraph Hardware Technologies Company Suite 16, 2325-B Renaissance Drive Las Vegas, NV 89119 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [2003/43] | For all designated states Intergraph Hardware Technologies Company Suite 16, 2325-B Renaissance Drive Las Vegas, NV 89119 / US | ||
| Former [2000/03] | For all designated states Intergraph Corporation One Madison Industrial Park Huntsville, Alabama 35894-0001 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
NETSCHKE, Gregory 1900 Crapemyrtle Green Huntsville, AL 35803 / US | 02 /
CUELLAR, Gabriel 1035 Bay Shore Drive, Sunlake 1138 Huntsville, AL 35824 / US | 03 /
MANANA, Gabriel 5206 Laurelwood Lane Huntsville, AL 35816 / US | [2000/03] | Representative(s) | Froud, Clive, et al Elkington and Fife LLP Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks Kent TN13 1XR / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2000/03] | Froud, Clive, et al Elkington and Fife Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB | Application number, filing date | 98918001.3 | 03.04.1998 | [2000/03] | WO1998US06683 | Priority number, date | US19970042694P | 04.04.1997 Original published format: US 42694 P | [2000/03] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9845815 | Date: | 15.10.1998 | Language: | EN | [1998/41] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0972273 | Date: | 19.01.2000 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 15.10.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2000/03] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0972273 | Date: | 24.03.2004 | Language: | EN | [2004/13] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 15.10.1998 | Classification | IPC: | G06T15/70 | [2000/03] | CPC: |
G06T13/00 (EP,US);
G06T11/60 (EP,US);
G06T15/005 (EP,US);
G06T2200/28 (EP,US);
G06T2210/32 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | BE, DE, FR, GB, IT, LU, NL [2000/03] | Title | German: | VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR ANWENDUNG VON EFFEKTEN IN GRAPHISCHEN BILDERN | [2000/03] | English: | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR APPLYING EFFECTS TO GRAPHICAL IMAGES | [2000/03] | French: | SYSTEME ET PROCEDE PERMETTANT D'APPLIQUER DES EFFETS A DES IMAGES GRAPHIQUES | [2000/03] | Entry into regional phase | 22.09.1999 | National basic fee paid | 22.09.1999 | Designation fee(s) paid | 22.09.1999 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 22.06.1998 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 24.09.1999 | Examination requested [2000/03] | 25.07.2002 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 27.11.2002 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 16.12.2002 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 13.06.2003 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 19.09.2003 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 14.01.2004 | Fee for grant paid | 14.01.2004 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 28.12.2004 | No opposition filed within time limit [2005/11] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 20.03.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 02.04.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 22.04.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 22.04.2003 | 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. | Cited in | International search | [A]WO9534051 (SPECTRAGRAPHICS CORP [US]) [A] 1-42* page 6, line 6 - line 20 *; | [A]US5592602 (EDMUNDS MICHAEL V [US], et al) [A] 1-42 * abstract * * column 2, line 56 - column 3, line 19 * * column 5, line 12 - line 48 *; | [PA]EP0811954 (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD [JP]) [PA] 1-42 * column A * * column 2, line 58 - column 4, line 10; figure 4 * | Examination | - Watt, Mark: "Advanced Animation and Rendering Techniques", Addison Wesley 1992 (reprinted 93,94,98,99), Figs. 1-14 of the colour plates (after pg. 82), pp. 3-16, 28-29, 139-147, 178-181, 322-336, 339-345, 356-368, 395-413, 418 |