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EP0983683
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| EP0983683 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING IMAGE ENHANCEMENT [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 05.10.2007 Database last updated on 22.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 21.11.2008 | Change - lapse in a contracting state Updated state(s): FR | published on 24.12.2008 [2008/52] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Dialog Imaging Systems GmbH Neue Strasse 95 73230 Kirchheim/Teck-Nabern / DE | [2007/29] |
| Former [2006/48] | For all designated states Sarnoff Corporation 201 Washington Road, CN 5300 Princeton, NJ 08543-5300 / US | ||
| Former [2000/10] | For all designated states Sarnoff Corporation 201 Washington Road, CN 5300 Princeton, NJ 08543-5300 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
MC CAFFREY, Nathaniel, Joseph 412 Lambertville Hopewell Road Lambertville, NJ 08530 / US | [2000/10] | Representative(s) | Pratt, Richard Wilson D Young & Co LLP 120 Holborn London EC1N 2DY / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2000/10] | Pratt, Richard Wilson D. Young & Co, 21 New Fetter Lane London EC4A 1DA / GB | Application number, filing date | 98923635.1 | 21.05.1998 | [2000/10] | WO1998US10426 | Priority number, date | US19970047278 | 21.05.1997 Original published format: US 47278 | US19970912660 | 18.08.1997 Original published format: US 912660 | [2000/10] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | WO9853605 | Date: | 26.11.1998 | Language: | EN | [1998/47] | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0983683 | Date: | 08.03.2000 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 26.11.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2000/10] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0983683 | Date: | 29.11.2006 | Language: | EN | [2006/48] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 25.03.1999 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 29.03.2005 | Classification | IPC: | H04N1/40, G06T5/40, H04N5/14 | [2005/19] | CPC: |
H04N1/4072 (EP,US);
H04N1/40 (KR);
G06T5/92 (EP,US);
H04N5/20 (EP,US);
G06T2207/10016 (EP,US)
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| Former IPC [2000/10] | H04N1/40 | Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB [2000/10] | Title | German: | VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR AUSFÜHRUNG VON BILDVERBESSERUNGEN | [2000/10] | English: | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING IMAGE ENHANCEMENT | [2000/10] | French: | PROCEDE ET APPAREIL PERMETTANT DE METTRE EN OEUVRE UNE AMELIORATION D'IMAGES | [2000/10] | Entry into regional phase | 25.11.1999 | National basic fee paid | 25.11.1999 | Search fee paid | 25.11.1999 | Designation fee(s) paid | 25.11.1999 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 08.12.1998 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 25.11.1999 | Examination requested [2000/10] | 04.05.2005 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 20.10.2005 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 10.05.2006 | Date of oral proceedings | 22.05.2006 | Minutes of oral proceedings despatched | 08.06.2006 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 16.10.2006 | Fee for grant paid | 16.10.2006 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 30.08.2007 | No opposition filed within time limit [2007/45] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 04.05.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 04.05.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 21.05.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 26.05.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 24.05.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 19.05.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 24.07.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | Penalty fee | Additional fee for renewal fee | 31.05.2006 | 09 M06 Fee paid on 24.07.2006 |
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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 | FR | 29.11.2006 | [2008/52] |
| Former [2008/23] | FR | 20.07.2007 | Documents cited: | Search | [A]US4979136 (WEIMAN CARL F R [US], et al) [A] 2,5,7* column 23, line 1 - line 7 *; | [Y]EP0557095 (CANON KK [JP]) [Y] 2,5 * column 3, line 8 - line 13; claim 8 *; | [XY]DE4309878 (HELL AG LINOTYPE [DE]) [X] 1,3,6-10 * sentence 50, paragraph 3 - sentence 53; figure 1 * * page 4, line 9 - line 12 * * page 4, lines 37,38,AND,61 * * page 8, line 9 - line 13 * [Y] 2,4,5; | [Y]US5544258 (LEVIEN RAPHAEL L [US]) [Y] 4 * column 3, line 6 - line 14 * * column 4, line 1 - line 11 * | International search | [A]US4731671 (ALKOFER JAMES S [US]); | [A]US4755954 (NETTER ZVI [IL]); | [A]US5042077 (BURKE THOMAS M [US]); | [X]US5296941 (IZAWA YOSUKE [JP], et al); | [A]US5481620 (VAIDYANATHAN AKHILESWAR G [US]); | [A]US5544258 (LEVIEN RAPHAEL L [US]) |