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EP1050014 - COMPRESSION OF PARTIALLY-MASKED IMAGE DATA [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  28.02.2014
Database last updated on 22.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip28.02.2014No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 02.04.2014  [2014/14]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
645 East Plum Lane
Reno, NV 89502 / US
[2013/22]
Former [2000/45]For all designated states
AT&T Corp.
32 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10013-2412 / US
Inventor(s)01 / BOTTOU, Léon
J16 Twin Lights Court
Highlands, NJ 07732 / US
02 / PIGEON, Steven, P.
20 Yvan
Blainville, Quebec J7C 1Z9 / CA
[2000/45]
Representative(s)Asquith, Julian Peter, et al
Marks & Clerk LLP
2nd Floor, Wytham Court
11 West Way
Oxford OX2 0JB / GB
[N/P]
Former [2013/17]Asquith, Julian Peter, et al
Marks & Clerk LLP
Fletcher House
Heatley Road The Oxford Science Park
Oxford OX4 4GE / GB
Former [2000/45]Asquith, Julian Peter, et al
Marks & Clerk, 4220 Nash Court, Oxford Business Park South
Oxford OX4 2RU / GB
Application number, filing date99903232.920.01.1999
[2000/45]
WO1999US01214
Priority number, dateUS19980071839P20.01.1998         Original published format: US 71839 P
[2001/26]
Former [2000/45]US19980071839P20.01.1998
US1999023222319.01.1999
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9936882
Date:22.07.1999
Language:EN
[1999/29]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1050014
Date:08.11.2000
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 22.07.1999 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2000/45]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1050014
Date:24.04.2013
Language:EN
[2013/17]
Type: B8 Corrected title page of specification 
No.:EP1050014
Date:19.06.2013
[2013/25]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US22.07.1999
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP13.06.2002
ClassificationIPC:G06K9/36, G06K9/40, G06K9/46, G01S13/00, G06T9/00
[2002/30]
CPC:
G06T9/007 (EP,US); H04N19/132 (EP,US); H04N19/14 (EP,US);
H04N19/18 (EP,US); H04N19/1883 (EP,US); H04N19/63 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2000/45]G06K9/36, G06K9/40, G06K9/46, G01S13/00
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [2000/45]
TitleGerman:KOMPRESSION VON TEILWEISE MASKIERTEN BILDDATEN[2000/45]
English:COMPRESSION OF PARTIALLY-MASKED IMAGE DATA[2000/45]
French:COMPRESSION DE DONNEES D'IMAGES PARTIELLEMENT MASQUEES[2000/45]
Entry into regional phase09.06.2000National basic fee paid 
09.06.2000Search fee paid 
09.06.2000Designation fee(s) paid 
09.06.2000Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure19.08.1999Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
09.06.2000Examination requested  [2000/45]
27.12.2000Loss of particular rights, legal effect: Priority
23.01.2001Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: Priority 02
17.03.2006Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
27.09.2006Reply to a communication from the examining division
26.03.2007Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
01.08.2007Reply to a communication from the examining division
05.11.2012Communication of intention to grant the patent
15.03.2013Fee for grant paid
15.03.2013Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)EP07100325.5  / EP1780658
EP07114267.3  / EP1847962
EP10184965.1  / EP2270750
The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  17.03.2006
Opposition(s)27.01.2014No opposition filed within time limit [2014/14]
Fees paidRenewal fee
05.01.2001Renewal fee patent year 03
10.01.2002Renewal fee patent year 04
09.01.2003Renewal fee patent year 05
05.01.2004Renewal fee patent year 06
07.01.2005Renewal fee patent year 07
09.01.2006Renewal fee patent year 08
05.01.2007Renewal fee patent year 09
08.01.2008Renewal fee patent year 10
07.01.2009Renewal fee patent year 11
07.01.2010Renewal fee patent year 12
06.01.2011Renewal fee patent year 13
06.01.2012Renewal fee patent year 14
08.01.2013Renewal fee patent year 15
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Documents cited:Search[A]  - YIN F-F ET AL, "ONCOLOGIC IMAGE COMPRESSION USING BOTH WAVELET AND MASKING TECHNIQUES", MEDICAL PHYSICS, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS. NEW YORK, US, (19971201), vol. 24, no. 12, ISSN 0094-2405, pages 2038 - 2042, XP000767423 [A] 1-14 * abstract * * page 2038, column 2, line 3 - line 6 * * page 2039, column 2, line 10 - line 13 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.598118
 [A]  - YOULA D C ET AL, "IMAGE RESTORATION BY THE METHOD OF CONVEX PROJECTIONS: PART 1 - THEORY", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING, IEEE INC. NEW YORK, US, (198210), vol. MI-1, no. 2, ISSN 0278-0062, pages 81 - 94, XP001053628 [A] 1-14 * abstract * * figure 4 *
 [A]  - HOMER H. CHEN, M. REHA CIVANLAR, BARRY G. HASKELL, "A Block Transform Coder for Arbitrarily Shaped Image Segments", PROCEEDINGS ICIP-94, vol. 1, pages 85 - 89, XP000926352 [A] 1-14 * abstract *
International search[A]US5563960  (SHAPIRO JEROME M [US]);
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 [XP]  - BOTTOU L., ET AL., "HIGH QUALITY DOCUMENT IMAGE COMPRESSION WITH "DJVU".", JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC IMAGING., SPIE / IS & T., 1000 20th St. Bellingham WA 98225-6705 USA, 1000 20th St. Bellingham WA 98225-6705 USA, (19980701), vol. 07., no. 03., doi:10.1117/1.482609, ISSN 1017-9909, pages 410 - 425., XP000771751

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.482609
 [A]  - SANTAGO P., RAJALA S. A., "NEW SOLUTION FOR FREQUENCY AND PIXEL DOMAIN CODING USING CONVEX SETS.", Optomechatronic micro/nano devices and components III : 8 - 10 October 2007, Lausanne, Switzerland, SPIE, Bellingham, Wash., Bellingham, Wash., (19850801), vol. 575., ISBN 978-1-62841-730-2, pages 66 - 70., XP002920810
 [A]  - FARYAR A. F., RAJALA S. A., "TRANSFORM/TIME DOMAIN CODING USING THE METHOD OF PROJECTION ONTO CONVEX SETS.", INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH & SIGNAL PROCESSING. ICASSP. TAMPA, FLORIDA, MAR. 26 - 29, 1985., NEW YORK, IEEE., US, US, (19850101), vol. 01., pages 351 - 354., XP002920811
 [A]  - ANTONINI M., "IMAGE CODING USING WAVELET TRANSFORM.", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON IMAGE PROCESSING., IEEE SERVICE CENTER, PISCATAWAY, NJ., US, US, (19920401), vol. 01., no. 02., doi:10.1109/83.136597, ISSN 1057-7149, pages 205 - 220., XP000367547

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/83.136597
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