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EP1088285
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| EP1088285 - METHOD OF UNSUPERVISED CELL NUCLEI SEGMENTATION [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 21.10.2005 Database last updated on 16.11.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 28.08.2009 | Change - representative | published on 30.09.2009 [2009/40] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states The University of Adelaide North Terrace Adelaide, South Australia 5005 / AU | For all designated states UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA North Terrace Adelaide, S.A. 5000 / AU | For all designated states THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND St Lucia, QLD 4072 / AU | For all designated states The University of Melbourne Parkville, VIC 3052 / AU | For all designated states Compaq Computer Australia Pty Ltd 139 Frome Street Adelaide, SA 5000 / AU | For all designated states TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED Building 8, 1st Floor, 770 Blackburn Road Clayton, VIC 3168 / AU | For all designated states RLM Systems Pty Ltd 23 Lakeside Drive Burwood East, VIC 3151 / AU | For all designated states Flinders University Sturt Road Bedford Park, SA 5042 / AU | For all designated states CEA Technologies Pty Limited 59-65 Gladestone Street Fyshwick ACT 2609 / AU | For all designated states The Commonwealth of Australia Represented by DSTO Surveillance & Research Laboratory, ESRL Headquarters Building Salisbury SA 5108 / AU | [N/P] |
| Former [2004/51] | For all designated states The University of Adelaide North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5005 / AU | ||
| For all designated states UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA North Terrace Adelaide, S.A. 5000 / AU | |||
| For all designated states THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND St Lucia, QLD 4072 / AU | |||
| For all designated states The University of Melbourne Parkville, VIC 3052 / AU | |||
| For all designated states Compaq Computer Australia Pty Ltd 139 Frome Street Adelaide, SA 5000 / AU | |||
| For all designated states Telstra Corporation Limited Building 8, 1st Floor, 770 Blackburn Road Clayton, VIC 3168 / AU | |||
| For all designated states RLM Systems Pty Ltd 23 Lakeside Drive Burwood East, VIC 3151 / AU | |||
| For all designated states Flinders University Sturt Road Bedford Park, SA 5042 / AU | |||
| For all designated states CEA Technologies Pty Limited 59-65 Gladestone Street Fyshwick ACT 2609 / AU | |||
| For all designated states The Commonwealth of Australia Represented by DSTO Surveillance & Research Laboratory, ESRL Headquarters Building Salisbury SA 5108 / AU | |||
| Former [2001/35] | For all designated states The University of Adelaide North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5005 / AU | ||
| For all designated states UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA North Terrace Adelaide, S.A. 5000 / AU | |||
| For all designated states THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND St Lucia, QLD 4072 / AU | |||
| For all designated states The University of Melbourne Parkville, VIC 3052 / AU | |||
| For all designated states Compaq Computer Australia Pty Ltd 139 Frome Street Adelaide, SA 5000 / AU | |||
| For all designated states Telstra Corporation Limited Building 8, 1st Floor, 770 Blackburn Road Clayton, VIC 3168 / AU | |||
| For all designated states RLM Systems Pty Ltd 23 Lakeside Drive Burwood East, VIC 3151 / US | |||
| For all designated states Flinders University Sturt Road Bedford Park, SA 5042 / AU | |||
| For all designated states CEA Technologies Pty Limited 59-65 Gladestone Street Fyshwick ACT 2609 / AU | |||
| For all designated states The Commonwealth of Australia Represented by DSTO Surveillance & Research Laboratory, ESRL Headquarters Building Salisbury SA 5108 / AU | |||
| Former [2001/14] | For all designated states Spire Technologies Pty Ltd. 2-21 SPRI Building, Technology Park Adelaide Mawson Lakes, S.A. 5095 / AU | ||
| For all designated states The University of Adelaide North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5005 / AU | |||
| For all designated states UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA North Terrace Adelaide, S.A. 5000 / AU | |||
| For all designated states THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND St Lucia, QLD 4072 / AU | |||
| For all designated states The University of Melbourne Parkville, VIC 3052 / AU | |||
| For all designated states Compaq Computer Australia Pty Ltd 139 Frome Street Adelaide, SA 5000 / AU | |||
| For all designated states Telstra Corporation Limited Building 8, 1st Floor, 770 Blackburn Road Clayton, VIC 3168 / AU | |||
| For all designated states RLM Systems Pty Ltd 23 Lakeside Drive Burwood East, VIC 3151 / US | |||
| For all designated states Flinders University Sturt Road Bedford Park, SA 5042 / AU | |||
| For all designated states CEA Technologies Pty Limited 59-65 Gladestone Street Fyshwick ACT 2609 / AU | |||
| For all designated states The Commonwealth of Australia Represented by DSTO Surveillance & Research Laboratory, ESRL Headquarters Building Salisbury SA 5108 / AU | Inventor(s) | 01 /
BAMFORD, Pascal 5/277 Simpsons Road Bardon, QLD 4065 / AU | 02 /
LOVELL, Brian 68 York Street Indooroopilly, QLD 4068 / AU | [2001/14] | Representative(s) | Gervasi, Gemma Notarbartolo & Gervasi S.p.A. Viale Achille Papa, 30 20149 Milano / IT | [N/P] |
| Former [2009/40] | Gervasi, Gemma Notarbartolo & Gervasi S.p.A. Corso di Porta Vittoria 9 20122 Milano / IT | ||
| Former [2001/14] | Gervasi, Gemma, Dr. Notarbartolo & Gervasi S.p.A., Corso di Porta Vittoria, 9 20122 Milano / IT | Application number, filing date | 99912984.4 | 30.03.1999 | [2001/14] | WO1999AU00231 | Priority number, date | AU1998PP02786 | 03.04.1998 Original published format: AU PP278698 | [2001/14] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9952074 | Date: | 14.10.1999 | Language: | EN | [1999/41] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP1088285 | Date: | 04.04.2001 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 14.10.1999 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2001/14] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1088285 | Date: | 15.12.2004 | Language: | EN | [2004/51] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | AU | 14.10.1999 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 02.01.2002 | Classification | IPC: | G06T7/60, G06F19/00, G06K9/00, G06K9/48, // G06F159:00 | [2002/07] | CPC: |
G06T7/0012 (EP,US);
G06T7/12 (EP,US);
G06T7/143 (EP,US);
G06T7/149 (EP,US);
G06V10/755 (EP,US);
G06V20/695 (EP,US);
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| Former IPC [2001/14] | G06T7/60, G06F19/00, // G06F159:00 | Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, IT [2001/14] | Title | German: | VERFAHREN ZUR NICHT BEAUFSICHTIGTEN ZERLEGUNG VON ZELLKERNEN | [2004/22] | English: | METHOD OF UNSUPERVISED CELL NUCLEI SEGMENTATION | [2001/14] | French: | PROCEDE DE SEGMENTATION NON DIRIGEE DE NOYAUX CELLULAIRES | [2001/14] |
| Former [2001/14] | VERFAHREN ZUR AUTOMATISIERTEN ZERLEGUNG VON ZELLKERNEN | Entry into regional phase | 27.10.2000 | National basic fee paid | 27.10.2000 | Search fee paid | 27.10.2000 | Designation fee(s) paid | 27.10.2000 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 01.11.1999 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: AU | 27.10.2000 | Examination requested [2001/14] | 04.05.2004 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 02.09.2004 | Fee for grant paid | 02.09.2004 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 16.09.2005 | No opposition filed within time limit [2005/49] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 16.03.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 13.03.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 11.03.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 15.03.2004 | 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 | FR | 15.12.2004 | IT | 15.12.2004 | DE | 16.03.2005 | [2008/17] |
| Former [2006/32] | FR | 15.12.2004 | |
| DE | 16.03.2005 | ||
| Former [2006/13] | DE | 16.03.2005 | Documents cited: | Search | [A] - BAMFORD ET AL, "A two-stage scene segmentation scheme for the automatic collection of cervical cell images", TENCON '97. IEEE REGION 10 ANNUAL CONFERENCE. SPEECH AND IMAGE TECHNOLOGIES FOR COMPUTING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS., PROCEEDINGS OF IEEE BRISBANE, QLD., AUSTRALIA 2-4 DEC. 1997, NEW YORK, NY, USA,IEEE, US, (19971202), ISBN 0-7803-4365-4, pages 683 - 686, XP010264292 [A] 1-15 * Section "2,2 Search Based Dual Active Contour" *;; figure 6 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TENCON.1997.648513 | International search | [A]US4523278 (REINHARDT ERICH [DE], et al); | [A]WO9318483 (AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH [US]); | [A] - HERRERA-ESPINEIRA C, MARCOS-MUNOZ C, ESQUIVIAS J, "AUTOMATED SEGMENTATION OF CELL NUCLEI IN FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATES OF THE BREAST", ANALYTICAL AND QUANTITATIVE CYTOLOGY AND HISTOLOGY, ST. LOUIS, MO, US, US, (19980201), vol. 20, no. 01, ISSN 0884-6812, pages 29 - 35, XP002908910 | [A] - XIAO J, ET AL., "AN ALGORITHM FOR AUTOMATIC TRACKING OF NUCLEAR BOUNDARIES", ANALYTICAL AND QUANTITATIVE CYTOLOGY AND HISTOLOGY, ST. LOUIS, MO, US, US, (19940801), vol. 16, no. 04, ISSN 0884-6812, pages 240 - 246, XP002908911 | [A] - MACAULAY C, PALCIC B, "AN EDGE RELOCATION SEGMENTATION ALGORITHM", ANALYTICAL AND QUANTITATIVE CYTOLOGY AND HISTOLOGY, ST. LOUIS, MO, US, US, (19900601), vol. 12, no. 03, ISSN 0884-6812, pages 165 - 171, XP002908912 | [A] - MACAULAY C, PALCIC B, "A COMPARISON OF SOME QUICK AND SIMPLE THRESHOLD SELECTION METHODS FOR STAINED CELLS", ANALYTICAL AND QUANTITATIVE CYTOLOGY AND HISTOLOGY, ST. LOUIS, MO, US, US, (19880401), vol. 10, no. 02, ISSN 0884-6812, pages 134 - 138, XP002908913 |