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EP2124188
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| EP2124188 - Method and apparatus for providing and displaying virtual microscope slide images [Right-click to bookmark this link] | |||
| Former [2009/48] | Method and apparatus for creating a virtual microscope slide | ||
| [2011/24] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 21.04.2012 Database last updated on 20.05.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 21.04.2012 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 23.05.2012 [2012/21] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Olympus America Inc. 3500 Corporate Parkway P.O. Box 610 Center Valley, PA 18034 / US | [2009/48] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Bacus, James V. 4324 Stonewall Downers Grove, IL 60515 / US | 02 /
Bacus, James W. 20 Natoma Drive Oakbrook, IL 60521 / US | [2009/48] | Representative(s) | Hoffmann Eitle Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB Arabellastraße 30 81925 München / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [2009/48] | HOFFMANN EITLE Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4 81925 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 09168573.5 | 02.03.1998 | [2009/48] | Priority number, date | US19970805856 | 03.03.1997 Original published format: US 805856 | US19980032514 | 27.02.1998 Original published format: US 32514 | [2009/48] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2124188 | Date: | 25.11.2009 | Language: | EN | [2009/48] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2124188 | Date: | 15.06.2011 | Language: | EN | [2011/24] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 05.10.2009 | Classification | IPC: | G06T3/40 | [2009/48] | CPC: |
G06T3/4038 (EP,US);
G01N15/1433 (EP,US);
G02B21/367 (EP,US);
G06V20/69 (EP,US);
G16H10/40 (EP,US);
G16H30/20 (EP,US);
G16H40/63 (EP,US);
G16H40/60 (EP,US);
Y10S707/99942 (US);
| Designated contracting states | CH, DE, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL, SE [2009/48] | Title | German: | Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Bereitstellung und Anzeige von virtuelle Objektträgerbilder | [2011/24] | English: | Method and apparatus for providing and displaying virtual microscope slide images | [2011/24] | French: | Procédé et appareil de fourniture et d'affichage d'images virtuelles d'une glissière de microscope | [2011/24] |
| Former [2009/48] | Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Erzeugung eines Objektträgers für ein virtuelles Mikroskop | ||
| Former [2009/48] | Method and apparatus for creating a virtual microscope slide | ||
| Former [2009/48] | Système de création d'une glissière de microscope virtuelle | Examination procedure | 25.05.2010 | Examination requested [2010/27] | 23.06.2010 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 26.10.2010 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 23.12.2010 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 20.04.2011 | Fee for grant paid | 20.04.2011 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Parent application(s) Tooltip | EP06009958.7 / EP1686533 | EP98908834.9 / EP1021786 | Divisional application(s) | The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued (EP19980908834) is 24.10.2003 | Opposition(s) | 16.03.2012 | No opposition filed within time limit [2012/21] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 25.08.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 25.08.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 25.08.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 25.08.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 25.08.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 25.08.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 25.08.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 25.08.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | 25.08.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 11 | 25.08.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 12 | 16.03.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 13 | 15.03.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 14 |
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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. | Documents cited: | Search | [A] - HENDERSON E ET AL, "IMAGE ACQUISITION OF MICROSCOPIC SLIDES", PROCEEDINGS OF THE SPIE, SPIE, PO BOX 10 BELLINGHAM WA 98227-0010 USA, (19940101), vol. 2173, pages 21 - 27, XP009044600 [A] 1-17 * the whole document * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.175169 | [A] - SZELISKI R, "Image mosaicing for tele-reality applications", APPLICATIONS OF COMPUTER VISION, PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND IEEE WORKSHOP ON SARASOTA, FL, USA 5-7 DEC. 1994, (19941205), pages 44 - 53, XP010100086 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACV.1994.341287 | [A] - BERG C, "HOW DO I DISLAY MEDIA FORMATS THAT NETSCAPE DOES NOT SUPPORT?", DR. DOBB'S JOURNAL, M&T PUBL., REDWOOD CITY, CA, US, (19961001), vol. 21, no. 10, page 111,114/115,129, XP001027874 | [A] - FAN G Y ET AL, "Telemicroscopy", ULTRAMICROSCOPY, ELSEVIER, AMSTERDAM, NL, (19931201), vol. 52, no. 3-4, pages 499 - 503, XP002389941 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0304-3991(93)90066-7 | [A] - STEPHEN J YOUNG ET AL, "IMPLEMENTING A COLLABORATORY FOR MICROSCOPIC DIGITAL ANATOMY", INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING APPLICATIONS, SAGE SCIENCE PRESS, THOUSAND OAKS, CA, US, (19960621), vol. 10, no. 2-3, pages 170 - 181, XP000638921 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/109434209601000205 | [PA] - LUDL ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS, "MAC 2000 CONFIGURATION MANUAL (REVISION 1.2)", INTERNET CITATION, URL: http://www.ludl.com/Support/Files/90M002.pdf, (20070207), XP009078634 | by applicant | - EARL HENDERSONJAMES R. SEAMANS, "Image acquisition of microscopic slides", PROCEEDINGS OF THE SPIE, (1081019), vol. 2173, pages 21 - 27 | US19860008055 |