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EP1185967 - METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING COMPUTERS OR LINKING TO INTERNET RESOURCES FROM PHYSICAL AND ELECTRONIC OBJECTS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been withdrawn Status updated on 14.12.2007 Database last updated on 13.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	26.09.2008	Change - representative	published on 29.10.2008 [2008/44]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Digimarc Corporation 9405 S.W. Gemini Drive Beaverton, OR 97008 / US
	[2005/19]
Former [2002/11]	For all designated states Digimarc Corporation Suite 250, 19801 SW 72nd Avenue Tualatin, OR 97062 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / RHOADS, Geoffrey, B. 304 SW Tualatin Loop West Linn, OR 97068 / US
	02 / RODRIGUEZ, Tony, F. 3104 NE 31st Avenue Portland, OR 97212 / US
	03 / DAVIS, Bruce, L. 15599 Village Drive Lake Oswego, OR 97034 / US
	04 / CARR, J., Scott 7814 SW 189th Avenue Beaverton, OR 97007 / US
	05 / GROSSI, Brian, J. 220 Sleeper Avenue Mountain View, CA 94040 / US
	06 / MCKINLEY, Tyler, J. 17020 SW Tracy Avenue Lake Oswego, OR 97035 / US
	07 / SEDER, Phillip, A. 1600 Palatine Street Portland, OR 97219 / US
	08 / PERRY, Burt, W. 15344 Provincial Hill Way Lake Oswego, OR 97035 / US
	09 / HEIN, William, C., III 151 Indiantown Road Glenmoore, PA 19343-1412 / US
	10 / MACINTOSH, Brian, T. 1200 Fairway Road Lake Oswego, OR 97034 / US
	[2002/11]
Representative(s)	Hoarton, Lloyd Douglas Charles, et al Forresters IP LLP Skygarden Erika-Mann-Strasse 11 80636 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2008/44]	Hoarton, Lloyd Douglas Charles, et al Forrester & Boehmert Pettenkoferstrasse 20-22 80336 Munich / DE
Former [2007/18]	Hoarton, Lloyd Douglas Charles, et al Forrester & Boehmert Pettenkoferstrasse 20-22 80336 München / DE
Former [2002/11]	Meddle, Alan Leonard, et al Forrester & Boehmert Pettenkoferstrasse 20-22 80336 München / DE
Application number, filing date	00930749.7	15.05.2000
	[2002/11]
	WO2000US13333
Priority number, date	US19990314648	19.05.1999 Original published format: US 314648
	US19990342688	29.06.1999 Original published format: US 342688
	US19990342689	29.06.1999 Original published format: US 342689
	US19990342971	29.06.1999 Original published format: US 342971
	US19990343101	29.06.1999 Original published format: US 343101
	US19990343104	29.06.1999 Original published format: US 343104
	US19990141468P	29.06.1999 Original published format: US 141468 P
	US19990151586P	30.08.1999 Original published format: US 151586 P
	US19990158015P	06.10.1999 Original published format: US 158015 P
	US19990163332P	03.11.1999 Original published format: US 163332 P
	US19990164619P	10.11.1999 Original published format: US 164619 P
	US20000531076	18.03.2000 Original published format: US 531076
	US20000543125	05.04.2000 Original published format: US 543125
	US20000547664	12.04.2000 Original published format: US 547664
	US20000552998	19.04.2000 Original published format: US 552998
	[2002/11]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO0070585
	Date:	23.11.2000
	Language:	EN
	[2000/47]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1185967
	Date:	13.03.2002
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 23.11.2000 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2002/11]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	23.11.2000
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	28.09.2004
Classification	IPC:	G06F17/60, H04N1/32	[2004/45]
	CPC:	G07F17/26 (EP); G06F17/00 (KR); G06F16/9554 (EP); G06Q30/02 (EP)
	Former IPC [2002/11]	G09C5/00, G06F17/00, G06K7/00, G06K9/00, G06K9/36, G06K19/06, H04L9/00
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [2002/11]
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	LT	Not yet paid
	LV	Not yet paid
	MK	Not yet paid
	RO	Not yet paid
	SI	Not yet paid
Title	German:	METHODEN UND SYSTEME ZUR RECHNERSTEUERUNG ODER VERBINDUNG VON PHYSISCHEN ODER ELEKTRONISCHEN OBJEKTEN MIT INTERNET-RESOURCEN	[2002/11]
	English:	METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING COMPUTERS OR LINKING TO INTERNET RESOURCES FROM PHYSICAL AND ELECTRONIC OBJECTS	[2002/11]
	French:	PROCEDES ET SYSTEMES DE CONTROLE D'ORDINATEURS OU DE LIAISON AUX RESSOURCES INTERNET D'OBJETS PHYSIQUES ET ELECTRONIQUES	[2002/11]
Entry into regional phase	17.10.2001	National basic fee paid
	17.10.2001	Search fee paid
	17.10.2001	Designation fee(s) paid
	17.10.2001	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	11.12.2000	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	17.10.2001	Examination requested [2002/11]
	05.11.2001	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	05.04.2005	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	27.06.2005	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	07.12.2007	Application withdrawn by applicant [2008/03]
	07.12.2007	Date of oral proceedings
Divisional application(s)	EP07122522.1 Application deemed to be withdrawn : 08.01.2008
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	14.05.2002	Renewal fee patent year 03
	13.05.2003	Renewal fee patent year 04
	13.05.2004	Renewal fee patent year 05
	12.05.2005	Renewal fee patent year 06
	27.03.2006	Renewal fee patent year 07
	07.05.2007	Renewal fee patent year 08
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Documents cited:	Search	[X]WO9636163 (DIGIMARC CORP [US], et al) [X] 1-20 * abstract * * page 8, lines 20-31 * * page 11, lines 9-20 * * page 48, lines 16-27 * * page 69, line 26 - page 70, line 37 * * page 72, lines 2-18 * * page 100, line 33 - page 101, line 30 *;
		[X]US5761686 (BLOOMBERG DAN S [US]) [X] 1-20 * column A * * column 4, lines 8-62 * * column 5, lines 11-50 * * column 7, lines 6-31 * * column 8, lines 4-63 * * column 9, lines 36-43 * * column 10, lines 58-62 * * column 11, lines 4-12 * * column 17, lines 9-14 *;
		[A]EP0469868 (XEROX CORP [US]) [A] 1-20 * abstract * * column 1, lines 1-36 * * column 4, line 53 - column 5, line 8 * * column 5, line 46 - column 6, line 29 * * column 6, lines 33-53 *;
		[A]EP0581317 (INTERACTIVE HOME SYSTEMS [US]) [A] 1-20 * abstract * * page 2, lines 27-43 * * page 3, lines 6-10 * * page 3, lines 16-34 *
		[X] - GAROFALAKIS J ET AL, "Digital robbery;authors are not unprotected", COMPUTER GRAPHICS INTERNATIONAL, 1998. PROCEEDINGS HANNOVER, GERMANY 22-26 JUNE 1998, LOS ALAMITOS, CA, USA,IEEE COMPUT. SOC, US, (19980622), ISBN 0-8186-8445-3, pages 558 - 563, XP010291474 [X] 1-20 * page 558 - page 559, paragraph 2 * * page 561, column R - page 562, column L * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CGI.1998.694310
		[X] - ZHAO J, "a www service to embed and prove digital copyright watermarks", PROCEEDINGS OF EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS, SERVICES AND TECHNIQUES, LOUVAIN, BELGIUM, (19960528), vol. 2, pages 695 - 709, XP000199921 [X] 1-20 * abstract * * page 696, paragraph 3 - page 699, paragraph 2 * * page 700, paragraph L - page 701 * * page 703, paragraph L - page 706 *
		[A] - BENDER W ET AL, "TECHNIQUES FOR DATA HIDING", IBM SYSTEMS JOURNAL, IBM CORP. ARMONK, NEW YORK, US, (1996), vol. 35, no. 3/4, ISSN 0018-8670, pages 313 - 335, XP000635079 [A] 1-20 * abstract * * page 313 - page 315, column L * * page 322, column R, paragraph 3 - page 323, column R, paragraph 2 *
	International search	[Y]US5761686 (BLOOMBERG DAN S [US]);
		[YP]US6052486 (KNOWLTON KENNETH CHARLES [US], et al);
		[AP]US5930767 (REBER WILLIAM LOUIS [US], et al);
		[A]US5841886 (RHOADS GEOFFREY B [US]);
		[AP]US5926550 (DAVIS DEREK L [US]);
		[A]US5862260 (RHOADS GEOFFREY B [US]);
		[A]US5708717 (ALASIA ALFRED [US]);
		[A]US5168147 (BLOOMBERG DAN S [US]);
		[A]US5278400 (APPEL JAMES J [US])

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