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| EP1337970 - CENTERLINE AND TREE BRANCH SKELETON DETERMINATION FOR VIRTUAL OBJECTS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The application is deemed to be withdrawn Status updated on 10.10.2008 Database last updated on 15.06.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 10.10.2008 | Application deemed to be withdrawn | published on 12.11.2008 [2008/46] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK Office of Technology Licensing, State University of New York at Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 11794 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [2003/35] | For all designated states The Research Foundation of State University of New York Office of Technology Licensing, State University of New York at Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 11794 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
KAUFMAN, Arie, E. 94 Cedar Drive West Plainview, NY 11803 / US | 02 /
LIANG, Zhengrong 28 Houghton Boulevard Stony Brook, NY 11794 / US | 03 /
WAX, Mark, R. 6 East Sanders Street Greenlawn, NY 11740 / US | 04 /
BITTER, Ingmar 1456 Stony Brook Road Stony Brook, NY 11790 / US | 05 /
DACHILLE, Frank, IX 94 Central Avenue Amityville, NY 11701 / US | 06 /
KREEGER, Kevin 115 Randall Avenue Port Jefferson, NY 11777 / US | 07 /
WAN, Ming 649 Chapin Complex Stony Brook, NY 11790 / US | [2003/35] | Representative(s) | Adler, Peter Lippert Stachow Patentanwälte Rechtanwälte Partnerschaft mbB Krenkelstrasse 3 01309 Dresden / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [2003/35] | Adler, Peter, Dipl.-Ing. Patentanwälte Lippert, Stachow, Schmidt & Partner Krenkelstrasse 3 01309 Dresden / DE | Application number, filing date | 01977380.3 | 02.10.2001 | [2003/35] | WO2001US30858 | Priority number, date | US20000237311P | 02.10.2000 Original published format: US 237311 P | [2003/35] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | WO0229717 | Date: | 11.04.2002 | Language: | EN | [2002/15] | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP1337970 | Date: | 27.08.2003 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 11.04.2002 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2003/35] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 15.08.2002 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 22.08.2006 | Classification | IPC: | G06T1/00 | [2003/35] | CPC: |
G06T19/20 (EP,US);
G06T15/08 (EP,US);
G06T15/10 (EP,US);
G06T7/12 (EP,US);
G06T7/62 (EP,US);
G06T7/64 (EP,US);
G06T2200/04 (EP,US);
G06T2207/10072 (EP,US);
G06T2207/20044 (EP,US);
G06T2207/20132 (EP,US);
G06T2207/30028 (EP,US);
G06T2207/30061 (EP,US);
G06T2207/30172 (EP,US);
G06T2210/41 (EP,US);
G06T2219/028 (EP,US);
G06T2219/2012 (EP,US)
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| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, TR [2003/35] | 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: | MITTELLINIEN-UND BAUMVERZWEIGUNGSSKELETTBESTIMMUNG FÜR VIRTUELLE OBJEKTE | [2003/35] | English: | CENTERLINE AND TREE BRANCH SKELETON DETERMINATION FOR VIRTUAL OBJECTS | [2003/35] | French: | CALCUL DE LA LIGNE D'AXE ET DES RAMIFICATIONS DU SQUELETTE POUR DES OBJETS VIRTUELS | [2003/35] | Entry into regional phase | 30.04.2003 | National basic fee paid | 30.04.2003 | Search fee paid | 30.04.2003 | Designation fee(s) paid | 30.04.2003 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 07.05.2002 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 30.04.2003 | Examination requested [2003/35] | 08.05.2007 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 19.11.2007 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 15.01.2008 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 27.05.2008 | Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect [2008/46] | 27.06.2008 | Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time [2008/46] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 23.10.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 25.10.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 27.10.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 27.10.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 29.10.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 07 |
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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 | [XAY]WO9942977 (ALGOTEC SYSTEMS LTD [IL], et al) [X] 1-3,5,6 * page 15, line 27 - page 22, line 31 * * page 24, line 11 - page 26, line 27 * [A] 4,12-14 [Y] 7-9,11; | [Y] - PAIK DAVID S ET AL, "Automated flight path planning for virtual endoscopy", MEDICAL PHYSICS, AIP, MELVILLE, NY, US, (199805), vol. 25, no. 5, ISSN 0094-2405, pages 629 - 637, XP012010458 [Y] 7-9,11 * section IV.F "Multiple paths for branching structures" * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.598244 | [Y] - DONGQING CHEN ET AL, "A tree-branch searching, multiresolution approach to skeletonization for virtual endoscopy", PROCEEDINGS OF THE SPIE, SPIE, BELLINGHAM, VA, US, (20000214), vol. 3979, ISSN 0277-786X, pages 726 - 734, XP002318422 [Y] 7-9,11 * section 2: "Methods" * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.387735 | [X] - HONG L ET AL, "VIRTUAL VOYAGE: INTERACTIVE NAVIGATION IN THE HUMAN COLON", COMPUTER GRAPHICS PROCEEDINGS. SIGGRAPH 97. LOS ANGELES, AUG. 3 - 8, 1997, READING, ADDISON WESLEY, US, (19970803), ISBN 0-201-32220-7, pages 27 - 34, XP000765799 [X] 15,16 * section 3: "Camera Control" * | [XY] - BARTZ D ET AL, "Interactive exploration of extra- and interacranial blood vessels", VISUALIZATION '99. PROCEEDINGS SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA 24-29 OCT. 1999, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA,IEEE, US, (19991024), ISBN 0-7803-5897-X, pages 389 - 547, XP010364979 [X] 15,16 * page 391, column L * [Y] 17-21 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/VISUAL.1999.809912 | [Y] - SUMMERS R M, "COMPUTERS IN RADIOLOGY NAVIGATIONAL AIDS FOR REAL-TIME VIRTUAL BRONCHOSCOPY", AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY, BALTIMORE, MD, US, (199705), vol. 168, no. 5, ISSN 0361-803X, pages 1165 - 1170, XP008054994 [Y] 17-19 * page 1165 - page 1167 * | [Y] - "CYBERSPACE NAVIGATION TECHNIQUES", IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN, IBM CORP. NEW YORK, US, (19940801), vol. 37, no. 8, ISSN 0018-8689, pages 595 - 596, XP000456537 [Y] 17-21 * the whole document * | International search | [X]US5782762 (VINING DAVID J [US]); | [Y]US5920319 (VINING DAVID J [US], et al); | [X]US5971767 (KAUFMAN ARIE E [US], et al) |