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EP2008202 - NATURAL LANGUAGE WATERMARKING [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  01.03.2013
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip01.03.2013Refusal of applicationpublished on 03.04.2013  [2013/14]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
AT&T Corporation
32 Avenue of the Americas
New York NY 10013-2412 / US
For all designated states
Purdue Research Foundation
3000 Kent Avenue, B-101
West Lafayette, IN 47906 / US
[2009/18]
Former [2009/01]For all designated states
AT&T Corporation
32 Avenue of the Americas
New York NY 10013-2412 / US
Inventor(s)01 / ATALLAH, Mike
3400 Elkhart Street
West Lafayette, IN 47906 / US
02 / BANGALORE, Srinivas
65 Old Glen Road
Morristown, NJ 07960 / US
03 / HAKKANI-TUR, Dilek Z.
20554 Crow Creek Road
Castro Valey, CA 94552 / US
04 / RICCARDI, Giuseppe
929 Garden Street, Apt.1l
Hoboken, NJ 07030 / US
05 / TOPKARA, Mercan
2435 Kestral Blvd., Apt. D
West Lafayette, IN 47906 / US
06 / TOPKARA, Umut
2435 Kestral Blvd., Apt. D
West Lafayette, IN 47906 / US
 [2009/01]
Representative(s)Asquith, Julian Peter
Marks & Clerk LLP
2nd Floor, Wytham Court
11 West Way
Oxford OX2 0JB / GB
[N/P]
Former [2009/01]Asquith, Julian Peter
Marks & Clerk 4220 Nash Court Oxford Business Park South Oxford
Oxfordshire OX4 2RU / GB
Application number, filing date07775502.313.04.2007
[2009/01]
WO2007US09280
Priority number, dateUS2006027983514.04.2006         Original published format: US 279835
[2009/01]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO2007120889
Date:25.10.2007
Language:EN
[2007/43]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP2008202
Date:31.12.2008
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 25.10.2007 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2009/01]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP03.04.2008
ClassificationIPC:G06F17/27
[2009/01]
CPC:
G06F40/211 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [2009/27]
Former [2009/01]AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  LV,  MC,  MT,  NL,  PL,  PT,  RO,  SE,  SI,  SK,  TR 
Extension statesALNot yet paid
BANot yet paid
HRNot yet paid
MKNot yet paid
RSNot yet paid
TitleGerman:WASSERZEICHEN NATÜRLICHER SPRACHEN[2009/01]
English:NATURAL LANGUAGE WATERMARKING[2009/01]
French:FILIGRANAGE DE LANGAGE NATUREL[2009/01]
Entry into regional phase21.10.2008National basic fee paid 
21.10.2008Designation fee(s) paid 
21.10.2008Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure21.10.2008Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
21.10.2008Examination requested  [2009/01]
18.11.2008Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
09.02.2009Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
18.02.2009Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, ES, FI, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
04.07.2009Reply to a communication from the examining division
05.11.2012Application refused, date of legal effect [2013/14]
05.11.2012Date of oral proceedings
12.11.2012Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
14.11.2012Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2013/14]
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 is  09.02.2009
Fees paidRenewal fee
07.04.2009Renewal fee patent year 03
15.03.2010Renewal fee patent year 04
06.04.2011Renewal fee patent year 05
21.03.2012Renewal fee patent year 06
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Cited inInternational search[X]  - MERCAN TOPKARA, GIUSEPPE RICCARDI, DILEK HAKKANI-TÜR, MIKHAIL ATALLAH, "Natural language watermarking: challenges in building a practical system", PROCEEDINGS OF THE SPIE, SECURITY, STEGANOGRAPHY, AND WATERMARKING OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENTS VIII, (20060215), vol. 6072, XP002467639 [X] 1-22 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.643560
 [X]  - YULING LIU ET AL, "A Natural Language Watermarking Based on Chinese Syntax", ADVANCES IN NATURAL COMPUTATION LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE;;LNCS, SPRINGER-VERLAG, BE, (2005), vol. 3612, ISBN 3-540-28320-X, pages 958 - 961, XP019014419 [X] 1-22 * abstract * * page 959, line 22 - page 961, line LAST *
 [X]  - ATALLAH AND AL., "Natural Language Watermarking: Design, Analysis, and a Proof-of-Concept Implementation", LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, (2001), vol. 2137, pages 185 - 200, XP002467640 [X] 1-22 * abstract * * page 188, line 18 - page 193, line 19 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45496-9_14
 [X]  - XINGMING SUN, ALEX JESSEY ASIIMWE, "Noun-Verb Based Technique of Text Watermarking Using Recursive Decent Semantic Net", LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, (2005), vol. 3612, pages 968 - 971, XP002467641 [X] 1-22 * abstract * * page 969, line 19 - page 971, line LAST *
 [A]  - ATALLAH & AL., Natural Language Watermarking and Tamperproofing, 5TH INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION HIDING WORKSHOP, (2002), XP002467642 [A] 1-22 * abstract * * page 6, line 1 - page 8, line 10 *
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