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EP2517154 - METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SAMPLE IMAGE INDEX CREATION AND IMAGE FILTERING AND SEARCH [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  25.08.2017
Database last updated on 12.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip04.03.2024New entry: Reply to examination report 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Alibaba Group Holding Limited
Fourth Floor, One Capital Place P.O. Box 847
Grand Cayman / KY
[2012/44]
Inventor(s)01 / DUAN, Manni
c/o Alibaba Group Legal Department
10/F, Building A the West Lake International Plaza of S&T
No.391 Wen'er Road
Hangzhou 310013 / CN
02 / WEN, Xinci
c/o Alibaba Group Legal Department
10/F, Building A the West Lake International Plaza of S&T
No.391 Wen'er Road
Hangzhou 310013 / CN
03 / FENG, Xurui
c/o Alibaba Group Legal Department
10/F Building A the West Lake
International Plaza of S&T
No.391 Wen'er Road
Hangzhou 310013 / CN
 [2013/02]
Former [2012/48]01 / DUAN, Manni
c/o Alibaba Group Legal Department
10/F, Building A the West Lake International Plaza of S&T
No.391 Wen'er Road
Hangzhou 310013 / CN
02 / WEN, Xinci
c/o Alibaba Group Legal Department
10/F, Building A the West Lake International Plaza of S&T
No.391 Wen'er Road
Hangzhou 310013 / CN
03 / FENG, Xurui
c/o Alibaba Group Legal Department
10/F Building A the West Lake
International Plaza of S&T
No.391 Wen'er Road
Hangzhou 310013 / CN
Former [2012/44]01 / DUAN, Manni
c/o Alibaba Group Legal Department
10/F Building A the West Lake
International Plaza of S&T
No.391 Wen'er Road
Hangzhou 310013 / CN
02 / WEN, Xinci
c/o Alibaba Group Legal Department
10/F Building A the West Lake
International Plaza of S&T
No.391 Wen'er Road
Hangzhou 310013 / CN
03 / FENG, Xurui
c/o Alibaba Group Legal Department
10/F Building A the West Lake
International Plaza of S&T
No.391 Wen'er Road
Hangzhou 310013 / CN
Representative(s)Marks & Clerk LLP
15 Fetter Lane
London EC4A 1BW / GB
[N/P]
Former [2012/44]Fraser, Karen
Marks & Clerk LLP
90 Long Acre
London WC2E 9RA / GB
Application number, filing date10839953.628.10.2010
WO2010US54493
Priority number, dateCN20091026017524.12.2009         Original published format: CN200910260175
[2012/44]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2011078911
Date:30.06.2011
Language:EN
[2011/26]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2517154
Date:31.10.2012
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 30.06.2011 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2012/44]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US30.06.2011
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP13.02.2015
ClassificationIPC:G06K9/62, G06K9/46
[2015/11]
CPC:
G06F16/5838 (EP,US); G06V10/464 (EP,US); G06V20/10 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2012/44]G06K9/62
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2012/44]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN UND SYSTEM ZUR ERSTELLUNG EINES PROBENBILDINDEX SOWIE ZUR BILDFILTERUNG UND -SUCHE[2012/44]
English:METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SAMPLE IMAGE INDEX CREATION AND IMAGE FILTERING AND SEARCH[2012/44]
French:PROCÉDÉ ET SYSTÈME POUR CRÉER UN INDEX D'IMAGES SPÉCIMENS, ET POUR FILTRER ET RECHERCHER UNE IMAGE[2012/44]
Entry into regional phase25.06.2012National basic fee paid 
25.06.2012Search fee paid 
25.06.2012Designation fee(s) paid 
25.06.2012Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure25.06.2012Examination requested  [2012/44]
14.09.2015Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
24.08.2017Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
02.01.2018Reply to a communication from the examining division
29.07.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
03.12.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
06.05.2022Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
16.09.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
26.10.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
04.03.2024Reply to a communication from the examining division
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  24.08.2017
Fees paidRenewal fee
11.10.2012Renewal fee patent year 03
14.10.2013Renewal fee patent year 04
14.10.2014Renewal fee patent year 05
12.10.2015Renewal fee patent year 06
11.10.2016Renewal fee patent year 07
11.10.2017Renewal fee patent year 08
29.10.2018Renewal fee patent year 09
15.10.2019Renewal fee patent year 10
14.10.2020Renewal fee patent year 11
18.10.2021Renewal fee patent year 12
13.10.2022Renewal fee patent year 13
11.10.2023Renewal fee patent year 14
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Documents cited:Search[A]US2003012428  (SYEDA-MAHMOOD TANVEER FATHIMA [US]);
 [A]EP1993064  (CANON KK [JP]);
International search[Y]US6321232  (SYEDA-MAHMOOD TANVEER F [US]);
 [A]US2002122587  (LIM CHOI YANG [KR], et al);
 [A]US6564225  (BROGLIATTI BARBARA SPENCER [US], et al);
 [X]US6792164  (SYEDA-MAHMOOD TANVEER FATHIMA [US]);
 [A]US2006088207  (SCHNEIDERMAN HENRY [US]);
 [Y]US2007214172  (NISTER DAVID [US], et al)
by applicantUS2003012428
 EP1993064
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1290082.1290111
    - PAUL SCOVANNER et al., "A 3-dimensional sift descriptor and its application to action recognition", PROCEEDINGS OF THE 15, (20070101), doi:10.1145/1291233.1291311, page 357, XP055166027

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1291233.1291311
    - ZHE-MING LU et al., "Digital image watermarking method based on vector quantization with labeled codewords", IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON, (20031201), vol. E86-D, no. 12, pages 2786 - 2789, XP002735584
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