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EP About this file: EP2728549

EP2728549 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  18.10.2019
Database last updated on 11.04.2026
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  09.11.2018
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  08.07.2018
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  13.01.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip01.07.2022Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 03.08.2022  [2022/31]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome Ohta-ku
Tokyo 146-8501 / JP
[2014/19]
Inventor(s)01 / Iwase, Yoshihiko
c/o CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome
Ohta-ku, Tokyo / JP
02 / Sato, Makoto
c/o CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome
Ohta-ku, Tokyo / JP
 [2014/19]
Representative(s)Hitching, Peter Matthew, et al
Canon Europe Ltd
European Patent Department
3 The Square
Stockley Park
Uxbridge Middlesex UB11 1ET / GB
[2018/50]
Former [2014/19]Derham, Cassandra Virginie
Canon Europe Ltd European Patent Department 3 The Square Stockley Park
Uxbridge, Middlesex UB11 1ET / GB
Application number, filing date13190930.130.10.2013
[2014/19]
Priority number, dateJP2012023927330.10.2012         Original published format: JP 2012239273
JP2013015918031.07.2013         Original published format: JP 2013159180
[2014/19]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2728549
Date:07.05.2014
Language:EN
[2014/19]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2728549
Date:12.12.2018
Language:EN
[2018/50]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP26.02.2014
ClassificationIPC:G06T7/00, A61B3/10, G01B9/02
[2014/19]
CPC:
A61B5/0033 (EP,US); A61B3/102 (EP,US); A61B5/0073 (US);
G01B9/02028 (EP,US); G01B9/0203 (EP,US); G01B9/02068 (EP,US);
G01B9/02087 (EP,US); G01B9/02091 (EP,US); G06T7/11 (EP,US);
G06T7/194 (EP,US); G01B2290/70 (EP,US); G06T2207/10101 (EP,US);
G06T2207/30041 (EP,US) (-)
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 [2018/50]
Former [2014/19]AL,  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 
TitleGerman:Bildverarbeitungsvorrichtung und Bildverarbeitungsverfahren[2014/19]
English:Image processing apparatus and image processing method[2014/19]
French:Appareil et procédé de traitement d'images[2014/19]
Examination procedure06.11.2014Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
07.11.2014Examination requested  [2014/51]
13.01.2017Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
15.05.2017Reply to a communication from the examining division
09.07.2018Communication of intention to grant the patent
18.10.2018Fee for grant paid
18.10.2018Fee for publishing/printing paid
18.10.2018Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
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  13.01.2017
Opposition(s)13.09.2019No opposition filed within time limit [2019/47]
Fees paidRenewal fee
02.11.2015Renewal fee patent year 03
31.10.2016Renewal fee patent year 04
02.11.2017Renewal fee patent year 05
31.10.2018Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU30.10.2013
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 [XP] EP2574273  (NIDEK KK et al.)
 [XP] US2007115481  (TOTH CYNTHIA A et al.) [XP] 1,4,8,9,12,16,17 * claim 9 *
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