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EP2919451 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  20.11.2020
Database last updated on 29.07.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  13.12.2019
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  05.08.2019
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  27.07.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip29.07.2022Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): FR		published on 31.08.2022  [2022/35]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome Ohta-ku
Tokyo 146-8501 / JP
[2015/38]
Inventor(s)01 / Hashizume, Asako
c/o CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome
Ohta-ku, Tokyo / JP
 [2015/38]
Representative(s)Canon Europe Limited
European Intellectual Property Group
4 Roundwood Avenue
Stockley Park
Uxbridge UB11 1AF / GB
[N/P]
Former [2015/38]Foxon, Rachel Siobhan
Canon Europe Ltd European Patent Department 3 The Square Stockley Park
Uxbridge, Middlesex UB11 1ET / GB
Application number, filing date15158289.709.03.2015
[2015/38]
Priority number, dateJP2014004675510.03.2014         Original published format: JP 2014046755
[2015/38]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP2919451
Date:16.09.2015
Language:EN
[2015/38]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP2919451
Date:30.09.2015
[2015/40]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2919451
Date:15.01.2020
Language:EN
[2020/03]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP02.09.2015
ClassificationIPC:H04N1/40, G06F3/12
[2015/40]
CPC:
H04N1/40 (EP,US); G06F3/1219 (KR,US); G06K15/005 (US);
G06K15/1822 (US); G06K15/1843 (US); G06K15/407 (US);
H04N1/40062 (EP,US); H04N1/4092 (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 [2016/19]
Former [2015/38]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, BILDVERARBEITUNGSVERFAHREN UND PROGRAMM[2015/38]
English:Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program[2015/38]
French:APPAREIL, PROCÉDÉ DE TRAITEMENT D'IMAGE ET PROGRAMME[2015/38]
Examination procedure30.03.2016Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
30.03.2016Examination requested  [2016/19]
27.07.2018Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
25.01.2019Reply to a communication from the examining division
06.08.2019Communication of intention to grant the patent
03.12.2019Fee for grant paid
03.12.2019Fee for publishing/printing paid
03.12.2019Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)16.10.2020No opposition filed within time limit [2020/52]
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.03.2017Renewal fee patent year 03
03.04.2018Renewal fee patent year 04
01.04.2019Renewal fee patent year 05
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