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EP About this file: EP3161787

EP3161787 - DETECTING EDGES OF A NUCLEUS USING IMAGE ANALYSIS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  19.04.2019
Database last updated on 24.08.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  11.05.2018
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  03.01.2018
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  31.03.2017
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  30.12.2016
Most recent event   Tooltip26.06.2020Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 29.07.2020  [2020/31]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
1910 E. Innovation Park Drive
Tucson, Arizona 85755 / US
[2018/04]
Former [2017/18]For all designated states
Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
1910 Innovation Park Drive
Tucson, AZ 85755 / US
Inventor(s)01 / CHUKKA, Srinivas
1045 Oak Tree Drive
San Jose, California 95129 / US
02 / CHEFD ́HOTEL, Christophe
604 N. Bayview Avenue
Sunnyvale, California 94085 / US
03 / WANG, Xiuzhong
5303 Elrose Avenue
San Jose, California 95124 / US
 [2017/18]
Representative(s)Richardt Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Wilhelmstraße 7
65185 Wiesbaden / DE
[2017/18]
Application number, filing date15732707.330.06.2015
[2017/18]
WO2015EP64845
Priority number, dateUS201462018848P30.06.2014         Original published format: US 201462018848 P
[2017/18]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2016001223
Date:07.01.2016
Language:EN
[2016/01]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3161787
Date:03.05.2017
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 07.01.2016 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2017/18]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3161787
Date:13.06.2018
Language:EN
[2018/24]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP07.01.2016
ClassificationIPC:G06T7/12, G06T7/13, G06T7/136, G06T7/194
[2017/52]
CPC:
G06T7/12 (EP,US); G06T7/0012 (US); G06T7/13 (EP,US);
G06T7/136 (EP,US); G06T7/194 (EP,US); G06T2207/10024 (EP,US);
G06T2207/10056 (EP,US); G06T2207/20021 (EP,US); G06T2207/20036 (EP,US);
G06T2207/20076 (EP,US); G06T2207/20164 (US); G06T2207/30024 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2017/18]G06T7/00
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 [2017/18]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesMANot yet paid
TitleGerman:DETEKTION VON KANTEN EINES KERNS MITTELS BILDANALYSE[2017/18]
English:DETECTING EDGES OF A NUCLEUS USING IMAGE ANALYSIS[2017/18]
French:SYSTÈME D'ANALYSE D'IMAGE POUR LA DÉTECTION DES BORDS D'UN NOYAU[2017/18]
Entry into regional phase30.01.2017National basic fee paid 
30.01.2017Designation fee(s) paid 
30.01.2017Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure29.12.2016Date on which the examining division has become responsible
30.01.2017Examination requested  [2017/18]
16.06.2017Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
04.01.2018Communication of intention to grant the patent
04.05.2018Fee for grant paid
04.05.2018Fee for publishing/printing paid
04.05.2018Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)EP18170775.3  / EP3389011
Opposition(s)14.03.2019No opposition filed within time limit [2019/21]
Fees paidRenewal fee
08.06.2017Renewal fee patent year 03
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Cited inInternational search[A]  - BAHRAM PARVIN ET AL, "Iterative Voting for Inference of Structural Saliency and Characterization of Subcellular Events", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON IMAGE PROCESSING, IEEE SERVICE CENTER, PISCATAWAY, NJ, US, (20070301), vol. 16, no. 3, doi:10.1109/TIP.2007.891154, ISSN 1057-7149, pages 615 - 623, XP011165360 [A] 1-32 * abstract * * sections "I. Introduction", "III. Approach", "III.A. Initialization of Voting Direction and Magnitude", "VII. Conclusion and Future Work" *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TIP.2007.891154
 [A]  - QING YANG ET AL, "Localization of saliency through iterative voting", PATTERN RECOGNITION, 2004. ICPR 2004. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 17TH INTERNAT IONAL CONFERENCE ON CAMBRIDGE, UK AUG. 23-26, 2004, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA,IEEE, LOS ALAMITOS, CA, USA, (20040823), vol. 1, doi:10.1109/ICPR.2004.1334005, ISBN 978-0-7695-2128-2, pages 63 - 66, XP010724147 [A] 1-32 * abstract * * sections "1 Introduction", "3 Approach", "4 Experimental results" *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICPR.2004.1334005
 [A]  - CHANG ET AL, "Segmentation of heterogeneous blob objects through voting and level set formulation", PATTERN RECOGNITION LETTERS, ELSEVIER, AMSTERDAM, NL, (20070718), vol. 28, no. 13, doi:10.1016/J.PATREC.2007.05.008, ISSN 0167-8655, pages 1781 - 1787, XP022156250 [A] 1-32 * abstract * * sections "1. Introduction", "2.2. Initialization with iterative scalar voting" *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.patrec.2007.05.008
 [A]  - MICHELIN GAEL ET AL, "Embryo cell membranes reconstruction by tensor voting", 2014 IEEE 11TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BIOMEDICAL IMAGING (ISBI), IEEE, (20140429), doi:10.1109/ISBI.2014.6868105, pages 1259 - 1262, XP032779063 [A] 1-32 * abstract * * section "3.1. Structural Representation" *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISBI.2014.6868105
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