EP3252717 - PRESAMPLED PHOTON MAPS FOR MONTE-CARLO VOLUME RENDERINGS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 16.07.2021 Database last updated on 03.09.2024 | |
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Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 03.11.2017 | Most recent event Tooltip | 14.06.2024 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): TR | published on 17.07.2024 [2024/29] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Siemens Healthcare GmbH Henkestraße 127 91052 Erlangen / DE | [2017/49] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
PETKOV, Kaloian 33204 Elm Court Lawrenceville, New Jersey 08648 / US | 02 /
VETTER, Christoph 10 Model Avenue Hopewell, New Jersey 08525 / US | [2017/49] | Representative(s) | Bals & Vogel Patentanwälte PartGmbB Sendlinger Strasse 42A 80331 München / DE | [N/P] |
Former [2017/49] | Patentanwälte Bals & Vogel Sendlinger Strasse 42A 80331 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 17173613.5 | 31.05.2017 | [2017/49] | Priority number, date | US201615172915 | 03.06.2016 Original published format: US201615172915 | [2017/49] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP3252717 | Date: | 06.12.2017 | Language: | EN | [2017/49] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP3252717 | Date: | 09.09.2020 | Language: | EN | [2020/37] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 06.10.2017 | Classification | IPC: | G06T15/08 | [2017/49] | CPC: |
G06T15/08 (EP,US);
G06T15/06 (CN,US);
G06T15/506 (CN);
G06T17/005 (US)
| Designated contracting states | 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 [2018/28] |
Former [2017/49] | 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 | Title | German: | VORABGETASTETE PHOTONENKARTEN FÜR MONTE-CARLO-VOLUMENDARSTELLUNGEN | [2017/49] | English: | PRESAMPLED PHOTON MAPS FOR MONTE-CARLO VOLUME RENDERINGS | [2017/49] | French: | CARTES DE PHOTONS PRÉ-ÉCHANTILLONNÉES POUR DES RENDUS DE VOLUME DE MONTE-CARLO | [2017/49] | Examination procedure | 31.05.2017 | Examination requested [2017/49] | 31.05.2017 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 05.06.2018 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 27.05.2020 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 29.07.2020 | Fee for grant paid | 29.07.2020 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 29.07.2020 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Opposition(s) | 10.06.2021 | No opposition filed within time limit [2021/33] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 17.05.2019 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 19.05.2020 | Renewal fee patent year 04 |
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