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EP About this file: EP3598391

EP3598391 - VARIABLE RESOLUTION RENDERING [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  12.07.2024
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  04.08.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  13.03.2023
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  26.11.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  22.05.2020
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  20.12.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip02.08.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): SI		published on 04.09.2024  [2024/36]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Huawei Administration Building
Bantian
Longgang District
Shenzhen, Guangdong 518129 / CN
[2023/15]
Former [2020/04]For all designated states
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Huawei Administration Building
Bantian
Longgang District
Shenzhen, Guangdong 518129 / CN
Inventor(s)01 / LIU, Baoquan
c/o Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH
Riesstr. 25
80992 Munich / DE
02 / LI, Juntao
c/o Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH
Riesstr. 25
80992 Munich / DE
 [2020/04]
Representative(s)Pfenning, Meinig & Partner mbB
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte
Theresienhöhe 11a
80339 München / DE
[2023/36]
Former [2020/04]Pfenning, Meinig & Partner mbB
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte
Joachimsthaler Straße 10-12
10719 Berlin / DE
Application number, filing date18183598.416.07.2018
[2020/04]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3598391
Date:22.01.2020
Language:EN
[2020/04]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3598391
Date:06.09.2023
Language:EN
[2023/36]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP08.01.2019
ClassificationIPC:G06T11/40, G06T15/00
[2020/04]
CPC:
G06T11/40 (EP); G06T15/005 (EP)
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 [2020/26]
Former [2020/04]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:RENDERING MIT VARIABLER AUFLÖSUNG[2020/04]
English:VARIABLE RESOLUTION RENDERING[2020/04]
French:RENDU À RÉSOLUTION VARIABLE[2020/04]
Examination procedure14.05.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
14.05.2020Examination requested  [2020/26]
14.05.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
26.11.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
08.02.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
14.03.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
16.06.2023Fee for grant paid
16.06.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
16.06.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)07.06.2024No opposition filed within time limit [2024/33]
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.07.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
30.07.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
27.07.2022Renewal fee patent year 05
28.07.2023Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT06.09.2023
CZ06.09.2023
DK06.09.2023
EE06.09.2023
ES06.09.2023
FI06.09.2023
HR06.09.2023
IT06.09.2023
LT06.09.2023
LV06.09.2023
NL06.09.2023
PL06.09.2023
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RS06.09.2023
SE06.09.2023
SI06.09.2023
SK06.09.2023
SM06.09.2023
NO06.12.2023
GR07.12.2023
IS06.01.2024
PT08.01.2024
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NO06.12.2023
GR07.12.2023
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PT08.01.2024
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Documents cited:Search[XY]US2018182066  (SALEH SKYLER JONATHON [US], et al) [X] 1,3-8,10-15 * abstract * * paragraphs [0003] , [0014] - [0016] - [0018] - [0020] - [0038] - [0040] - [0136] - [0142] - [0151] * [Y] 2,9;
 [YA]  - Karthik Vaidyanathan ET AL, "Coarse Pixel Shading", High Performance Graphics, doi:10.2312/hpg.20141089, (201401), pages 1 - 10, URL: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.674.1958&rep=rep1&type=pdf, (20181220), XP055537095 [Y] 2,9 * abstract * * page 2, column 2, paragraphs 4,5 * * page 5, column 2, paragraphs 3-6 * * sections 6.4, 6.5; page 6 * * section "Color Compression"; page 7, column 1 * [A] 1,3-8,10-15

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.2312/hpg.20141089
 [YA]  - DANIEL POHL ET AL, "Improved pre-warping for wide angle, head mounted displays", THE 19TH ACM SYMPOSIUM ON VIRTUAL REALITY SOFTWARE AND TECHNOLOGY, VRST'13; SINGAPORE; OCTOBER 6-9, 2013, New York, NY, USA, (201301), doi:10.1145/2503713.2503752, ISBN 978-1-4503-2379-6, page 259, XP055237173 [Y] 2,9 * abstract * * section 3.; pages 259,260 * [A] 1,8,15

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2503713.2503752
 [AD]  - BRIAN GUENTER ET AL, "Foveated 3D graphics", ACM TRANSACTIONS ON GRAPHICS, (201211), vol. 31, no. 6, doi:10.1145/2366145.2366183, ISSN 0730-0301, page 1, XP055199808 [AD] 1-15 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2366145.2366183
by applicant   - GUENTER, B.; FINCH, M.; DRUCKER, S.; TAN, D.; SNYDER, J., "Foveated 3D graphics", ACM Transactions on Graphics, (20120000), vol. 6, no. 164, pages 1 - 164
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