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EP About this file: EP3704626

EP3704626 - SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTICAL MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION OF WASTE MATERIALS USING MACHINE LEARNING [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  14.04.2022
Database last updated on 13.09.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  07.08.2020
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  11.05.2019
Formerunknown
Status updated on  01.12.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip24.01.2024New entry: Reply to examination report 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Amp Robotics Corporation
1500 Cherry St. Suite A
Louisville, Colorado 80027 / US
[2020/37]
Inventor(s)01 / HOROWITZ, Matanya B.
c/o AMP Robotics Corporation
1500 Cherry St. Suite A
Louisvile Colorado 80027 / US
02 / BAILEY, James A.
c/o AMP Robotics Corporation
1500 Cherry St. Suite A
Louisville Colorado 80027 / US
 [2020/37]
Representative(s)McKinnon, Alistair James
WP Thompson
138 Fetter Lane
London EC4A 1BT / GB
[N/P]
Former [2020/37]Houghton, Mark Phillip
Patent Outsourcing Limited 1 King Street
Bakewell, Derbyshire DE45 1DZ / GB
Application number, filing date18804805.231.10.2018
[2020/37]
WO2018US58552
Priority number, dateUS201762580720P02.11.2017         Original published format: US 201762580720 P
[2020/37]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2019089825
Date:09.05.2019
Language:EN
[2019/19]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3704626
Date:09.09.2020
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 09.05.2019 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2020/37]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP09.05.2019
ClassificationIPC:G06K9/00, G06K9/62
[2020/37]
CPC:
G06V10/82 (EP,US); G06F18/41 (US); G06T7/0008 (US);
G06T7/70 (US); G06V10/7788 (EP,US); G06V20/52 (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 [2020/37]
TitleGerman:SYSTEME UND VERFAHREN ZUR OPTISCHEN MATERIALCHARAKTERISIERUNG VON ABFALLMATERIALIEN MITHILFE VON MASCHINENLERNEN[2020/37]
English:SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTICAL MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION OF WASTE MATERIALS USING MACHINE LEARNING[2020/37]
French:SYSTÈMES ET PROCÉDÉS POUR CARACTÉRISATION MATÉRIELLE OPTIQUE DE DÉCHETS PAR APPRENTISSAGE AUTOMATIQUE[2020/37]
Entry into regional phase22.05.2020National basic fee paid 
22.05.2020Designation fee(s) paid 
22.05.2020Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure22.05.2020Examination requested  [2020/37]
22.05.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
03.12.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
13.04.2022Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
25.07.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
29.09.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
23.01.2024Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
24.09.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
20.10.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
21.10.2022Renewal fee patent year 05
19.10.2023Renewal fee patent year 06
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Cited inInternational search[A]US7449655  (COWLING DONALD [GB], et al) [A] 1-3,8-21,26,30-34,38-42 * the whole document *;
 [A]WO2014179667  (ECOWASTEHUB CORP [US]) [A] 1-3,8-21,26,30-34,38-42* the whole document *;
 [XI]  - Dr Tuomas ET AL, "ZenRobotics Recycler - Robotic Sorting using Machine Learning", (20140313), URL: https://users.ics.aalto.fi/praiko/papers/SBS14.pdf, (20190204), XP055551303 [X] 1,2,8-17,19,26,30-34,38-40,42 * abstract * * page 3, paragraph 1; figures 1,2 * * page 4, paragraph 1 - paragraph 3; figure 3 * * page 6 * [I] 3,18,20,21,41
 [T]  - SATHISH PAULRAJ GUNDUPALLI ET AL, "A review on automated sorting of source-separated municipal solid waste for recycling", WASTE MANAGEMENT., US, (20160920), vol. 60, doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2016.09.015, ISSN 0956-053X, pages 56 - 74, XP055551300 [T] * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2016.09.015
by applicant   - HUANG et al., "Speed/accuracy trade-offs for modem convolutional object detectors", The IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), (20170000), pages 7310 - 7311
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