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EP About this file: EP3999946

EP3999946 - IMAGE TRANSFORMATION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  03.05.2024
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  22.04.2022
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  12.02.2021
Formerunknown
Status updated on  23.08.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip03.09.2024New entry: Reply to examination report 
03.09.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Huawei Administration Building
Bantian
Longgang District
Shenzhen
Guangdong 518129 / CN
[2022/21]
Inventor(s)01 / KOMARCEVIC, Milos
c/o Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH Riesstr.
25
80992 Munich / DE
02 / BUSCH, Stephen
Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH Riesstr. 25
80992 Munich / DE
03 / AN, Thanh Than
Campus SophiaTech 450 Route des Chappes
06410 Biot / FR
04 / FILIPPONE, Maurizio
Campus SophiaTech 450 Route des Chappes
06410 Biot / FR
05 / MEEHAN, Joseph
c/o Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH Riesstr.
25
80992 Munich / DE
 [2022/21]
Representative(s)Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB
Leopoldstraße 4
80802 München / DE
[2022/21]
Application number, filing date19753007.406.08.2019
[2022/21]
WO2019EP71123
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021023378
Date:11.02.2021
Language:EN
[2021/06]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3999946
Date:25.05.2022
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 11.02.2021 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2022/21]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP11.02.2021
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP06.05.2024
ClassificationIPC:G06F3/0484, G06T11/60
[2022/21]
CPC:
G06T11/60 (EP); H04N23/631 (EP); G06T2200/24 (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 [2022/21]
TitleGerman:BILDUMWANDLUNG[2022/21]
English:IMAGE TRANSFORMATION[2022/21]
French:TRANSFORMATION D'IMAGE[2022/21]
Entry into regional phase18.02.2022National basic fee paid 
18.02.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
18.02.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure18.02.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
18.02.2022Examination requested  [2022/21]
18.02.2022Date on which the examining division has become responsible
06.05.2024Despatch of a communication from the examining division to which search results under Rule 164(2) EPC are annexed (Time limit: M04) [2024/23]
06.05.2024Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
03.09.2024Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
18.02.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
25.08.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
30.08.2023Renewal fee patent year 05
02.09.2024Renewal fee patent year 06
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Cited inInternational search[A]WO2004086293  (NIK MULTIMEDIA INC [US], et al) [A] 1-6,8-11 * page 1, line 8 - page 5, line 4 * * figures 1-6 *;
 [X]US2012020568  (KOGANE TAKAYUKI [JP]) [X] 1 * abstract * * paragraphs [0045] - [0046] - [0054] *;
 [XI]US2019174057  (MATSUNAGA MAKI [JP], et al) [X] 1-5,9-11 * abstract * * paragraphs [0029] , [0034] - [0041] - [0 68] * * pages 1-5 * [I] 6,8;
 [A]  - ADOBE, "Adobe Photoshop 6.0 User Guide; Photoshop Basics, Chapter 2: Getting Images into Photoshop and ImageReady", INTERNET CITATION, (20000101), pages 1 - 2, 9, URL: http://kfrserver.natur.cuni.cz/obecne/soubory/PhotoShop6/UserGuide.pdf, (20110824), XP002657457 [A] 1-6,8-11 * the whole document *
 [A]  - "PhotoImpact 10 User Guide", PhotoImpact 10 User Guide, Ulead Systems Inc., (20040801), pages 1 - 366, XP055057026 [A] 1-6,8-11 * abstract * * pages 125-126 *
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