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EP About this file: EP3867775

EP3867775 - AUTOMATED IMAGE RETRIEVAL WITH IMAGE GRAPH [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  23.01.2026
Database last updated on 21.03.2026
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  14.02.2025
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  24.10.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  28.04.2023
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  23.07.2021
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  30.05.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip23.01.2026No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 25.02.2026  [2026/09]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
The Toronto-Dominion Bank
66 Wellington Street West
TD Tower 15th Floor
Ontario M5K 1A2 / CA
[2021/34]
Inventor(s)01 / VOLKOVS, Maksims
66 Wellington St. W., 15th Floor
Toronto, Ontario M5K 1A2 / CA
02 / CHANG, Cheng
66 Wellington Street West, 15th Floor
Toronto, Ontario M5K 1A2 / CA
03 / YU, Guangwei
66 Wellington Street West, 15th Floor
Toronto, Ontario M5K 1A2 / CA
04 / LIU, Chundi
66 Wellington Street West, 15th Floor
Toronto, Ontario M5K 1A2 / CA
 [2021/34]
Representative(s)Boult Wade Tennant LLP
Salisbury Square House
8 Salisbury Square
London EC4Y 8AP / GB
[2021/34]
Application number, filing date19886753.307.10.2019
[2021/34]
WO2019CA51432
Priority number, dateUS201862770159P20.11.2018         Original published format: US 201862770159 P
US20191659200603.10.2019         Original published format: US201916592006
[2021/34]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2020102881
Date:28.05.2020
Language:EN
[2020/22]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3867775
Date:25.08.2021
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 28.05.2020 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2021/34]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3867775
Date:19.03.2025
Language:EN
[2025/12]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:CA28.05.2020
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP16.12.2021
ClassificationIPC:G06F16/583, G06F18/20, G06V10/75, G06V10/764, G06V10/84
[2024/45]
CPC:
G06F16/583 (EP,US); G06F16/5866 (US); G06F16/9024 (US);
G06F16/9032 (US); G06F16/90348 (US); G06F18/29 (EP);
G06V10/751 (EP,US); G06V10/764 (EP,US); G06V10/84 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2022/03]G06F16/583, G06K9/62
Former IPC [2021/34]G06F16/53, G06F16/51
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 [2021/34]  
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:AUTOMATISCHER BILDABRUF MIT BILDGRAPH[2021/34]
English:AUTOMATED IMAGE RETRIEVAL WITH IMAGE GRAPH[2021/34]
French:RÉCUPÉRATION AUTOMATISÉE D'IMAGES AVEC GRAPHE D'IMAGES[2021/34]
Entry into regional phase21.05.2021National basic fee paid 
21.05.2021Search fee paid 
21.05.2021Designation fee(s) paid 
21.05.2021Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure21.05.2021Examination requested  [2021/34]
05.04.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
03.05.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
16.10.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
30.09.2024Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 07.10.2024
07.10.2024Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
25.10.2024Communication of intention to grant the patent
11.02.2025Fee for grant paid
11.02.2025Fee for publishing/printing paid
11.02.2025Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)22.12.2025No opposition filed within time limit [2026/09]
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.10.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
17.10.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
17.10.2023Renewal fee patent year 05
17.10.2024Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipCZ19.03.2025
ES19.03.2025
HR19.03.2025
PL19.03.2025
SK19.03.2025
SM19.03.2025
NO19.06.2025
RS19.06.2025
GR20.06.2025
IS19.07.2025
[2025/49]
Former [2025/48]CZ19.03.2025
ES19.03.2025
HR19.03.2025
PL19.03.2025
SM19.03.2025
NO19.06.2025
RS19.06.2025
GR20.06.2025
Former [2025/47]ES19.03.2025
HR19.03.2025
PL19.03.2025
SM19.03.2025
NO19.06.2025
RS19.06.2025
GR20.06.2025
Former [2025/46]ES19.03.2025
HR19.03.2025
SM19.03.2025
NO19.06.2025
RS19.06.2025
GR20.06.2025
Former [2025/35]HR19.03.2025
NO19.06.2025
RS19.06.2025
GR20.06.2025
Former [2025/34]HR19.03.2025
NO19.06.2025
RS19.06.2025
Former [2025/33]RS19.06.2025
Documents cited:Search[XI] US2013230255  (WANG JINGDONG et al.) [X] 1-7,9,10 * the whole document *[I] 8
 [A]   DANFENG QIN ET AL: "Hello neighbor: Accurate object retrieval with k-reciprocal nearest neighbors", COMPUTER VISION AND PATTERN RECOGNITION (CVPR), 2011 IEEE CONFERENCE ON, IEEE, 20 June 2011 (2011-06-20), pages 777 - 784, XP032037875, ISBN: 978-1-4577-0394-2, DOI: 10.1109/CVPR.2011.5995373 [A] 1-10 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CVPR.2011.5995373
International search[A] US2017372162  (WANG QIAOSONG et al.) [A] * /* Whole Document */ *
 [A] CN106776896  (DONG QIANG et al.) [A] * /* Whole Document */ *
 [A] CN106557728  (CANON KK et al.) [A] * /* Whole Document */ *
 [A]   GORDO ET AL.: "Deep Image Retrieval: Learning global representations for image search", COMPUTER VISION GROUP, 28 July 2016 (2016-07-28), pages 1 - 21, XP047355301, Retrieved from the Internet [retrieved on 20191120] [A]

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46466-4_15
Examination  JIAN XU ET AL: "Iterative Manifold Embedding Layer Learned by Incomplete Data for Large-scale Image Retrieval", ARXIV.ORG, CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, 201 OLIN LIBRARY CORNELL UNIVERSITY ITHACA, NY 14853, 14 July 2017 (2017-07-14), XP081406897 [I] 8
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