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EP0521209
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| EP0521209 - Graphics processing method, apparatus and computer program [Right-click to bookmark this link] | |||
| Former [1993/01] | Graphics processing method and apparatus | ||
| [1999/25] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 29.12.2000 Database last updated on 15.06.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 03.05.2002 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): ES | published on 19.06.2002 [2002/25] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states International Business Machines Corporation New Orchard Road Armonk, NY 10504 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1993/01] | For all designated states International Business Machines Corporation Old Orchard Road Armonk, N.Y. 10504 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Herrod, John Andrew 38 Scantabout Avenue Eastleigh, Hampshire S05 2BU / GB | [1993/01] | Representative(s) | Bailey, Geoffrey Alan, et al IBM United Kingdom Limited Intellectual Property Department Hursley Park Winchester Hampshire SO21 2JN / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1993/01] | Bailey, Geoffrey Alan, et al IBM United Kingdom Limited Intellectual Property Department Hursley Park Winchester Hampshire SO21 2JN / GB | Application number, filing date | 91306143.8 | 05.07.1991 | [1993/01] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0521209 | Date: | 07.01.1993 | Language: | EN | [1993/01] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0521209 | Date: | 01.03.2000 | Language: | EN | [2000/09] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 20.03.1992 | Classification | IPC: | G06T15/10 | [1999/25] | CPC: |
G06T15/30 (EP,US)
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| Former IPC [1993/01] | G06F15/72 | Designated contracting states | BE, CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL, SE [1993/01] | Title | German: | Graphisches Verarbeitungsgerät, -verfahren und -computerprogram | [1999/25] | English: | Graphics processing method, apparatus and computer program | [1999/25] | French: | Appareil, méthode et programme d'ordinateur de traitement graphique | [1999/25] |
| Former [1993/01] | Graphisches Verarbeitungsgerät und -verfahren | ||
| Former [1993/01] | Graphics processing method and apparatus | ||
| Former [1993/01] | Appareil et méthode de traitement graphique | Examination procedure | 19.05.1993 | Examination requested [1993/28] | 02.12.1996 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 02.05.1997 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 08.12.1997 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 14.02.1998 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 28.05.1999 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 27.08.1999 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 07.09.1999 | Fee for grant paid | 07.09.1999 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 02.12.2000 | No opposition filed within time limit [2001/07] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 16.07.1993 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 18.07.1994 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 14.07.1995 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 22.07.1996 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 16.07.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 17.07.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 20.07.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 09 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | ES | 01.03.2000 | SE | 01.03.2000 | BE | 31.07.2000 | [2002/25] |
| Former [2002/23] | SE | 01.03.2000 | |
| BE | 31.07.2000 | ||
| Former [2002/02] | BE | 31.07.2000 | Documents cited: | Search | [A]US4698779 (HOLDEN IAN [GB], et al); | [A]EP0416421 (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD [JP]) | [A] - COMPUTER VISION GRAPHICS AND IMAGE PROCESSING. vol. 25, no. 3, March 1984, NEW YORK US pages 383 - 392; VAN WIJK: 'CLIPPING TO THE BOUNDARY OF A CIRCULAR-ARC POLYGON' |