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EP About this file: EP0684584

EP0684584 - Objective-based color selection system [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  07.09.2001
Database last updated on 24.04.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip04.01.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 06.02.2008  [2008/06]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Canon Information Systems, Inc.
3188 Pullman Street
Costa Mesa, CA 92626 / US
[2000/44]
Former [1995/48]For all designated states
CANON INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.
3188 Pullman Street
Costa Mesa, CA 92626 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Haikin, John S.
804 Bedford Street
Fremont, California 94539 / US
[1995/48]
Representative(s)Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis, et al
Beresford Crump LLP
16 High Holborn
London WC1V 6BX / GB
[N/P]
Former [1995/48]Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis, et al
BERESFORD & Co. 2-5 Warwick Court High Holborn
London WC1R 5DJ / GB
Application number, filing date95302176.331.03.1995
[1995/48]
Priority number, dateUS1994023191225.04.1994         Original published format: US 231912
[1995/48]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0684584
Date:29.11.1995
Language:EN
[1995/48]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0684584
Date:12.06.1996
[1996/24]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0684584
Date:02.11.2000
Language:EN
[2000/44]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP25.04.1996
ClassificationIPC:G06T11/00
[1995/48]
CPC:
G06T11/001 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [1995/48]
TitleGerman:Objektivbasiertes Farbwählsystem[1995/48]
English:Objective-based color selection system[1995/48]
French:Système de sélection de couleurs à base d'objective[1995/48]
Examination procedure23.10.1996Examination requested  [1996/51]
26.11.1998Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M08)
21.06.1999Reply to a communication from the examining division
13.10.1999Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
09.05.2000Communication of intention to grant the patent
18.07.2000Fee for grant paid
18.07.2000Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)03.08.2001No opposition filed within time limit [2001/43]
Fees paidRenewal fee
19.03.1997Renewal fee patent year 03
18.03.1998Renewal fee patent year 04
19.03.1999Renewal fee patent year 05
20.03.2000Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipIT02.11.2000
[2008/06]
Documents cited:Search[A]EP0333475  (HITACHI LTD [JP]);
 [XY]EP0528599  (BORLAND INT INC [US]) [X] 1,7,13 * page 9, line 51 - line 57; figure 3 * * page 3, line 6 - line 32 * * page 11, line 26 - page 14, line 21 * [Y] 2,3,8,9;
 [PY]US5311212  (BERETTA GIORDANO B [US]) [PY] 2,3,8,9 * column 5, line 32 - line 38 * * column 5, line 56 - column 6, line 55; figures 9,10; claim 1 *;
 [A]  - MEIER B J, "ACE: a color expert system for user interface design", PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACM SIGGRAPH SYMPOSIUM ON USER INTERFACE SOFTWARE, BANFF, ALTA., CANADA, 17-19 OCT. 1988, ISBN 0-89791-283-7, 1988, NEW YORK, NY, USA, ACM, USA, pages 117 - 128, XP002000362 [A] 2,3,8,9 * page 119, column L, line 28 - column R, line 8 *
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