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EP About this file: EP0701219

EP0701219 - Parallel processor apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  17.08.2001
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip17.08.2001No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 04.10.2001 [2001/40]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sony Corporation
7-35, Kitashinagawa 6-chome
Shinagawa-ku
Tokyo / JP
[N/P]
Former [2000/42]For all designated states
SONY CORPORATION
7-35, Kitashinagawa 6-chome Shinagawa-ku
Tokyo / JP
Former [1996/11]For all designated states
SONY CORPORATION
6-7-35 Kitashinagawa Shinagawa-ku
Tokyo 141 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Ohki, Mitsuharu
Sony Corporation, 6-7-35 Kitashinagawa
Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141 / JP
02 / Yamazaki, Takao
Sony Corporation, 6-7-35 Kitashinagawa
Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141 / JP
03 / Kurokawa, Masuyoshi
Sony Corporation, 6-7-35 Kitashinagawa
Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141 / JP
04 / Hashiguchi, Akihiko
Sony Corporation, 6-7-35 Kitashinagawa
Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141 / JP
[1996/11]
Representative(s)Turner, James Arthur, et al
D Young & Co LLP
120 Holborn
London EC1N 2DY / GB
[N/P]
Former [1996/11]Turner, James Arthur, et al
D. Young & Co., 21 New Fetter Lane
London EC4A 1DA / GB
Application number, filing date95306000.129.08.1995
[1996/11]
Priority number, dateJP1994020780531.08.1994         Original published format: JP 20780594
[1996/11]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0701219
Date:13.03.1996
Language:EN
[1996/11]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0701219
Date:18.10.2000
Language:EN
[2000/42]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP12.01.1996
ClassificationIPC:G06F15/80, G06T1/20
[1996/11]
CPC:
G06F15/8015 (EP,US); G06F9/38 (KR); H04N5/14 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [1996/11]
TitleGerman:Parallelprozessorvorrichtung[1996/11]
English:Parallel processor apparatus[1996/11]
French:Dispositif à processeur parallèle[1996/11]
Examination procedure19.07.1996Examination requested  [1996/37]
08.04.1999Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
01.10.1999Reply to a communication from the examining division
27.12.1999Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
10.04.2000Communication of intention to grant the patent
02.06.2000Fee for grant paid
02.06.2000Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)EP99203227.6  / EP0973100
EP99203228.4  / EP0973101
Opposition(s)19.07.2001No opposition filed within time limit [2001/40]
Fees paidRenewal fee
08.08.1997Renewal fee patent year 03
10.08.1998Renewal fee patent year 04
11.08.1999Renewal fee patent year 05
16.08.2000Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[A]EP0210434  (IBM [US]) [A] 1-6 * column A * * page 12, line 1 - page 23, line 19 *;
 [A]EP0422964  (TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC [US]) [A] 1-8 * the whole document *
 [XA]  - TAMITANI I ET AL, "A real-time HDTV signal processor: HD-VSP", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS FOR VIDEO TECHNOLOGY, MARCH 1991, USA, ISSN 1051-8215, vol. 1, no. 1, doi:doi:10.1109/76.109144, pages 35 - 41, XP000208638 [X] 1-6 * paragraph [0IIA] * * paragraph [0IIB] * * paragraph [IIIA] * * paragraph [IIIC] * * figures 1-4 * [A] 7,8

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/76.109144
 [DA]  - CHILDERS J ET AL, "SVP: serial video processor", PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE 1990 CUSTOM INTEGRATED CIRCUITS CONFERENCE (CAT. NO.90CH2860-5), BOSTON, MA, USA, 13-16 MAY 1990, 1990, NEW YORK, NY, USA, IEEE, USA, pages 17.3/1 - 4 [DA] 1-8 * the whole document *
 [A]  - LIGON W B III ET AL, "Evaluating multigauge architectures for computer vision", JOURNAL OF PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING, JUNE 1994, USA, ISSN 0743-7315, vol. 21, no. 3, doi:doi:10.1006/jpdc.1994.1063, pages 323 - 333, XP000450446 [A] 1 * page 325, column R, line 20 - line 49 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jpdc.1994.1063
by applicant   - CHILDERS, J. ET AL., "SVP: SERIAL VIDEO PROCESSOR/Proceedings of the IEEE", CUSTOM INTEGRATED CIRCUITS CONFERENCE, (1990), pages 17.3.1 - 17.3.4
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