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EP0846309 - IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR SIMULATING STRUCTURE IN RELIEF, AND DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 21.10.2000 Database last updated on 22.08.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	21.10.2000	No opposition filed within time limit	published on 06.12.2000 [2000/49]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states GMD-Forschungszentrum Informationstechnik GmbH Schloss Birlinghoven 53757 Sankt Augustin / DE
	[1998/24]
Inventor(s)	01 / WITTIG, Oliver Tile-Wardenberg-Strasse 13 D-10555 Berlin / DE
	02 / ERNST, Ines Grüne Trift 29 D-12557 Berlin / DE
	03 / JACKEL, Dietmar Tirschenreuther Ring 83 D-12279 Berlin / DE
	[1998/24]
Representative(s)	Christiansen, Henning, et al Eisenführ, Speiser & Partner Anna-Louisa-Karsch-Strasse 2 10178 Berlin / DE
	[N/P]
Former [1999/36]	Christiansen, Henning, et al Eisenführ, Speiser & Partner Patentanwälte Pacelliallee 43/45 14195 Berlin / DE
Former [1998/24]	Christiansen, Henning, Dipl.-Ing. Patentanwalt Pacelliallee 43/45 14195 Berlin / DE
Application number, filing date	96934392.0	26.08.1996
	[1998/24]
	WO1996DE01601
Priority number, date	DE1995132801	25.08.1995 Original published format: DE 19532801
	DE1996106356	12.02.1996 Original published format: DE 19606356
	[1998/24]
Filing language	DE
Procedural language	DE
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9708660
	Date:	06.03.1997
	Language:	DE
	[1997/11]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0846309
	Date:	10.06.1998
	Language:	DE
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 06.03.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1998/24]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0846309
	Date:	22.12.1999
	Language:	DE
	[1999/51]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	06.03.1997
Classification	IPC:	G06T15/50	[1998/24]
	CPC:	G06T15/80 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	CH, DE, GB, LI [1998/24]
Title	German:	BILDVERARBEITUNGSVERFAHREN ZUR SIMULATION EINER TIEFENSTRUKTUR UND ZUGEHÖRIGE VORRICHTUNG	[1998/24]
	English:	IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR SIMULATING STRUCTURE IN RELIEF, AND DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD	[1998/24]
	French:	PROCEDE DE TRAITEMENT D'IMAGES DESTINE A LA SIMULATION D'UNE STRUCTURE EN RELIEF ET DISPOSITIF ASSOCIE	[1998/24]
Entry into regional phase	11.03.1998	National basic fee paid
	11.03.1998	Designation fee(s) paid
	11.03.1998	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	19.03.1997	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	11.03.1998	Examination requested [1998/24]
	27.07.1998	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	30.10.1998	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	23.03.1999	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	30.07.1999	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	16.10.1999	Fee for grant paid
	16.10.1999	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	23.09.2000	No opposition filed within time limit [2000/49]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	25.08.1998	Renewal fee patent year 03
	26.08.1999	Renewal fee patent year 04
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Cited in	International search	[A]EP0574111 (SONY UK LTD [GB])
		[Y] - JACKEL AND RÜSSELER, "a real time rendering system with normal vector shading", 9TH EUROGRAPHICS WORKSHOP ON GRAPHICS HARDWARE, OSLO, (19940912), pages 48 - 57, XP002023249 [Y] 1 * page 50, paragraph 3; figure 6 *
		[Y] - HECKBERT AND MORETON, "interpolation for polygon texture mapping and shading", STATE OF THE ART COMPUTER GRAPHICS:VISUALIZATION AND MODELLING, (1991), pages 101 - 111, XP000614575 [Y] 1 * page 103 - page 110 *
		[A] - ANONYMOUS, "Rendering of 3D Image Via Interpolated Z-Buffer Gradient", IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN, NEW YORK, US, (199309), vol. 36, no. 9A, pages 35 - 38, XP000395302 [A] 1 * the whole document *

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