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EP About this file: EP0979484

EP0979484 - METHOD FOR INDEXING IMAGE INFORMATION USING A REFERENCE MODEL [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  14.09.2007
Database last updated on 24.04.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip29.08.2008Change - representativepublished on 01.10.2008  [2008/40]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sarnoff Corporation
201 Washington Road, CN 5300
Princeton, NJ 08543-5300 / US
[N/P]
Former [2000/07]For all designated states
Sarnoff Corporation
201 Washington Road, CN 5300
Princeton, NJ 08543-5300 / US
Inventor(s)01 / IRANI, Michal
11B Landing Lane
Princeton Junction, NJ 08550 / US
02 / PELEG, Shmuel
130 Moore Street
Princeton, NJ 08540 / US
03 / ANANDAN, Padmanabhan
B-2 Carver Place
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 / US
[2000/07]
Representative(s)Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis, et al
Beresford Crump LLP
16 High Holborn
London WC1V 6BX / GB
[N/P]
Former [2008/40]Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis, et al
BERESFORD & Co. 16 High Holborn London
WC1V 6BX / GB
Former [2007/17]Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis, et al
Beresford & Co 16 High Holborn
London WC1V 6BX / GB
Former [2000/07]Pratt, Richard Wilson, et al
D. Young & Co, 21 New Fetter Lane
London EC4A 1DA / GB
Application number, filing date97929002.016.06.1997
[2000/07]
WO1997US10534
Priority number, dateUS1996066358214.06.1996         Original published format: US 663582
[2000/07]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9748068
Date:18.12.1997
Language:EN
[1997/54]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0979484
Date:16.02.2000
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 18.12.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2000/07]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US18.12.1997
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP22.08.2003
ClassificationIPC:G06K9/00, G06F17/30
[2003/40]
CPC:
G11B27/034 (EP,US); G06F16/71 (EP,US); G06F16/739 (EP,US);
G06F16/786 (EP,US); G11B27/102 (EP,US); G11B27/28 (EP,US);
G11B27/34 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2000/07]G06K9/00
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   NL [2000/07]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUM INDEXIEREN VON BILDINFORMATIONEN UNTER VERWENDUNG EINES REFERENZMODELS[2000/07]
English:METHOD FOR INDEXING IMAGE INFORMATION USING A REFERENCE MODEL[2000/07]
French:PROCEDE D'INDEXATION DE DONNEES D'IMAGES UTILISANT UN MODELE DE REFERENCE[2000/07]
Entry into regional phase11.12.1998National basic fee paid 
11.12.1998Search fee paid 
11.12.1998Designation fee(s) paid 
11.12.1998Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure12.01.1998Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
11.12.1998Examination requested  [2000/07]
17.06.2004Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
09.12.2004Reply to a communication from the examining division
25.05.2005Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
23.11.2005Reply to a communication from the examining division
26.04.2007Date of oral proceedings
18.05.2007Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2007/42]
18.05.2007Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
30.05.2007Application refused, date of legal effect [2007/42]
Fees paidRenewal fee
04.06.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
05.06.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
06.06.2001Renewal fee patent year 05
24.06.2002Renewal fee patent year 06
23.06.2003Renewal fee patent year 07
23.06.2004Renewal fee patent year 08
21.06.2005Renewal fee patent year 09
28.06.2006Renewal fee patent year 10
Penalty fee
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30.06.200711   M06   Not yet paid
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Documents cited:Search[X]  - TONOMURA Y ET AL, "VIDEOMAP AND VIDEOSPACELCON: TOOLS FOR ANATOMIZING VIDEO CONTENT", BRIDGES BETWEEN WORLDS. AMSTERDAM, APR. 24 - 29, 1993, PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYSTEMS. (INTERCHI), READING, ADDISON WESLEY, US, (19930424), pages 131 - 136, XP000473758 [X] 1-10 * page 133 - page 135 *
 [X]  - SHENCHANG ERIC CHEN, "QuickTime VR: an image-based approach to virtual environment navigation", PROCEEDINGS OF THE 22ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND INTERACTIVE TECHNIQUES, Los Angeles, USA, (19950806), pages 29 - 38, URL: http://delivery.acm.org/10.1145/220000/218395/p29-chen.pdf?key1=218395&key2=0126430601&coll=portal&dl=ACM&CFID=2181828&CFTOKEN=68827537, (20030808), XP002250814 [X] 1-10 * page 29 * * page 32 - page 35 *
 [A]  - TEODOSIO L ET AL, "SALIENT VIDEO STILLS: CONTENT AND CONTEXT PRESERVED", PROCEEDINGS OF FIRST ACM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MULTIMEDIA, 2-6 AUGUST 1993, ANAHEIM, CA, US, NEW YORK, NY, US, (19930801), pages 39 - 46, XP000670793 [A] 1-10 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/166266.166270
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