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EP0953183
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| EP0953183 - SECURITY APPARATUS AND METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 09.04.2004 Database last updated on 08.10.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 07.03.2008 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT | published on 09.04.2008 [2008/15] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company 81 Newgate Street London EC1A 7AJ / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1999/44] | For all designated states BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company 81 Newgate Street London EC1A 7AJ / GB | Inventor(s) | 01 /
SEAL, Christopher, Henry 16 Hintlesham Close Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 2PF / GB | 02 /
MCCARTNEY, David, John 5 South Close Ipswich Suffolk IP4 2TH / GB | 03 /
GIFFORD, Maurice, Merrick 1 Dickinson Terrace Kesgrave Ipswich IP5 2GR / GB | [1999/44] | Representative(s) | Nash, Roger William, et al BT Intellectual Property Department Ground Floor BT Faraday Building 1 Knightrider Street London EC4V 5BT / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1999/44] | Nash, Roger William, et al BT Group Legal Services, Intellectual Property Department, Holborn Centre, 8th Floor, 120 Holborn London EC1N 2TE / GB | Application number, filing date | 98900624.2 | 19.01.1998 | [1999/44] | WO1998GB00154 | Priority number, date | EP19970300328 | 17.01.1997 Original published format: EP 97300328 | [1999/44] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9832093 | Date: | 23.07.1998 | Language: | EN | [1998/29] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0953183 | Date: | 03.11.1999 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 23.07.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1999/44] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0953183 | Date: | 04.06.2003 | Language: | EN | [2003/23] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 23.07.1998 | Classification | IPC: | G06K9/00 | [1999/44] | CPC: |
G06V40/18 (EP,US);
G06F18/00 (KR)
| Designated contracting states | BE, CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL [1999/44] | Title | German: | SICHERHEITSGERÄT UND VERFAHREN | [1999/44] | English: | SECURITY APPARATUS AND METHOD | [1999/44] | French: | DISPOSITIF DE SECURITE ET PROCEDE ASSOCIE | [1999/44] | Entry into regional phase | 05.07.1999 | National basic fee paid | 05.07.1999 | Designation fee(s) paid | 05.07.1999 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 26.06.1998 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP | 05.07.1999 | Examination requested [1999/44] | 16.05.2002 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 19.09.2002 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 08.11.2002 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 05.03.2003 | Fee for grant paid | 05.03.2003 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 05.03.2004 | No opposition filed within time limit [2004/22] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 22.12.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 08.01.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 07.01.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 27.01.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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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 | BE | 04.06.2003 | CH | 04.06.2003 | IT | 04.06.2003 | LI | 04.06.2003 | NL | 04.06.2003 | ES | 15.09.2003 | [2008/15] |
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| Former [2004/02] | CH | 04.06.2003 | |
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| Former [2004/01] | CH | 04.06.2003 | |
| LI | 04.06.2003 | Cited in | International search | [A]JPH03266187 ; | [A]US4789934 (GUNDERSEN STEVEN C [US], et al) [A] 1-10 * column 10, line 48 - column 11, line 12; figure 6 * * column 1, line 17 - line 34 *; | [A]EP0392159 (CADIX INC [JP]) [A] 1-10 * figure 5; claim 8 *; | [A] - ANONYMOUS, "Supervised Adaption for Signature Verification System. June 1978.", IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN, NEW YORK, US, (197806), vol. 21, no. 1, pages 424 - 425, XP002060376 [A] 1-10 * the whole document * | [DA] - DAUGMAN J G, "HIGH CONFIDENCE VISUAL RECOGNITION OF PERSONS BY A TEST OF STATISTICAL INDEPENDENCE", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PATTERN ANALYSIS AND MACHINE INTELLIGENCE, (19931101), vol. 15, no. 11, pages 1148 - 1161, XP000413106 [DA] 1-10 * p. 1155-1156 Section "IV Statistical decision theory"; page 1148, column R, lines 3-21; figure 6 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/34.244676 | [A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19920225), vol. 016, no. 078, Database accession no. (P - 1317), & JP03266187 A 19911127 (FUJITSU LTD) [A] 1-10 * abstract * * page 2, line 18 - line 20 * | [T] - SEAL C ET AL, "IRIS RECOGNITION FOR USER VALIDATION", BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING, (199707), vol. 16, no. 2, pages 113 - 117, XP000691565 [T] * the whole document * |