EP1048009 - IMAGE GENERATION METHOD AND IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 02.05.2008 Database last updated on 22.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 08.01.2010 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): CY, LU | published on 10.02.2010 [2010/06] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. 1-1, Akasaka 7-chome, Minato-ku Tokyo 107-0052 / JP | [2007/26] |
Former [2000/44] | For all designated states Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. 1-1, Akasaka 7-chome, Minato-ku Tokyo 107-0052 / JP | Inventor(s) | 01 /
SASAKI, Nobuo Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. 1-1, Akasaka 7-chome Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052 / JP | 02 /
OHBA, Akio Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. 1-1, Akasaka 7-chome Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052 / JP | [2000/44] | Representative(s) | Hedley, Nicholas James Matthew Kilburn & Strode LLP Lancon London 84 Theobalds Road London WC1X 8NL / GB | [N/P] |
Former [2000/44] | Hedley, Nicholas James Matthew Stephenson Harwood One, St. Paul's Churchyard London EC4M 8SH / GB | Application number, filing date | 99972340.6 | 11.11.1999 | [2000/44] | WO1999JP06285 | Priority number, date | JP19980322584 | 12.11.1998 Original published format: JP 32258498 | [2000/44] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO0030041 | Date: | 25.05.2000 | Language: | EN | [2000/21] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP1048009 | Date: | 02.11.2000 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 25.05.2000 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2000/44] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1048009 | Date: | 27.06.2007 | Language: | EN | [2007/26] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 25.05.2000 | Classification | IPC: | G06T15/20 | [2000/44] | CPC: |
G06T15/04 (EP,KR,US);
G06T11/00 (KR);
A63F2300/66 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [2000/44] | Title | German: | VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR ERZEUGUNG EINES BILDES | [2000/44] | English: | IMAGE GENERATION METHOD AND IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE | [2000/44] | French: | PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF DE GENERATION D'IMAGE | [2000/44] | Entry into regional phase | 14.08.2000 | National basic fee paid | 27.11.2000 | Designation fee(s) paid | 27.11.2000 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 27.11.2000 | Examination requested [2001/04] | 25.08.2004 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 24.02.2005 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 31.05.2006 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 31.10.2006 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 09.02.2007 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 10.05.2007 | Fee for grant paid | 10.05.2007 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 28.03.2008 | No opposition filed within time limit [2008/23] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 26.11.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 25.10.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 28.10.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 05.11.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 14.11.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 13.11.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 08 |
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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 | AT | 27.06.2007 | BE | 27.06.2007 | CH | 27.06.2007 | CY | 27.06.2007 | DK | 27.06.2007 | FI | 27.06.2007 | IT | 27.06.2007 | LI | 27.06.2007 | NL | 27.06.2007 | SE | 27.09.2007 | GR | 28.09.2007 | ES | 08.10.2007 | LU | 11.11.2007 | IE | 12.11.2007 | PT | 27.11.2007 | MC | 30.11.2007 | [2010/06] |
Former [2009/15] | AT | 27.06.2007 | |
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DK | 27.06.2007 | ||
FI | 27.06.2007 | ||
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LI | 27.06.2007 | ||
NL | 27.06.2007 | ||
SE | 27.09.2007 | ||
GR | 28.09.2007 | ||
ES | 08.10.2007 | ||
IE | 12.11.2007 | ||
PT | 27.11.2007 | ||
MC | 30.11.2007 | ||
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LI | 27.06.2007 | ||
NL | 27.06.2007 | ||
SE | 27.09.2007 | ||
GR | 28.09.2007 | ||
ES | 08.10.2007 | ||
IE | 12.11.2007 | ||
PT | 27.11.2007 | ||
MC | 30.11.2007 | ||
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ES | 08.10.2007 | ||
PT | 27.11.2007 | Cited in | International search | [A]US4586038 (SIMS EDWARD M [US], et al) [A] 1-10 * claim 1 *; | [X]US4615013 (YAN JOHNSON K [US], et al) [X] 1,6 * abstract * * column 3, line 15 - line 23; claim 1 *; | [A]EP0438193 (PHILIPS ELECTRONICS UK LTD [GB], et al) [A] 1 * claim 1 *; | [A]EP0454129 (HONEYWELL INC [US]) [A] 1-10 * page 2, line 50 - line 57 * * page 4, line 25 - line 35 *; | [A]WO9706512 (MICROSOFT CORP [US]) [A] 1 * page 100, line 5 - line 13 * * page 103, line 3 - line 21 *; | [A] - RHEINGANS P, "Opacity-modulating triangular textures for irregular surfaces", PROCEEDINGS. VISUALIZATION '96 (IEEE CAT. NO.96CB36006), PROCEEDINGS OF SEVENTH ANNUAL IEEE VISUALIZATION '96, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA, 27 OCT.-1 NOV. 1996, 1996, New York, NY, USA, ACM, USA, ISBN 0-89791-864-9, pages 219 - 225, 488, XP002134240 | Examination | - PERLIN K, "An Image Synthesizer", COMPUTER GRAPHICS, ACM, USA, (198507), vol. 19, no. 3, pages 287 - 296, XP009035415 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/325165.325247 |