EP0701720A4

Method and apparatus for grouping and manipulating electronic representations of handwriting, printing and drawings

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EP0701720A4, drawing sheet 1 — Sheet 1 of 24

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Every citation, both waysCites: the store holds 3 of 4

Citations
Document	Relation	Office	Category	Cited during	Relevant claims
EP0157354A2	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	X	Search report	1-4
EP0461760A2	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	–	Examiner	–
EP0157354A	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	–	–	–
GOLDBERG D ET AL: "STYLUS USER INTERFACES FOR MANIPULATING TEXT", PROCEEDINGS OF THE SYMPOSIUM ON USER INTERFACE SOFTWARE AND TECHNOL ( UIST ), HILTON HEAD, S. CAROLINA, NOV. 11 - 13, 1991, no. SYMP. 4, 11 November 1991 (1991-11-11), ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY, pages 127 - 135, XP000315073	Non-patent	–	–	Search report	–
LIPSCOMB J S: "A TRAINABLE GESTURE RECOGNIZER", PATTERN RECOGNITION, vol. 24, no. 9 HEAD, 1 January 1991 (1991-01-01), pages 895 - 907, XP000230139	Non-patent	–	–	Search report	–
"ONLINE FORM-FREE JAPANESE CHARACTER SEGMENTATION", IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN, vol. 34, no. 4B, 1 September 1991 (1991-09-01), pages 365 - 367, XP000189592	Non-patent	–	–	Search report	–
SENI G ET AL: "SEGMENTING HANDWRITTEN TEXT LINES INTO WORDS USING DISTANCE ALGORITHMS", MACHINE VISION APPLICATIONS IN CHARACTER RECOGNITION AND INDUSTRIAL INSPECTION, SAN JOSE, FEB. 10 - 12, 1992, vol. 1661, 10 February 1992 (1992-02-10), D'AMATO D P;BLANZ W - E; DOOM B E; SARGUR N SRIHARI (EDS ), pages 61 - 72, XP000633702	Non-patent	–	–	Search report	–
See also references of WO 9428505A1	Non-patent	–	–	Examiner	–

16 members in 7 offices

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Priority claims
Document	Office	Kind	Date
19930064954	United States of America	–	1993-05-20
6495493	United States of America	A	1993-05-20
6495493	United States of America	A	1993-05-20
9405523	United States of America	W	1994-05-16
9405523	United States of America	W	1994-05-16
US19930064954	–	–	–
WO1994US05523	–	–	–

Members16

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Document	Office	Kind
CA2163330A1	Canada	A1	1994-12-08
WO9428505A1	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A1	1994-12-08
AU6915694A	Australia	A	1994-12-20
WO9534047A1	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A1	1995-12-14
AU2591795A	Australia	A	1996-01-04
EP0701720A1	European Patent Office (EPO)	A1	1996-03-20
US5517578A	United States of America	A	1996-05-14
CN1127044A	China	A	1996-07-17
JPH08510854A	Japan	A	1996-11-12
US5613019A	United States of America	A	1997-03-18
EP0701720A4This record	European Patent Office (EPO)	A4	1998-01-07
US2002064308A1	United States of America	A1	2002-05-30
US6535897B1	United States of America	B1	2003-03-18
US6587587B2	United States of America	B2	2003-07-01
US6651221B1	United States of America	B1	2003-11-18
US7203903B1	United States of America	B1	2007-04-10

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2002-06-26	Application deemed to be withdrawnWithdrawn18D	18D
2002-05-09	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patentGrantedSTATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWNSTAA	STAA
2001-08-09	Despatch of communication of intention to grantORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOS AGRAGRAG	GRAG
2001-07-18	Information provided on ipc code assigned before grant7G 06K 9/34 ARIC1	RIC1
2001-07-18	Title (correction)METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING PARAGRAPHS IN ELECTRONIC REPRESENTATIONS OF CHARACTER SEQUENCESRTI1	RTI1
2001-07-04	Information provided on ipc code assigned before grant7G 06K 9/34 ARIC1	RIC1
2001-07-04	Title (correction)METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING PARAGRAPHS IN ELECTRONIC REPRESENTATIONS OF CHARACTER SEQUENCESRTI1	RTI1
1999-12-08	First examination report despatched17Q	17Q
1998-01-07	Supplementary search report drawn up and despatchedA4	A4
1998-01-07	Designated contracting statesAK	AK
1997-03-05	Party data changed (applicant data changed or rights of an application transferred)RAP1	RAP1
1996-03-20	Request for examination filed17P	17P
1996-03-20	Designated contracting statesAK	AK
1996-02-02	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phaseORIGINAL CODE: 0009012PUAI	PUAI