IP Library Granted Patent US 5,751,286
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US 5,751,286 · App. 08/788,150

Image query system and method

Inventors: Ronald J. Barber, Bradley J. Beitel, William Robinson Equitz, Myron D. Flickner, Carlton Wayne Niblack, Dragutin Petkovic, Thomas Randolph Work, Peter C. Yanker
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Granted: May 12, 1998 Filed: Jan 24, 1997
Inventors
Ronald J. Barber
Bradley J. Beitel
William Robinson Equitz
Myron D. Flickner
Carlton Wayne Niblack
Dragutin Petkovic
Thomas Randolph Work
Peter C. Yanker
Assignee (at issue)
International Business Machines Corporation

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Patent No.
US 5,751,286
App. No.
08/788,150
Filed
1997-01-24
Granted
1998-05-12
Kind
A