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EP1178361
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| EP1178361 - Control method for image forming apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link] | |||
| Former [2002/06] | Image forming process and apparatus and control method thereof | ||
| [2011/40] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 22.02.2013 Database last updated on 02.09.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 30.08.2013 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state | published on 02.10.2013 [2013/40] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states KYOCERA CORPORATION 6, Takeda, Tobadono-cho, Fushimi-ku Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 612-8501 / JP | [2012/09] |
| Former [2002/06] | For all designated states Kyocera Corporation 6, Takedatobadono-cho, Fushimi-ku Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 612-8501 / JP | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Ozawa, Yoshio Tamaki Block,Mie Factory,Kyocera Co 704-19 Nojino Tamaki-cho, Watarai-gun, Mie, 519-0432 / JP | 02 /
Ochiai, Eiji Tamaki Block,Mie Factory,Kyocera Co 704-19 Nojino Tamaki-cho, Watarai-gun, Mie, 519-0432 / JP | 03 /
Sakata, Shoichi Tamaki Block,Mie Factory,Kyocera Co 704-19 Nojino Tamaki-cho, Watarai-gun, Mie, 519-0432 / JP | [2012/16] |
| Former [2002/06] | 01 /
Ozawa, Yoshio Tamaki Block,Mie Factory,Kyocera Co, 704-19 Nojino Tamaki-cho, Watarai-gun, Mie, 519-0432 / JP | ||
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Ochiai, Eiji Tamaki Block,Mie Factory,Kyocera Co, 704-19 Nojino Tamaki-cho, Watarai-gun, Mie, 519-0432 / JP | |||
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Sakata, Shoichi Tamaki Block,Mie Factory,Kyocera Co, 704-19 Nojino Tamaki-cho, Watarai-gun, Mie, 519-0432 / JP | Representative(s) | Strehl Schübel-Hopf & Partner Maximilianstrasse 54 80538 München / DE | [2012/16] |
| Former [2002/06] | Strehl Schübel-Hopf & Partner Maximilianstrasse 54 80538 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 01118639.2 | 02.08.2001 | [2002/06] | Priority number, date | JP20000236126 | 03.08.2000 Original published format: JP 2000236126 | JP20000300481 | 29.09.2000 Original published format: JP 2000300481 | JP20000300482 | 29.09.2000 Original published format: JP 2000300482 | JP20000311024 | 11.10.2000 Original published format: JP 2000311024 | JP20010161395 | 29.05.2001 Original published format: JP 2001161395 | [2002/06] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP1178361 | Date: | 06.02.2002 | Language: | EN | [2002/06] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP1178361 | Date: | 17.08.2005 | [2005/33] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1178361 | Date: | 18.04.2012 | Language: | EN | [2012/16] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 30.06.2005 | Classification | IPC: | G03G13/08, G03G15/06 | [2004/52] | CPC: |
G03G13/08 (EP,US);
G03G15/065 (EP,US);
G03G2215/0607 (EP,US);
G03G2215/0634 (EP,US)
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| Former IPC [2002/06] | G03G13/08 | Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB [2006/19] |
| Former [2002/06] | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, TR | Title | German: | Steuerungsverfahren für Bilderzeugungsgerät | [2011/40] | English: | Control method for image forming apparatus | [2011/40] | French: | Procédé de contrôle pour appareil de formation d'images | [2011/40] |
| Former [2002/06] | Bilderzeugungsverfahren und -gerät sowie zugehörige Steuerungsmethode | ||
| Former [2002/06] | Image forming process and apparatus and control method thereof | ||
| Former [2002/06] | Méthode et appareil de formation d'images, et méthode de contrôle associée | Examination procedure | 15.02.2006 | Examination requested [2006/15] | 24.01.2008 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 03.06.2008 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 01.09.2009 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 11.01.2010 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 21.09.2011 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 30.01.2012 | Fee for grant paid | 30.01.2012 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Divisional application(s) | The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 24.01.2008 | Opposition(s) | 21.01.2013 | No opposition filed within time limit [2013/13] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 06.08.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 23.08.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 22.08.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 03.08.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 13.08.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 20.03.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 20.08.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 24.08.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | 23.08.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 11 |
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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 | FR | 31.08.2012 | [2013/40] | Documents cited: | Search | [XA]JPH06295123 ; | [DA]JPH02187770 ; | [Y]JPS59129883 ; | [Y]US4657374 (KURAMOTO YUKIMASA [JP], et al) [Y] 1-3,10,11,13-15 * column 3, line 29 - column 6, line 21 *; | [A]US4868078 (SAKAI EIICHI [JP], et al) [A] 12 * the whole document *; | [YA]EP0772097 (KYOCERA CORP [JP]) [Y] 1-3,10,11,13-15,9 * the whole document * * column 7, line 46 - column 10, line 38 * [A] 4-6,12; | [A]US5798200 (MATSUURA KATSUMI [JP], et al) [A] 4 * column 2, line 64 - column 5, line 21 *; | [A]EP0974870 (MITA INDUSTRIAL CO LTD [JP]) [A] 1-3,5,6,10 * paragraphs [0010] , [0037] - [0043] * | [XA] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19950228), vol. 1995, no. 01, & JP06295123 A 19941021 (FUJI XEROX CO LTD) [X] 7,8 * paragraph [0020] - paragraph [0023] * [A] 1-6,10-15 | [DA] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19901012), vol. 0144, no. 68, Database accession no. (P - 1115), & JP02187770 A 19900723 (MINOLTA CAMERA CO LTD; others: 01) [DA] 1,5,6 * abstract * | [Y] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19841128), vol. 008, no. 259, Database accession no. (P - 317), & JP59129883 A 19840726 (TOSHIBA KK) [Y] 9 * abstract * |