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| EP1391275 - Object handling apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The application has been refused Status updated on 02.03.2012 Database last updated on 09.04.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 02.03.2012 | Refusal of application | published on 04.04.2012 [2012/14] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states FANUC CORPORATION 3580 Shibokusa Aza-Komanba Oshino-mura Minamitsuru-gun Yamanashi 401-0597 / JP | [2011/08] |
| Former [2004/09] | For all designated states FANUC LTD 3580, Aza-komanba Shibokusa, Oshino-mura Minamitsuru-gun, Yamanashi 401-0597 / JP | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Watanabe, Atsushi Rm.109 Lifepatio Hamadayama 3-3-15 Takaidohigashi Suginami-ku Tokyo 168-0072 / JP | 02 /
Otsuka, Kazuhisa FANUC Manshonharimomi Rm.8-104 3511-1 Shibokusa, Oshino-mura Minamitsuru-gun Yamanashi 401-0511 / JP | 03 /
Oda, Masaru FANUC Manshonharimomi Rm.12-104 3513 Shibokusa, Oshino-mura Minamitsuru-gun Yamanashi 401-0511 / JP | 04 /
Suzuki, Tadanori FANUC Manshonharimomi Rm.4-310 3511-1 Shibokusa, Oshino-mura Minamitsuru-gun Yamanashi 401-0511 / JP | [2004/09] | Representative(s) | Haseltine Lake Kempner LLP One Portwall Square Portwall Lane Bristol BS1 6BH / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2010/21] | Haseltine Lake LLP Redcliff Quay 120 Redcliff Street Bristol BS1 6HU / GB | ||
| Former [2004/09] | Billington, Lawrence Emlyn Haseltine Lake & Co. Imperial House 15-19 Kingsway London WC2B 6UD / GB | Application number, filing date | 03254997.4 | 12.08.2003 | [2004/09] | Priority number, date | JP20020243498 | 23.08.2002 Original published format: JP 2002243498 | [2004/09] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP1391275 | Date: | 25.02.2004 | Language: | EN | [2004/09] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP1391275 | Date: | 16.06.2004 | [2004/25] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 04.05.2004 | Classification | IPC: | B25J9/16 | [2004/09] | CPC: |
B25J9/1697 (EP,US);
B25J9/10 (KR);
G05B2219/39533 (EP,US);
G05B2219/40583 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE [2005/10] |
| Former [2004/09] | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR | Title | German: | Vorrichtung zur Handhabung von Werkstücken | [2004/09] | English: | Object handling apparatus | [2004/09] | French: | Dispositif pour la manutention d'objets | [2004/09] | Examination procedure | 20.09.2004 | Examination requested [2004/47] | 20.04.2005 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 16.08.2005 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 02.10.2006 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 19.02.2007 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 06.10.2011 | Application refused, date of legal effect [2012/14] | 06.10.2011 | Date of oral proceedings | 16.11.2011 | Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2012/14] | 16.11.2011 | Minutes of oral proceedings despatched | 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 20.04.2005 | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 29.06.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 03.07.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 26.06.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 14.08.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 12.08.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 17.08.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 11.08.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 09 |
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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. | Documents cited: | Search | [XY] EP1043642 (FANUC LTD et al.) [X] 1 * Detecting means allows to detect the workpiece on its supply position before being grasped by a robot hand.; column 1, lines 1-9 * * column 2, lines 18-58 * * column 4, line 11 - column 5, line 31 * * column 9, line 38 - column 10, line 18 * * column 13, line 4 - column 15, line 17 *[Y] 2-13 | [Y] US5671962 (OTSUKA KAZUHISA et al.) [Y] 10-13 * Description of a robot hand, with servomotors. Command torques are adapted to the shape and characteristics of the object.; column 1, line 7 - column 2, line 25 * * column 3, line 15 - column 4, line 9 * * column 5, lines 42-51 * * column 7, line 54 - column 9, line 42 * | [XA] EP0951968 (FANUC LTD et al.) [X] 1 * column 1, line 1 - column 2, line 15 * * column 3, line 44 - column 4, line 7 * * column 5, lines 19-37 *[A] 2-4 | [XA] US4636137 (LEMELSON JEROME H et al.) [X] 1 * column 1, line 55 - column 4, line 11 * * column 6, lines 14-18 * * column 8, line 34 - column 11, line 66 * * column 14, lines 37-40 * * column 20, lines 3-20; figure 5 *[A] 2-4,10,13 | [XY] NAKAZAWA K: "Compensation of robot hand position using vision sensor", INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, CONTROL AND INSTRUMENTATION, 1994. IECON '94., 20TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BOLOGNA, ITALY 5-9 SEPT. 1994, NEW YORK, NY, USA,IEEE, 5 September 1994 (1994-09-05), pages 847 - 851, XP010137572, ISBN: 0-7803-1328-3 [X] 1 * the whole document *[Y] 2-13 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IECON.1994.397897 | Examination | US5447403 | EP1142675 | US4402053 | ZHENG J.Y. ET AL: "USE OF AN ACTIVE CAMERA FOR EYE-HAND COORDINATION IN ROBOT MANIPULATION", SYSTEMS & COMPUTERS IN JAPAN, WILEY, HOBOKEN, NJ, US, vol. 25, no. 13, 1 November 1994 (1994-11-01), pages 73 - 86, XP000526364, ISSN: 0882-1666 [Y] 2-13 | YANG YANG ET AL: "A performance evaluation of BH-2 dextrous robotic hand", SYSTEMS, MAN AND CYBERNETICS, 1995. INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS FOR THE 21ST C ENTURY., IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA 22-25 OCT. 1995, NEW YORK, NY, USA,IEEE, US, vol. 1, 22 October 1995 (1995-10-22), pages 922 - 927, XP010194266, ISBN: 978-0-7803-2559-3, DOI: 10.1109/ICSMC.1995.537885 [A] 2-4 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICSMC.1995.537885 |