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EP1759869 - Folding apparatus for prints [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2007/10]	Folding and processing apparatus for prints
	[2010/18]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 15.07.2011 Database last updated on 02.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	15.07.2011	No opposition filed within time limit	published on 17.08.2011 [2011/33]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Ricoh Company, Ltd. 3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome Ohta-ku Tokyo 143-8555 / JP
	[2010/36]
Former [2007/10]	For all designated states Ricoh Company, Ltd. 3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome, Ohta-ku Tokyo 143-8555 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / Suzuki, Nobuyoshi 5-12-69-925, Yashio Shinagawa-ku Tokyo / JP
	02 / Yamada, Kenji 1-12-12, Toyotamaminami Nerima-ku Tokyo / JP
	03 / Saitoh, Hiromoto 60-2-203, Nishikawashima-cho Asahi-ku Yokohama-shi Kanagawa / JP
	04 / Kikkawa, Naohiro Sano M/S 2F 8-36 Kuji 2-chome Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa / JP
	05 / Iida, Junichi 1-12-3, 3-A, Shinsaku, Takatsu-ku Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa / JP
	06 / Tokita, Junichi 2-17-8, Nakatanishi Izumi-ku Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa / JP
	07 / Matsushita, Shingo 34-1, Chigusadai Aoba-ku Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa / JP
	08 / Tamura, Masahiro 3-5-32, Kugayama Suginami-ku Tokyo / JP
	09 / Nagasako, Shuuya 4-11-8, Kitamachi Kichijyouji Musashino-shi, Tokyo / JP
	[2007/39]
Former [2007/10]	01 / Suzuki, Nobuyoshi 5-12-69-925, Yashio Shinagawa-ku Tokyo / JP
	02 / Yamada, Kenji 1-12-12, Toyotamaminami Nerima-ku Tokyo / JP
	03 / Saitoh, Hiromoto 60-2-203, Nishikawashima-cho Asahi-ku Yokohama-shi Kanagawa / JP
	04 / Kikkawa, Naohiro 4-22-10-5, Kamiikedai Ohta-ku Tokyo / JP
	05 / Iida, Junichi 1-12-3, 3-A, Shinsaku, Takatsu-ku Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa / JP
	06 / Tokita, Junichi 2-17-8, Nakatanishi Izumi-ku Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa / JP
	07 / Matsushita, Shingo 34-1, Chigusadai Aoba-ku Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa / JP
	08 / Tamura, Masahiro 3-5-32, Kugayama Suginami-ku Tokyo / JP
	09 / Nagasako, Shuuya 4-11-8, Kitamachi Kichijyouji Musashino-shi, Tokyo / JP
Representative(s)	SSM Sandmair Patentanwälte Rechtsanwalt Partnerschaft mbB Joseph-Wild-Straße 20 81829 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2007/10]	Schwabe - Sandmair - Marx Patentanwälte Stuntzstrasse 16 81677 München / DE
Application number, filing date	06020786.7	13.09.2005
	[2007/10]
Priority number, date	JP20040315748	29.10.2004 Original published format: JP 2004315748
	JP20040270326	16.09.2004 Original published format: JP 2004270326
	JP20040330196	15.11.2004 Original published format: JP 2004330196
	[2007/10]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1759869
	Date:	07.03.2007
	Language:	EN
	[2007/10]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1759869
	Date:	08.09.2010
	Language:	EN
	[2010/36]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	30.01.2007
Classification	IPC:	B42C1/12, B65H31/30, B65H31/28, B65H39/11, G03G15/00, B65H45/18	[2007/10]
	CPC:	B65H29/38 (EP,US); B42C1/12 (EP,US); B65H31/3081 (EP,US); B65H45/18 (EP,US); B65H2301/331 (EP,US); B65H2301/42146 (EP,US); (+) B65H2301/42266 (EP,US); B65H2404/23 (EP,US); B65H2405/20 (EP,US); B65H2511/24 (EP,US); B65H2701/1829 (EP,US) (-)
	C-Set:	B65H2511/24, B65H2220/01 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, NL [2007/46]
Former [2007/10]	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
Title	German:	Falzvorrichtung für Druckexemplare	[2010/18]
	English:	Folding apparatus for prints	[2010/18]
	French:	Dispositif pour plier des imprimés	[2010/18]
	Former [2007/10]	Falz- und Weiterverarbeitungsvorrichtung für Druckexemplare
	Former [2007/10]	Folding and processing apparatus for prints
	Former [2007/10]	Dispositif pour plier et transformer des imprimés
Examination procedure	22.06.2006	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	04.10.2006	Examination requested [2007/10]
	09.09.2007	Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
	12.11.2007	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	22.11.2007	Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, FI, GR, HU, IE, IS, LT, LU, LV, MC, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
	25.02.2008	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	27.04.2010	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	21.07.2010	Fee for grant paid
	21.07.2010	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Parent application(s) Tooltip	EP05019876.1 / EP1637342
Opposition(s)	09.06.2011	No opposition filed within time limit [2011/33]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	14.03.2008	Renewal fee patent year 03
	31.03.2008	Renewal fee patent year 04
	11.09.2009	Renewal fee patent year 05
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	30.09.2007	03 M06 Fee paid on 14.03.2008
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	IT	08.09.2010
	NL	08.09.2010
	ES	19.12.2010
	[2011/32]
Former [2011/17]	NL	08.09.2010
Documents cited:	Search	[A]JPS6093062 ;
		[A]JPH08137151 ;
		[A]JP2001206629 ;
		[A]GB710868 (CAMCO MACHINERY LTD) [A] 1-18 * the whole document *;
		[A]US3719266 (KORN H, et al) [A] 1-18 * the whole document *;
		[A]DE2649093 (XEROX CORP) [A] 1-18* the whole document *;
		[Y]DE3239799 (ROLAND MAN DRUCKMASCH [DE]) [Y] 1-18 * see abstract; page 4, line 22 - page 8, line L; figures 1-4 * * paragraph [0099] - paragraph [0114] *;
		[Y]DE3500826 (POLYGRAPH LEIPZIG [DD]) [Y] 1-18 * the whole document *;
		[A]GB2195319 (OBERTHUR FRANCOIS CHARLES) [A] 1-18 * the whole document *;
		[A]CH683179 (HUNKELER AG JOS) [A] 1-18 * the whole document *;
		[A]WO0032505 (OCE PRINTING SYSTEMS GMBH [DE], et al) [A] 1-18 * the whole document *;
		[A]EP1168091 (CANON KK [JP]) [A] 1-18 * the whole document *;
		[A]EP1182161 (OPPENWEILER BINDER GMBH MASCHB [DE]) [A] 1-18 * the whole document *;
		[YD]JP2002167120 (KYOCERA MITA CORP) [YD] 1-18 * abstract *;
		[Y]EP1251095 (HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCH AG [DE]) [Y] 5-16 * see abstract; paragraph [0020] - paragraph [0029]; figures 1-7 *
		[A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19850925), vol. 009, no. 238, Database accession no. (M - 416), & JP60093062 A 19850524 (SAEKI KOJI) [A] 1-18 * abstract *
		[A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19960930), vol. 1996, no. 09, & JP08137151 A 19960531 (KONICA CORP) [A] 1-18 * column A *
		[A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, & JP2001206629 A 20010731 (RICOH ELEMEX CORP) [A] 1-8 * the whole document *

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