| EP1936443 - Image forming apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 10.03.2017 Database last updated on 26.03.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 10.03.2017 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 12.04.2017 [2017/15] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Canon Kabushiki Kaisha 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome Ohta-Ku Tokyo 146-8501 / JP | [2008/26] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Kato, Takayuki CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3-30-2, Shimomaruko Ohta-ku Tokyo / JP | 02 /
Matsumoto, Hiroyuki CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3-30-2, Shimomaruko Ohta-ku Tokyo / JP | [2016/18] |
| Former [2008/26] | 01 /
Kato, Takayuki CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3-30-2, Shimomaruko Ohta-ku Tokyo / JP | ||
| 02 /
Matsumoto, Hiroyuki CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3-30-2, Shimomaruko Ohta-ku Tokyo / JP | Representative(s) | Hitching, Peter Matthew Canon Europe Ltd European Patent Department 3 The Square Stockley Park Uxbridge Middlesex UB11 1ET / GB | [2016/18] |
| Former [2008/41] | Hitching, Peter Matthew Canon Europe Limited 6 Roundwood Avenue Stockley Park Uxbridge UB11 1JA / GB | ||
| Former [2008/26] | Hitching, Peter Matthew Canon Europe Limited 6 Roundwood Avenue Stockley Park Middlesex, Uxbridge UB11 1JA / GB | Application number, filing date | 07124009.7 | 21.12.2007 | [2008/26] | Priority number, date | JP20060344270 | 21.12.2006 Original published format: JP 2006344270 | [2008/26] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP1936443 | Date: | 25.06.2008 | Language: | EN | [2008/26] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1936443 | Date: | 04.05.2016 | Language: | EN | [2016/18] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 18.03.2008 | Classification | IPC: | G03G15/01 | [2008/26] | CPC: |
G03G15/0194 (EP,US);
G03G15/16 (KR);
G03G2215/0119 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB [2016/18] |
| Former [2009/10] | DE, FR, GB | ||
| Former [2008/26] | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR | Title | German: | Bilderzeugungsvorrichtung | [2008/26] | English: | Image forming apparatus | [2008/26] | French: | Appareil de formation d'images | [2008/26] | Examination procedure | 26.09.2008 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 26.12.2008 | Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s) | 29.12.2008 | Examination requested [2009/08] | 02.02.2009 | Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, ES, FI, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR | 16.03.2015 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 15.07.2015 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 19.11.2015 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 15.03.2016 | Fee for grant paid | 15.03.2016 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 15.03.2016 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | 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 16.03.2015 | Opposition(s) | 07.02.2017 | No opposition filed within time limit [2017/15] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 04.01.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 03.01.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 02.01.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 02.01.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 02.01.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 05.01.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 04.01.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 09 |
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