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EP1985451 - Method of driving an ink-jet head, ink-jet head, and ink-jet recording apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  14.12.2012
Database last updated on 18.11.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip26.04.2013Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): ES
published on 29.05.2013  [2013/22]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
SII Printek Inc
8 Nakase 1-chome Mihama-ku Chiba-shi
Chiba 261-8507 / JP
[2008/44]
Inventor(s)01 / Koseki, Osamu
c/o SII Printek Inc.
8 Nakase 1-chome
Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi
Chiba 261-8507 / JP
02 / Yamamura, Yuki
c/o SII Printek Inc.
8 Nakase 1-chome
Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi
Chiba 261-8507 / JP
 [2012/06]
Former [2008/44]01 / Koseki, Osamu
c/o SII Printek Inc. 8 Nakase 1-chome Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi
Chiba 261-8507 / JP
02 / Yamamura, Yuki
c/o SII Printek Inc. 8 Nakase 1-chome Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi
Chiba 261-8507 / JP
Representative(s)Cloughley, Peter Andrew
Miller Sturt Kenyon
9 John Street
London WC1N 2ES / GB
[N/P]
Former [2012/06]Cloughley, Peter Andrew
Miller Sturt Kenyon 9 John Street
London WC1N 2ES / GB
Former [2008/44]Cloughley, Peter Andrew
Miller Sturt Kenyon 9 John Street
London WC1N 2ES / GB
Application number, filing date08251516.424.04.2008
[2008/44]
Priority number, dateJP2007011592825.04.2007         Original published format: JP 2007115928
[2008/44]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1985451
Date:29.10.2008
Language:EN
[2008/44]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1985451
Date:08.02.2012
Language:EN
[2012/06]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP29.07.2008
ClassificationIPC:B41J2/045
[2008/44]
CPC:
B41J2/04595 (EP,US); B41J2/04573 (EP,US); B41J2/04581 (EP,US);
B41J2/04588 (EP,US); B41J2202/06 (EP,US); B41J2202/10 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   NL [2009/28]
Former [2008/44]AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  LV,  MC,  MT,  NL,  NO,  PL,  PT,  RO,  SE,  SI,  SK,  TR 
TitleGerman:Ansteuerverfahren eines Tintenstrahlkopfes, Tintenstrahlkopf und Tintenstrahl-Aufzeichnungsgerät[2008/44]
English:Method of driving an ink-jet head, ink-jet head, and ink-jet recording apparatus[2008/44]
French:Procédé de commande d'une tête à jet d'encre, tête à jet d'encre, et appareil d'enregistrement à jet d'encre[2008/44]
Examination procedure22.04.2009Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
29.04.2009Examination requested  [2009/24]
30.04.2009Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
12.06.2009Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, FI, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
08.06.2010Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
11.10.2010Reply to a communication from the examining division
17.10.2011Communication of intention to grant the patent
12.12.2011Fee for grant paid
12.12.2011Fee 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  08.06.2010
Opposition(s)09.11.2012No opposition filed within time limit [2013/03]
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.03.2010Renewal fee patent year 03
12.04.2011Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipNL08.02.2012
ES19.05.2012
[2013/22]
Former [2012/35]NL08.02.2012
Documents cited:Search[X]US6059393  (TAKAHASHI YOSHIKAZU [JP]) [X] 1,2,5,6 * figures 1,7a * * column 5, line 27 - line 37 *;
 [X]EP1149704  (BROTHER IND LTD [JP]) [X] 1,2,5,6 * figures 1,4b *;
 [X]US2004061731  (FUJIMURA HIDEHIKO [JP], et al) [X] 3-6 * figures 1a,8,9a * * paragraphs [0028] , [0029] *;
 [A]EP1616704  (AGFA GEVAERT [BE]) [A] 1,3,5 * abstract * * page 9 - page 11; figures 1,10 *;
 [A]US2006017780  (HARA KOICHIRO [JP]) [A] 1,3,5 * abstract *;
 [A]EP1661705  (BROTHER IND LTD [JP]) [A] 1,3,5* figure 12 *
by applicantUS5744515
 WO9843686
 US6428579
 WO03007905
 EP1325739
 US6673108
    - RALMIFIANA-DOMENECH. N. ET AL., JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE SCIENCE, (2002), vol. 8, page S1461
    - JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOL., (199212), vol. 153, no. 3, pages 614 - 25
    - ALMIFIANA-DOMENECH, N. ET AL., JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE SCIENCE, (2002), vol. 8, page S146
    - JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOL., (199212), vol. 153, no. 3, pages 614 - 251
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