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EP2966854 - IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING METHOD AND PROGRAM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  02.07.2021
Database last updated on 09.04.2026
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  24.07.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  23.04.2020
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  02.12.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip19.12.2025Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): TR		published on 21.01.2026  [2026/04]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
NEC Corporation
7-1, Shiba 5-chome Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-8001 / JP
[2016/02]
Inventor(s)01 / ISHIZUKA Yukari
c/o NEC Corporation
7-1, Shiba 5-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-8001 / JP
 [2016/02]
Representative(s)Vossius & Partner Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbB
Siebertstrasse 3
81675 München / DE
[2016/02]
Application number, filing date14759623.306.02.2014
[2016/02]
WO2014JP52728
Priority number, dateJP2013004382106.03.2013         Original published format: JP 2013043821
[2016/02]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2014136521
Date:12.09.2014
Language:JA
[2014/37]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2966854
Date:13.01.2016
Language:EN
[2016/02]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2966854
Date:26.08.2020
Language:EN
[2020/35]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP12.09.2014
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP27.09.2016
ClassificationIPC:H04N5/232, H04N5/225, G06F3/01, G06F3/03, G03B9/64, G03B15/00, G03B17/02
[2020/21]
CPC:
G03B9/64 (EP,US); H04N23/611 (EP,US); G03B17/02 (EP,US);
G06F3/01 (US); G06F3/012 (EP,US); G06F3/017 (EP,US);
G06F3/0304 (EP,US); H04N23/51 (EP,US); H04N23/61 (EP,US);
H04N23/63 (EP,US); H04N23/64 (EP,US); H04N23/667 (EP,US);
H04N5/144 (US) (-)
Former IPC [2016/02]H04N5/232, G03B9/64, G03B15/00, G03B17/02, H04N5/225
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2016/02]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:BILDERZEUGUNGSVORRICHTUNG, BILDERZEUGUNGSVERFAHREN UND ENTSPRECHENDES PROGRAMM[2016/02]
English:IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING METHOD AND PROGRAM[2016/02]
French:DISPOSITIF DE FORMATION D'IMAGE, PROCÉDÉ DE FORMATION D'IMAGE, ET PROGRAMME[2016/02]
Entry into regional phase11.08.2015Translation filed 
11.09.2015National basic fee paid 
11.09.2015Search fee paid 
11.09.2015Designation fee(s) paid 
11.09.2015Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure11.09.2015Examination requested  [2016/02]
12.04.2017Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
03.12.2019Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
13.02.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
24.04.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
20.07.2020Fee for grant paid
20.07.2020Fee for publishing/printing paid
20.07.2020Receipt 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  03.12.2019
Opposition(s)27.05.2021No opposition filed within time limit [2021/31]
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.02.2016Renewal fee patent year 03
21.02.2017Renewal fee patent year 04
14.02.2018Renewal fee patent year 05
13.02.2019Renewal fee patent year 06
13.02.2020Renewal fee patent year 07
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