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EP About this file: EP3112850

EP3112850 - X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS AND X-RAY IMAGING METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  26.02.2021
Database last updated on 22.08.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  20.03.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  11.12.2019
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  02.12.2016
Most recent event   Tooltip14.06.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): TR		published on 17.07.2024  [2024/29]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Hitachi, Ltd.
6-6, Marunouchi 1-chome
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8280 / JP
[2017/01]
Inventor(s)01 / YONEYAMA Akio
c/o HITACHI LTD.
6-6 Marunouchi 1-chome
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8280 / JP
02 / BABA Rika
c/o HITACHI LTD.
6-6 Marunouchi 1-chome
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8280 / JP
03 / YAMAKAWA Keisuke
c/o HITACHI LTD.
6-6 Marunouchi 1-chome
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8280 / JP
 [2017/01]
Representative(s)Strehl Schübel-Hopf & Partner
Maximilianstrasse 54
80538 München / DE
[2017/01]
Application number, filing date14884007.726.02.2014
[2017/01]
WO2014JP54708
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2015128969
Date:03.09.2015
Language:JA
[2015/35]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3112850
Date:04.01.2017
Language:EN
[2017/01]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3112850
Date:22.04.2020
Language:EN
[2020/17]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP03.09.2015
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP11.09.2017
ClassificationIPC:G01N23/04
[2017/01]
CPC:
G01N23/046 (EP,US); G01N23/04 (US); G01N23/20 (US);
G01N2223/056 (US); G01N2223/3306 (EP,US); G01N2223/419 (EP,US);
G01N2223/423 (US) (-)
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 [2017/01]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:RÖNTGENBILDGEBUNGSVORRICHTUNG UND RÖNTGENBILDGEBUNGSVERFAHREN[2017/01]
English:X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS AND X-RAY IMAGING METHOD[2017/01]
French:DISPOSITIF D'IMAGERIE À RAYONS X ET PROCÉDÉ D'IMAGERIE À RAYONS X[2017/01]
Entry into regional phase28.07.2016Translation filed 
13.09.2016National basic fee paid 
13.09.2016Search fee paid 
13.09.2016Designation fee(s) paid 
13.09.2016Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure28.07.2016Date on which the examining division has become responsible
13.09.2016Examination requested  [2017/01]
03.04.2018Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
12.12.2019Communication of intention to grant the patent
11.03.2020Fee for grant paid
11.03.2020Fee for publishing/printing paid
11.03.2020Receipt 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  12.12.2019
Opposition(s)25.01.2021No opposition filed within time limit [2021/13]
Fees paidRenewal fee
13.09.2016Renewal fee patent year 03
28.02.2017Renewal fee patent year 04
26.02.2018Renewal fee patent year 05
27.02.2019Renewal fee patent year 06
29.02.2020Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU26.02.2014
AL22.04.2020
AT22.04.2020
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CZ22.04.2020
DK22.04.2020
EE22.04.2020
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MC22.04.2020
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SM22.04.2020
TR22.04.2020
BG22.07.2020
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PT24.08.2020
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