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EP2942911 - INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  13.11.2020
Database last updated on 22.08.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  06.12.2019
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  31.07.2019
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  16.12.2016
Most recent event   Tooltip08.07.2022Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 10.08.2022  [2022/32]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome
Ohta-ku
Tokyo / JP
[2019/34]
Former [2015/46]For all designated states
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko Ohta-ku
Tokyo / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Takenouchi, Takuya
c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2, Shimomaruko
3-chome, Ohta-ku
Tokyo / JP
 [2015/46]
Representative(s)WESER & Kollegen Patentanwälte PartmbB
Radeckestraße 43
81245 München / DE
[2020/02]
Former [2015/46]WESER & Kollegen
Radeckestraße 43
81245 München / DE
Application number, filing date15001220.124.04.2015
[2015/46]
Priority number, dateJP2014009550902.05.2014         Original published format: JP 2014095509
[2015/46]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2942911
Date:11.11.2015
Language:EN
[2015/46]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2942911
Date:08.01.2020
Language:EN
[2020/02]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP08.10.2015
ClassificationIPC:H04L12/58, G06F3/12, H04L29/14, H04L29/06, H04L29/08, // G03G15/00
[2019/33]
CPC:
G06F3/1207 (EP,US); G03G15/5075 (EP,US); G06F3/1222 (EP,US);
G06F3/1238 (EP,US); G06F3/1259 (EP,US); G06F3/1292 (EP,US);
H04L51/214 (EP,US); H04L67/025 (EP,US); H04L69/28 (EP,US);
H04L69/40 (EP,US); G03G15/5079 (US); G03G2215/00109 (EP,US);
G03G2215/00126 (EP,US); H04L51/046 (EP,US); H04L51/52 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2015/46]H04L12/58, // G03G15/00, H04L29/08
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 [2016/25]
Former [2015/46]AL,  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 
TitleGerman:INFORMATIONSVERARBEITUNGSVORRICHTUNG UND INFORMATIONSVERARBEITUNGSSYSTEM UND VERFAHREN[2015/46]
English:INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND METHOD[2015/46]
French:APPAREIL DE TRAITEMENT D'INFORMATIONS, SYSTÈME ET PROCÉDÉ DE TRAITEMENT D'INFORMATIONS[2015/46]
Examination procedure13.04.2016Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
11.05.2016Examination requested  [2016/25]
16.12.2016Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
12.04.2017Reply to a communication from the examining division
28.09.2017Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
26.01.2018Reply to a communication from the examining division
30.05.2018Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
01.10.2018Reply to a communication from the examining division
13.02.2019Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
30.04.2019Reply to a communication from the examining division
01.08.2019Communication of intention to grant the patent
27.11.2019Fee for grant paid
27.11.2019Fee for publishing/printing paid
27.11.2019Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)09.10.2020No opposition filed within time limit [2020/51]
Fees paidRenewal fee
02.05.2017Renewal fee patent year 03
30.04.2018Renewal fee patent year 04
30.04.2019Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU24.04.2015
AL08.01.2020
AT08.01.2020
CY08.01.2020
CZ08.01.2020
DK08.01.2020
EE08.01.2020
ES08.01.2020
FI08.01.2020
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LT08.01.2020
LV08.01.2020
MC08.01.2020
MK08.01.2020
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NL08.01.2020
PL08.01.2020
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SI08.01.2020
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TR08.01.2020
BG08.04.2020
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GR09.04.2020
GB24.04.2020
IE24.04.2020
LU24.04.2020
BE30.04.2020
CH30.04.2020
FR30.04.2020
LI30.04.2020
IS08.05.2020
PT31.05.2020
[2022/31]
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