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EP3141390 - LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 16.10.2020 Database last updated on 13.09.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 08.11.2019
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 01.09.2019
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 22.09.2017
Former	The application has been published Status updated on 10.02.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	08.07.2022	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK	published on 10.08.2022 [2022/32]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Seiko Epson Corporation 1-6, Shinjuku 4-chome Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 160-8801 / JP
	[2017/11]
Inventor(s)	01 / OKINA, Takuya c/o Seiko Epson Corporation 3-5 Owa 3-chome Suwa-shi, Nagano 392-8502 / JP
	02 / ONO, Hirokazu c/o Seiko Epson Corporation 3-5 Owa 3-chome Suwa-shi, Nagano 392-8502 / JP
	[2017/11]
Representative(s)	Miller Sturt Kenyon 9 John Street London WC1N 2ES / GB
	[2017/11]
Application number, filing date	16187617.2	07.09.2016
	[2017/11]
Priority number, date	JP20150178235	10.09.2015 Original published format: JP 2015178235
	[2017/11]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3141390
	Date:	15.03.2017
	Language:	EN
	[2017/11]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3141390
	Date:	11.12.2019
	Language:	EN
	[2019/50]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	12.01.2017
Classification	IPC:	B41J2/14	[2017/11]
	CPC:	B41J2/16535 (EP,US); B41J2/04 (US); B41J2/14201 (EP,US); B41J2/1433 (EP,US); B41J2/155 (US); B41J2/16538 (EP,US); (+) B41J2/16585 (EP,US); B41J2202/21 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting states	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 [2017/43]
Former [2017/11]	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
Title	German:	FLÜSSIGKEITSAUSSTOSSVORRICHTUNG	[2017/11]
	English:	LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS	[2017/11]
	French:	APPAREIL D'ÉJECTION DE LIQUIDE	[2017/11]
Examination procedure	07.09.2016	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	15.09.2017	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	15.09.2017	Examination requested [2017/43]
	02.09.2019	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	01.11.2019	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
	04.11.2019	Fee for grant paid
	04.11.2019	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	14.09.2020	No opposition filed within time limit [2020/47]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	03.09.2018	Renewal fee patent year 03
	05.09.2019	Renewal fee patent year 04
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	Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court.
Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	07.09.2016
	AL	11.12.2019
	AT	11.12.2019
	CY	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	MK	11.12.2019
	MT	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	TR	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
	IE	07.09.2020
	LU	07.09.2020
	[2022/32]
Former [2022/27]	HU	07.09.2016
	AL	11.12.2019
	AT	11.12.2019
	CY	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	MT	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	TR	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
	IE	07.09.2020
	LU	07.09.2020
Former [2021/37]	AL	11.12.2019
	AT	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
	IE	07.09.2020
	LU	07.09.2020
Former [2021/27]	AL	11.12.2019
	AT	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
	LU	07.09.2020
Former [2021/23]	AL	11.12.2019
	AT	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
Former [2021/10]	AL	11.12.2019
	AT	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
Former [2020/51]	AL	11.12.2019
	AT	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
Former [2020/47]	AL	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
Former [2020/40]	AL	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
Former [2020/37]	AL	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
Former [2020/36]	AL	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
Former [2020/35]	AL	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
Former [2020/34]	AL	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
Former [2020/32]	AL	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
Former [2020/25]	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
Former [2020/23]	FI	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
Former [2020/22]	FI	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
Former [2020/21]	NO	11.03.2020
Documents cited:	Search	[XD]JP2007276394 (FUJI XEROX CO LTD) [XD] 1,5* figure 4 *;
		[X]JP2011168032 (SEIKO EPSON CORP) [X] 1,4-6 * figures 2,5,8 *;
		[XI]US2012120150 (ANDO MASAAKI [JP]) [X] 1,6 * paragraphs [0059] , [0061] , [0074] , [0095] - [0098]; figures 5a,5b, 9, 10,11 * [I] 3,7;
		[X]WO2014069497 (SEIREN CO LTD [JP]) [X] 1,2,6 * figures 1,8 *
	by applicant	JP2007276394

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