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EP3219502 - LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS, LIQUID EJECTION SYSTEM AND LIQUID EJECTION METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  12.02.2021
Database last updated on 13.11.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  06.03.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  29.10.2019
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  25.01.2019
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  18.08.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip15.07.2022Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): BE		published on 17.08.2022  [2022/33]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome Ohta-ku
Tokyo 143-8555 / JP
[2017/38]
Inventor(s)01 / HAYASHI, Tomoaki
c/o Ricoh Company, Ltd.
3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome
Ohta-ku
Tokyo, 143-8555 / JP
02 / NAGASU, Tsuyoshi
c/o Ricoh Company, Ltd.
3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome
Ohta-ku
Tokyo, 143-8555 / JP
03 / SUNAOSHI, Masayuki
c/o Ricoh Company, Ltd.
3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome
Ohta-ku
Tokyo, 143-8555 / JP
04 / KUDO, Koichi
c/o Ricoh Company, Ltd.
3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome
Ohta-ku
Tokyo, 143-8555 / JP
05 / MIZUNO, Masahiro
c/o Ricoh Company, Ltd.
3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome
Ohta-ku
Tokyo, 143-8555 / JP
 [2017/38]
Representative(s)SSM Sandmair
Patentanwälte Rechtsanwalt
Partnerschaft mbB
Joseph-Wild-Straße 20
81829 München / DE
[2020/15]
Former [2017/38]Schwabe - Sandmair - Marx
Patentanwälte Rechtsanwalt
Partnerschaft mbB
Joseph-Wild-Straße 20
81829 München / DE
Application number, filing date16203197.509.12.2016
[2017/38]
Priority number, dateJP2015024365514.12.2015         Original published format: JP 2015243655
JP2016022171914.11.2016         Original published format: JP 2016221719
JP2016023634006.12.2016         Original published format: JP 2016236340
[2017/38]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3219502
Date:20.09.2017
Language:EN
[2017/38]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3219502
Date:08.04.2020
Language:EN
[2020/15]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP22.08.2017
ClassificationIPC:B41J15/04, G01B11/00, B41J2/21
[2017/38]
CPC:
B41J3/543 (EP,US); B41J11/008 (CN); B41J11/0095 (EP,CN,US);
B41J2/2146 (EP,US); B41J25/001 (EP,US); B41J15/04 (EP,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 [2017/38]
TitleGerman:FLÜSSIGKEITSAUSSTOSSVORRICHTUNG, FLÜSSIGKEITSAUSSTOSSSYSTEM UND FLÜSSIGKEITSAUSSTOSSVERFAHREN[2017/38]
English:LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS, LIQUID EJECTION SYSTEM AND LIQUID EJECTION METHOD[2017/38]
French:APPAREIL D'ÉJECTION DE LIQUIDE, SYSTÈME D'ÉJECTION DE LIQUIDE ET PROCÉDÉ D'ÉJECTION DE LIQUIDE[2017/38]
Examination procedure09.12.2016Examination requested  [2017/38]
09.12.2016Date on which the examining division has become responsible
08.02.2018Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
28.01.2019Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
03.06.2019Reply to a communication from the examining division
30.10.2019Communication of intention to grant the patent
24.02.2020Fee for grant paid
24.02.2020Fee for publishing/printing paid
24.02.2020Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)12.01.2021No opposition filed within time limit [2021/11]
Fees paidRenewal fee
19.12.2018Renewal fee patent year 03
23.12.2019Renewal fee patent year 04
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