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EP About this file: EP3546223

EP3546223 - LIQUID CARTRIDGE INCLUDING LIGHT BLOCKING PORTION AND SYSTEM USING THE SAME [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  25.02.2022
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  19.03.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  10.11.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  27.03.2020
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  30.08.2019
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
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
15-1 Naeshiro-cho
Mizuho-ku
Nagoya, Aichi 467-8561 / JP
[2020/49]
Former [2019/40]For all designated states
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
15-1 Naeshiro-cho
Mizuho-ku
Nagoya Aichi 467-8561 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / MIYAO, Takahiro
c/o Intellectual Property Dept.
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
1-1-1, Kawagishi
Mizuho-ku
Nagoya, Aichi 467-8562 / JP
02 / ONO, Akihito
c/o Intellectual Property Dept.
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
1-1-1, Kawagishi
Mizuho-ku
Nagoya, Aichi 467-8562 / JP
03 / TAKAHASHI, Hiroaki
c/o Intellectual Property Dept.
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
1-1-1, Kawagishi
Mizuho-ku
Nagoya, Aichi 467-8562 / JP
04 / KOBAYASHI, Tetsuro
c/o Intellectual Property Dept.
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
1-1-1, Kawagishi
Mizuho-ku
Nagoya, Aichi 467-8562 / JP
05 / NAKAZAWA, Fumio
c/o Intellectual Property Dept.
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
1-1-1, Kawagishi
Mizuho-ku
Nagoya, Aichi 467-8562 / JP
06 / NUKUI, Kosuke
c/o Intellectual Property Dept.
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
1-1-1, Kawagishi
Mizuho-ku
Nagoya, Aichi 467-8562 / JP
 [2021/16]
Former [2019/40]01 / MIYAO, Takahiro
c/o Intellectual Property Dept.
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
1-1-1, Kawagishi
Mizuho-ku, Nagoya
Aichi, 467-8562 / JP
02 / ONO, Akihito
c/o Intellectual Property Dept.
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
1-1-1, Kawagishi
Mizuho-ku, Nagoya
Aichi, 467-8562 / JP
03 / TAKAHASHI, Hiroaki
c/o Intellectual Property Dept.
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
1-1-1, Kawagishi
Mizuho-ku, Nagoya
Aichi, 467-8562 / JP
04 / KOBAYASHI, Tetsuro
c/o Intellectual Property Dept.
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
1-1-1, Kawagishi
Mizuho-ku, Nagoya
Aichi, 467-8562 / JP
05 / NAKAZAWA, Fumio
c/o Intellectual Property Dept.
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
1-1-1, Kawagishi
Mizuho-ku, Nagoya
Aichi, 467-8562 / JP
06 / NUKUI, Kosuke
c/o Intellectual Property Dept.
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
1-1-1, Kawagishi
Mizuho-ku, Nagoya
Aichi, 467-8562 / JP
Representative(s)J A Kemp LLP
80 Turnmill Street
London EC1M 5QU / GB
[N/P]
Former [2021/16]J A Kemp LLP
14 South Square
Gray's Inn
London WC1R 5JJ / GB
Former [2019/40]J A Kemp
14 South Square
Gray's Inn
London WC1R 5JJ / GB
Application number, filing date18165159.729.03.2018
[2019/40]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3546223
Date:02.10.2019
Language:EN
[2019/40]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3546223
Date:21.04.2021
Language:EN
[2021/16]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP04.09.2018
ClassificationIPC:B41J2/175
[2019/40]
CPC:
B41J2/17503 (EP); B41J2/17543 (EP); B41J2/17553 (EP)
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 [2020/18]
Former [2019/40]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:FLÜSSIGKEITSPATRONE MIT LICHTBLOCKIERENDEM ABSCHNITT UND SYSTEM MIT VERWENDUNG DAVON[2019/40]
English:LIQUID CARTRIDGE INCLUDING LIGHT BLOCKING PORTION AND SYSTEM USING THE SAME[2019/40]
French:CARTOUCHE DE LIQUIDE COMPRENANT UNE PARTIE DE BLOCAGE DE LUMIÈRE ET SYSTÈME L'UTILISANT[2019/40]
Examination procedure24.03.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
24.03.2020Examination requested  [2020/18]
24.03.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
11.11.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
01.03.2021Fee for grant paid
01.03.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
01.03.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)24.01.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/13]
Fees paidRenewal fee
12.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
12.03.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU29.03.2018
AL21.04.2021
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Documents cited:Search[X]US2008252702  (AOKI YUJI [JP], et al) [X] 1-15 * paragraphs [0005] , [0 10] , [0 11] , [0 18] - [0022] - [0 79] , [0 97] - [0099] - [ 107]; figure 11 *;
 [A]EP3153320  (BROTHER IND LTD [JP]) [A] 1-15* paragraphs [0023] , [0 24] , [0 30] , [0 31] , [0 33] , [0 34] , [0 48]; figure 6 *;
 [A]EP3225401  (BROTHER IND LTD [JP]) [A] 1-15 * paragraphs [0001] - [0010] - [0 18] , [0 19] , [0 31] , [0 32] , [0 45] - [0048] - [0 51] , [0 58] , [0 66] , [0 75] , [0 82] - [0087]; figures 1-6 *;
 [A]EP3228460  (BROTHER IND LTD [JP]) [A] 1-15 * paragraphs [0006] , [0 19] , [0 20] , [0 24] , [0 27] , [0 59] - [0061] - [0 82] - [0085]; figures 1-4 *
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