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EP3410197 - LENS APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND INTERMEDIATE ACCESSORY [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  11.12.2020
Database last updated on 26.03.2026
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  03.01.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  15.08.2019
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  14.06.2019
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  02.11.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip15.07.2022Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 17.08.2022  [2022/33]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
30-2 Shimomaruko 3-chome
Ohta-ku
Tokyo 146-8501 / JP
[2018/49]
Inventor(s)01 / TSUKAMOTO, Suguru
c/o CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome
Ohta-ku, Tokyo 146-8501 / JP
02 / WATAZAWA, Yasuyuki
c/o CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome
Ohta-ku, Tokyo 146-8501 / JP
03 / FUJIHASHI, Naoto
c/o CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome
Ohta-ku, Tokyo 146-8501 / JP
 [2018/49]
Representative(s)TBK
Bavariaring 4-6
80336 München / DE
[2018/49]
Application number, filing date18175083.730.05.2018
[2018/49]
Priority number, dateJP2017010825931.05.2017         Original published format: JP 2017108259
[2018/49]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3410197
Date:05.12.2018
Language:EN
[2018/49]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3410197
Date:05.02.2020
Language:EN
[2020/06]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP24.09.2018
ClassificationIPC:G03B17/14, G03B17/56, G03B7/20
[2018/49]
CPC:
G03B7/20 (EP,US); G03B17/14 (EP,CN,US); H04N23/663 (US);
G03B17/56 (EP,US); G03B17/565 (CN); H04N23/55 (CN,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 [2019/29]
Former [2018/49]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:BILDAUFNAHMEVORRICHTUNG, LINSENVORRICHTUNG UND INTERMEDIÄRES ZUBEHÖR[2019/31]
English:LENS APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND INTERMEDIATE ACCESSORY[2018/49]
French:APPAREIL PHOTOGRAPHIQUE, UNITÉ DE LENTILLE, ET ACCESSOIRE INTERMÉDIAIRE[2019/31]
Former [2018/49]LINSENVORRICHTUNG, BILDAUFNAHMEVORRICHTUNG, UND INTERMEDIÄRES ZUBEHÖR
Former [2018/49]UNITÉ DE LENTILLE, APPAREIL PHOTOGRAPHIQUE, ET ACCESSOIRE INTERMÉDIAIRE
Examination procedure05.06.2019Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
05.06.2019Examination requested  [2019/29]
05.06.2019Date on which the examining division has become responsible
16.08.2019Communication of intention to grant the patent
19.12.2019Fee for grant paid
19.12.2019Fee for publishing/printing paid
19.12.2019Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)EP19217530.5  / EP3667411
Opposition(s)06.11.2020No opposition filed within time limit [2021/02]
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU30.05.2018
AL05.02.2020
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PT28.06.2020
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