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EP About this file: EP3597437

EP3597437 - PRINTING FLUID CARTRIDGE, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND USE OF PRINTING FLUID CARTRIDGE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  24.06.2022
Database last updated on 14.03.2026
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  16.07.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  10.03.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  19.06.2020
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  20.12.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip19.12.2025Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): TR		published on 21.01.2026  [2026/04]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
15-1 Naeshiro-cho
Mizuho-ku, Nagoya-shi
Aichi 467-8561 / JP
[2020/04]
Inventor(s)01 / KANBE, Tomohiro
c/o BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Intellectual Property Department
1-1-1 Kawagishi
Mizuho-ku
Nagoya-shi, Aichi 467-8562 / JP
02 / TAKAGI, Yuki
c/o BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Intellectual Property Department
1-1-1 Kawagishi
Mizuho-ku
Nagoya-shi, Aichi 467-8562 / JP
03 / NAKAMURA, Hirotake
c/o BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Intellectual Property Department
1-1-1 Kawagishi
Mizuho-ku
Nagoya-shi, Aichi 467-8562 / JP
 [2020/04]
Representative(s)Prüfer & Partner mbB Patentanwälte · Rechtsanwälte
Sohnckestraße 12
81479 München / DE
[2020/04]
Application number, filing date19192545.222.12.2011
[2020/04]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3597437
Date:22.01.2020
Language:EN
[2020/04]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3597437
Date:18.08.2021
Language:EN
[2021/33]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP12.12.2019
ClassificationIPC:B41J2/175
[2020/04]
CPC:
B41J2/17513 (EP); B41J2/1752 (EP); B41J2/17523 (EP);
B41J2/17526 (EP); B41J2/1753 (EP); B41J2/17546 (EP);
B41J2/17553 (EP); B41J2/17566 (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 [2020/30]
Former [2020/04]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:DRUCKFLÜSSIGKEITSPATRONE, DRUCKVORRICHTUNG UND VERWENDUNG DER DRUCKFLÜSSIGKEITSPATRONE[2020/04]
English:PRINTING FLUID CARTRIDGE, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND USE OF PRINTING FLUID CARTRIDGE[2020/04]
French:CARTOUCHE DE LIQUIDE D'IMPRESSION, APPAREIL D'IMPRESSION ET UTILISATION DE LA CARTOUCHE DE LIQUIDE D'IMPRESSION[2020/04]
Examination procedure17.06.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
17.06.2020Examination requested  [2020/30]
17.06.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
11.03.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
07.07.2021Fee for grant paid
07.07.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
07.07.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP11195247.9  / EP2607082
EP14181697.5  / EP2805827
EP15161569.7  / EP2910379
Divisional application(s)EP21184304.0  / EP3925782
Opposition(s)19.05.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/30]
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.08.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
20.08.2019Renewal fee patent year 04
20.08.2019Renewal fee patent year 05
20.08.2019Renewal fee patent year 06
20.08.2019Renewal fee patent year 07
20.08.2019Renewal fee patent year 08
19.12.2019Renewal fee patent year 09
29.12.2020Renewal fee patent year 10
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 [XI] US2007139495  (HATTORI SHINGO et al.)
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