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EP About this file: EP3640739

EP3640739 - IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  18.03.2022
Database last updated on 16.11.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  09.04.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  06.12.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  30.10.2020
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  20.03.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip13.09.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MT		published on 16.10.2024  [2024/42]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha
1-11-1, Osaki
Shinagawa-ku
Tokyo 141-8562 / JP
[2020/17]
Inventor(s)01 / FUKAYA, Hideaki
c/o IP Division, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
1-11-1, Osaki
Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-8562 / JP
 [2020/17]
Representative(s)Bandpay & Greuter
11 rue Christophe Colomb
75008 Paris / FR
[N/P]
Former [2020/17]Bandpay & Greuter
30, rue Notre-Dame des Victoires
75002 Paris / FR
Application number, filing date19202575.710.10.2019
[2020/17]
Priority number, dateUS20181616490119.10.2018         Original published format: US201816164901
[2020/17]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3640739
Date:22.04.2020
Language:EN
[2020/17]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3640739
Date:12.05.2021
Language:EN
[2021/19]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP11.03.2020
ClassificationIPC:G03G15/00
[2020/17]
CPC:
G03G15/502 (EP,US); G03G15/5016 (CN,US); G03G15/50 (CN);
G03G15/5029 (US); G03G15/5066 (US); G03G2215/00025 (US);
G03G2215/00489 (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 [2020/49]
Former [2020/17]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:BILDERZEUGUNGSVORRICHTUNG UND BILDERZEUGUNGSVERFAHREN[2020/17]
English:IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD[2020/17]
French:APPAREIL DE FORMATION D'IMAGES ET PROCÉDÉ DE FORMATION D'IMAGES[2020/17]
Examination procedure01.10.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
22.10.2020Examination requested  [2020/49]
22.10.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
07.12.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
06.04.2021Fee for grant paid
06.04.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
06.04.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)15.02.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/16]
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Documents cited:Search[XI]JPH09198191  (FUJI XEROX CO LTD) [X] 1,11,14,15 * paragraph [0001] * * abstract * [I] 2-10,12,13;
 [A]US2009052930  (YOSHIMURA KAZUTOSHI [JP], et al) [A] 1-15* the whole document *;
 [A]EP2105801  (BROTHER IND LTD [JP]) [A] 1-15 * the whole document *
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