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EP4160197 - THERMOGRAPHIC INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  03.03.2023
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip24.06.2023Amendment by applicant 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome
Ohta-ku
Tokyo 143-8555 / JP
[2023/14]
Inventor(s)01 / Masuda, Koji
Tokyo 143-8555 / JP
02 / Inoue, Yuta
Tokyo 143-8555 / JP
03 / Hirayama, Rie
Tokyo 143-8555 / JP
 [2023/14]
Representative(s)Marks & Clerk LLP
15 Fetter Lane
London EC4A 1BW / GB
[2023/14]
Application number, filing date22198497.428.09.2022
[2023/14]
Priority number, dateJP2021016228830.09.2021         Original published format: JP 2021162288
[2023/14]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4160197
Date:05.04.2023
Language:EN
[2023/14]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP10.02.2023
ClassificationIPC:G01N25/72
[2023/14]
CPC:
G01N25/72 (EP,US); G01N21/8806 (US); G01N21/8851 (US);
G01N2021/8854 (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 [2023/14]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:THERMOGRAFISCHE PRÜFVORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN[2023/14]
English:THERMOGRAPHIC INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD[2023/14]
French:APPAREIL D'ESSAI THERMOGRAPHIQUE ET PROCÉDÉ[2023/14]
Examination procedure28.09.2022Examination requested  [2023/14]
21.06.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
21.06.2023Date on which the examining division has become responsible
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Documents cited:Search[XY]US2005286606  (IGNATOWICZ STEVEN [US]) [X] 1,8 * paragraph [0012] * * paragraph [0016] * * paragraph [0020] - paragraph [0021] * * paragraph [0026] * * paragraph [0028] - paragraph [0031] * [Y] 2-7;
 [A]WO2015140797  (D I R TECHNOLOGIES DETECTION IR LTD [IL]) [A] 1-8 * the whole document *;
 [A]JP2017067549  (ANRITSU INFIVIS CO LTD) [A] 1-8 * abstract *;
 [A]JP2020041840  (IKEGAMI TSUSHINKI KK, et al) [A] 1-8* abstract *;
 [Y]  - CRUZ SAMUEL ET AL, "Real-Time Quality Control of Heat Sealed Bottles Using Thermal Images and Artificial Neural Network", JOURNAL OF IMAGING, (20210203), vol. 7, no. 2, doi:10.3390/jimaging7020024, page 24, XP093019749 [Y] 2-7 * page 2, paragraph 1.2 * * page 10, paragraph 5 * * page 15, paragraph 6.2 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jimaging7020024
by applicantJP2017083403
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