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EP4277254 - DOCUMENT FEEDING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  17.05.2024
Database last updated on 02.11.2024
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  13.10.2023
Most recent event   Tooltip17.05.2024The date on which the examining division becomes responsible, has been established 
17.05.2024Request for examination filedpublished on 19.06.2024  [2024/25]
17.05.2024Change - designated statespublished on 19.06.2024  [2024/25]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome
Ohta-ku
Tokyo 146-8501 / JP
[2023/46]
Inventor(s)01 / ONO, Takahiro
Tokyo 146-8501 / JP
02 / FUKUSHIMA, Takayuki
Tokyo 146-8501 / JP
03 / MATSUO, Kazuki
Tokyo 146-8501 / JP
04 / YASUDA, Yuya
Tokyo 146-8501 / JP
05 / TACHIBANA, Takuma
Tokyo 146-8501 / JP
06 / MITAMURA, Akiyuki
Tokyo 146-8501 / JP
07 / MATSUMOTO, Akira
Tokyo 146-8501 / JP
08 / URITA, Akira
Tokyo 146-8501 / JP
09 / HISHINUMA, Norikazu
Tokyo 146-8501 / JP
10 / NAKAMURA, Takatsugu
Tokyo 146-8501 / JP
11 / HASHIMOTO, Yu
Tokyo 146-8501 / JP
 [2023/46]
Representative(s)TBK
Bavariaring 4-6
80336 München / DE
[2023/46]
Application number, filing date23172219.009.05.2023
[2023/46]
Priority number, dateJP2022007942213.05.2022         Original published format: JP 2022079422
[2023/46]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4277254
Date:15.11.2023
Language:EN
[2023/46]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP27.09.2023
ClassificationIPC:H04N1/00
[2023/46]
CPC:
H04N1/00535 (EP); H04N1/00559 (EP,CN); H04N1/00631 (US);
H04N1/00525 (US); H04N1/0053 (EP,US); H04N1/00533 (US);
H04N1/00551 (EP); H04N1/00557 (CN); H04N1/00615 (CN,US);
H04N1/00795 (CN); H04N2201/0094 (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,   ME,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2024/25]
Former [2023/46]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,  ME,  MK,  MT,  NL,  NO,  PL,  PT,  RO,  RS,  SE,  SI,  SK,  SM,  TR 
Extension statesBANot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:DOKUMENTENZUFÜHRVORRICHTUNG, BILDLESEVORRICHTUNG UND BILDERZEUGUNGSVORRICHTUNG[2023/46]
English:DOCUMENT FEEDING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS[2023/46]
French:APPAREIL D'ALIMENTATION EN DOCUMENTS, APPAREIL DE LECTURE D'IMAGES ET APPAREIL DE FORMATION D'IMAGES[2023/46]
Examination procedure09.04.2024Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
15.05.2024Examination requested  [2024/25]
15.05.2024Date on which the examining division has become responsible
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Documents cited:Search[Y]US2013056924  (MIZUNO MASATSUGU [JP], et al) [Y] 6 * paragraph [0048]; figures 2, 6 *;
 [Y]US2015092254  (SAKAKIBARA ARISA [JP], et al) [Y] 7,8 * paragraph [0055]; figures 1, 7 *;
 [Y]US2017251117  (SHIROTA KENICHI [JP], et al) [Y] 9,12,13* paragraph [0051] - paragraph [0101]; figure 2 *;
 [XY]US2018367686  (YAMADA KATSUMI [JP]) [X] 1-5,10,11 * paragraph [0076] - paragraph [0165]; figures 1-4, 18-28 * [Y] 6-9,12,13
by applicantUS2016057300
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