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EP4278950 - OPHTHALMOLOGIC APPARATUS AND FOCUS DETERMINATION METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  15.03.2024
Database last updated on 11.04.2026
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  20.10.2023
Most recent event   Tooltip07.04.2026New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Topcon Corporation
75-1 Hasunuma-cho
Itabashi-ku
Tokyo 174-8580 / JP
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Inventor(s)01 / Fujii, Kohta
Tokyo, 174-8580 / JP
02 / Morishima, Shunichi
Tokyo, 174-8580 / JP
 [2023/47]
Representative(s)Schmitt-Nilson Schraud Waibel Wohlfrom Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB
Pelkovenstraße 143
80992 München / DE
[2023/47]
Application number, filing date23173544.016.05.2023
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Priority number, dateJP2022008095817.05.2022         Original published format: JP 2022080958
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Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4278950
Date:22.11.2023
Language:EN
[2023/47]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP17.07.2023
ClassificationIPC:A61B3/12, A61B3/14, A61B3/135, G06T1/00
[2023/47]
CPC:
A61B3/12 (EP,CN,US); A61B3/152 (CN,US); A61B3/0008 (CN,US);
A61B3/135 (EP); A61B3/14 (EP); H04N23/56 (EP);
H04N23/58 (EP); H04N23/67 (CN); H04N23/73 (CN);
H04N25/531 (CN) (-)
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 [2024/16]
Former [2023/47]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:OPHTHALMOLOGISCHE VORRICHTUNG UND FOKUSBESTIMMUNGSVERFAHREN[2023/47]
English:OPHTHALMOLOGIC APPARATUS AND FOCUS DETERMINATION METHOD[2023/47]
French:APPAREIL OPHTALMOLOGIQUE ET PROCÉDÉ DE DÉTERMINATION DE MISE AU POINT[2023/47]
Examination procedure14.03.2024Examination requested  [2024/16]
14.03.2024Date on which the examining division has become responsible
19.03.2024Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
Fees paidRenewal fee
07.04.2025Renewal fee patent year 03
06.04.2026Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[XA] WO2021149280  (TOPCON CORP et al.)
 [XPA] WO2023068071  (TOPCON CORP et al.)
by applicantJP5736211
 JPH0218054
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