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EP4378700 - HEATING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  03.05.2024
Database last updated on 03.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip03.05.2024Publication in section I.1 EP Bulletinpublished on 05.06.2024  [2024/23]
03.05.2024Request for examination filedpublished on 05.06.2024  [2024/23]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome
Ohta-ku
Tokyo 143-8555 / JP
[2024/23]
Inventor(s)01 / KIDO, Takuto
Tokyo, 143-8555 / JP
02 / SATOH, Toshiya
Tokyo, 143-8555 / JP
03 / TANIOKU, Yuichi
Tokyo, 143-8555 / JP
04 / SHIMA, Akihiro
Tokyo, 143-8555 / JP
05 / ISHIKAWA, Teiichiro
Tokyo, 143-8555 / JP
06 / MORIKAWA, Yusuke
Tokyo, 143-8555 / JP
 [2024/23]
Representative(s)SSM Sandmair
Patentanwälte Rechtsanwalt
Partnerschaft mbB
Joseph-Wild-Straße 20
81829 München / DE
[2024/23]
Application number, filing date23213218.330.11.2023
[2024/23]
Priority number, dateJP2022019181830.11.2022         Original published format: JP 2022191818
JP2023012720803.08.2023         Original published format: JP 2023127208
[2024/23]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4378700
Date:05.06.2024
Language:EN
[2024/23]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP23.04.2024
ClassificationIPC:B41J11/00, G03G15/20, H05B3/00
[2024/23]
CPC:
B41J11/00242 (EP,US); B41J11/00244 (US); G03G15/2042 (EP);
G03G15/2053 (EP); H05B1/0241 (EP); H05B3/0095 (EP);
B41J11/0025 (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 [2024/23]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:HEIZVORRICHTUNG, BILDERZEUGUNGSVORRICHTUNG UND FLÜSSIGKEITSAUSSTOSSVORRICHTUNG[2024/23]
English:HEATING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS[2024/23]
French:DISPOSITIF DE CHAUFFAGE, APPAREIL DE FORMATION D'IMAGES ET APPAREIL DE DÉCHARGE DE LIQUIDE[2024/23]
Examination procedure30.11.2023Examination requested  [2024/23]
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Documents cited:Search[Y]JP2003151722  (SHARP KK);
 [XYI]EP1055978  (SHARP KK [JP]);
 [I]US2013108300  (FUJII MAKOTO [JP]);
 [XI]US2020233348  (NAKAJIMA NOZOMU [JP], et al);
 [XI]US2021072680  (YOSHIDA TSUGUHIRO [JP], et al);
 [Y]US2021245530  (TANEMOTO MITSURU [JP])
by applicantJP2017007254
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