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EP About this file: EP0342240

EP0342240 - METHOD OF CORRECTING FIGURE ELEMENT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  17.01.1997
Database last updated on 03.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip29.08.1997Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 15.10.1997 [1997/42]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
FANUC LTD
3580, Shibokusa Aza-Komanba, Oshinomura Minamitsuru-gun
Yamanashi 401-05 / JP
[N/P]
Former [1989/47]For all designated states
FANUC LTD.
3580, Shibokusa Aza-Komanba, Oshinomura
Minamitsuru-gun, Yamanashi 401-05 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / SEKI, Masaki
3-15-2-406, Takaido-nishi
Suginami-ku Tokyo 168 / JP
02 / TAKEGAHARA, Takashi
256-2, Nishiterakata-cho
Hachioji-shi Tokyo 192-01 / JP
03 / KAJITANI, Akira, FANUC Dai-3 Vira-karamatsu
3527-1, Shibokusa, Oshino-mura
Minamitsuru-gun, Yamanashi 401-05 / JP
[1991/29]
Former [1989/47]01 / SEKI, Masaki
3-15-2-406, Takaido-nishi
Suginami-ku Tokyo 168 / JP
02 / TAKEGAHARA, Takashi
256-2, Nishiterakata-cho
Hachioji-shi Tokyo 192-01 / JP
03 / KAJITANI, Akira Fanuc Dai-3 Vira-karamatsu
3527-1, Shibokusa Oshino-mura
Minamitsuru-gun Yamanashi 401-05 / JP
Representative(s)Overbury, Richard Douglas, et al
Haseltine Lake & Co., Imperial House, 15-19 Kingsway
London WC2B 6UD / GB
[N/P]
Former [1989/47]Overbury, Richard Douglas, et al
HASELTINE LAKE & CO Hazlitt House 28 Southampton Buildings Chancery Lane
London WC2A 1AY / GB
Application number, filing date88909126.019.10.1988
[1989/47]
WO1988JP01058
Priority number, dateJP1987026505220.10.1987         Original published format: JP 26505287
[1989/47]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO8904011
Date:05.05.1989
Language:EN
[1989/10]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0342240
Date:23.11.1989
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 05.05.1989 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1989/47]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0342240
Date:13.03.1996
Language:EN
[1996/11]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP05.05.1989
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP28.10.1992
ClassificationIPC:G05B19/409
[1996/11]
CPC:
G05B19/40933 (EP,US); G05B2219/36073 (EP,US); G05B2219/36077 (EP,US);
G05B2219/36325 (EP,US); Y02P90/02 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1989/47]G05B19/403
Designated contracting statesDE,   GB,   IT [1989/47]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUR VERBESSERUNG EINES BILDELEMENTES[1989/47]
English:METHOD OF CORRECTING FIGURE ELEMENT[1989/47]
French:PROCEDE DE CORRECTION D'UN ELEMENT D'IMAGE[1989/47]
Entry into regional phase16.06.1989Translation filed 
05.07.1989National basic fee paid 
05.07.1989Search fee paid 
05.07.1989Designation fee(s) paid 
05.07.1989Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure05.07.1989Examination requested  [1989/47]
04.02.1994Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
12.07.1994Reply to a communication from the examining division
11.10.1994Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
05.04.1995Reply to a communication from the examining division
20.06.1995Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
13.09.1995Communication of intention to grant the patent
07.12.1995Fee for grant paid
07.12.1995Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)14.12.1996No opposition filed within time limit [1997/10]
Fees paidRenewal fee
11.10.1990Renewal fee patent year 03
11.10.1991Renewal fee patent year 04
13.10.1992Renewal fee patent year 05
11.10.1993Renewal fee patent year 06
08.10.1994Renewal fee patent year 07
10.10.1995Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipGB19.10.1996
[1997/42]
Documents cited:Search[Y]US4328550  (WEBER JOHN M);
 [Y]EP0217048  (IBM [US])
International search[A]JPS61250706  (MITSUBISHI HEAVY IND LTD);
 [A]JPS62121511  (MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP)
ExaminationEP0332712
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