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EP0404884
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP0404884 - HOT MELT INK PRINTING [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 27.10.1994 Database last updated on 31.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 30.11.2007 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state | published on 02.01.2008 [2008/01] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states SPECTRA, INC. P.O. Box 68C Etna Road Hanover, NH 03755 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1991/01] | For all designated states SPECTRA, INC. P.O. Box 68-C Hanover, NH 03755 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
HOISINGTON, Paul, A. RFD Box 145A Thetford Center, VT 05075 / US | 02 /
YOUNG, Lawrence, R. 29 Gilson Road West Lebanon, NH 03784 / US | 03 /
SCHAFFER, Robert, R. RFD 1, Box 62 Canaan, NH 03741 / US | [1991/01] | Representative(s) | Jackson, Peter Arthur, et al GILL JENNINGS & EVERY Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1991/01] | Jackson, Peter Arthur, et al GILL JENNINGS & EVERY Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH / GB | Application number, filing date | 89912167.7 | 20.10.1989 | [1991/01] | WO1989US04707 | Priority number, date | US19880272005 | 15.11.1988 Original published format: US 272005 | [1991/01] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9005893 | Date: | 31.05.1990 | Language: | EN | [1990/12] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0404884 | Date: | 02.01.1991 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 31.05.1990 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1991/01] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0404884 | Date: | 22.12.1993 | Language: | EN | [1993/51] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 31.05.1990 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 22.02.1991 | Classification | IPC: | G01D15/16, G03G5/16, G03C5/16 | [1991/01] | CPC: |
G01D15/16 (EP,KR,US)
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, DE, FR, GB, IT, LI, LU, NL, SE [1991/01] | Title | German: | DRUCKVERFAHREN MIT THERMOSCHMELZENDER TINTE | [1991/01] | English: | HOT MELT INK PRINTING | [1991/01] | French: | IMPRESSION A ENCRE THERMOFUSIBLE | [1991/01] | Entry into regional phase | 01.08.1990 | National basic fee paid | 01.08.1990 | Search fee paid | 01.08.1990 | Designation fee(s) paid | 01.08.1990 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 01.08.1990 | Examination requested [1991/01] | 24.02.1993 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No) | 16.06.1993 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval) | 23.06.1993 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 17.09.1993 | Fee for grant paid | 17.09.1993 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 23.09.1994 | No opposition filed within time limit [1994/50] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 28.10.1991 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 09.10.1992 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 11.10.1993 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | AT | 22.12.1993 | BE | 22.12.1993 | CH | 22.12.1993 | IT | 22.12.1993 | LI | 22.12.1993 | NL | 22.12.1993 | SE | 22.12.1993 | [2008/01] |
| Former [1999/42] | AT | 22.12.1993 | |
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| Former [1994/48] | AT | 22.12.1993 | |
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| Former [1994/46] | AT | 22.12.1993 | |
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| Former [1994/43] | CH | 22.12.1993 | |
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| Former [1994/39] | CH | 22.12.1993 | |
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| Former [1994/31] | CH | 22.12.1993 | |
| LI | 22.12.1993 | Documents cited: | Search | [A]US2849752 (LEARY THOMAS G) | International search | [Y]US4751528 (SPEHRLEY JR CHARLES W [US], et al); | [Y]US4743920 (TOHMA KOICHI [JP], et al) |