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EP0422956 - Multiple beam exposure control [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  04.07.1997
Database last updated on 19.03.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip04.07.1997No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 20.08.1997 [1997/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Xerox Corporation
Xerox Square Rochester
New York 14644 / US
[N/P]
Former [1991/16]For all designated states
XEROX CORPORATION
Xerox Square
Rochester New York 14644 / US
Inventor(s)01 / MacArthur, Thomas D.
3570 Landfair Road
Pasadena, CA 91107 / US
[1991/16]
Representative(s)Johnson, Reginald George, et al
Rank Xerox Ltd Patent Department Parkway Marlow
Buckinghamshire SL7 1YL / GB
[N/P]
Former [1996/35]Johnson, Reginald George, et al
Rank Xerox Ltd Patent Department Parkway
Marlow Buckinghamshire SL7 1YL / GB
Former [1991/16]Weatherald, Keith Baynes, et al
Rank Xerox Ltd Patent Department Parkway
Marlow Buckinghamshire SL7 1YL / GB
Application number, filing date90311223.312.10.1990
[1991/16]
Priority number, dateUS1989042122713.10.1989         Original published format: US 421227
[1991/16]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0422956
Date:17.04.1991
Language:EN
[1991/16]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0422956
Date:27.05.1992
Language:EN
[1992/22]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0422956
Date:28.08.1996
Language:EN
[1996/35]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP03.04.1992
ClassificationIPC:H04N1/036, G02F1/11
[1991/16]
CPC:
G02F1/11 (EP,US); H04N1/036 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [1991/16]
TitleGerman:Belichtungssteuerung durch mehrere Strahlen[1991/16]
English:Multiple beam exposure control[1991/16]
French:Contrôle d'exposition par faisceau multiple[1991/16]
Examination procedure05.11.1992Examination requested  [1992/53]
12.09.1994Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
16.03.1995Reply to a communication from the examining division
12.02.1996Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
13.06.1996Fee for grant paid
13.06.1996Fee for publishing/printing paid
24.06.1996Communication of intention to grant the patent
Opposition(s)29.05.1997No opposition filed within time limit [1997/34]
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.09.1992Renewal fee patent year 03
28.09.1993Renewal fee patent year 04
30.09.1994Renewal fee patent year 05
31.10.1995Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[A] JP59074755  
 [A]   PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 8, no. 185 (E-262)(1622) 24 August 1984 & JP-A-59 074 755 ( OLYMPUS KOGAKU KOGYO ) 27 April 1984 [A]
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