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EP About this file: EP0441351

EP0441351 - Image forming device [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  03.07.1998
Database last updated on 22.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip03.07.1998No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 19.08.1998 [1998/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku
Tokyo / JP
[N/P]
Former [1991/33]For all designated states
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku
Tokyo / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Suwa, Koichi
c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2, 3-chome
Shimomaruko, Ohtaku, Tokyo / JP
02 / Goto, Masahiro
c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2, 3-chome
Shimomaruko, Ohtaku, Tokyo / JP
03 / Inoue, Takahiro
c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2, 3-chome
Shimomaruko, Ohtaku, Tokyo / JP
04 / Hiroshima, Koichi
c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2, 3-chome
Shimomaruko, Ohtaku, Tokyo / JP
05 / Tsukida, Shinichi
c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2, 3-chome
Shimomaruko, Ohtaku, Tokyo / JP
06 / Kato, Junichi
c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2, 3-chome
Shimomaruko, Ohtaku, Tokyo / JP
07 / Yano, Hideyuki
c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2, 3-chome
Shimomaruko, Ohtaku, Tokyo / JP
08 / Takano, Manabu
c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2, 3-chome
Shimomaruko, Ohtaku, Tokyo / JP
[1991/33]
Representative(s)Tiedtke, Harro, et al
Patentanwaltsbüro
Tiedtke-Bühling-Kinne & Partner
Bavariaring 4
80336 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1992/03]Tiedtke, Harro, Dipl.-Ing., et al
Patentanwaltsbüro Tiedtke-Bühling-Kinne & Partner Bavariaring 4
D-80336 München / DE
Former [1991/33]Grupe, Peter, Dipl.-Ing.
Patentanwälte, Tiedtke-Bühling-Kinne-Grupe-Pellmann-Grams, Bavariaring 4
W-8000 München 2 / DE
Application number, filing date91101618.606.02.1991
[1991/33]
Priority number, dateJP1990002929807.02.1990         Original published format: JP 2929890
JP1990016982329.06.1990         Original published format: JP 16982390
[1991/33]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0441351
Date:14.08.1991
Language:EN
[1991/33]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0441351
Date:03.06.1992
Language:EN
[1992/23]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0441351
Date:27.08.1997
Language:EN
[1997/35]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP10.04.1992
ClassificationIPC:G03G15/20
[1991/33]
CPC:
G03G15/206 (EP)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [1991/33]
TitleGerman:Bilderzeugungsvorrichtung[1991/33]
English:Image forming device[1991/33]
French:Dispositif de formation d'images[1991/33]
Examination procedure20.10.1992Examination requested  [1992/51]
10.05.1994Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
17.11.1994Reply to a communication from the examining division
01.12.1994Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
01.06.1995Reply to a communication from the examining division
05.07.1995Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
10.01.1996Reply to a communication from the examining division
22.03.1996Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
30.08.1996Reply to a communication from the examining division
26.09.1996Date of oral proceedings
04.10.1996Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
16.10.1996Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
19.02.1997Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
26.02.1997Communication of intention to grant the patent
26.05.1997Fee for grant paid
26.05.1997Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)28.05.1998No opposition filed within time limit [1998/34]
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.02.1993Renewal fee patent year 03
23.02.1994Renewal fee patent year 04
16.02.1995Renewal fee patent year 05
27.02.1996Renewal fee patent year 06
27.02.1997Renewal fee patent year 07
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Documents cited:Search[A]JP61151676  ;
 [A]JP61176954  ;
 [A]JP61212873  ;
 [A]JP59046664
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 10, no. 353 (M-539)(2409) 28 November 1986 & JP-A-61 151 676 ( JUNKOSHA CO LTD ) 10 July 1986, & JP61151676 A 19860710
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 10, no. 389 (P-531)(2446) 26 December 1986 & JP-A-61 176 954 ( CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA ) 8 August 1986, & JP61176954 A 19860808
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 11, no. 42 (P-545)6 February 1987 & JP-A-61 212 873 ( FUJI XEROX CO LTD ) 20 September 1986, & JP61212873 A 19860920
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 8, no. 147 (P-285)10 July 1984 & JP-A-59 046 664 ( OLYMPUS KOGAKU KOGYO K.K. ) 16 March 1984, & JP59046664 A 19840316
Examination   - "Lubrizität", Meyers Lexikon der Technik und der exakten Naturwissenschaften, vol.2, ed.J.Kunsemüller, Mannheim: Bibliographisches Institut AG, 1979, 1663
    - F.Kohlrausch: "Praktische Physik: zum Gebrauch für Unterricht, Forschung u. Technik", vol.1, Stuttgart: Teubner, 1985, 220-1
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