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EP About this file: EP0487049

EP0487049 - Electronic input device [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  03.12.1999
Database last updated on 19.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip28.12.2002Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 12.02.2003  [2003/07]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku
Tokyo / JP
[N/P]
Former [1992/22]For all designated states
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku
Tokyo / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Shimada, Kazutoshi, c/o CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku
Tokyo 146 / JP
02 / Tatsumi, Eisaku, c/o CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku
Tokyo 146 / JP
03 / Suzuki, Noriyuki, c/o CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku
Tokyo 146 / JP
[1992/22]
Representative(s)Pellmann, Hans-Bernd
Patentanwaltsbüro Tiedtke-Bühling-Kinne & Partner Bavariaring 4-6
80336 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1992/22]Pellmann, Hans-Bernd, Dipl.-Ing.
Patentanwaltsbüro Tiedtke-Bühling-Kinne & Partner Bavariaring 4
D-80336 München / DE
Application number, filing date91119760.619.11.1991
[1992/22]
Priority number, dateJP1990031264120.11.1990         Original published format: JP 31264190
[1992/22]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0487049
Date:27.05.1992
Language:EN
[1992/22]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0487049
Date:03.02.1999
Language:EN
[1999/05]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP01.04.1992
ClassificationIPC:G06F1/32, G06F3/033
[1992/22]
CPC:
G06F3/045 (EP,US); G06F1/3215 (EP,US); G06F1/324 (EP,US);
G06F1/3262 (EP,US); Y02D10/00 (EP,US); Y02D30/50 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   NL [1992/22]
TitleGerman:Elektronisches Eingabegerät[1992/22]
English:Electronic input device[1992/22]
French:Dispositif d'entrée électronique[1992/22]
Examination procedure13.10.1992Examination requested  [1992/50]
31.10.1996Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
06.05.1997Reply to a communication from the examining division
07.04.1998Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
07.07.1998Communication of intention to grant the patent
09.10.1998Fee for grant paid
09.10.1998Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)04.11.1999No opposition filed within time limit [2000/03]
Request for further processing for:06.05.1997Request for further processing filed
06.05.1997Full payment received (date of receipt of payment)
Request granted
26.05.1997Decision despatched
Fees paidRenewal fee
24.11.1993Renewal fee patent year 03
25.11.1994Renewal fee patent year 04
28.11.1995Renewal fee patent year 05
27.11.1996Renewal fee patent year 06
26.11.1997Renewal fee patent year 07
27.11.1998Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipNL03.02.1999
[2003/07]
Documents cited:Search[A]JP2024712  ;
 [A]JP60198619  ;
 [A]EP0391543  (ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC [US]);
 [A]EP0050844  (HITACHI LTD [JP])
 [X]  - IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN. vol. 29, no. 9, February 1987, NEW YORK US pages 4122 - 4124; 'System power savings by automatic sleep mode'
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 14, no. 169 (P-1032)30 March 1990 & JP-A-2 024 712 ( FUJITSU LTD. ) 26 January 1990, & JP2024712 A 19900126
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 10, no. 53 (P-433)4 March 1986 & JP-A-60 198 619 ( CANON K.K. ) 8 October 1985, & JP60198619 A 19851008
 [A]  - IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN. vol. 28, no. 9, February 1986, NEW YORK US pages 4093 - 4097; 'Cursor controller/graphics pad'
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