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EP0489580
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| EP0489580 - Confocal laser scanning differential interference contrast microscope [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 03.01.1997 Database last updated on 14.11.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 03.01.1997 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 19.02.1997 [1997/08] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states NIKON CORPORATION 2-3, Marunouchi 3-chome Chiyoda-Ku Tokyo / JP | [N/P] |
| Former [1992/24] | For all designated states NIKON CORPORATION 2-3, Marunouchi 3-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo / JP | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Oki, Hiroshi Azamino Riiberu B-204, 1-4 Susukino 1-chome Midori-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken / JP | 02 /
Iwasaki, Jun Daisan Ohfuna Pakutaun g-710, 1555-1 Kasama-cho Sakae-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken / JP | [1992/24] | Representative(s) | Burke, Steven David, et al R.G.C. Jenkins & Co 26 Caxton Street London SW1H 0RJ / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1992/24] | Burke, Steven David, et al R.G.C. Jenkins & Co. 26 Caxton Street London SW1H 0RJ / GB | Application number, filing date | 91311256.1 | 03.12.1991 | [1992/24] | Priority number, date | JP19900400212 | 03.12.1990 Original published format: JP 40021290 | JP19910063107 | 27.03.1991 Original published format: JP 6310791 | [1992/24] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0489580 | Date: | 10.06.1992 | Language: | EN | [1992/24] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0489580 | Date: | 28.02.1996 | [1996/09] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 09.03.1992 | Classification | IPC: | G02B21/00 | [1992/24] | CPC: |
B82Y15/00 (EP);
G02B21/0056 (EP);
G02B21/008 (EP)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB [1992/24] | Title | German: | Konfokales Laser-Abtastmikroskop mit Kontrast durch Differenz aus Interferenzsignalen | [1992/24] | English: | Confocal laser scanning differential interference contrast microscope | [1992/24] | French: | Microscope confocal à balayage laser de contraste d'interférence différentielle | [1992/24] | Examination procedure | 27.10.1992 | Examination requested [1992/52] | 28.04.1994 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 01.12.1994 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 11.04.1995 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No) | 17.08.1995 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval) | 23.08.1995 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 29.11.1995 | Fee for grant paid | 29.11.1995 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 29.11.1996 | No opposition filed within time limit [1997/08] | Request for further processing for: | 01.12.1994 | Request for further processing filed | 05.12.1994 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted | 19.12.1994 | Decision despatched | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 13.12.1993 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 07.12.1994 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 08.12.1995 | 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. | Documents cited: | Search | [A]JP2267513 ; | [A]EP0274155 ; | [A]WO8906813 | [A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 15, no. 23 (P-1155)(4551) 18 January 1991 & JP-A-2 267 513 ( NIKON CORP. ) 1 November 1990, & JP2267513 A 19901101 | [XP] - OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS. vol. 85, no. 2/3, 1 September 1991, AMSTERDAM NL pages 177 - 182; OOKI ET AL.: 'A novel type of laser scanning microscope: theoretical considerations' |