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EP0578869 - Photographic processing apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  28.08.1998
Database last updated on 18.03.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip28.08.1998No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 14.10.1998 [1998/42]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Agfa-Gevaert N.V.
Septestraat 27
2640 Mortsel / BE
[N/P]
Former [1997/43]For all designated states
AGFA-GEVAERT naamloze vennootschap
Septestraat 27
2640 Mortsel / BE
Former [1994/03]For all designated states
AGFA-GEVAERT naamloze vennootschap
Septestraat 27
B-2640 Mortsel / BE
Inventor(s)01 / Vackier, Leo, c/o Agfa-Gevaert N.V.
DIE 3800, Septestraat 27
B-2640 Mortsel / BE
[1994/03]
Application number, filing date92202154.814.07.1992
[1994/03]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0578869
Date:19.01.1994
Language:EN
[1994/03]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0578869
Date:22.10.1997
Language:EN
[1997/43]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP08.04.1993
ClassificationIPC:G03F7/30
[1994/03]
CPC:
G03F7/3042 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesBE,   DE,   FR,   GB,   NL [1994/03]
TitleGerman:Photographisches Entwicklungsgerät[1994/03]
English:Photographic processing apparatus[1994/03]
French:Appareil de développement photographique[1994/03]
Examination procedure14.06.1994Examination requested  [1994/32]
05.03.1997Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
28.04.1997Communication of intention to grant the patent
08.08.1997Fee for grant paid
08.08.1997Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)23.07.1998No opposition filed within time limit [1998/42]
Fees paidRenewal fee
24.06.1994Renewal fee patent year 03
31.07.1995Renewal fee patent year 04
31.07.1996Renewal fee patent year 05
31.07.1997Renewal fee patent year 06
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