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EP0514004
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| EP0514004 - Capacitive film position sensing system for a film processor [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 17.04.1998 Database last updated on 14.03.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 28.12.2002 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): NL | published on 12.02.2003 [2003/07] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY 3M Center, P.O. Box 33427 St. Paul, MN 55133-3427 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1992/47] | For all designated states MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY 3M Center, P.O. Box 33427 St. Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Tanamachi, Steven W. c/o Minnesota Mining and Manufact. Co., 2501 Hudson Road, P.O. Box 33427 St. Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 / US | [1992/47] | Representative(s) | Molyneaux, Martyn William, et al Langner Parry 52-54 High Holborn London WC1V 6RR / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1996/04] | Molyneaux, Martyn William, et al c/o Ladas & Parry 52-54 High Holborn London WC1V 6RR / GB | ||
| Former [1992/47] | Baillie, Iain Cameron, et al c/o Ladas & Parry Altheimer Eck 2 D-80331 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 92303316.1 | 14.04.1992 | [1992/47] | Priority number, date | US19910687285 | 18.04.1991 Original published format: US 687285 | [1992/47] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0514004 | Date: | 19.11.1992 | Language: | EN | [1992/47] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0514004 | Date: | 28.04.1993 | Language: | EN | [1993/17] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0514004 | Date: | 11.06.1997 | Language: | EN | [1997/24] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 12.03.1993 | Classification | IPC: | G03D13/00, G03D3/13 | [1993/17] | CPC: |
G03D3/132 (EP,US);
G03B3/00 (KR)
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| Former IPC [1992/47] | G03D13/00 | Designated contracting states | BE, CH, DE, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL [1992/47] | Title | German: | System zur kapazitiven Bestimmung der Filmposition für ein Filmentwicklungsgerät | [1992/47] | English: | Capacitive film position sensing system for a film processor | [1992/47] | French: | Système pour la détection capacitive de la position du film pour un dispositif de développement de film | [1992/47] | Examination procedure | 26.10.1993 | Examination requested [1993/51] | 01.08.1995 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 29.11.1995 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 21.06.1996 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 16.10.1996 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 08.01.1997 | Fee for grant paid | 08.01.1997 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 12.03.1998 | No opposition filed within time limit [1998/23] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 18.03.1994 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 24.03.1995 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 25.03.1996 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 24.03.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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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. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | CH | 11.06.1997 | FR | 11.06.1997 | LI | 11.06.1997 | NL | 11.06.1997 | [2003/07] |
| Former [2002/32] | CH | 11.06.1997 | |
| FR | 11.06.1997 | ||
| LI | 11.06.1997 | ||
| Former [1998/43] | CH | 11.06.1997 | |
| LI | 11.06.1997 | Documents cited: | Search | [A] JP5885429 | [A] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 7, no. 184 (P-216)(1329) 13 August 1983 & JP-A-58 85 429 ( CANON ) 21 May 1983 [A] |