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EP About this file: EP0543553

EP0543553 - Image processing [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  31.07.1998
Database last updated on 16.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip31.07.1998No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 16.09.1998 [1998/38]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku
Tokyo / JP
[N/P]
Former [1993/21]For all designated states
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku
Tokyo / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Sakai, Masanori, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku
Tokyo / JP
02 / Yoshihara, Kunio, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku
Tokyo / JP
03 / Aiba, Yoshinobu, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku
Tokyo / JP
04 / Ohmura, Hiroshi, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku
Tokyo / JP
05 / Kohtani, Hideto, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku
Tokyo / JP
06 / Sakaguchi, Eiji, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku
Tokyo / JP
07 / Utsunomiya, Takehito, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku
Tokyo / JP
08 / Kikugawa, Makoto, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku
Tokyo / JP
[1993/21]
Representative(s)Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis, et al
Beresford Crump LLP
16 High Holborn
London WC1V 6BX / GB
[N/P]
Former [1993/21]Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis, et al
BERESFORD & Co. 2-5 Warwick Court High Holborn
London WC1R 5DJ / GB
Application number, filing date92310263.610.11.1992
[1993/21]
Priority number, dateJP1991032257311.11.1991         Original published format: JP 32257391
[1993/21]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0543553
Date:26.05.1993
Language:EN
[1993/21]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0543553
Date:24.09.1997
Language:EN
[1997/39]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP30.03.1993
ClassificationIPC:H04N1/00
[1993/21]
CPC:
H04N1/00708 (EP,US); H04N1/00681 (EP,US); H04N1/00721 (EP,US);
H04N1/00779 (EP,US); H04N1/233 (EP,US); H04N1/2353 (EP,US);
H04N1/32464 (EP,US); H04N1/32496 (EP,US); H04N1/32502 (EP,US);
H04N1/32512 (EP,US); H04N2201/0081 (EP,US); H04N2201/0082 (EP,US);
H04N2201/0086 (EP,US); H04N2201/3287 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   NL [1993/21]
TitleGerman:Bildverarbeitung[1993/21]
English:Image processing[1993/21]
French:Traitement d'image[1993/21]
Examination procedure08.10.1993Examination requested  [1993/49]
25.07.1995Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
05.02.1996Reply to a communication from the examining division
15.11.1996Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
25.03.1997Communication of intention to grant the patent
04.06.1997Fee for grant paid
04.06.1997Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)25.06.1998No opposition filed within time limit [1998/38]
Fees paidRenewal fee
24.11.1994Renewal fee patent year 03
23.11.1995Renewal fee patent year 04
20.11.1996Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[X]DE4027659  (MINOLTA CAMERA KK [JP]);
 [Y]GB2217261  (KENTEK INFORMATION SYSTEM [US]);
 [Y]EP0291077  (RICOH KK [JP]);
 [A]EP0391632  (SHARP KK [JP]);
 [A]GB2220815  (GESTETNER MFG LTD [GB])
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