| EP0845359 - Large array heater chips for thermal ink-jet printheads [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 19.01.2004 Database last updated on 28.03.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 19.01.2004 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 03.03.2004 [2004/10] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Lexmark International, Inc. 740 New Circle Road N.W. Lexington, Kentucky 40511-1876 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1998/23] | For all designated states LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 740 New Circle Road N.W. Lexington, Kentucky 40511-1876 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Anderson, Frank Edward 700 Davis-Turkeyfoot Road Sadieville, Kentucky 40370 / US | 02 /
Cook, Paul Albert 3446 Havelock Circle Lexington, Kentucky 40503 / US | 03 /
Cramer, Anna Catherine 3182 Greenbo Road Lexington, Kentucky 40515 / US | [1998/23] | Representative(s) | Leale, Robin George Frank B. Dehn & Co.,European Patent Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL / GB | [1998/23] | Application number, filing date | 97309382.6 | 20.11.1997 | [1998/23] | Priority number, date | US19960752091 | 20.11.1996 Original published format: US 752091 | [1998/23] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0845359 | Date: | 03.06.1998 | Language: | EN | [1998/23] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0845359 | Date: | 10.03.1999 | [1999/10] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0845359 | Date: | 12.03.2003 | Language: | EN | [2003/11] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 25.01.1999 | Classification | IPC: | B41J2/16, B41J2/14 | [1998/23] | CPC: |
G03F7/70425 (EP,US);
B41J2/1603 (EP,US);
B41J2/1623 (EP,US);
B41J2/1631 (EP,US);
B41J2/1635 (EP,US);
G03F7/70433 (EP,US);
B41J2202/20 (EP,US)
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| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB [1999/47] |
| Former [1998/23] | AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE | Title | German: | Heizelementchips für Matrixen mit grossen Abmessungen für thermische Tintenstrahldruckköpfe | [1998/23] | English: | Large array heater chips for thermal ink-jet printheads | [1998/23] | French: | Puces pour matrices de grande dimension d'éléments chauffants pour têtes d'imprimante à jet d'encre thermiques | [1998/23] | Examination procedure | 31.03.1999 | Examination requested [1999/22] | 11.09.1999 | Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s) | 26.01.2000 | Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, CH, DK, ES, FI, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE | 19.02.2001 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 23.08.2001 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 07.03.2002 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 03.06.2002 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 21.08.2002 | Fee for grant paid | 21.08.2002 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 15.12.2003 | No opposition filed within time limit [2004/10] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 24.11.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 20.11.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 26.11.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 28.11.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | Penalty fee | Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973 | 11.10.1999 | AT   M01   Not yet paid | 11.10.1999 | BE   M01   Not yet paid | 11.10.1999 | CH   M01   Not yet paid | 11.10.1999 | DK   M01   Not yet paid | 11.10.1999 | ES   M01   Not yet paid | 11.10.1999 | FI   M01   Not yet paid | 11.10.1999 | GR   M01   Not yet paid | 11.10.1999 | IE   M01   Not yet paid | 11.10.1999 | IT   M01   Not yet paid | 11.10.1999 | LU   M01   Not yet paid | 11.10.1999 | MC   M01   Not yet paid | 11.10.1999 | NL   M01   Not yet paid | 11.10.1999 | PT   M01   Not yet paid | 11.10.1999 | SE   M01   Not yet paid |
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