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EP0860988 - Image processing apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 25.04.2003 Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	15.02.2008	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT	published on 19.03.2008 [2008/12]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku Tokyo / JP
	[N/P]
Former [1998/35]	For all designated states CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-ku Tokyo / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / Isemura, Keizo Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome Ohta-ku, Tokyo / JP
	02 / Yoshihara, Kunio Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome Ohta-ku, Tokyo / JP
	03 / Ichikawa, Hiroyuki Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome Ohta-ku, Tokyo / JP
	04 / Sakai, Masanori Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome Ohta-ku, Tokyo / JP
	05 / Tanabe, Masatoshi Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome Ohta-ku, Tokyo / JP
	06 / Nimura, Mitsuo Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome Ohta-ku, Tokyo / JP
	07 / Funamizu, Yoshihiro Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome Ohta-ku, Tokyo / JP
	08 / Kishimoto, Hirohiko Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome Ohta-ku, Tokyo / JP
	[1998/35]
Representative(s)	Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis, et al Beresford Crump LLP 16 High Holborn London WC1V 6BX / GB
	[N/P]
Former [1998/35]	Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis, et al BERESFORD & Co. 2-5 Warwick Court High Holborn London WC1R 5DJ / GB
Application number, filing date	98200211.5	19.02.1992
	[1998/35]
Priority number, date	JP19910047667	20.02.1991 Original published format: JP 4766791
	JP19910153938	29.05.1991 Original published format: JP 15393891
	JP19910153939	29.05.1991 Original published format: JP 15393991
	[1998/35]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP0860988
	Date:	26.08.1998
	Language:	EN
	[1998/35]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP0860988
	Date:	30.09.1998
	[1998/40]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0860988
	Date:	19.06.2002
	Language:	EN
	[2002/25]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	11.08.1998
Classification	IPC:	H04N1/46	[1998/35]
	CPC:	H04N1/40012 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	DE, FR, GB, IT [1998/35]
Title	German:	Bildverarbeitungsgerät	[1998/35]
	English:	Image processing apparatus	[1998/35]
	French:	Appareil pour traitement d'image	[1998/35]
Examination procedure	11.02.1999	Examination requested [1999/15]
	09.12.1999	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	19.06.2000	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	30.04.2001	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	01.10.2001	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	19.12.2001	Fee for grant paid
	19.12.2001	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Parent application(s) Tooltip	EP92301333.8 / EP0500327
Opposition(s)	20.03.2003	No opposition filed within time limit [2003/24]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	11.02.1998	Renewal fee patent year 03
	11.02.1998	Renewal fee patent year 04
	11.02.1998	Renewal fee patent year 05
	11.02.1998	Renewal fee patent year 06
	11.02.1998	Renewal fee patent year 07
	18.02.1999	Renewal fee patent year 08
	21.02.2000	Renewal fee patent year 09
	27.02.2001	Renewal fee patent year 10
	18.02.2002	Renewal fee patent year 11
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	FR	19.06.2002
	IT	19.06.2002
	DE	20.09.2002
	[2008/12]
Former [2006/14]	FR	19.06.2002
	DE	20.09.2002
Former [2003/31]	DE	20.09.2002
Documents cited:	Search	[XAY]EP0199272 (WANG LABORATORIES [US]) [X] 1,6,11,14,16 * column 6, line 33 - line 49 * * column 10, line 8 - line 39 * * column 16, line 12 - line 51 * * column A; figures 1-3,6-10 * [A] 5,10,12,13,15,17-24 [Y] 2-4,7-9;
		[XAY]DE3802736 (TOSHIBA KK [JP], et al) [X] 11,14,15,26-28 * column 8, line 15 - line 51 * * column A; figures 1A,1B,10-13; claim - * [A] 5,10,13,18-20 [Y] 1-4,6-9;
		[XDA]US4369461 (TAMURA YASUYUKI [JP]) [XD] 11,14,15,27 * column 1, line 48 - line 56 * * column 3, line 20 - line 25 * * column A; figure - * [A] 1-10,13,18,19,21,25,26,28;
		[XAY]WO8801778 (ROHDE & SCHWARZ POLARAD INC [US]) [X] 14,16 * column A; figures 1-4,9A,9B; claims 12,22-25 * [A] 5,10,11,13,15,18-21,23-25,28 [Y] 1-4,6-9;
		[XA]WO8903108 (FANUC LTD [JP]) [X] 14 * column A; figure 1; claim - * [A] 1-11,13,16,21,23,26,28;
		[XAY]JPH01267691 ;
		[YA]WO8703708 (EASTMAN KODAK CO [US]) [Y] 1-4,6-9 * page 10, line 19 - page 12, line 6 * * abstract * [A] 11-28
		[XAY] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19900119), vol. 014, no. 027, Database accession no. (P - 992), & JP01267691 A 19891025 (SEIKO EPSON CORP) [X] 11 * abstract * [A] 14,26-28 [Y] 1,6

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