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EP About this file: EP0864925

EP0864925 - Photosensitive recording medium [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  08.10.2004
Database last updated on 01.01.2025
Most recent event   Tooltip29.02.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT
published on 02.04.2008  [2008/14]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
15-1 Naeshiro-cho Mizuho-ku
Nagoya-shi, Aichi 467-0841 / JP
[N/P]
Former [1998/38]For all designated states
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
15-1 Naeshiro-cho, Mizuho-ku
Nagoya-shi, Aichi 467-0841 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Hattori, Yasuhiro
1-6-1 Hinata-cho, Mizuho-ku
Nagoya-shi, Aichi 467-0047 / JP
[1998/38]
Representative(s)Woods, Geoffrey Corlett
J A Kemp
14 South Square
Gray's Inn
London WC1R 5JJ / GB
[N/P]
Former [1998/38]Woods, Geoffrey Corlett
J.A. KEMP & CO. 14 South Square Gray's Inn
London WC1R 5LX / GB
Application number, filing date98301669.206.03.1998
[1998/38]
Priority number, dateJP1997005621411.03.1997         Original published format: JP 5621497
[1998/38]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0864925
Date:16.09.1998
Language:EN
[1998/38]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0864925
Date:03.12.2003
Language:EN
[2003/49]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP30.06.1998
ClassificationIPC:G03F7/00
[1998/38]
CPC:
G03F7/002 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesCH,   DE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI [1999/21]
Former [1998/38]AT,  BE,  CH,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE 
TitleGerman:Photoempfindliches Aufzeichnungsmedium[1998/38]
English:Photosensitive recording medium[1998/38]
French:Milieu photosensible d'enregistrement d'images[1998/38]
Examination procedure23.02.1999Examination requested  [1999/16]
24.10.2000Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
05.03.2001Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.10.2001Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
29.04.2002Reply to a communication from the examining division
06.03.2003Communication of intention to grant the patent
01.09.2003Fee for grant paid
01.09.2003Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)06.09.2004No opposition filed within time limit [2004/48]
Fees paidRenewal fee
13.03.2000Renewal fee patent year 03
16.03.2001Renewal fee patent year 04
13.03.2002Renewal fee patent year 05
11.03.2003Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipIT03.12.2003
ES14.03.2004
[2008/14]
Former [2004/46]ES14.03.2004
Documents cited:Search[XY]US5013629  (SEKINE MIKIYA [JP], et al) [X] 1-13,16,17 * column 3, line 56 - line 68 * * column 4, line 51 - column 5, line 3; example 1; claims 1-8 * [Y] 14,15,18;
 [Y]JPH0648020  ;
 [Y]US5612168  (ISHIKAWA KEIKO [JP]) [Y] 14,15 * column 3, line 24 - line 34 * * column 4, line 38 - line 54; figure 3; claim 1 *;
 [Y]JPS6463948  ;
 [Y]DE3914493  (KOEHLER AUGUST PAPIERFAB [DE]) [Y] 18 * claim 1 *;
 [A]US4945024  (KOVACS KERRY [US], et al) [A] 2-5 * claim - *;
 [A]US4943827  (GOOD WILLIAM G [US], et al) [A] * column 1, line 32 - line 35 * * column 6, line 45 - column 7, line 4 *;
 [A]US5296331  (TAGUCHI KEIICHI [JP]) [A] * column 4, line 29 - line 60; claim 1 *;
 [AD]US5100756  (KOBAYASHI NAOMICHI [JP]) [AD] * the whole document *
 [Y]  - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 94, no. 12, Database accession no. 94-097458, XP002068572 & JPH0648020 A 00000000 (BROTHER KOGYO KK) [Y] 14,15 * abstract *
 [Y]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19890622), vol. 013, no. 271, Database accession no. (P - 889), & JP01063948 A 19890309 (BROTHER IND LTD) [Y] 18 * abstract *
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