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EP0871140
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
EP About this file: EP0871140
| EP0871140 - Laser beam synchronisation method in a laser printer [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 18.04.2008 Database last updated on 24.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 18.04.2008 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 21.05.2008 [2008/21] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Lexmark International, Inc. 740 New Circle Road N.W. Lexington, Kentucky 40550 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [2007/24] | For all designated states LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 740 New Circle Road N.W. Lexington, Kentucky 40550 / US | ||
| Former [1998/42] | For all designated states Lexmark International, Inc. 740 New Circle Road N.W. Lexington, Kentucky 40550 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Overall, Gary Scott 2412 Vale Court Lexington, Kentucky 40514 / US | 02 /
Wade, Thomas Campbell 1261 Colonial Drive Lexington, Kentucky 40504 / US | [1998/42] | Representative(s) | Hughes, Andrea Michelle Dehns St Bride's House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8JD / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2005/12] | Hughes, Andrea Michelle Frank B. Dehn & Co., European Patent Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL / GB | ||
| Former [1998/42] | Tomlinson, Kerry John Frank B. Dehn & Co., European Patent Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL / GB | Application number, filing date | 98302831.7 | 09.04.1998 | [1998/42] | Priority number, date | US19970838581 | 10.04.1997 Original published format: US 838581 | [1998/42] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0871140 | Date: | 14.10.1998 | Language: | EN | [1998/42] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0871140 | Date: | 22.11.2000 | [2000/47] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0871140 | Date: | 13.06.2007 | Language: | EN | [2007/24] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 06.10.2000 | Classification | IPC: | G06K15/12 | [1998/42] | CPC: |
H04N1/047 (EP,US);
H04N5/04 (KR);
G06K15/1219 (EP,US);
H04N2201/02439 (EP,US);
H04N2201/04729 (EP,US);
H04N2201/04734 (EP,US);
H04N2201/04748 (EP,US);
H04N2201/04786 (EP,US);
H04N2201/04791 (EP,US);
H04N2201/04794 (EP,US)
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| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB [2001/32] |
| Former [1998/42] | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE | Title | German: | Laserstrahlsynchronisierungsverfahren für einen Laserdrucker | [1998/42] | English: | Laser beam synchronisation method in a laser printer | [1998/42] | French: | Méthode de synchronisation de rayon laser dans une imprimante laser | [1998/42] | Examination procedure | 21.05.2001 | Examination requested [2001/29] | 23.05.2001 | Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s) | 13.09.2001 | Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, CH, CY, DK, ES, FI, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE | 08.09.2004 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 18.01.2005 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 22.04.2005 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 02.09.2005 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 18.01.2006 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02) | 31.01.2006 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 26.09.2006 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 02.02.2007 | Fee for grant paid | 02.02.2007 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 05.04.2007 | Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: fee for grant / fee for printing not paid in time | Opposition(s) | 14.03.2008 | No opposition filed within time limit [2008/21] | Request for further processing for: | 24.04.2007 | Request for further processing filed | 24.04.2007 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted | 08.05.2007 | Decision despatched | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 27.04.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 30.04.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 29.04.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 28.04.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 29.04.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 27.04.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 29.03.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 26.04.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | Penalty fee | Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973 | 26.06.2001 | AT M01 Not yet paid | 26.06.2001 | BE M01 Not yet paid | 26.06.2001 | CH M01 Not yet paid | 26.06.2001 | CY M01 Not yet paid | 26.06.2001 | DK M01 Not yet paid | 26.06.2001 | ES M01 Not yet paid | 26.06.2001 | FI M01 Not yet paid | 26.06.2001 | GR M01 Not yet paid | 26.06.2001 | IE M01 Not yet paid | 26.06.2001 | IT M01 Not yet paid | 26.06.2001 | LU M01 Not yet paid | 26.06.2001 | MC M01 Not yet paid | 26.06.2001 | NL M01 Not yet paid | 26.06.2001 | PT M01 Not yet paid | 26.06.2001 | SE M01 Not yet paid |
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