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EP0970730
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP0970730 - GAME MACHINE [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 07.07.2007 Database last updated on 10.05.2025 | Most recent event Tooltip | 07.07.2007 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 08.08.2007 [2007/32] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Kabushiki Kaisha Sega doing business as Sega Corporation 2-12, Haneda 1-chome Ohta-ku Tokyo 144-0043 / JP | [2006/17] |
| Former [2000/02] | For all designated states SEGA ENTERPRISES, LTD. 2-12, Haneda, 1-chome, Ohta-ku Tokyo 144-0043 / JP | Inventor(s) | 01 /
NISHIMURA, Eiji, Sega Enterprises, Ltd. 2-12, Haneda 1-chome, Ohta-ku Tokyo 144-0043 / JP | 02 /
MATSUBA, Minoru, Sega Enterprises, Ltd. 2-12, Haneda 1-chome, Ohta-ku Tokyo 144-0043 / JP | 03 /
HIGASHIGUCHI, Motohiko, Sega Enterprises, Ltd. 2-12, Haneda 1-chome, Ohta-ku Tokyo 144-0043 / JP | [2000/02] | Representative(s) | Brown, Kenneth Richard, et al R.G.C. Jenkins & Co 26 Caxton Street London SW1H 0RJ / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2000/02] | Brown, Kenneth Richard, et al R.G.C. Jenkins & Co. 26 Caxton Street London SW1H 0RJ / GB | Application number, filing date | 98951724.8 | 06.11.1998 | [2000/02] | WO1998JP05014 | Priority number, date | JP19970306244 | 07.11.1997 Original published format: JP 30624497 | JP19970350392 | 19.12.1997 Original published format: JP 35039297 | JP19980118997 | 28.04.1998 Original published format: JP 11899798 | [2000/02] | Filing language | JA | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9924132 | Date: | 20.05.1999 | Language: | EN | [1999/20] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0970730 | Date: | 12.01.2000 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 20.05.1999 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2000/02] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0970730 | Date: | 30.08.2006 | Language: | EN | [2006/35] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | JP | 20.05.1999 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 25.06.2001 | Classification | IPC: | A63G31/02, G09B9/042, G05G5/03, G05G25/00 | [2005/40] | CPC: |
G05G1/30 (EP,US);
A63F13/285 (EP,KR,US);
A63F13/245 (EP,KR,US);
A63F13/54 (EP,KR);
A63F13/57 (EP,KR,US);
A63F13/803 (EP,KR,US);
G09B9/04 (EP,US);
A63F13/577 (EP,KR);
A63F2300/1037 (EP,KR,US);
A63F2300/1062 (EP,KR,US);
A63F2300/302 (EP,KR,US);
A63F2300/6081 (EP,KR);
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| Former IPC [2000/02] | A63F9/22, A63G31/02, G09B9/042, G05G5/03, G05G25/00 | Designated contracting states | DE, ES, FR, GB, IT [2000/02] | Title | German: | SPIELGERÄT | [2000/02] | English: | GAME MACHINE | [2000/02] | French: | MACHINE DE JEU | [2000/02] | Entry into regional phase | 27.07.1999 | Translation filed | 29.07.1999 | National basic fee paid | 29.07.1999 | Search fee paid | 29.07.1999 | Designation fee(s) paid | 29.07.1999 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 29.07.1999 | Examination requested [2000/02] | 13.05.2004 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 23.09.2004 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 17.01.2005 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 26.07.2005 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 17.10.2005 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 24.02.2006 | Fee for grant paid | 24.02.2006 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 31.05.2007 | No opposition filed within time limit [2007/32] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 24.10.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 18.10.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 25.10.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 28.10.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 05.11.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 14.11.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 08 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Documents cited: | Search | [Y]GB2297274 (SEGA ENTERPRISES KK [JP]) [Y] 12,13 * page 7, line 23 - page 8, line 7 ** page 17, line 2 - line 20 *; | [XY]US5618178 (COPPERMAN NORMAN S [US], et al) [X] 1-11,15,19-21 * column 7, line 7 - line 26 * * column 9, line 50 - line 59 * * column 10, line 34 - line 54 * * column 11, line 65 - column 12, line 14 * * column 14, line 31 - line 53 * * column 16, line 16 - line 21 * * column 17, line 47 - line 67 * [Y] 12,13; | [X]US5669818 (THORNER CRAIG [US], et al) [X] 1-3,7-9,19-21 * column 1, line 27 - line 31 * * column 2, line 65 - line 67 * * column 3, line 22 - line 32 * * column 4, line 6 - line 22 * * column 4, line 52 - line 58 * | International search | [Y]JPH0159186U ; | [X]JPH01130385U ; | [X]JPH01150993U ; | [X]JPH0397484 (JIYAREKO KK); | [XP]JPH0346047U ; | [Y]JPH0529587U ; | [Y]JPH06121818 (AISIN SEIKI, et al); | [X]JPH07100266 (KONAMI CO LTD); | [X]JPH08276070 (SEGA ENTERPRISES KK); | [X]JPH09122354 (NAMCO LTD); | [Y]JPH09231008 (FUJITSU TAKAMIZAWA COMPONENT); | [YP]JPH1010963 (TOYOTA TSUSHO CORP, et al) |