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EP1075079 - PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, TIME PIECE, AND PORTABLE DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 18.04.2008 Database last updated on 13.07.2024
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 Seiko Epson Corporation 4-1, Nishi-Shinjuku 2-chome Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 163-0811 / JP
	[N/P]
Former [2007/24]	For all designated states SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 4-1, Nishi-shinjuku 2-chome Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 163-0811 / JP
Former [2001/06]	For all designated states SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 4-1, Nishishinjuku 2-chome Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-0811 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / MIYAZAWA, Osamu, Seiko Epson Corporation 3-5, Owa 3-chome Suwa-shi, Nagano 392-8502 / JP
	02 / HASHIMOTO, Yasuharu, Seiko Epson Corporation 3-5, Owa 3-chome Suwa-shi, Nagano 392-8502 / JP
	03 / FUNASAKA, Tsukasa, Seiko Epson Corporation 3-5, Owa 3-chome Suwa-shi, Nagano 392-8502 / JP
	04 / FURUHATA, Makoto, Seiko Epson Corporation 3-5, Owa 3-chome Suwa-shi, Nagano 392-8502 / JP
	[2001/06]
Representative(s)	Sturt, Clifford Mark, et al Miller Sturt Kenyon 9 John Street London WC1N 2ES / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2001/06]	Sturt, Clifford Mark, et al Miller Sturt Kenyon 9 John Street London WC1N 2ES / GB
Application number, filing date	99943216.4	08.09.1999
	[2001/06]
	WO1999JP04877
Priority number, date	JP19980363543	21.12.1998 Original published format: JP 36354398
	JP19980363546	21.12.1998 Original published format: JP 36354698
	JP19980363550	21.12.1998 Original published format: JP 36355098
	JP19990069158	15.03.1999 Original published format: JP 6915899
	JP19990250225	03.09.1999 Original published format: JP 25022599
	[2001/06]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO0038309
	Date:	29.06.2000
	Language:	EN
	[2000/26]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1075079
	Date:	07.02.2001
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 29.06.2000 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2001/06]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1075079
	Date:	13.06.2007
	Language:	EN
	[2007/24]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	29.06.2000
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	12.08.2004
Classification	IPC:	H02N2/00, H01L41/09	[2004/31]
	CPC:	H02N2/004 (EP,US); H10N30/2023 (EP,US); H02N2/103 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2001/06]	H02N2/00
Designated contracting states	CH, DE, FR, GB, LI [2004/21]
Former [2001/06]	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE
Title	German:	PIEZOELEKTRISCHER AKTOR, UHRWERK UND TRAGBARES BAUELEMENT	[2001/06]
	English:	PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, TIME PIECE, AND PORTABLE DEVICE	[2001/06]
	French:	ACTIONNEUR PIEZO-ELECTRIQUE, COMPTEUR DE TEMPS ET DISPOSITIF PORTABLE	[2001/06]
Entry into regional phase	18.09.2000	Translation filed
	15.09.2000	National basic fee paid
	15.09.2000	Search fee paid
	15.09.2000	Designation fee(s) paid
	27.11.2000	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	13.11.2000	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	27.11.2000	Examination requested [2001/06]
	22.09.2004	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	21.03.2005	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	29.06.2005	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	01.11.2005	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	03.02.2006	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	07.08.2006	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	22.12.2006	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	19.04.2007	Fee for grant paid
	19.04.2007	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)	EP07075377.7 / EP1819036
	EP12195013.3 / EP2568595
Opposition(s)	14.03.2008	No opposition filed within time limit [2008/21]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	03.09.2001	Renewal fee patent year 03
	02.09.2002	Renewal fee patent year 04
	12.09.2003	Renewal fee patent year 05
	13.09.2004	Renewal fee patent year 06
	15.09.2005	Renewal fee patent year 07
	14.09.2006	Renewal fee patent year 08
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Documents cited:	Search	[X]DE1241371 (GEORGES CEPPI) [X] 46 * column 3, line 23 - line 36; figures 1,2 *;
		[A]DE1488698 (SIEMENS AG) [A] * the whole document *;
		[XY]DE2530045 (KI POLITEKHN I IM 50 LETIA WEL) [X] 1-3,5-7,9,13,17,19,20,22-24,27,28,32,34,39,40 * page 1, paragraph 1 - page 12, paragraph 2 * * page 44, paragraph 2 * * page 31, paragraph 4 - page 35, paragraph 1; figures 2,7,11,21,28,39,41 * [Y] 14,18,33,47,49,50;
		[Y]US4232510 (TAMARU MUNETAKA, et al) [Y] 49,50 * column 1, line 16 - line 64; figure 5 *;
		[Y]DE3309239 (SIEMENS AG [DE]) [Y] 14 * page 9, line 28 - page 10, line 4 *;
		[Y]DE3920726 (OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO [JP]) [Y] 18,33 * column 5, line 55 - column 6, line 66; figure 5 *;
		[A]DE3833342 (SIEMENS AG [DE]) [A] * the whole document *;
		[Y]EP0731514 (SEIKO INSTR INC [JP]) [Y] 49,50 * column 10, line 38 - column 11, line 53 *;
		[Y]US5747916 (SUGIMOTO MITSUHIRO [JP], et al) [Y] 47 * column 5, line 1 - line 33 * * figures 7a,7b,8a,8b *;
		[A] - NISHIBORI K ET AL, "PWM DRIVING CHARACTERISTICS OF ROBOT HAND WITH FINGERS USING VIBRATION-TYPE ULTRASONIC MOTORS", PROCEEDINGS OF THE IECON '97: 23RD. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, CONTROL, AND INSTRUMENTATION. NEW ORLEANS, NOV. 9 - 14, 1997, PROCEEDINGS OF IEEE IECON: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, CONTROL, AND INSTRUME, (19971109), vol. 3, ISBN 0-7803-3933-9, pages 1355 - 1360, XP000790715 [A] * the whole document * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IECON.1997.668513
		[A] - ANGER H H, "Piezokeramische Vibromotoren", FEINGERAETETECHNIK, 1983, EAST GERMANY, (1983), vol. 32, no. 10, ISSN 0014-9683, pages 470 - 473, XP001181520 [A] * the whole document *
	International search	[Y]JPS5434010 (SEIKO INSTR & ELECTRONICS);
		[Y]JPS62239876 (NIPPON SOKEN);
		[A]JPS63118591U ;
		[A]JPS63294281 (SHIMIZU HIROSHI, et al);
		[A]JPH0311983 (NEC CORP);
		[A]JPH04129942 (OMRON TATEISI ELECTRONICS CO);
		[A]JPH04145879 (OMRON TATEISI ELECTRONICS CO);
		[A]JPH053688 (OMRON TATEISI ELECTRONICS CO);
		[A]JPH052594U ;
		[A]JPH08275558 (FANUC LTD);
		[A]JPH10327589 (SEIKO INSTR INC);
		[AE]JPH1152075 (SEIKO EPSON CORP)

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