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EP About this file: EP3528483

EP3528483 - MEDIUM FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  13.01.2023
Database last updated on 07.10.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  04.02.2022
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  25.11.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  31.01.2020
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  19.07.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip29.09.2023Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MC		published on 01.11.2023  [2023/44]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Seiko Epson Corporation
1-6, Shinjuku 4-chome
Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo 160-8801 / JP
[2019/34]
Inventor(s)01 / SHIOTA, Takayuki
c/o Seiko Epson Corporation
3-5 Owa 3-chome
Suwa-shi, Nagano 392-8502 / JP
 [2019/34]
Representative(s)Miller Sturt Kenyon
9 John Street
London WC1N 2ES / GB
[2019/34]
Application number, filing date19157466.415.02.2019
[2019/34]
Priority number, dateJP2018002790120.02.2018         Original published format: JP 2018027901
[2019/34]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3528483
Date:21.08.2019
Language:EN
[2019/34]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3528483
Date:09.03.2022
Language:EN
[2022/10]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP21.06.2019
ClassificationIPC:H04N1/00, H04N1/32, // B65H7/06, B65H5/36
[2019/34]
CPC:
H04N1/00779 (EP,US); B65H7/06 (EP,US); B65H5/062 (US);
B65H5/36 (US); B65H7/12 (CN); B65H7/125 (US);
H04N1/00761 (EP,US); H04N1/00769 (EP,US); H04N1/0079 (EP,US);
B65H2511/12 (US); B65H2511/20 (CN); B65H2511/528 (CN,US);
B65H2515/82 (US); B65H2553/30 (CN,US); B65H2801/06 (US);
B65H2801/39 (CN,US); H04N1/00681 (EP,US); H04N1/00771 (EP,US);
H04N1/00774 (EP,US) (-)
C-Set:
B65H2511/20, B65H2220/01 (CN);
B65H2511/528, B65H2220/03 (CN)
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Former [2019/34]AL,  AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  LV,  MC,  MK,  MT,  NL,  NO,  PL,  PT,  RO,  RS,  SE,  SI,  SK,  SM,  TR 
TitleGerman:MEDIENZUFÜHRUNGSVORRICHTUNG UND BILDLESEVORRICHTUNG[2019/34]
English:MEDIUM FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS[2019/34]
French:DISPOSITIF D'ALIMENTATION DE SUPPORT ET APPAREIL DE LECTURE D'IMAGE[2019/34]
Examination procedure29.01.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
29.01.2020Examination requested  [2020/10]
29.01.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
26.11.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
19.01.2022Fee for grant paid
19.01.2022Fee for publishing/printing paid
19.01.2022Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)12.12.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2023/07]
Fees paidRenewal fee
01.02.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
01.02.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[XAYI]US2010109232  (KAJITA MASAHITO [JP]) [X] 1 * abstract * * claims 1,12 * * figures 1,5 * * paragraphs [0006] - [0009] * * paragraphs [0029] , [0034] - [0038] * [A] 7,8,10,11 [Y] 2-4,9 [I] 5,6;
 [A]EP2701010  (PFU LTD [JP]) [A] 7-11 * abstract * * claim 1 * * figure 9 ** paragraphs [0121] , [0142] , [0158] - [0159] *;
 [YA]US2014062008  (HONGO MASANOBU [JP], et al) [Y] 4 * paragraphs [0101] - [0104] * * paragraphs [0141] , [0144] * * paragraphs [0156] - [0157] * [A] 6,10;
 [YA]US2016059593  (OTSUKA KAZUO [JP]) [Y] 2,3,9 * figure 20 * * paragraphs [0168] - [0170] * [A] 6;
 [XAYI]JP2017088269  (SEIKO EPSON CORP) [X] 1,10,11 * abstract * * figures 1-7 * * paragraphs [0001] , [0007] , [0019] * * paragraphs [0022] - [0027] * * paragraphs [0039] , [0052] * * paragraphs [0071] - [0072] * [A] 7,8 [Y] 2-4,9 [I] 5,6
by applicantJP2012193040
 JP2017039589
 JP20180027901
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