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EP1752837 - Image forming apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 15.01.2016 Database last updated on 22.08.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	15.01.2016	No opposition filed within time limit	published on 17.02.2016 [2016/07]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Ricoh Company, Ltd. 3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome Ohta-ku Tokyo 143-8555 / JP
	[2015/11]
Former [2007/07]	For all designated states Ricoh Company, Ltd. 3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome, Ohta-ku Tokyo 143-8555 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / Saitoh, Masanori 1-14-16, Izumihoncho Komae-shi Tokyo / JP
	02 / Matsuura, Nekka 15-7303, Sakae-cho Kanagawa-ku Yokohama-shi Kanagawa / JP
	03 / Yanagawa, Nobuyuki 4-15-60, Nakakaigan Chigasaki-shi Kanagawa / JP
	[2015/11]
Former [2007/07]	01 / Saitoh, Masanori 1-14-16, Izumihoncho Komae-shi Tokyo / JP
	02 / Matsuura, Nekka 15-7303, Sakae-cho Kanagawa-ku Yokohama-shi Kanagawa / JP
	03 / Yanagawa, Nobuyuki 4-15-60, Nakakaigan Chigasaki-shi Kanagawa / JP
Representative(s)	SSM Sandmair Patentanwälte Rechtsanwalt Partnerschaft mbB Joseph-Wild-Straße 20 81829 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2015/11]	Schwabe - Sandmair - Marx Patentanwälte Stuntzstraße 16 81677 München / DE
Former [2007/07]	Schwabe - Sandmair - Marx Patentanwälte Stuntzstrasse 16 81677 München / DE
Application number, filing date	06017676.5	26.09.2001
	[2007/07]
Priority number, date	JP20000292335	26.09.2000 Original published format: JP 2000292335
	JP20000298271	29.09.2000 Original published format: JP 2000298271
	JP20000298315	29.09.2000 Original published format: JP 2000298315
	[2007/07]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1752837
	Date:	14.02.2007
	Language:	EN
	[2007/07]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1752837
	Date:	11.03.2015
	Language:	EN
	[2015/11]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	08.01.2007
Classification	IPC:	G03G21/16	[2007/07]
	CPC:	G03G21/1647 (EP,US); G03G2221/1651 (EP,US); G03G2221/1654 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	DE, FR, GB, IT, NL [2007/42]
Former [2007/07]	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, TR
Title	German:	Bilderzeugungsapparat.	[2007/07]
	English:	Image forming apparatus	[2007/07]
	French:	Appareil de formation des images.	[2007/07]
Examination procedure	24.08.2006	Examination requested [2007/07]
	27.06.2007	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	20.05.2011	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	24.08.2011	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	15.10.2014	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	23.01.2015	Fee for grant paid
	23.01.2015	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	23.01.2015	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s) Tooltip	EP01122597.6 / EP1191409
Divisional application(s)	The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued (EP20010122597) is 02.06.2004
Opposition(s)	14.12.2015	No opposition filed within time limit [2016/07]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	24.08.2006	Renewal fee patent year 03
	24.08.2006	Renewal fee patent year 04
	24.08.2006	Renewal fee patent year 05
	24.08.2006	Renewal fee patent year 06
	12.09.2007	Renewal fee patent year 07
	31.03.2008	Renewal fee patent year 08
	11.09.2009	Renewal fee patent year 09
	27.09.2010	Renewal fee patent year 10
	22.09.2011	Renewal fee patent year 11
	20.09.2012	Renewal fee patent year 12
	20.09.2013	Renewal fee patent year 13
	30.12.2014	Renewal fee patent year 14
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	30.09.2014	14 M06 Fee paid on 30.12.2014
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	IT	11.03.2015
	NL	11.03.2015
	[2016/03]
Former [2015/41]	NL	11.03.2015
Documents cited:	Search	[XY]EP0639801 (KONISHIROKU PHOTO IND [JP]) [X] 1-4,10,11,13,23,29,37,38,40,50,56 * column 14, line 47 - column 15, line 13; figures 7,8 * [Y] 5-8,12,14-19,22,26,28,30-35,41-46,49,53,55-60;
		[XA]EP0677795 (SHARP KK [JP]) [X] 1,2 * figure - * [A] 2-60;
		[Y]US4862212 (TANZAWA MISAO [JP], et al) [Y] 5-8,12,14-19,22,26,28,30-35,41-46,49,53,55-60 * column 12, line 11 - line 30 * * column 13, paragraph L * * figure 12 *;
		[A]EP0411825 (KONISHIROKU PHOTO IND [JP]) [A] 1-60 * column 19, line 32 - line 37; figure - *
	by applicant	JP2000075733
		JPH10177286
		JPH11295952
		JPS6217761
		JPS61273559

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