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 | ||
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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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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 |