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EP About this file: EP2006697

EP2006697 - Control apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  31.12.2010
Database last updated on 02.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip22.07.2011Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 24.08.2011  [2011/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
1-1, Shibaura 1-chome Minato-ku
Tokyo / JP
[2008/52]
Inventor(s)01 / Nakatani, Hiroshi
Int. Prop. Div. Toshiba Corporation 1-1, Shibaura 1-chome Minato-ku
Tokyo / JP
02 / Sameda, Yoshito
Int. Prop. Div. Toshiba Corporation 1-1, Shibaura 1-chome Minato-ku
Tokyo / JP
03 / Sawada, Akira
Int. Prop. Div. Toshiba Corporation 1-1, Shibaura 1-chome Minato-ku
Tokyo / JP
04 / Takehara, Jun
Int. Prop. Div. Toshiba Corporation 1-1, Shibaura 1-chome Minato-ku
Tokyo / JP
05 / Takene, Kouichi
Int. Prop. Div. Toshiba Corporation 1-1, Shibaura 1-chome Minato-ku
Tokyo / JP
06 / Nishikawa, Hiroyuki
Int. Prop. Div. Toshiba Corporation 1-1, Shibaura 1-chome Minato-ku
Tokyo / JP
 [2008/52]
Representative(s)Siegert, Georg
Hoffmann - Eitle
ATTENTION : ADDRESS INACTIVE - USE ASS-NR - CDR / DE
[N/P]
Former [2008/52]Siegert, Georg
Hoffmann - Eitle Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4
81925 München / DE
Application number, filing date08011280.820.06.2008
[2008/52]
Priority number, dateJP2007016528822.06.2007         Original published format: JP 2007165288
[2008/52]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2006697
Date:24.12.2008
Language:EN
[2008/52]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2006697
Date:24.02.2010
Language:EN
[2010/08]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP13.10.2008
ClassificationIPC:G01R31/3185, G06F11/267
[2008/52]
CPC:
G01R31/318555 (EP,US); G06F11/22 (KR); G01R31/28 (KR);
G01R31/318572 (EP,US); G06F11/2236 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [2009/36]
Former [2008/52]AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  LV,  MC,  MT,  NL,  NO,  PL,  PT,  RO,  SE,  SI,  SK,  TR 
TitleGerman:Steuervorrichtung[2008/52]
English:Control apparatus[2008/52]
French:Appareil de contrôle[2008/52]
Examination procedure20.06.2008Examination requested  [2008/52]
19.02.2009Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
25.06.2009Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
30.06.2009Reply to a communication from the examining division
29.07.2009Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, ES, FI, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
22.09.2009Communication of intention to grant the patent
07.01.2010Fee for grant paid
07.01.2010Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)25.11.2010No opposition filed within time limit [2011/05]
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipFR30.06.2010
[2011/34]
Documents cited:Search[A]US2005193276  (KANG SHIN-CHAN [KR], et al) [A] 1-9 * column A; figures 1-5; claims 1-19 * * paragraphs [0009] - [0024] * * paragraphs [0036] - [0049] *;
 [A]US2004187058  (YAMADA TAKAMITSU [JP], et al) [A] 1-9 * column A; figures 1-13; claims 1-24 * * paragraphs [0030] - [0040] * * paragraphs [0055] - [0066] *;
 [A]US2006190789  (KEBICHI OMAR [US], et al) [A] 1-9 * column A; figures 1-9; claims 1-18 * * paragraphs [0012] - [0017] * * paragraphs [0028] - [0036] *;
 [A]US6587979  (KRAUS LAWRENCE [US], et al) [A] 1-9 * column A; figures 1-17; claims 1-16 * * column 2, line 42 - column 4, line 32 *
by applicantJP2000206202
 JP2001306343
 US2005193276
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