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EP1986414
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP1986414 - Image forming apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 12.01.2018 Database last updated on 06.07.2024 | |
| Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 03.02.2017 | ||
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 31.01.2017 | ||
| Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 03.01.2017 | ||
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 23.12.2016 | Most recent event Tooltip | 09.11.2018 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): GB | published on 12.12.2018 [2018/50] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Canon Kabushiki Kaisha 30-2 Shimomaruko 3-chome Ohta-ku Tokyo 146-8501 / JP | [2008/44] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Tsuji, Hiroyuki c/o CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome Ohta-ku Tokyo / JP | [2017/10] |
| Former [2008/44] | 01 /
Tsuji, Hiroyuki c/o CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-cho Ohta-ku Tokyo / JP | Representative(s) | Garner, Jonathan Charles Stapleton Canon Europe Ltd European Patent Department 3 The Square Stockley Park Uxbridge, Middlesex UB11 1ET / GB | [2017/10] |
| Former [2008/44] | Garner, Jonathan Charles Stapleton Canon Europe Ltd European Patent Department 6 Roundwood Avenue Stockley Park Middlesex, Uxbridge UB11 1JA / GB | Application number, filing date | 08162202.9 | 01.11.2002 | [2008/44] | Priority number, date | JP20010345034 | 09.11.2001 Original published format: JP 2001345034 | JP20020317719 | 31.10.2002 Original published format: JP 2002317719 | [2008/44] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP1986414 | Date: | 29.10.2008 | Language: | EN | [2008/44] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP1986414 | Date: | 08.04.2009 | [2009/15] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1986414 | Date: | 08.03.2017 | Language: | EN | [2017/10] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 05.03.2009 | Classification | IPC: | H04N1/50 | [2008/44] | CPC: |
H04N1/506 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, IT [2017/10] |
| Former [2008/44] | DE, FR, GB, IT | Title | German: | Bilderzeugungsgerät | [2008/44] | English: | Image forming apparatus | [2008/44] | French: | Appareil de formation d'images | [2008/44] | Examination procedure | 08.10.2009 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 08.10.2009 | Examination requested [2009/47] | 13.07.2010 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 01.03.2011 | Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time | 27.04.2011 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 09.11.2012 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 07.03.2013 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 23.08.2016 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 20.12.2016 | Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO | 20.12.2016 | Fee for grant paid | 20.12.2016 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 30.01.2017 | Information about intention to grant a patent | 30.01.2017 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Parent application(s) Tooltip | EP02257602.9 / EP1311109 | 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 (EP20020257602) is 21.10.2005 | Opposition(s) | 11.12.2017 | No opposition filed within time limit [2018/07] | Request for further processing for: | The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the examination report | 27.04.2011 | Request for further processing filed | 27.04.2011 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted | 05.05.2011 | Decision despatched | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 12.12.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 12.12.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 12.12.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 12.12.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 12.12.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 30.11.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 30.11.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 30.11.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | 30.11.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 11 | 02.12.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 12 | 01.12.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 13 | 30.11.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 14 | 30.11.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 15 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | IT | 08.03.2017 | GB | 01.11.2017 | FR | 30.11.2017 | [2018/50] |
| Former [2018/49] | IT | 08.03.2017 | |
| FR | 30.11.2017 | ||
| Former [2017/51] | IT | 08.03.2017 | Documents cited: | Search | [X]US5828937 (AERENS RONNY JEAN VALENTINE [BE], et al) [X] 1,2 * column 10, line 66 - column 14, line 54 *; | [A]US6281922 (SUZUKI TAKAYOSHI [JP]) [A] 1,2 * column 5, line 19 - column 8, line 32 *; | [A]EP0455250 (HONEYWELL INC [US]) [A] 1,2 * abstract *; | [A]JP2000315035 (RICOH KK) [A] 1,2 * abstract *; | [A]GB2234648 (CANON KK [JP]) [A] 1,2 * page 9, lines 1-11 * * page 16, lines 3-15 *; | [A]US5940114 (KATAOKA TATSUHITO [JP], et al) [A] 1,2 * abstract *; | [A]US5028992 (ARAI HIROSHI [JP]) [A] 1,2 * column 2, line 56 - column 3, line 55 *; | [A]US4660077 (KAWAMURA NAOTO [JP], et al) [A] 1,2 * abstract *; | [A]US5715498 (TAKEUCHI AKIHIKO [JP], et al) [A] 1,2 * abstract *; | [A]US5964540 (SHIINA TADASHI [JP], et al) [A] 1,2 * column 3, lines 9-55 * | by applicant | EP1311109 |