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EP2107455
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| EP2107455 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 10.07.2020 Database last updated on 03.06.2024 | |
| Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 05.07.2019 | ||
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 03.07.2019 | ||
| Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 21.06.2019 | ||
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 17.02.2019 | ||
| Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 22.09.2017 | Most recent event Tooltip | 30.04.2021 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): GB | published on 02.06.2021 [2021/22] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Canon Kabushiki Kaisha 30-2 Shimomaruko 3-chome Ohta-ku Tokyo 146-8501 / JP | [2009/41] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Yokoyama, Hidehiko c/o CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3-30-2, Shimomaruko Ohta-ku Tokyo / JP | [2019/32] |
| Former [2009/41] | 01 /
Yokoyama, Hidehiko c/o CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3-30-2, Shimomaruko Ohta-ku Tokyo / JP | Representative(s) | Williamson, Brian Canon Europe Ltd 3 The Square Stockley Park Uxbridge Middlesex UB11 1ET / GB | [2019/32] |
| Former [2009/41] | Williamson, Brian Canon Europe Ltd 3 The Square Stockley Park Uxbridge Middlesex UB11 1ET / GB | Application number, filing date | 09156759.4 | 30.03.2009 | [2009/41] | Priority number, date | JP20080092207 | 31.03.2008 Original published format: JP 2008092207 | [2009/41] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP2107455 | Date: | 07.10.2009 | Language: | EN | [2009/41] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP2107455 | Date: | 10.10.2012 | Language: | EN | [2012/41] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2107455 | Date: | 07.08.2019 | Language: | EN | [2019/32] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 10.09.2012 | Classification | IPC: | G06F3/12, G06K15/02, G06K15/12 | [2019/11] | CPC: |
G06F3/1248 (EP,US);
G06F3/1208 (EP,US);
G06F3/1221 (EP,US);
G06K15/12 (EP,US);
G06K15/1856 (EP,US);
Y02D10/00 (EP,US)
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| Former IPC [2009/41] | G06F3/12 | Designated contracting states | DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, NL [2013/25] |
| Former [2009/41] | 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, SE, SI, SK, TR | Title | German: | Vorrichtung zur Bilderzeugung und Verfahren zur Bilderzeugung | [2009/41] | English: | Image forming apparatus and image forming method | [2009/41] | French: | Procédé et appareil de formation d'images | [2009/41] | Examination procedure | 10.04.2013 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 10.04.2013 | Examination requested [2013/21] | 25.09.2017 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 27.03.2018 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 18.02.2019 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 18.06.2019 | Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO | 18.06.2019 | Fee for grant paid | 18.06.2019 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 03.07.2019 | Information about intention to grant a patent | 03.07.2019 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | 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 is 25.09.2017 | Opposition(s) | 03.06.2020 | No opposition filed within time limit [2020/33] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 31.03.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 31.03.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 02.04.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 31.03.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 31.03.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 31.03.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 31.03.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 03.04.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | 01.04.2019 | Renewal fee patent year 11 |
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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 | ES | 07.08.2019 | IT | 07.08.2019 | NL | 07.08.2019 | GB | 30.03.2020 | FR | 31.03.2020 | [2021/22] |
| Former [2021/07] | ES | 07.08.2019 | |
| IT | 07.08.2019 | ||
| NL | 07.08.2019 | ||
| FR | 31.03.2020 | ||
| Former [2020/24] | ES | 07.08.2019 | |
| IT | 07.08.2019 | ||
| NL | 07.08.2019 | ||
| Former [2020/13] | ES | 07.08.2019 | |
| NL | 07.08.2019 | ||
| Former [2020/09] | NL | 07.08.2019 | Documents cited: | Search | [I]US2007147928 (OYUMI MASASHI [JP], et al) [I] 1-13 * paragraph [0064] - paragraph [0091] * * figures 1-14 *; | [A]EP1903772 (RICOH KK [JP]) [A] 1,2,5,6,11,13* the whole document * | by applicant | JPH1016304 | JP2004268594 |