| EP2485469 - Information processing apparatus and control method therefor [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 04.10.2019 Database last updated on 11.04.2026 | |
| Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 26.10.2018 | ||
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 18.06.2018 | Most recent event Tooltip | 01.07.2022 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK | published on 03.08.2022 [2022/31] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Canon Kabushiki Kaisha 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome Ohta-ku Tokyo 146-8501 / JP | [2018/48] |
| Former [2012/32] | For all designated states Canon Kabushiki Kaisha 30-2 Shimomaruko 3-chome Ohta-ku Tokyo 146-8501 / JP | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Suzuki, Ayumi c/o CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome Ohta-ku, Tokyo / JP | [2012/32] | Representative(s) | Garner, Jonathan Charles Stapleton Canon Europe Ltd European Patent Department 3 The Square Stockley Park Uxbridge, Middlesex UB11 1ET / GB | [2018/48] |
| Former [2012/32] | Garner, Jonathan Charles Stapleton Canon Europe Ltd European Patent Department 3 The Square Stockley Park Uxbridge, Middlesex UB11 1ET / GB | Application number, filing date | 12153881.3 | 03.02.2012 | [2012/32] | Priority number, date | JP20110023245 | 04.02.2011 Original published format: JP 2011023245 | [2012/32] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2485469 | Date: | 08.08.2012 | Language: | EN | [2012/32] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2485469 | Date: | 28.11.2018 | Language: | EN | [2018/48] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 20.04.2012 | Classification | IPC: | H04N1/32 | [2012/32] | CPC: |
H04N1/00127 (EP,CN,US);
H04N1/32106 (EP,CN,US);
H04N2201/0084 (US);
H04N2201/3214 (EP,CN,US);
H04N2201/3215 (EP,CN,US);
H04N2201/3253 (EP,CN,US)
| Designated contracting states | AL, 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, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2018/48] |
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