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EP3312011 - FLUID EJECTION HEAD AND METHOD FOR MAKING FLUID EJECTION HEAD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 19.11.2021 Database last updated on 14.09.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 11.12.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 17.09.2020
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 02.11.2018
Former	The application has been published Status updated on 23.03.2018
Most recent event Tooltip	06.09.2024	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MT	published on 09.10.2024 [2024/41]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Funai Electric Co., Ltd. 7-7-1, Nakagaito Daito Osaka, 574-0013 / JP
	[2018/17]
Inventor(s)	01 / CRAFT, Christopher A. c/o Funai Lexington Technology Corporation 772 Newtown Pike Lexington, KY 40511 / US
	02 / BERNARD, David L. c/o Funai Lexington Technology Corporation 772 Newtown Pike Lexington, KY 40511 / US
	03 / MCNEES, Andrew L. c/o Funai Lexington Technology Corporation 772 Newtown Pike Lexington, KY 40511 / US
	04 / WEAVER, Sean T. c/o Funai Lexington Technology Corporation 772 Newtown Pike Lexington, KY 40511 / US
	[2021/02]
Former [2018/17]	01 / CRAFT, Christopher A. c/o Funai Lexington Technology Corporation, 772 Newtown Pike Lexington, KY Kentucky 40511 / US
	02 / BERNARD, David L. c/o Funai Lexington Technology Corporation, 772 Newtown Pike Lexington, KY Kentucky 40511 / US
	03 / MCNEES, Andrew L. c/o Funai Lexington Technology Corporation, 772 Newtown Pike Lexington, KY Kentucky 40511 / US
	04 / WEAVER, Sean T. c/o Funai Lexington Technology Corporation, 772 Newtown Pike Lexington, KY Kentucky 40511 / US
Representative(s)	Becker Kurig & Partner Patentanwälte mbB Bavariastraße 7 80336 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2021/02]	Becker & Kurig Partnerschaft Patentanwälte PartmbB Bavariastrasse 7 80336 München / DE
Former [2018/17]	Becker Kurig Straus Patentanwälte Bavariastrasse 7 80336 München / DE
Application number, filing date	17195399.5	09.10.2017
	[2018/17]
Priority number, date	US201615295335	17.10.2016 Original published format: US201615295335
	[2018/17]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3312011
	Date:	25.04.2018
	Language:	EN
	[2018/17]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3312011
	Date:	13.01.2021
	Language:	EN
	[2021/02]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	23.03.2018
Classification	IPC:	B41J2/16	[2018/17]
	CPC:	B41J2/1603 (EP,US); B41J2/14 (CN); B05B1/02 (US); B41J2/1433 (CN,US); B41J2/1628 (EP,US); B41J2/1631 (EP,US); (+) B41J2/1639 (EP,US); B41J2/1645 (EP,US); H10N30/03 (US); H10N30/072 (US); H10N30/082 (US); H10N30/883 (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 [2018/49]
Former [2018/17]	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
Title	German:	FLUIDAUSSTOSSKOPF UND VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG DES FLUIDAUSSTOSSKOPFES	[2018/17]
	English:	FLUID EJECTION HEAD AND METHOD FOR MAKING FLUID EJECTION HEAD	[2018/17]
	French:	TÊTE D'ÉJECTION DE FLUIDE ET PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION DE TÊTE D'ÉJECTION DE FLUIDE	[2018/17]
Examination procedure	17.10.2018	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	17.10.2018	Examination requested [2018/49]
	17.10.2018	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	18.09.2020	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	08.12.2020	Fee for grant paid
	08.12.2020	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	08.12.2020	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)	14.10.2021	No opposition filed within time limit [2021/51]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	17.09.2019	Renewal fee patent year 03
	23.09.2020	Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	09.10.2017
	AL	13.01.2021
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