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EP3418696 - ENCODER AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 19.11.2021 Database last updated on 17.07.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 11.12.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 05.08.2020
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 14.06.2019
Former	The application has been published Status updated on 23.11.2018
Most recent event Tooltip	03.05.2024	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK	published on 05.06.2024 [2024/23]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Canon Precision Inc. 4-1, Seinofukuro 5-chome Hirosaki-shi, Aomori 036-8072 / JP
	[2018/52]
Inventor(s)	01 / SASAKI, Ryo c/o CANON PRECISION INC. 4-1, Seinofukuro 5-chome Hirosaki-shi, Aomori 036-8072 / JP
	[2021/02]
Former [2018/52]	01 / SASAKI, Ryo c/o CANON PRECISION INC. 4-1, Seinofukuro 5-chome Hirosaki-shi, Aomori 036-8072 / JP
Representative(s)	TBK Bavariaring 4-6 80336 München / DE
	[2018/52]
Application number, filing date	18177185.8	12.06.2018
	[2018/52]
Priority number, date	JP20170120301	20.06.2017 Original published format: JP 2017120301
	[2018/52]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3418696
	Date:	26.12.2018
	Language:	EN
	[2018/52]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3418696
	Date:	13.01.2021
	Language:	EN
	[2021/02]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	19.10.2018
Classification	IPC:	G01D5/347	[2018/52]
	CPC:	G01D5/34715 (EP,US); H04N23/67 (US); G06T7/73 (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 [2019/29]
Former [2018/52]	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:	CODIERER UND BILDERFASSUNGSVORRICHTUNG	[2018/52]
	English:	ENCODER AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS	[2018/52]
	French:	CODEUR ET APPAREIL DE CAPTURE D'IMAGES	[2018/52]
Examination procedure	05.06.2019	Examination requested [2019/29]
	05.06.2019	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	06.08.2020	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
	31.03.2020	Renewal fee patent year 03
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	12.06.2018
	AL	13.01.2021
	AT	13.01.2021
	CY	13.01.2021
	CZ	13.01.2021
	DK	13.01.2021
	EE	13.01.2021
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	HR	13.01.2021
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	BG	13.04.2021
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	GR	14.04.2021
	IS	13.05.2021
	PT	13.05.2021
	IE	12.06.2021
	LU	12.06.2021
	BE	30.06.2021
	CH	30.06.2021
	FR	30.06.2021
	LI	30.06.2021
	[2024/23]
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	IE	12.06.2021
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	BE	30.06.2021
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	CZ	13.01.2021
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	EE	13.01.2021
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	PT	13.05.2021
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	HR	13.01.2021
	LT	13.01.2021
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Documents cited:	Search	[A]US2015233737 (SASAKI RYO [JP]) [A] 1-5 * paragraph [0066] - paragraph [0076] * * figures 1-6 *;
		[A]US2016180516 (NAGURA CHIHIRO [JP]) [A] 1-5 * paragraph [0033] - paragraph [0040] * * paragraph [0060] * * paragraph [0067] - paragraph [0073] * * figures 1-3, 12 *;
		[A]EP3173746 (CANON PRECISION INC [JP]) [A] 1-5 * paragraph [0010] - paragraph [0018] ** figures 1-5 *
	by applicant	JP4476682B
		JP5755010B

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