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EP About this file: EP3499395

EP3499395 - INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF PROCESSING INFORMATION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  28.07.2023
Database last updated on 25.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  19.08.2022
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  12.08.2022
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  20.11.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  17.05.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip13.09.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MT		published on 16.10.2024 [2024/42]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome
Ohta-ku
Tokyo 143-8555 / JP
[2019/25]
Inventor(s)01 / UCHIBORI, Hiroki
c/o Ricoh Company, Ltd.
3-6, Nakamagome 1-chome
Ohta-ku
Tokyo 143-8555 / JP
 [2019/25]
Representative(s)Marks & Clerk LLP
15 Fetter Lane
London EC4A 1BW / GB
[2022/38]
Former [2019/25]Watkin, Timothy Lawrence Harvey
Marks & Clerk LLP
Fletcher House The Oxford Science Park
Heatley Road
Oxford OX4 4GE / GB
Application number, filing date18211719.211.12.2018
[2019/25]
Priority number, dateJP2017024218018.12.2017         Original published format: JP 2017242180
[2019/25]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3499395
Date:19.06.2019
Language:EN
[2019/25]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3499395
Date:21.09.2022
Language:EN
[2022/38]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP15.04.2019
ClassificationIPC:G06F21/10, H04N1/00
[2022/17]
CPC:
G06F21/105 (EP,US); G06F21/10 (EP,US); G06F3/1203 (US);
G06F3/1231 (US); G06F3/1232 (US); H04N1/00411 (EP,US);
H04N1/0097 (EP,US); H04N2201/0094 (US) (-)
Former IPC [2019/25]G06F21/10
Designated contracting statesAL,   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 [2019/25]
TitleGerman:INFORMATIONSVERARBEITUNGSVORRICHTUNG, INFORMATIONSVERARBEITUNGSSYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUR INFORMATIONSVERARBEITUNG[2019/25]
English:INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF PROCESSING INFORMATION[2019/25]
French:APPAREIL, SYSTÈME ET PROCÉDÉ DE TRAITEMENT D'INFORMATIONS[2019/25]
Examination procedure11.12.2018Examination requested  [2019/25]
02.10.2019Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
24.11.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
24.03.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
12.04.2022Communication of intention to grant the patent
12.08.2022Fee for grant paid
12.08.2022Fee for publishing/printing paid
12.08.2022Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)EP22195923.2  / EP4123482
Opposition(s)22.06.2023No opposition filed within time limit [2023/35]
Fees paidRenewal fee
24.12.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
24.12.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[Y]EP1965330  (RICOH KK [JP]) [Y] 1-11* figures 21,22 *;
 [X]US2010242117  (TSUBOI MASANORI [JP]) [X] 1-11 * paragraphs [0005] , [0024] , [0060] - [0063]; figures 3,4a *;
 [Y]EP2966584  (RICOH CO LTD [JP]) [Y] 1-11 * paragraphs [0066] - [0067]; example 23 *
by applicantJP2017083982
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