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EP About this file: EP3948426

EP3948426 - DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  10.05.2024
Database last updated on 21.05.2024
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  16.02.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  07.01.2022
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  03.10.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip10.05.2024(Expected) grantpublished on 12.06.2024 [2024/24]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
15-1 Naeshiro-cho
Mizuho-ku, Nagoya-shi
Aichi 467-8561 / JP
[2022/06]
Inventor(s)01 / OOKA, Kazuaki
c/o Intellectual Property Dept., Brother Kogyo
Kabushiki Kaisha, 1-1-1, Kawagishi, Mizuho-ku
Nagoya-shi, Aichi 467-8562 / JP
[2024/24]
Former [2022/06]01 / OOKA, Kazuaki
Nagoya-shi, Aichi 467-8562 / JP
Representative(s)Kuhnen & Wacker Patent- und Rechtsanwaltsbüro PartG mbB
Prinz-Ludwig-Straße 40A
85354 Freising / DE
[2022/06]
Application number, filing date20779806.713.02.2020
[2022/06]
WO2020JP05457
Priority number, dateJP2019006330028.03.2019         Original published format: JP 2019063300
[2022/06]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2020195287
Date:01.10.2020
Language:EN
[2020/40]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3948426
Date:09.02.2022
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 01.10.2020 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2022/06]
Type: B1 Patent specification
No.:EP3948426
Date:12.06.2024
Language:EN
[2024/24]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP01.10.2020
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP05.12.2022
ClassificationIPC:G03G15/08, G03G21/18
[2023/01]
CPC:
G03G21/1821 (EP); G03G15/0808 (US); G03G15/0865 (US);
G03G21/1825 (EP); G03G21/1842 (EP)
Former IPC [2022/06]G03G15/08
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 [2022/06]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:ENTWICKLUNGSKARTUSCHE[2022/06]
English:DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE[2022/06]
French:CARTOUCHE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT[2022/06]
Entry into regional phase22.07.2021National basic fee paid 
22.07.2021Search fee paid 
22.07.2021Designation fee(s) paid 
22.07.2021Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure22.07.2021Examination requested  [2022/06]
06.06.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
16.02.2024Communication of intention to grant the patent
02.05.2024Fee for grant paid
02.05.2024Fee for publishing/printing paid
02.05.2024Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Fees paidRenewal fee
09.02.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
26.01.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
30.01.2024Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[A]JPS60125865  (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD) [A] 1-21 * the whole document *;
 [A]JP2010054828  (BROTHER IND LTD) [A] 1-21 * the whole document *;
 [A]EP2444857  (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD [KR]) [A] 1-21 * the whole document *;
 [A]JP2013125149  (KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC) [A] 1-21 * the whole document *;
 [A]US2016252877  (NAKAMURA YUUKI [JP], et al) [A] 1-21* the whole document *;
 [A]JP2019045580  (CANON KK) [A] 1-21 * the whole document *
International search[A]JPS60125865  (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD) [A] 1-32 * Whole document *;
 [X]JP2010054828  (BROTHER IND LTD) [X] 22-24, 32 * paragraphs[0036]-[0037], [0044]-[0055], Fig. 8 *;
 [A]WO2012130295  (HEWLETT PACKARD INDIGO BV [NL], et al) [A] 1-32* Whole document *;
 [A]US2016252877  (NAKAMURA YUUKI [JP], et al) [A] 1-32 * Whole document *
by applicantJPS60125865
 JP2010054828
 JP2011059510
 EP2444857
 JP2013125149
 US2016252877
 JP2019045580
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