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EP0256296
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP0256296 - Apparatus for scanning and reading bar codes [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 28.02.1997 Database last updated on 29.03.2025 | Most recent event Tooltip | 05.10.2005 | Change: Appeal number | Applicant(s) | For all designated states PSC Inc. 770 Basket Road Webster New York 14580 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1994/42] | For all designated states PSC Inc. 770 Basket Road Webster New York 14580 / US | ||
| Former [1988/08] | For all designated states Optel Bar Code Systems, Inc. 770 Basket Road Webster, N.Y. 14580 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Arackellian, Kevork 3110 Elmwood Ave. Apt. No. 14 Rochester N.Y. 14618 / US | 02 /
Boles, John A. 342 Fishers Rd. Fishers, N.Y. 14453 / US | 03 /
Eastman, Jay M. 25 Arlington Drive Pittsford, N.Y. 14534 / US | [1988/08] | Representative(s) | Haibach, Tino, et al Patentanwälte Wallach, Koch, Dr. Haibach, Feldkamp Postfach 12 11 20 80035 München / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [1992/23] | Haibach, Tino, Dr., et al Patentanwälte, Wallach, Koch, Dr. Haibach, Feldkamp, Postfach 12 11 20 D-80035 München / DE | ||
| Former [1992/01] | Haibach, Tino, Dr. Patentanwälte Wallach, Koch, Dr. Haibach, Feldkamp P.O. Box 121120 D-8000 München 12 / DE | ||
| Former [1991/44] | Koch, Günther, Dipl.-Ing. Patentanwälte Wallach, Koch, Dr. Haibach, Feldkamp, Postfach 12 11 20 D-80035 München / DE | ||
| Former [1988/08] | Wagner, Karl H. WAGNER & GEYER Patentanwälte Gewürzmühlstrasse 5 D-80538 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 87109947.9 | 09.07.1987 | [1988/08] | Priority number, date | US19860884683 | 11.07.1986 Original published format: US 884683 | [1988/08] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0256296 | Date: | 24.02.1988 | Language: | EN | [1988/08] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0256296 | Date: | 17.01.1990 | Language: | EN | [1990/03] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0256296 | Date: | 17.04.1996 | Language: | EN | [1996/16] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 30.11.1989 | Classification | IPC: | G06K7/10, G02B27/00, G02B5/08 | [1989/08] | CPC: |
G06K7/10702 (EP,US);
G06K7/10584 (EP,US);
G06K7/10613 (EP,US);
G06K7/10811 (EP,US);
G06K2207/1018 (EP,US)
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| Former IPC [1988/08] | G06K7/10 | Designated contracting states | BE, CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, GR, IT, LI, NL, SE [1988/17] |
| Former [1988/08] | AT, BE, CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, GR, IT, LI, LU, NL, SE | Title | German: | Einrichtung zum Abtasten und Lesen von Strichkodes | [1988/08] | English: | Apparatus for scanning and reading bar codes | [1988/08] | French: | Appareil de balayage et de lecture de codes à barres | [1988/08] | Miscellaneous | EPB 1996/16: Teilanmeldung 94113341.5 eingereicht am 25/08/94 | EPB 1996/16: Divisional application 94113341.5 filed on 25/08/94 | EPB 1996/16: Demande divisionnaire 94113341.5 déposée le 25/08/94 | Examination procedure | 11.08.1987 | Loss of particular rights, legal effect: Claims | 11.08.1987 | Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s) | 02.12.1987 | Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: Claims {1} | 02.12.1987 | Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, LU | 23.12.1987 | Request for decision received: (all rights) | 06.07.1988 | Result of request for decision ((all rights)): Request rejected | 02.02.1990 | Examination requested [1990/14] | 13.11.1991 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M08) | 22.07.1992 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 12.03.1993 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02) | 13.05.1993 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 01.08.1994 | Fee for grant paid | 01.08.1994 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 17.08.1994 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 24.12.1994 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 03.05.1995 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 07.09.1995 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | Appeal following examination | 16.09.1988 | Appeal received No. J0029/88 | 17.11.1988 | Statement of grounds filed | 18.10.1989 | Result of appeal procedure: allowance of appeal | Divisional application(s) | EP94113340.7 / EP0691621 | EP94113341.5 / EP0685812 | Opposition(s) | 18.01.1997 | No opposition filed within time limit [1997/16] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 27.07.1989 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 24.07.1990 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 30.07.1991 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 31.07.1992 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 02.08.1993 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 29.07.1994 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 31.07.1995 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | Penalty fee | Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973 | 10.08.1987 | AT M02 Not yet paid | 10.08.1987 | LU M02 Not yet paid |
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| Former [2000/04] | GR | 17.04.1996 | Documents cited: | Search | [A]DE2359104 (SIEMENS AG); | [A]US4072859 (MCWATERS LYNN D); | [A]US4123135 (RABEDEAU MELBOURNE E); | [A]EP0040973 (KONISHIROKU PHOTO IND [JP]); | [A]US4318583 (GOSHIMA TAKESHI, et al); | [AD]US4387297 (SWARTZ JEROME, et al); | [A]EP0121033 (IBM [US]); | [AD]EP0137966 (OPTEL SYSTEMS INC [US]) |