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EP About this file: EP0284796

EP0284796 - Bidirectional serial printer [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  22.07.1995
Database last updated on 24.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip26.04.2002Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): ES
published on 12.06.2002  [2002/24]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
55 Railroad Avenue Greenwich
Connecticut 06830 / US
[N/P]
Former [1991/43]For all designated states
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
55 Railroad Avenue
Greenwich, Connecticut 06830 / US
Former [1988/40]For all designated states
International Business Machines Corporation
Old Orchard Road
Armonk, N.Y. 10504 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Angst, Tim Valentine
6415-F Yateswood Dr.
Charlotte North Carolina 28212 / US
02 / Troupes, Demetrios
8411 Norcroft Dr.
Charlotte North Carolina 28212 / US
[1988/40]
Representative(s)Tomlinson, Kerry John, et al
Dehns
St Bride's House
10 Salisbury Square
London
EC4Y 8JD / GB
[N/P]
Former [1991/35]Tomlinson, Kerry John, et al
Frank B. Dehn & Co. European Patent Attorneys Imperial House 15-19 Kingsway
London WC2B 6UZ / GB
Former [1988/40]Rudolph, Wolfgang, Dipl.-Ing.
IBM Deutschland GmbH Schönaicher Strasse 220
D-7030 Böblingen / DE
Application number, filing date88103059.701.03.1988
[1988/40]
Priority number, dateUS1987003344901.04.1987         Original published format: US 33449
[1988/40]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0284796
Date:05.10.1988
Language:EN
[1988/40]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0284796
Date:23.10.1991
Language:EN
[1991/43]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0284796
Date:21.09.1994
Language:EN
[1994/38]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP06.09.1991
ClassificationIPC:B41J19/14
[1988/40]
CPC:
B41J19/142 (EP,US); G06K15/10 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesBE,   CH,   DE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   NL,   SE [1988/40]
TitleGerman:Bidirektionaler Seriendrucker[1988/40]
English:Bidirectional serial printer[1988/40]
French:Imprimante en série bi-directionnelle[1988/40]
Examination procedure22.02.1989Examination requested  [1989/16]
12.08.1993Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
16.12.1993Reply to a communication from the examining division
04.02.1994Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
21.03.1994Communication of intention to grant the patent
13.05.1994Fee for grant paid
13.05.1994Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)22.06.1995No opposition filed within time limit [1995/37]
Fees paidRenewal fee
26.03.1990Renewal fee patent year 03
13.12.1990Renewal fee patent year 04
26.03.1992Renewal fee patent year 05
23.03.1993Renewal fee patent year 06
24.03.1994Renewal fee patent year 07
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Rights in Rem or Legal Means of ExecutionID:01
For:all designated states
Date:20.03.1992
[1992/20]
Lapses during opposition  TooltipBE21.09.1994
CH21.09.1994
ES21.09.1994
LI21.09.1994
NL21.09.1994
[2002/24]
Former [1995/35]BE21.09.1994
CH21.09.1994
LI21.09.1994
NL21.09.1994
Former [1995/27]BE21.09.1994
CH21.09.1994
LI21.09.1994
Former [1995/13]CH21.09.1994
LI21.09.1994
Cited inExamination   - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 9, No. 111, (M 379)(148), May 15, 1985, JP-A-59-232 889
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