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EP About this file: EP0358521

EP0358521 - An exposure apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  12.04.1996
Database last updated on 07.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip12.04.1996No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 29.05.1996 [1996/22]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
3-30-2 Shimomaruko Ohta-ku
Tokyo 146 / JP
[N/P]
Former [1990/11]For all designated states
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
3-30-2 Shimomaruko Ohta-ku
Tokyo 146 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Mizusawa, Nobutoshi
3-5-6-907 Nitshitsuruma
Yamato-shi Kanagawa-ken / JP
02 / Ebinuma, Ryuichi
1-20-8-102 Mita Tama-ku
Kawasaki-shi Kanagawa-ken / JP
03 / Kariya, Takao
1-748-9 Hodokubo
Hino-shi Tokyo / JP
04 / Uzawa, Shunichi
4-27-10 Nakamachi Setagaya-ku
Tokyo / JP
05 / Shimoda, Isamu
93-1 Tatsunodai
Zama-shi Kanagawa-ken / JP
[1990/11]
Representative(s)Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis, et al
Beresford Crump LLP
16 High Holborn
London WC1V 6BX / GB
[N/P]
Former [1990/11]Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis, et al
BERESFORD & Co. 2-5 Warwick Court High Holborn
London WC1R 5DJ / GB
Application number, filing date89309117.308.09.1989
[1990/11]
Priority number, dateJP1988022471209.09.1988         Original published format: JP 22471288
JP1988022471309.09.1988         Original published format: JP 22471388
[1990/11]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0358521
Date:14.03.1990
Language:EN
[1990/11]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0358521
Date:28.11.1990
Language:EN
[1990/48]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0358521
Date:07.06.1995
Language:EN
[1995/23]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP10.10.1990
ClassificationIPC:G03F7/20
[1990/11]
CPC:
G03F7/70066 (EP,US); G03F7/702 (EP,US); G03F7/70858 (EP,US);
G03F7/70875 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   NL [1990/11]
TitleGerman:Belichtungsvorrichtung[1990/11]
English:An exposure apparatus[1990/11]
French:Appareil d'exposition[1990/11]
Examination procedure31.12.1990Examination requested  [1991/10]
12.07.1993Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
17.01.1994Reply to a communication from the examining division
29.08.1994Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
30.11.1994Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
06.12.1994Communication of intention to grant the patent
08.02.1995Fee for grant paid
08.02.1995Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)08.03.1996No opposition filed within time limit [1996/22]
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.12.1990Renewal fee patent year 03
22.09.1992Renewal fee patent year 04
24.09.1993Renewal fee patent year 05
23.09.1994Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[A]JP6151824  ;
 [A]JP6030132  ;
 [A]EP0136672  (HITACHI LTD [JP]);
 [A]EP0253283  (SIEMENS AG [DE], et al)
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 10, no. 213 (E-422)(2269) 25 July 1986, & JP-A-61 51824 (HITACHI LTD) 14 March 1986,, & JP6151824 A 19860314
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 9, no. 150 (E-324)(1873) 25 June 1985, & JP-A-60 30132 (HITACHI SEISAKUSHO K.K.) 15 February 1985,, & JP6030132 A 19850215
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