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EP0517401
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| EP0517401 - Printing machine [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | Patent maintained as amended Status updated on 07.03.2003 Database last updated on 02.09.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 05.10.2005 | Change: Appeal number | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Seiko Epson Corporation 4-1, Nishishinjuku 2-chome Shinjuku-ku Tokyo-to / JP | [N/P] |
| Former [1992/50] | For all designated states SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 4-1, Nishishinjuku 2-chome Shinjuku-ku Tokyo-to / JP | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Yamaguchi, Naoto, c/o Seiko Epson Corporation 3-5 Owa 3-chome Suwa-shi, Nagano-ken / JP | [1992/50] | Representative(s) | Sturt, Clifford Mark, et al Miller Sturt Kenyon 9 John Street London WC1N 2ES / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1994/11] | Sturt, Clifford Mark, et al J. MILLER & CO. 34 Bedford Row Holborn London WC1R 4JH / GB | ||
| Former [1992/50] | Sturt, Clifford Mark J. Miller & Co. 34 Bedford Row Holborn London WC1R 4JH / GB | Application number, filing date | 92304621.3 | 21.05.1992 | [1992/50] | Priority number, date | JP19910121135 | 27.05.1991 Original published format: JP 12113591 | JP19920021299 | 06.02.1992 Original published format: JP 2129992 | [1992/50] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0517401 | Date: | 09.12.1992 | Language: | EN | [1992/50] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0517401 | Date: | 04.08.1993 | Language: | EN | [1993/31] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0517401 | Date: | 18.09.1996 | Language: | EN | [1996/38] | Type: | B2 New European patent specification | No.: | EP0517401 | Date: | 23.04.2003 | Language: | EN | [2003/17] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 15.06.1993 | Classification | IPC: | B41J13/00 | [1992/50] | CPC: |
B41J13/0045 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB [1992/50] | Title | German: | Druckmaschine | [1992/50] | English: | Printing machine | [1992/50] | French: | Machine d'impression | [1992/50] | Examination procedure | 04.01.1994 | Examination requested [1994/10] | 15.03.1995 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 13.07.1995 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 14.09.1995 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No) | 30.01.1996 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval) | 05.02.1996 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 24.04.1996 | Fee for grant paid | 24.04.1996 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | Opponent(s) | 01
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ADMISSIBLE Canon Kabushiki Kaisha 30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko Ohta-ku, Tokyo 146 / JP Opponent's representative Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis, et al, et al Beresford Crump LLP 16 High Holborn London WC1V 6BX / GB | [N/P] |
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| Opponent(s) | 01
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Canon Kabushiki Kaisha 30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko Ohta-ku, Tokyo 146 / JP Opponent's representative Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis, et al, et al Beresford & Co. 16 High Holborn London WC1V 6BX / GB | 23.07.1997 | Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition | 23.01.1998 | Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition | 18.11.1998 | Date of oral proceedings | 07.12.1998 | Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings | 07.12.1998 | Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked | 25.09.2002 | Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition | 17.10.2002 | Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition | 04.12.2002 | Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended | 24.02.2003 | Fee for printing new specification paid | Appeal following opposition | 05.02.1999 | Appeal received No. T0195/99 | 07.04.1999 | Statement of grounds filed | 23.07.2001 | Invitation to file observations in an appeal (Time limit: M04) [2001/30] | 23.11.2001 | Date of receipt of observations in an appeal [2001/47] | 25.09.2002 | Result of appeal procedure: maintenance in amended form | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 27.05.1994 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 29.05.1995 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 09.05.1996 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Documents cited: | Search | [AD]JP62257871 ; | [A]JP01231751 ; | [A]EP0297486 (SEIKO EPSON CORP [JP]); | [A]US4838719 (UNE RYUZO [JP]); | [A]EP0397090 (CANON KK [JP]); | [A]EP0143522 (OLIVETTI & CO SPA [IT]) | [AD] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 12, no. 134 (M-689)(2981) 23 April 1988 & JP-A-62 257 871 ( SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION ) 10 November 1987, & JP62257871 A 19871110 | [A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 13, no. 559 (M-905)(3907) 12 December 1989 & JP-A-01 231 751 ( FUJITSU LTD ) 18 September 1989, & JP01231751 A 19890918 |