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EP0531543
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| EP0531543 - APPARATUS FOR SENSING AUTOMATIC FOCUSING [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 18.05.2001 Database last updated on 11.04.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 29.08.2008 | Change - representative | published on 01.10.2008 [2008/40] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. 43-2, 2-chome, Hatagaya Shibuya-ku Tokyo 151-0072 / JP | [N/P] |
| Former [2000/29] | For all designated states Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. 43-2, 2-chome, Hatagaya Shibuya-ku Tokyo 151-0072 / JP | ||
| Former [1993/11] | For all designated states OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 43-2, 2-chome, Hatagaya Shibuya-ku Tokyo 151 / JP | Inventor(s) | 01 /
YAMANA, Motokazu 1-819-22, Kashima Hachioji-shi, Tokyo 192-03 / JP | 02 /
NAGASAWA, Nobuyuki 14-11, Ohwadamachi 7-chome Hachiouji-shi, Tokyo 192 / JP | 03 /
KONISHI, Hirokazu 30-10, Ohwadamachi 4-chome Hachiouji-shi, Tokyo 192 / JP | 04 /
TAKAHAMA, Yasuteru 2544, Ishikawamachi Hachiouji-shi, Tokyo 192 / JP | [1993/11] | Representative(s) | Winter, Brandl - Partnerschaft mbB Alois-Steinecker-Straße 22 85354 Freising / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [2008/40] | Winter, Brandl, Fürniss, Hübner Röss, Kaiser, Polte Partnerschaft Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Alois-Steinecker-Strasse 22 85354 Freising / DE | ||
| Former [1993/11] | KUHNEN, WACKER & PARTNER Patent- und Rechtsanwaltsbüro, Alois-Steineckerstrasse 22 D-85354 Freising / DE | Application number, filing date | 92907544.8 | 30.03.1992 | [1993/11] | WO1992JP00393 | Priority number, date | JP19910089028 | 29.03.1991 Original published format: JP 8902891 | JP19910099854 | 05.04.1991 Original published format: JP 9985491 | JP19910077809 | 10.04.1991 Original published format: JP 7780991 | [1993/11] | Filing language | JA | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9217805 | Date: | 15.10.1992 | Language: | EN | [1992/26] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0531543 | Date: | 17.03.1993 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 15.10.1992 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1993/11] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0531543 | Date: | 19.07.2000 | Language: | EN | [2000/29] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | JP | 15.10.1992 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 07.01.1994 | Classification | IPC: | G02B7/36, G02B21/00, G02B21/24, G02B7/38 | [1994/06] | CPC: |
G02B7/36 (EP,US);
G02B21/241 (EP,US)
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| Former IPC [1993/11] | G02B7/36, G02B21/00 | Designated contracting states | AT, CH, DE, FR, GB, LI [1993/11] | Title | German: | VORRICHTUNG ZUM ERMITTELN DER AUTOMATISCHEN FOKUSSIERUNG | [1993/11] | English: | APPARATUS FOR SENSING AUTOMATIC FOCUSING | [1993/11] | French: | APPAREIL POUR DETECTER LA FOCALISATION AUTOMATIQUE | [1993/11] | Entry into regional phase | 23.12.1992 | Translation filed | 23.12.1992 | National basic fee paid | 23.12.1992 | Search fee paid | 23.12.1992 | Designation fee(s) paid | 24.05.1993 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 24.05.1993 | Examination requested [1993/29] | 01.03.1995 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 11.09.1995 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 11.03.1996 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 15.07.1996 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 29.01.1997 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 26.05.1997 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 13.04.1999 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No) | 16.07.1999 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval) | 11.08.1999 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 05.11.1999 | Fee for grant paid | 05.11.1999 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 20.04.2001 | No opposition filed within time limit [2001/27] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 31.03.1994 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 29.03.1995 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 27.03.1996 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 27.03.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 25.03.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 30.03.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 30.03.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | Penalty fee | Penalty fee Rule 85b EPC 1973 | 26.05.1993 | M01 Fee paid on 22.06.1993 |
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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. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | AT | 19.07.2000 | CH | 19.07.2000 | LI | 19.07.2000 | [2002/02] |
| Former [2001/17] | AT | 19.07.2000 | Documents cited: | Search | No further relevant documents disclosed |