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EP0585560 - System and method for maintaining ink concentration in a system [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  10.07.1998
Database last updated on 14.03.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip10.07.1998No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 26.08.1998 [1998/35]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Scitex Digital Printing, Inc.
3100 Research Boulevard Dayton
Ohio 45420-4099 / US
[N/P]
Former [1994/10]For all designated states
SCITEX DIGITAL PRINTING, Inc.
3100 Research Boulevard
Dayton, Ohio 45420-4099 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Mader, Rodney Gene, c/o Eastman Kodak Company
Patent Legal Staff, 343 State Street
Rochester, New York 14650-2201 / US
02 / Ralston, James Clarence, c/o Eastman Kodak Company
Patent Legal Staff, 343 State Street
Rochester, New York 14650-2201 / US
[1994/10]
Representative(s)Freed, Arthur Woolf, et al
Marks & Clerk Incorporating Edward Evans Barker 90 Long Acre
London WC2E 9RA / GB
[N/P]
Former [1994/10]Freed, Arthur Woolf, et al
Reginald W. Barker & Co., Chancery House, 53-64, Chancery Lane
London, WC2A 1QU / GB
Application number, filing date93110773.406.07.1993
[1994/10]
Priority number, dateUS1992092660906.08.1992         Original published format: US 926609
[1994/10]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0585560
Date:09.03.1994
Language:EN
[1994/10]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0585560
Date:20.04.1994
Language:EN
[1994/16]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0585560
Date:03.09.1997
Language:EN
[1997/36]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP03.03.1994
ClassificationIPC:B41J2/195, B41J2/175
[1994/10]
CPC:
B41J2/195 (EP,US); B41J2/17566 (EP,US); B41J2002/17569 (EP,US);
B41J2002/17576 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [1994/10]
TitleGerman:Einrichtung und Verfahren zur Aufrechterhaltung der Tintenkonzentration in einer Anlage[1994/10]
English:System and method for maintaining ink concentration in a system[1994/10]
French:Dispositif et procédé pour maintenir la concentration de l'encre dans un système[1994/10]
Examination procedure19.07.1994Examination requested  [1994/37]
03.07.1995Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
08.01.1996Reply to a communication from the examining division
06.05.1996Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
15.06.1996Reply to a communication from the examining division
19.11.1996Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
28.01.1997Fee for grant paid
28.01.1997Fee for publishing/printing paid
04.02.1997Communication of intention to grant the patent
Opposition(s)04.06.1998No opposition filed within time limit [1998/35]
Fees paidRenewal fee
14.06.1995Renewal fee patent year 03
19.06.1996Renewal fee patent year 04
26.06.1997Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[A]   "ink balance control for an ink jet printer", IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN, vol. 32, no. 4A, September 1989 (1989-09-01), NEW YORK, US, pages 478 - 479, XP000039876 [A] 1,5
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