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EP0579177 - Color image processing apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 23.10.1998 Database last updated on 28.03.2026
Most recent event Tooltip	23.10.1998	No opposition filed within time limit	published on 09.12.1998 [1998/50]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Mita Industrial Co., Ltd. 2-28, 1-chome, Tamatsukuri Chuo-ku Osaka 540 / JP
	[N/P]
Former [1994/03]	For all designated states MITA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 2-28, 1-chome, Tamatsukuri Chuo-ku Osaka 540 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / Fujimoto, Masaya, c/o Mita Industrial Company, Ltd 2-28, 1-chome, Tamatsukuri, Chuo-ku Osaka-shi, Osaka 540 / JP
	[1994/03]
Representative(s)	Meissner Bolte Partnerschaft mbB Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte Postfach 86 06 24 81633 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [1994/03]	MEISSNER, BOLTE & PARTNER Patentanwälte Postfach 86 06 24 D-81633 München / DE
Application number, filing date	93111213.0	13.07.1993
	[1994/03]
Priority number, date	JP19920185240	13.07.1992 Original published format: JP 18524092
	[1994/03]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP0579177
	Date:	19.01.1994
	Language:	EN
	[1994/03]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP0579177
	Date:	16.03.1994
	Language:	EN
	[1994/11]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0579177
	Date:	17.12.1997
	Language:	EN
	[1997/51]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	25.01.1994
Classification	IPC:	H04N1/46	[1994/03]
	CPC:	H04N1/58 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	DE, FR, GB, IT [1994/03]
Title	German:	Farbbildverarbeitungsgerät	[1994/03]
	English:	Color image processing apparatus	[1994/03]
	French:	Appareil pour le traitement d'images en couleurs	[1994/03]
Examination procedure	02.05.1994	Examination requested [1994/26]
	04.02.1997	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
	21.05.1997	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
	20.06.1997	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	22.09.1997	Fee for grant paid
	22.09.1997	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	18.09.1998	No opposition filed within time limit [1998/50]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	25.07.1995	Renewal fee patent year 03
	30.07.1996	Renewal fee patent year 04
	29.07.1997	Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:	Search	[XY] JPH0372778 [Y] 4-6,9,10
		[XY] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 15, no. 240 (E - 1079) 20 June 1991 (1991-06-20) [X] 1-3,7,8 * abstract *[Y] 4-6,9,10

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