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EP0606121 - Automatic apparatus for inspecting powdery product [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  11.02.2000
Database last updated on 06.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip11.02.2000No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 29.03.2000 [2000/13]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
6-1, Otemachi 2-chome Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100 / JP
[N/P]
Former [1994/28]For all designated states
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
6-1, Otemachi 2-chome
Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Kitamura, Hajime
1, Oaza Higashiwada, Kamisumachi
Kashima-gun, Ibaraki 314-02 / JP
02 / Takeuchi, Masaru
1, Oaza Higashiwada, Kamisumachi
Kashima-gun, Ibaraki 314-02 / JP
03 / Yoshikoshi, Hideo
1, Oaza Higashiwada, Kamisumachi
Kashima-gun, Ibaraki 314-02 / JP
04 / Kitai, Mikio
1, Oaza Higashiwada, Kamisumachi
Kashima-gun, Ibaraki 314-02 / JP
05 / Chino, Takashi
43-2, Ebisu 3-chome, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 150 / JP
06 / Nogami, Yuji
43-2, Ebisu 3-chome, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 150 / JP
07 / Yashiro, Hajime
43-2, Ebisu 3-chome, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 150 / JP
08 / Kato, Keisuke
43-2, Ebisu 3-chome, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 150 / JP
[1994/28]
Representative(s)Smulders, Theodorus A.H.J., et al
Vereenigde Postbus 87930
2508 DH Den Haag / NL
[N/P]
Former [1994/28]Smulders, Theodorus A.H.J., Ir., et al
Vereenigde Octrooibureaux Nieuwe Parklaan 97
NL-2587 BN 's-Gravenhage / NL
Application number, filing date94200009.205.01.1994
[1994/28]
Priority number, dateJP1993000079706.01.1993         Original published format: JP 79793
[1994/28]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0606121
Date:13.07.1994
Language:EN
[1994/28]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0606121
Date:07.04.1999
Language:EN
[1999/14]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP03.05.1994
ClassificationIPC:G01N33/44, G01N35/00, G06F17/00
[1998/51]
CPC:
G01N33/442 (EP); G01N33/02 (EP); G01N35/0099 (EP);
G01N2009/024 (EP); G01N2035/00188 (EP); G01N2035/00217 (EP);
G01N2035/00297 (EP); G01N2035/00495 (EP); G01N2035/00752 (EP);
G01N5/04 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [1994/28]G01N33/44, G01N35/00, G06F15/46
Designated contracting statesDE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   NL,   PT [1994/28]
TitleGerman:Automatische Vorrichtung zur Inspektion eines staubförmigen Produktes[1994/28]
English:Automatic apparatus for inspecting powdery product[1994/28]
French:Appareil automatique d'inspection d'un produit en poudre[1994/28]
Examination procedure02.09.1994Examination requested  [1994/44]
26.01.1998Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
14.07.1998Communication of intention to grant the patent
19.10.1998Fee for grant paid
19.10.1998Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)08.01.2000No opposition filed within time limit [2000/13]
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.01.1996Renewal fee patent year 03
17.01.1997Renewal fee patent year 04
30.01.1998Renewal fee patent year 05
29.01.1999Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[A]FR2613099  (DIGITAL EQUIPMENT INT [CH]) [A] 1-4 * page 1, line 6 - line 9 * * page 2, line 6 - line 14 * * page 3, line 4 - line 14 * * page 8, line 1 - line 9 * * page 10, line 29 - page 11, line 36 * * page 14, line 5 - line 29 * * figure 1 *;
 [A]JPH04326040  ;
 [A]DE3306476  (SIEMENS AG [DE]) [A] 1,5-9 * abstract * * page 3, paragraph 2 *;
 [A]US5074158  (TOKOYAMA KATSUMI [JP]) [A] 1,5,7-9 * the whole document *;
 [A]US4935875  (SHAH RAMESH M [US], et al) [A] 1-4 * abstract * * column 1, line 57 - column 2, line 8 *
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19930330), vol. 17, no. 163, Database accession no. (P - 1513), & JP04326040 A 19921116 (SHIN ETSU CHEMICALS) [A] 1,5,10 * abstract *
 [A]  - M. SASAKI, "A FULLY AUTOMATED CLINICAL LABORATORY", CHEMOMETRICS AND INTELLIGENT LABORATORY SYSTEMS: LABORATORY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, AMSTERDAM, (1993), vol. 21, pages 159 - 168 [A] 1-4 * figures 1,2 *
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