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EP0677731 - Optical sensor device [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 03.10.2003 Database last updated on 03.10.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	17.02.2006	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): FR	published on 05.04.2006 [2006/14]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states OMRON CORPORATION 10, Tsuchido-cho, Hanazono, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto-shi Kyoto 616 / JP
	[N/P]
Former [2002/48]	For all designated states OMRON CORPORATION 10, Tsuchido-cho, Hanazono, Ukyou-ku Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 616 / JP
Former [1995/42]	For all designated states OMRON CORPORATION 10, Tsuchido-cho, Hanazono, Ukyo-ku Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 616 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / Kiyomoto, Hironobu, c/o Omron Corp. 10, Tsuchido-cho, Hanazono, Ukyo-ku Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 616 / JP
	02 / Yasuda, Naru, c/o Omron Corp. 10, Tsuchido-cho, Hanazono, Ukyo-ku Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 616 / JP
	03 / Ekawa, Kouichi, c/o Omron Corp. 10, Tsuchido-cho, Hanazono, Ukyo-ku Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 616 / JP
	04 / Hosokawa, Hayami, c/o Omron Corp. 10, Tsuchido-cho, Hanazono, Ukyo-ku Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 616 / JP
	[1995/42]
Representative(s)	Wilhelms Kilian & Partner Patentanwälte Eduard-Schmid-Strasse 2 81541 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [1995/42]	WILHELMS, KILIAN & PARTNER Patentanwälte Eduard-Schmid-Strasse 2 D-81541 München / DE
Application number, filing date	95104081.5	20.03.1995
	[1995/42]
Priority number, date	JP19940055426	25.03.1994 Original published format: JP 5542694
	JP19940331155	08.12.1994 Original published format: JP 33115594
	[1995/42]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP0677731
	Date:	18.10.1995
	Language:	EN
	[1995/42]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP0677731
	Date:	07.02.1996
	[1996/06]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0677731
	Date:	27.11.2002
	Language:	EN
	[2002/48]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	18.12.1995
Classification	IPC:	G01N21/21, G02B27/28	[1995/42]
	CPC:	G02B27/283 (EP,US); G02B27/28 (KR); B60H1/00785 (EP,US); B60H3/06 (EP,US); B60S1/0818 (EP,US); B60T8/17 (EP,US); (+) G01N21/21 (EP,US); B60H2003/0683 (EP,US); B60S1/0833 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting states	DE, FR, GB, IT [1995/42]
Title	German:	Optische Sensoranordnung	[1995/42]
	English:	Optical sensor device	[1995/42]
	French:	Dispositif capteur optique	[1995/42]
Examination procedure	13.04.1995	Examination requested [1995/42]
	19.10.1998	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	29.04.1999	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	14.05.1999	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	24.11.1999	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	20.04.2000	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	30.10.2000	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	11.05.2001	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	21.09.2001	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	15.02.2002	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	10.06.2002	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	18.09.2002	Fee for grant paid
	18.09.2002	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	28.08.2003	No opposition filed within time limit [2003/47]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	27.03.1997	Renewal fee patent year 03
	31.03.1998	Renewal fee patent year 04
	31.03.1999	Renewal fee patent year 05
	30.03.2000	Renewal fee patent year 06
	29.03.2001	Renewal fee patent year 07
	28.03.2002	Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	FR	27.11.2002
	GB	20.03.2003
	[2006/14]
Former [2004/22]	GB	20.03.2003
Documents cited:	Search	[Y]EP0475803 (OREAL [FR]) [Y] 1-7,10,18-27,35,37,38 * column 3, line 22 - line 36 * * column 4, line 19 - line 24 * * figure 1 *;
		[YA]EP0361430 (ENVIRONMENTAL PROD [US]) [Y] 24 * column A * * column 10, line 44 - line 53 * * column 13, line 12 - line 33 * * column 14, line 52 - column 15, * * line 26 ; column 19, line 17 - line 20 * figure 7 * [A] 37,38;
		[A]US4482250 (HIRVONEN KULLERVO [FI], et al) [A] 1,3,15,18,22,23 * column A * * column 3, line 7 - line 32 * * column 5, line 5 - line 9 * * figure 2 *;
		[A]US4844584 (MIYAGAWA ICHIROU [JP]) [A] 1,3,9,18,20,22,23 * column 4, line 11 - line 14 * * figure 8 *;
		[A]EP0313682 (IBM DEUTSCHLAND [DE], et al) [A] 1,3,20,22 * page 2, line 39 - line 40 * * page 7, line 45 - line 51 * * figure 9 *;
		[A]EP0464556 (CANON KK [JP]) [A] 9,12 * column A * * page 3, line 31 - line 38 * * figure 1 *;
		[A]US4966457 (HAYANO FUMINORI [JP], et al) [A] 13 * column A; figure 2 *;
		[PX]EP0601862 (OMRON TATEISI ELECTRONICS CO [JP]) [PX] 1 * page 2, paragraph 1 * * page 2, paragraph 1 * * page 3, line 10 - line 23 * * figure 25 *;
		[Y]US4318003 (ONO YOSHIO, et al) [Y] 25,26 * column 1, line 6 - line 9 * * column 6, line 14 - line 16 * * column 6, line 30 - line 38 * * column 6, line 58 - line 64 * * figure 7 *;
		[Y]EP0532344 (XEROX CORP [US]) [Y] 27 * column A * * column 4, line 40 - column 5, line 7 *;
		[Y]US5139339 (COURTNEY JOHN E [US], et al) [Y] 27 * column A * * column 1, line 5 - column 2, line 24 *;
		[Y]EP0072236 (DE LA RUE SYST [GB]) [Y] 35 * column A * * page 6, line 1 - line 26 *;
		[A]EP0018505 (SICK OPTIK ELEKTRONIK ERWIN [DE]) [A] 35 * page 2, line 9 - line 13 * * page 6, last paragraph - page 7, * * line 3 *;
		[Y]US4919534 (REED MICHAEL A [US]) [Y] 37,38 * column A * * column 10, line 21 - line 40 * * column 15, line 20 - line 23 * * figure 7 *;
		[A]US3603458 (BLISS GEORGE N) [A] 37,38 * column A * * column 2, line 42 - line 45 * * column 3, line 36 - line 42 * * figure 1 *
		[Y] - J.MOUCHART ET AL, "Modified MacNeille cube polarizer for a wide angular field", APPLIED OPTICS, NEW YORK US, (19890715), vol. 28, no. 14, doi:doi:10.1364/AO.28.002847, pages 2847 - 2853, XP000067191 [Y] 1-7,10,18-27,35,37,38 * abstract * * page 2852, left column, line 8 - right column, last line; figures 14,15 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.28.002847

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