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EP About this file: EP0664218

EP0664218 - Ink jet printing apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  02.08.2002
Database last updated on 13.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip04.01.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 06.02.2008  [2008/06]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
IRIS GRAPHICS, INC.
Six Crosby Drive Bedford
Massachusetts 01730 / US
[N/P]
Former [1995/30]For all designated states
IRIS GRAPHICS, INC.
Six Crosby Drive
Bedford, Massachusetts 01730 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Barrett, Douglas John
56 Chamberlain Road
Westford, MA 01886 / US
02 / Burnett, Scott
42 Redfield Circle
Derry, NH 03038 / US
03 / Gomez, Carlos Alberto
8 Robert Road
Framingham, MA 01701 / US
04 / Jones, Alan Harper
1 Lehigh Street
Arlington, MA 02174 / US
05 / O'Connell, Edward J.
22 Tow Path Drive
Wilmington, MA 01887 / US
[1995/30]
Representative(s)Hillier, Peter, et al
Marks & Clerk LLP 90 Long Acre London
WC2E 9RA / GB
[N/P]
Former [1995/30]Hillier, Peter, et al
Reginald W. Barker & Co., Chancery House, 53-64, Chancery Lane
London, WC2A 1QU / GB
Application number, filing date95300380.323.01.1995
[1995/30]
Priority number, dateUS1994018550824.01.1994         Original published format: US 185508
[1995/30]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0664218
Date:26.07.1995
Language:EN
[1995/30]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0664218
Date:13.05.1998
[1998/20]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0664218
Date:26.09.2001
Language:EN
[2001/39]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP27.03.1998
ClassificationIPC:B41J2/20, B41J2/185, B41J2/175, B41J2/09
[1997/32]
CPC:
B41J11/70 (EP,US); B41J13/223 (EP,US); B41J2/17513 (EP,US);
B41J2/17523 (EP,US); B41J2/20 (EP,US); B41J2002/17516 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1995/30]B41J2/20, B41J2/185
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [1995/30]
TitleGerman:Tintenstrahldrucker[1995/30]
English:Ink jet printing apparatus[1995/30]
French:Appareil d'impression par jet d'encre[1995/30]
Examination procedure16.10.1998Examination requested  [1998/51]
06.09.1999Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
18.01.2000Reply to a communication from the examining division
08.11.2000Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
12.03.2001Fee for grant paid
12.03.2001Fee for publishing/printing paid
22.03.2001Communication of intention to grant the patent
Opposition(s)27.06.2002No opposition filed within time limit [2002/38]
Fees paidRenewal fee
19.04.1997Renewal fee patent year 03
19.12.1997Renewal fee patent year 04
17.12.1998Renewal fee patent year 05
13.12.1999Renewal fee patent year 06
21.12.2000Renewal fee patent year 07
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
31.01.199703   M06   Fee paid on   19.04.1997
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipIT26.09.2001
[2008/06]
Documents cited:Search[XA]US5172238  (KUBOKI KEIJU [JP]) [X] 1,3,23 * column 4, line 42 - column 6, line 2; figures 2,3 * [A] 2
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