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EP About this file: EP0739729

EP0739729 - Printer ink exchange apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  31.05.2002
Database last updated on 14.06.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip31.05.2002No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 17.07.2002  [2002/29]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
MITSUBISHI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
5-1, Marunouchi 2-chome Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo / JP
[N/P]
Former [1996/44]For all designated states
MITSUBISHI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
5-1, Marunouchi 2-chome Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Baba, Yasuyuki, c/o Mihara Machinery Works
Mitsubishi Jukogyo K.K., 5007, Itozaki-cho
Mihara-shi, Hiroshima-ken / JP
02 / Okamoto, Arifumi, c/o Mihara Machinery Works
Mitsubishi Jukogyo K.K., 5007, Itozaki-cho
Mihara-shi, Hiroshima-ken / JP
03 / Niuchi, Kunio, c/o Mihara Machinery Works
Mitsubishi Jukogyo K.K., 5007, Itozaki-cho
Mihara-shi, Hiroshima-ken / JP
[1996/44]
Representative(s)Henkel & Partner mbB
Patentanwaltskanzlei, Rechtsanwaltskanzlei
Maximiliansplatz 21
80333 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1996/44]Henkel, Feiler, Hänzel & Partner
Möhlstrasse 37
81675 München / DE
Application number, filing date96104806.326.03.1996
[1996/44]
Priority number, dateJP1995010407927.04.1995         Original published format: JP 10407995
[1996/44]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0739729
Date:30.10.1996
Language:EN
[1996/44]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0739729
Date:11.03.1998
[1998/11]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0739729
Date:25.07.2001
Language:EN
[2001/30]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP22.01.1998
ClassificationIPC:B41F31/02
[1996/44]
CPC:
B41F35/04 (EP); B41F31/02 (EP); B41P2235/30 (EP);
B41P2235/31 (EP)
Designated contracting statesCH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI [1996/44]
TitleGerman:Druckfarbewechselvorrichtung[1996/44]
English:Printer ink exchange apparatus[1996/44]
French:Appareil pour échanger l'encre d'une machine à imprimer[1996/44]
Examination procedure23.04.1996Examination requested  [1996/44]
22.02.1999Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
11.05.1999Reply to a communication from the examining division
09.10.2000Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
25.01.2001Communication of intention to grant the patent
30.03.2001Fee for grant paid
30.03.2001Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)26.04.2002No opposition filed within time limit [2002/29]
Fees paidRenewal fee
24.03.1998Renewal fee patent year 03
29.03.1999Renewal fee patent year 04
31.03.2000Renewal fee patent year 05
29.03.2001Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[XY]US3025793  (VISCHULIS) [X] 1 * column 7, line 59 - column 10, line 75; figure 7 * [Y] 2,3;
 [Y]GB2267061  (MAROZZI ET AL.) [Y] 2,3 * the whole document *;
 [A]US4526102  (GROBMAN) [A] 1-3 * column W *;
 [A]US3800702  (ROBERTS) [A] 5 * column W *;
 [A]EP0338403  (MITSUBISHI JUKOGYO KK.)
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