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EP0795421
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP0795421 - Laser addressable thermal transfer imaging element and method of forming an image [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 09.05.2003 Database last updated on 04.06.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 11.01.2008 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT | published on 13.02.2008 [2008/07] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY P.O. Box 33427 St. Paul Minnesota 55133-3427 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1997/38] | For all designated states MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY P.O. Box 33427 St. Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Chang, Jeffrey C., c/o Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co., 2501 Hudson Road, P.O.Box 33427 Saint Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 / US | [1997/38] | Representative(s) | Vossius & Partner Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbB Siebertstrasse 3 81675 München / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [2000/03] | VOSSIUS & PARTNER Postfach 86 07 67 81634 München / DE | ||
| Former [1997/38] | Allaix, Roberto, Dr. Imation S.p.A., Intellectual Property Department, Viale Martiri della Libertà, 57 17016 Ferrania (Savona) / IT | Application number, filing date | 97103838.5 | 07.03.1997 | [1997/38] | Priority number, date | US19960615932 | 14.03.1996 Original published format: US 615932 | [1997/38] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0795421 | Date: | 17.09.1997 | Language: | EN | [1997/38] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0795421 | Date: | 18.03.1998 | [1998/12] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0795421 | Date: | 03.07.2002 | Language: | EN | [2002/27] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 02.02.1998 | Classification | IPC: | B41M5/40, B41M7/00, B41M5/38 | [1998/05] | CPC: |
B41M5/44 (EP,US);
B41M5/46 (KR);
B41M5/30 (KR);
B41M5/38214 (EP,US);
B41M5/385 (KR);
B41M5/392 (KR);
B41M5/465 (EP,US);
B41M7/0054 (EP,US);
B41M7/009 (EP,US);
B41M5/24 (EP,US);
B41M5/41 (EP,US);
Y10S430/145 (EP,US);
Y10S430/165 (EP,US)
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| Former IPC [1997/38] | B41M5/40, B41M7/00 | Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, IT [1997/38] | Title | German: | Laseradressierbares thermisches Übertragungsbilderzeugungselement und Bilderzeugungsverfahren | [1997/38] | English: | Laser addressable thermal transfer imaging element and method of forming an image | [1997/38] | French: | Elément d'enregistrement des images par transfert thermique adressé par laser et méthode d'enregistrement des images | [1997/38] | Examination procedure | 10.09.1998 | Examination requested [1998/45] | 13.09.1999 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 20.01.2000 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 11.07.2000 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 30.01.2001 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 20.02.2001 | Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time | 09.08.2001 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No) | 10.12.2001 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval) | 03.01.2002 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 15.04.2002 | Fee for grant paid | 15.04.2002 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 04.04.2003 | No opposition filed within time limit [2003/26] | Request for further processing for: | 26.02.2001 | Request for further processing filed | 26.02.2001 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted | 09.03.2001 | Decision despatched | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 22.02.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 21.02.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 21.02.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 22.03.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | FR | 03.07.2002 | IT | 03.07.2002 | [2008/07] |
| Former [2006/14] | FR | 03.07.2002 | Documents cited: | Search | [Y]JPH04201485 ; | [A]JPH04201484 ; | [A]JPH0516535 ; | [A]WO9206410 (GRAPHICS TECH INT [US]) [A] 1,8 * page 9, line 1 - page 10, line 16 * * page 11, line 13 - page 12, line 20 * * page 24, line 18 - page 25, line 32 * * example - *; | [D]US5171650 (ELLIS ERNEST W [US], et al); | [Y]EP0530018 (ICI PLC [GB]) [Y] 1-12 * page 2, line 38 - page 5, line 28 * * example - *; | [A]WO9513195 (MARKEM CORP [US]) [A] 5,13* the whole document * | [Y] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19921109), vol. 016, no. 538, Database accession no. (M - 1335), & JP04201485 A 19920722 (KONICA CORP) [Y] 1-12 * abstract * | [A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19921109), vol. 016, no. 538, Database accession no. (M - 1335), & JP04201484 A 19920722 (KONICA CORP) [A] 1,8 * abstract * | [A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19930602), vol. 017, no. 286, Database accession no. (M - 1422), & JP05016535 A 19930126 (KONICA CORP) [A] 1,8 * abstract * |