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EP About this file: EP0863014

EP0863014 - Ink-jet printer [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  19.12.2008
Database last updated on 17.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip01.01.2010Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT
published on 03.02.2010  [2010/05]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Seiko Epson Corporation
4-1, Nishi-Shinjuku 2-chome Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo / JP
[N/P]
Former [2008/07]For all designated states
Seiko Epson Corporation
4-1, Nishi-Shinjuku 2-chome Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo / JP
Former [1998/37]For all designated states
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
4-1, Nishi-Shinjuku 2-chome
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Hayakawa, Hitoshi
c/o Seiko Epson Corporation, 3-5, Owa 3-chome
Suwa-shi, Nagano-ken / JP
[1998/37]
Representative(s)Diehl & Partner
Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei mbB
Erika-Mann-Straße 9
80636 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2009/37]Diehl & Partner
Patentanwälte Augustenstrasse 46
80333 München / DE
Former [1998/37]DIEHL GLAESER HILTL & PARTNER
Flüggenstrasse 13
80639 München / DE
Application number, filing date98103732.803.03.1998
[1998/37]
Priority number, dateJP1997006374703.03.1997         Original published format: JP 6374797
JP1997006374803.03.1997         Original published format: JP 6374897
JP1998004139106.02.1998         Original published format: JP 4139198
JP1998004139206.02.1998         Original published format: JP 4139298
[1998/37]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0863014
Date:09.09.1998
Language:EN
[1998/37]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0863014
Date:02.02.2000
[2000/05]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0863014
Date:13.02.2008
Language:EN
[2008/07]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP20.12.1999
ClassificationIPC:B41J2/175, B41J2/165
[2000/04]
CPC:
B41J2/16523 (EP,US); B41J2/175 (US); B41J2/16526 (EP,US);
B41J2/1721 (EP,US); B41J2/1728 (EP,US); B41J2/17513 (EP,US);
B41J2/17523 (EP,US); B41J2/17553 (EP,US); B41J2/185 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [1998/37]B41J2/175
Designated contracting statesDE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT [2000/41]
Former [1998/37]AT,  BE,  CH,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE 
TitleGerman:Tintenstrahldrucker[1998/37]
English:Ink-jet printer[1998/37]
French:Imprimante à jet d'encre[1998/37]
Examination procedure17.04.2000Examination requested  [2000/24]
06.08.2003Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
09.02.2004Reply to a communication from the examining division
24.05.2004Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
04.10.2004Reply to a communication from the examining division
24.07.2007Communication of intention to grant the patent
29.11.2007Fee for grant paid
29.11.2007Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)EP04005635.0  / EP1431037
EP04005636.8  / EP1431038
EP05012046.8  / EP1580005
Opposition(s)14.11.2008No opposition filed within time limit [2009/04]
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.03.2000Renewal fee patent year 03
02.04.2001Renewal fee patent year 04
27.03.2002Renewal fee patent year 05
31.03.2003Renewal fee patent year 06
31.03.2004Renewal fee patent year 07
31.03.2005Renewal fee patent year 08
29.03.2006Renewal fee patent year 09
28.03.2007Renewal fee patent year 10
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipIT13.02.2008
ES24.05.2008
[2010/05]
Former [2008/35]ES24.05.2008
Documents cited:Search[YA]JPH0929982  ;
 [XAY]JPH02241748  ;
 [XY]US4695824  (TAZAKI SHIGEMITSU [JP]) [X] 28 * column 1, line 50 - column 2, line 15 * * column 2, line 52 - column 4, line 17; figures 1-3 * [Y] 29;
 [XAY]US4878069  (KIYOHARA TAKEHIKO [JP]) [X] 22 * column 2, line 16 - line 54 * * column 3, line 21 - column 4, line 44; figure 1 * [A] 26,27 [Y] 23-25;
 [A]WO9000971  (SIEMENS AG [DE]) [A] 1,5 * page 3, line 31 - page 8, line 6; figures 1-4 *;
 [A]US4965596  (NAGOSHI SHIGEYASU [JP], et al) [A] 28 * column 1, line 66 - column 2, line 42 ** column 3, line 31 - column 10, line 33; figures 1-13 *;
 [XA]EP0442528  (CANON KK [JP]) [X] 10 * column 16, line 43 - column 24, line 9; figures 8-15 * [A] 11-27;
 [YA]EP0480473  (SEIKO EPSON CORP [JP]) [Y] 29 * column 2, line 17 - column 3, line 24 * * column 3, line 54 - column 10, line 34; figures 1-7 * [A] 28,30,31;
 [XA]EP0568175  (HEWLETT PACKARD CO [US]) [X] 5-7 * column 3, line 13 - column 4, line 19 * * column 6, line 5 - column 7, line 29; figures 1,2,4-7 * [A] 1-4;
 [XAY]EP0639462  (CANON KK [JP]) [X] 7 * column 10, line 23 - column 15, line 49; figures 1-6 * [A] 3 [Y] 1,2,4,8,9;
 [A]US5400066  (MATSUMOTO HARUYUKI [JP], et al) [A] 10,22 * column 3, line 7 - column 9, line 50; figures 1-4C *;
 [A]EP0699533  (CANON KK [JP]) [A] 1,7-9 * page 4, line 53 - page 12, line 18; figures 1-12 *;
 [XA]EP0737584  (FUJI XEROX CO LTD [JP]) [X] 7 * column 24, line 15 - column 28, line 16; figures 17-21 * [A] 1,8,9;
 [A]WO9634753  (CALCOMP INC [US]) [A] 10,22 * page 5, line 33 - page 13, line 31; figures 1-13 *
 [YA]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19970630), vol. 97, no. 6, & JP09029982 A 19970204 (CANON INC) [Y] 1,2,4,8,9 * abstract * [A] 5
 [XAY]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19901217), vol. 14, no. 567, Database accession no. (M - 1059), & JP02241748 A 19900926 (CANON INC) [X] 10 * abstract * [A] 11-22 [Y] 23-25
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