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EP0993626 - PHOTOTHERMOGRAPHIC ELEMENT WITH IRIDIUM AND COPPER DOPED SILVER HALIDE GRAINS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  02.06.2006
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip02.06.2006No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 05.07.2006  [2006/27]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Eastman Kodak Company
343 State Street
Rochester, NY 14650-2201 / US
[N/P]
Former [2000/16]For all designated states
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
343 State Street
Rochester, New York 14650-2201 / US
Inventor(s)01 / ZOU, Chaofeng
P.O. Box 64898
Saint Paul, MN 55164-0898 / US
[2000/16]
Representative(s)Weber, Etienne Nicolas, et al
Kodak
Boite n 2
Zone d'activité SAONEOR
12 rue Alfred Kastler
71530 Fragnes / FR
[N/P]
Former [2003/37]Weber, Etienne Nicolas, et al
Kodak Industrie, Département Brevets, CRT, Zone Industrielle
71102 Chalon sur Saône Cedex / FR
Former [2000/16]Parent, Yves
KODAK INDUSTRIE Département Brevets - CRT Zone Industrielle - B.P. 21
71102 Chalon sur Saône Cedex / FR
Application number, filing date98923734.226.05.1998
[2000/16]
WO1998US10616
Priority number, dateUS1997088140724.06.1997         Original published format: US 881407
[2000/16]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9859279
Date:30.12.1998
Language:EN
[1998/52]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0993626
Date:19.04.2000
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 30.12.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2000/16]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0993626
Date:27.07.2005
Language:EN
[2005/30]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP30.12.1998
ClassificationIPC:G03C1/498, G03C1/09, G03C1/035
[2000/16]
CPC:
G03C1/035 (EP,US); G03C1/09 (EP,US); G03C1/49818 (EP,US);
G03C1/08 (EP,US); G03C2001/03535 (EP,US); G03C2001/03594 (EP,US);
G03C2001/0836 (EP,US); G03C2001/093 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesDE [2005/21]
Former [2000/16]DE,  FR,  GB,  IT 
TitleGerman:PHOTOTHERMOGRAPHISCHES ELEMENT MIT IRIDIUM- UND KUPFER-DOPIERTEN SILBERHALOGENIDKÖRNERN[2000/16]
English:PHOTOTHERMOGRAPHIC ELEMENT WITH IRIDIUM AND COPPER DOPED SILVER HALIDE GRAINS[2000/16]
French:ELEMENT PHOTOTHERMOGRAPHIQUE RENFERMANT DES GRAINS D'HALOGENURE D'ARGENT DOPES AVEC DU CUIVRE ET DE L'IRIDIUM[2000/16]
Entry into regional phase08.12.1999National basic fee paid 
08.12.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
08.12.1999Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure21.01.1999Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
08.12.1999Examination requested  [2000/16]
28.06.2004Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
07.10.2004Reply to a communication from the examining division
26.01.2005Communication of intention to grant the patent
02.04.2005Fee for grant paid
02.04.2005Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)28.04.2006No opposition filed within time limit [2006/27]
Fees paidRenewal fee
08.05.2000Renewal fee patent year 03
10.05.2001Renewal fee patent year 04
06.05.2002Renewal fee patent year 05
07.05.2003Renewal fee patent year 06
05.05.2004Renewal fee patent year 07
13.05.2005Renewal fee patent year 08
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Cited inInternational search[A]GB2063499  (KONISHIROKU PHOTO IND) [A] 1-10 * page 1, line 25 - line 46; claims 1,2 * * page 4, line 6 *;
 [A]EP0541067  (FUJI PHOTO FILM CO LTD [JP]) [A] 1-10 * page 3, line 46 - line 51; claims 1,7 *;
 [A]US5434043  (ZOU CHAOFENG [US], et al) [A] 1-10 * abstract * * column 5, line 51 - column 6, line 4; claim 1 *
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