EP1426084A3

Apparatus and method for shuffling playing cards

Abstract

The playing card shoffling apparatus comprises a sensor (15) to identify articles for collation and/or sorting, feeding means to feed cards from a stack (11) past the sensor (15) to a delivery means (14) adapted to deliver cards individually to a preselected one of a storing means (24) in an indexable magazine (20). A microprocessor (16) coupled to the feed means (14), delivery means (18), sensor (15) and magazine (20) determines according to a preprogrammed routine whether cards identified by sensor (15) are collated in the magazine (20) as an ordered deck of cards or a randomly ordered or "shuffled" deck.

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Document	Relation	Office	Category	Cited during	Relevant claims
US4586712A	Cites	United States of America	A	Search report	1-24
US4659082A	Cites	United States of America	A	Search report	1-24
US4667959A	Cites	United States of America	X	Search report	1-24

35 members in 7 offices

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Document	Office	Kind	Date
PO564097	Australia	A	1997-03-13
PO564097	Australia	A	1997-03-13
PO564097	Australia	–	1997-03-13
98906757	European Patent Office (EPO)	A	1998-03-13
98906757	European Patent Office (EPO)	A	1998-03-13
98906757	–	–	–
PO564097	–	–	–
AU1997PO05640	–	–	–
EP19980906757	–	–	–

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Document	Office	Kind
CA2284017A1	Canada	A1	1998-09-17
WO9840136A1	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A1	1998-09-17
AU6285498A	Australia	A	1998-09-29
EP0964729A1	European Patent Office (EPO)	A1	1999-12-22
EP0964729A4	European Patent Office (EPO)	A4	2000-06-07
US6267248B1	United States of America	B1	2001-07-31
AU738737B2	Australia	B2	2001-09-27
US2002017481A1	United States of America	A1	2002-02-14
WO03013672A2	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A2	2003-02-20
AU2002330950A1	Australia	A1	2003-02-24
US6676127B2	United States of America	B2	2004-01-13
EP0964729B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2004-02-04
AT258818T	Austria	T	2004-02-15
ATE258818T1	Austria	T1	2004-02-15
WO03013672A3	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A3	2004-02-26
DE69821470D1	Germany	D1	2004-03-11
EP1426084A2	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	2004-06-09
US2004108255A1	United States of America	A1	2004-06-10
EP1426084A3This record	European Patent Office (EPO)	A3	2004-06-16
CA2284017C	Canada	C	2006-05-02
EP1426084B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2007-05-30
AT363320T	Austria	T	2007-06-15
ATE363320T1	Austria	T1	2007-06-15
DE69837865D1	Germany	D1	2007-07-12
US2007272600A1	United States of America	A1	2007-11-29
DE69837865T2	Germany	T2	2008-01-31
US2008217218A1	United States of America	A1	2008-09-11
US7735657B2	United States of America	B2	2010-06-15
US2010244376A1	United States of America	A1	2010-09-30
US8012029B2	United States of America	B2	2011-09-06
US8381918B2	United States of America	B2	2013-02-26
US2013173048A1	United States of America	A1	2013-07-04
US8807348B2	United States of America	B2	2014-08-19
US2015021242A1	United States of America	A1	2015-01-22
US9266011B2	United States of America	B2	2016-02-23

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2018-05-15	ExpiryMK07	MK07	AT
2018-04-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2018-04-04	Patent expired after termination of 20 yearsExpiredPE20	PE20	GB
2018-03-13	Expiry of rightR071	R071	DE
2017-07-31	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
2017-05-31	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
2017-05-31	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
2017-04-28	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
2017-03-27	Fee paymentPLFP	PLFP	FR
2017-02-28	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2017-02-28	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2017-02-02	Lapse due to non-payment of feesLapsedML	ML	GR
2017-01-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2016-11-16	Lapsed because of non-payment of the annual feeLapsedMM	MM	NL
2016-03-28	Fee paymentPLFP	PLFP	FR
2015-05-29	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
2015-04-30	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
2015-04-30	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
2014-07-16	Change of representativeR082	R082	DE
2014-07-16	Change of representativeR082	R082	DE
2008-05-07	No opposition filedOpposition26N	26N	EP
2008-04-04	No opposition filed within time limitOppositionORIGINAL CODE: 0009261PLBE	PLBE	EP
2008-04-04	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patentGrantedSTATUS: NO OPPOSITION FILED WITHIN TIME LIMITSTAA	STAA	EP
2007-11-09	Fr: translation filedET	ET	EP
2007-09-04	Ep patent validated in greeceEP	EP	GR
2007-07-12	Corresponds to:REF	REF	EP
2007-05-30	Divisional application: reference to earlier applicationAC	AC	EP
2007-05-30	Designated contracting statesAK	AK	EP
2007-05-30	European patent grantedGrantedFG4D	FG4D	GB
2007-04-27	(expected) grantORIGINAL CODE: 0009210GRAA	GRAA	EP
2007-03-24	Grant fee paidORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR3GRAS	GRAS	EP
2006-10-03	Despatch of communication of intention to grant a patentORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR1GRAP	GRAP	EP
2005-03-09	Designation fees paidAKX	AKX	EP
2005-01-12	Request for examination filed17P	17P	EP
2004-06-16	Designated contracting statesAK	AK	EP
2004-06-09	Divisional application: reference to earlier applicationAC	AC	EP
2004-06-09	Designated contracting statesAK	AK	EP
2004-04-30	Search report despatchedORIGINAL CODE: 0009013PUAL	PUAL	EP
2004-04-23	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phaseORIGINAL CODE: 0009012PUAI	PUAI	EP

Apparatus and method for shuffling playing cards

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