EP1594704A4

Ink cartridge

Abstract

An ink cartridge includes a case having a bottom wall and side walls forming an ink chamber, with a top surface of the case being open, an air introduction opening formed in the bottom wall of the case that introduces air into the ink chamber, and a hollow member that is in direct communication with the air introduction opening, wherein the hollow member is formed integrally with and extends from the bottom wall of the case towards the top surface in a first direction, and an upper end of the hollow member is open.

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Document	Relation	Office	Category	Cited during	Relevant claims
EP1170135A1	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	Y	Search report	2,7-12
EP1331096A2	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	XAY	Search report	1,3-6

151 members in 17 offices

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Document	Office	Kind	Date
2004031712	Japan	A	2004-02-09
2004031712	Japan	A	2004-02-09
2004032872	Japan	A	2004-02-10
2004032872	Japan	A	2004-02-10
2004047768	Japan	A	2004-02-24
2004047768	Japan	A	2004-02-24
2004049973	Japan	A	2004-02-25
2004049973	Japan	A	2004-02-25
2005002361	Japan	W	2005-02-09
2005002361	Japan	W	2005-02-09
2004031712	–	–	–
2004032872	–	–	–
2004047768	–	–	–
2004049973	–	–	–
JP20040031712	–	–	–
JP20040032872	–	–	–
JP20040047768	–	–	–
JP20040049973	–	–	–
JP2005002361	–	–	–
WO2005JP02361	–	–	–

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CN1621237A	China	A	2005-06-01
CA2509792A1	Canada	A1	2005-06-09
WO2005051666A1	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A1	2005-06-09
JP2005153285A	Japan	A	2005-06-16
AU2004281066A1	Australia	A1	2005-06-23
US2005134663A1	United States of America	A1	2005-06-23
JP2005169662A	Japan	A	2005-06-30
JP2005169682A	Japan	A	2005-06-30
JP2005178348A	Japan	A	2005-07-07
US2005146577A1	United States of America	A1	2005-07-07
US2005146578A1	United States of America	A1	2005-07-07
US2005146579A1	United States of America	A1	2005-07-07
US2005151812A1	United States of America	A1	2005-07-14
CA2518535A1	Canada	A1	2005-08-18
WO2005075203A1	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A1	2005-08-18
WO2005075204A1	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A1	2005-08-18
WO2005075205A1	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A1	2005-08-18
AU2005202966A1	Australia	A1	2005-08-25
JP2005224949A	Japan	A	2005-08-25
TW200528294A	Taiwan Province of China	A	2005-09-01
TW200528296A	Taiwan Province of China	A	2005-09-01
JP2005231220A	Japan	A	2005-09-02
CN1663801A	China	A	2005-09-07
EP1570994A1	European Patent Office (EPO)	A1	2005-09-07
JP2005238473A	Japan	A	2005-09-08
JP2005238576A	Japan	A	2005-09-08
JP2005238703A	Japan	A	2005-09-08
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JP2005246899A	Japan	A	2005-09-15
JP2005247138A	Japan	A	2005-09-15
JP2005254734A	Japan	A	2005-09-22
EP1592560A1	European Patent Office (EPO)	A1	2005-11-09
EP1594703A1	European Patent Office (EPO)	A1	2005-11-16
EP1594704A1	European Patent Office (EPO)	A1	2005-11-16
KR20050120756A	Republic of Korea	A	2005-12-23
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MXPA05013041A	Mexico	A	2006-03-02
BRPI0407975A	Brazil	A	2006-03-07
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KR20060024329A	Republic of Korea	A	2006-03-16
EP1592560A4	European Patent Office (EPO)	A4	2006-03-29
CN1764545A	China	A	2006-04-26
CN1764546A	China	A	2006-04-26
CN1764547A	China	A	2006-04-26
TWI255233B	Taiwan Province of China	B	2006-05-21
EP1594703A4	European Patent Office (EPO)	A4	2006-05-31
CN2803706Y	China	Y	2006-08-09
EP1687147A1	European Patent Office (EPO)	A1	2006-08-09
EP1687147A4	European Patent Office (EPO)	A4	2006-08-09
HK1087071A1	Hong Kong, China	A1	2006-10-06
HK1087072A	Hong Kong, China	A	2006-10-06
HK1087072A1	Hong Kong, China	A1	2006-10-06
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HK1087073A1	Hong Kong, China	A1	2006-10-06
TWI266701B	Taiwan Province of China	B	2006-11-21
EP1780026A2	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	2007-05-02
KR100714938B1	Republic of Korea	B1	2007-05-07
KR100714939B1	Republic of Korea	B1	2007-05-07
EP1570994B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2007-06-20
DE202005021209U1	Germany	U1	2007-06-21
EP1780026A3	European Patent Office (EPO)	A3	2007-06-27
EP1594704A4This record	European Patent Office (EPO)	A4	2007-07-04
AT365108T	Austria	T	2007-07-15
ATE365108T1	Austria	T1	2007-07-15
DE602005001410D1	Germany	D1	2007-08-02
EP1826009A2	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	2007-08-29
US7278722B2	United States of America	B2	2007-10-09
CN101058258A	China	A	2007-10-24
CN101058259A	China	A	2007-10-24
US2007273736A1	United States of America	A1	2007-11-29
ES2287825T3	Spain	T3	2007-12-16
US7325913B2	United States of America	B2	2008-02-05
DE602005001410T2	Germany	T2	2008-02-07
EP1687147B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2008-02-20
US7334888B2	United States of America	B2	2008-02-26
US7334889B2	United States of America	B2	2008-02-26
AT386641T	Austria	T	2008-03-15
ATE386641T1	Austria	T1	2008-03-15
EP1826009A3	European Patent Office (EPO)	A3	2008-03-19
US7350909B2	United States of America	B2	2008-04-01
DE602004011978D1	Germany	D1	2008-04-03
US7384136B2	United States of America	B2	2008-06-10
CN100406263C	China	C	2008-07-30
EP1780026B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2008-08-20
CN100417525C	China	C	2008-09-10
AT405429T	Austria	T	2008-09-15
ATE405429T1	Austria	T1	2008-09-15
DE602005009211D1	Germany	D1	2008-10-02
AU2004281066A8	Australia	A8	2009-01-08
ES2312147T3	Spain	T3	2009-02-16
DE602004011978T2	Germany	T2	2009-03-26
AU2004281066B2	Australia	B2	2009-09-03
CN100551706C	China	C	2009-10-21
DE202005021768U1	Germany	U1	2009-11-12
JP4376663B2	Japan	B2	2009-12-02
AU2004281066B8	Australia	B8	2009-12-24
EP1826009B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2010-01-06
AT454270T	Austria	T	2010-01-15
ATE454270T2	Austria	T2	2010-01-15

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2021-01-29	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
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2020-10-07	Lapsed because of non-payment of the annual feeLapsedMM	MM	NL
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2019-10-23	Gb: european patent ceased through non-payment of renewal feeCeasedGBPC	GBPC	EP
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2012-09-25	Lt: invalidation of european patent or patent extensionLTIE	LTIE	EP
2012-09-15	Deletion acc. to par. 5 (withdrawal of the translation of the ep patent)MK05	MK05	AT
2012-06-06	Dpma publication of mentioned ep patent grantGrantedR096	R096	DE
2012-05-16	Translation files for an european patent granted for nl, confirming art. 52 par. 1 or 6 of the patents act 1995GrantedT3	T3	NL
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Ink cartridge

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