EP2244136A3

Developer-accommodating vessel and developing device

Abstract

A toner cartridge (24) is mountable on a process cartridge (16). The process cartridge includes a supply roller (23). The toner cartridge includes a first toner accommodating unit (100) and an agitating member (111). The first toner accommodating unit has a peripheral surface (101) in which an inner hollow space for accommodating a toner is formed. The agitating member is disposed in the first toner accommodating unit and rotates in a rotating direction to agitate the toner. The peripheral surface has a wall (103) portion formed with a first supply-hole (104) at an upstream side in the rotating direction. The wall portion is curved about a reference line as a center of curvature and depressed inward the first toner accommodating unit. The reference line is outside of the first toner accommodating unit in a radial direction of the agitating member and extending in a prescribed direction.

EP2244136A3, drawing sheet 1 — Sheet 1 of 1

Term

3.4 yearsto projected expiry

Projected expiry 9 February 2030, counted from filing; an application has no term until it is granted.

1 sheet

Sheet 1

Every citation, both ways

Citations
Document	Relation	Office	Category	Cited during	Relevant claims
EP0727719A2	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	I	Search report	1-5
US2002150405A1	Cites	United States of America	I	Search report	1,3,4,12
US2003161658A1	Cites	United States of America	I	Search report	17,18
US2004184835A1	Cites	United States of America	I	Search report	17-20
US6131008A	Cites	United States of America	X	Search report	1-4,6,21,23
US6347204B1	Cites	United States of America	X	Search report	17

27 members in 4 offices

This recordMember, by publication datePriority claim

Priority claims12

Priority claims
Document	Office	Kind	Date
2009027008	Japan	A	2009-02-09
2009027008	Japan	–	2009-02-09
2009027009	Japan	A	2009-02-09
2009027009	Japan	–	2009-02-09
2009109614	Japan	A	2009-04-28
2009109614	Japan	–	2009-04-28
2009027008	–	–	–
2009027009	–	–	–
2009109614	–	–	–
JP20090027008	–	–	–
JP20090027009	–	–	–
JP20090109614	–	–	–

Members27

Family members, oldest first
Document	Office	Kind
US2010202803A1	United States of America	A1	2010-08-12
JP2010181765A	Japan	A	2010-08-19
JP2010181766A	Japan	A	2010-08-19
CN101833272A	China	A	2010-09-15
EP2244136A2	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	2010-10-27
US2010272474A1	United States of America	A1	2010-10-28
CN101876801A	China	A	2010-11-03
JP2010256806A	Japan	A	2010-11-11
JP2010277079A	Japan	A	2010-12-09
EP2244136A3This record	European Patent Office (EPO)	A3	2011-01-19
JP4737304B2	Japan	B2	2011-07-27
JP4766151B2	Japan	B2	2011-09-07
EP2375293A1	European Patent Office (EPO)	A1	2011-10-12
CN101876801B	China	B	2013-07-03
CN101833272B	China	B	2013-11-13
US8600267B2	United States of America	B2	2013-12-03
CN103809414A	China	A	2014-05-21
US2014186072A1	United States of America	A1	2014-07-03
EP2375293B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2015-01-07
US8989622B2	United States of America	B2	2015-03-24
US9366993B2	United States of America	B2	2016-06-14
US2016274496A1	United States of America	A1	2016-09-22
CN103809414B	China	B	2017-08-25
US9753400B2	United States of America	B2	2017-09-05
US2017357179A1	United States of America	A1	2017-12-14
US9971279B2	United States of America	B2	2018-05-15
EP2244136B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2020-04-08

75 legal events, as 9 offices reported them to INPADOC

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2026-01-15	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2026-01-09	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2026-01-08	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2025-12-12	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2025-10-29	Gb: european patent ceased through non-payment of renewal feeCeasedGBPC	GBPC	EP
2025-09-02	Application deemed withdrawn, or ip right lapsed, due to non-payment of renewal feeWithdrawnR119	R119	DE
2024-09-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2024-05-31	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
2024-04-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2024-04-30	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
2024-04-30	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
2023-07-12	Opt-out of the competence of the unified patent court (upc) registeredP01	P01	EP
2023-05-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2023-05-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2022-07-29	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2022-01-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2021-10-29	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2021-10-29	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2021-10-29	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2021-10-27	Lapsed because of non-payment of the annual feeLapsedMM	MM	BE
2021-09-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2021-05-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2021-03-17	No opposition filedOpposition26N	26N	EP
2021-02-26	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2021-02-26	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2021-02-12	No opposition filed within time limitOppositionORIGINAL CODE: 0009261PLBE	PLBE	EP
2021-02-12	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patentGrantedSTATUS: NO OPPOSITION FILED WITHIN TIME LIMITSTAA	STAA	EP
2021-01-29	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2021-01-29	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2021-01-29	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2021-01-29	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2021-01-29	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2021-01-29	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2021-01-29	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2021-01-29	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2021-01-12	No opposition filed against granted patent, or epo opposition proceedings concluded without decisionGrantedR097	R097	DE
2020-11-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2020-11-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2020-11-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2020-11-15	Deletion acc. to par. 5 (withdrawal of the translation of the ep patent)MK05	MK05	AT
2020-10-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2020-10-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2020-10-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2020-10-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2020-10-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2020-10-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2020-10-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2020-10-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2020-09-25	Invalidated european patentMG4D	MG4D	LT
2020-09-16	Patent invalid in the netherlands as no translation has been filedMP	MP	NL
2020-04-29	European patents granted designating irelandGrantedFG4D	FG4D	IE
2020-04-23	Dpma publication of mentioned ep patent grantGrantedR096	R096	DE
2020-04-15	European patent takes effect as a national patent in ch/liEP	EP	CH
2020-04-15	Reference to at number (ep patent validated in austria)REF	REF	AT
2020-04-08	Designated contracting statesAK	AK	EP
2020-04-08	European patent grantedGrantedFG4D	FG4D	GB
2020-03-06	(expected) grantORIGINAL CODE: 0009210GRAA	GRAA	EP
2020-03-06	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patentGrantedSTATUS: THE PATENT HAS BEEN GRANTEDSTAA	STAA	EP
2019-12-23	Grant fee paidORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR3GRAS	GRAS	EP
2019-10-02	Intention to grant announcedINTG	INTG	EP
2019-09-05	Despatch of communication of intention to grant a patentORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR1GRAP	GRAP	EP
2019-09-04	Intention to grant announcedINTG	INTG	EP
2019-08-30	Information related to disapproval of communication of intention to grant by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the epo deletedORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSDIGR1GRAJ	GRAJ	EP
2019-08-06	Despatch of communication of intention to grant a patentORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR1GRAP	GRAP	EP
2019-08-06	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patentGrantedSTATUS: GRANT OF PATENT IS INTENDEDSTAA	STAA	EP
2019-01-29	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patentGrantedSTATUS: EXAMINATION IS IN PROGRESSSTAA	STAA	EP
2016-01-20	First examination report despatched17Q	17Q	EP
2011-08-24	Request for examination filed17P	17P	EP
2011-08-10	Divisional application: reference to earlier application (deleted)DAC	DAC	EP
2011-01-19	Designated contracting statesAK	AK	EP
2011-01-19	Request for extension of the european patentAX	AX	EP
2010-12-17	Search report despatchedORIGINAL CODE: 0009013PUAL	PUAL	EP
2010-10-27	Designated contracting statesAK	AK	EP
2010-10-27	Request for extension of the european patentAX	AX	EP
2010-09-24	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phaseORIGINAL CODE: 0009012PUAI	PUAI	EP

Developer-accommodating vessel and developing device

Abstract

Term

Priority claims12

Members27

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