Owner Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Inventors Nakamura, Tetsuro; Higashikawa, Makoto; Matsuda, Koichi

Agent Spruson & Ferguson

Pub. Number AU-B-2004201256

Priority 2003-084535 26.03.03 JP; 2004-070794 12.03.04 JP; 2003-084781 26.03.03 JP

Filing date 25 March 2004

Wipo publication date 14 October 2004

Acceptance publication date 25 March 2010

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