AU2002328605A1 - Retroreflection device - Google Patents

Retroreflection device

Info

Publication number: AU2002328605A1
Authority: AU; Australia
Prior art keywords: retroreflection device; retroreflection
Prior art date: 2001-08-09
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

AU2002328605A

Other versions

AU2002328605B2 (en

Inventor

Yutaka Hamada

Ikuo Mimura

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Nippon Carbide Industries Co Inc

Original Assignee

Nippon Carbide Industries Co Inc

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2001-08-09

Filing date

2002-08-09

Publication date

2003-06-19

2002-08-09 Application filed by Nippon Carbide Industries Co Inc filed Critical Nippon Carbide Industries Co Inc

2002-08-09 Priority claimed from PCT/JP2002/008187 external-priority patent/WO2003014779A1/en

2003-06-19 Publication of AU2002328605A1 publication Critical patent/AU2002328605A1/en

2007-04-05 Application granted granted Critical

2007-04-05 Publication of AU2002328605B2 publication Critical patent/AU2002328605B2/en

2022-08-09 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Ceased legal-status Critical Current

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AU2002328605A 2001-08-09 2002-08-09 Retroreflection device Ceased AU2002328605B2 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
JP2001-241964		2001-08-09
JP2001241964		2001-08-09
PCT/JP2002/008187 WO2003014779A1 (en)	2001-08-09	2002-08-09	Retroreflection device

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
AU2002328605A1 true AU2002328605A1 (en)	2003-06-19
AU2002328605B2 AU2002328605B2 (en)	2007-04-05

Family

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
AU2002328605A Ceased AU2002328605B2 (en)	2001-08-09	2002-08-09	Retroreflection device

Country Status (12)

Country	Link
US (1)	US6883921B2 (en)
EP (1)	EP1424572B1 (en)
JP (1)	JP4225897B2 (en)
KR (1)	KR100901679B1 (en)
CN (1)	CN100476463C (en)
AT (1)	ATE341770T1 (en)
AU (1)	AU2002328605B2 (en)
BR (1)	BR0211774A (en)
CA (1)	CA2456611C (en)
DE (1)	DE60215200T2 (en)
ES (1)	ES2268075T3 (en)
WO (1)	WO2003014779A1 (en)

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2002
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- 2002-08-09 JP JP2003519656A patent/JP4225897B2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
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