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EP1704824
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| EP1704824 - ULTRASONIC TREATING DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 21.08.2015 Database last updated on 03.01.2025 | Most recent event Tooltip | 13.11.2015 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): FR | published on 16.12.2015 [2015/51] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Olympus Corporation 43-2, Hatagaya 2-chome, Shibuya-ku Tokyo 151-0072 / JP | [2006/39] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
YAMADA, Norihiro 5-30-21-305, Owadacho, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo 1920045 / JP | 02 /
TAKAHASHI, Hiroyuki 3-6-11-809, Tsutsujigaoka, Akishima-shi, Tokyo 1960012 / JP | 03 /
UENO, Haruhiko 2-25-2-K, Kuboyamacho, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo 1920023 / JP | 04 /
WATANABE, Hiroyoshi 37-1-A-1, Kamihirono, Oshimiz u Hirosaki-shi, Aomori 0368161 / JP | 05 /
SUZUKI, Keita 1-26-2-401, Nishimachi, Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo 1850035 / JP | 06 /
NAKAMURA, Takeaki 6-9-8, Asahigaoka, Hino-shi, Tokyo 1910065 / JP | [2006/39] | Representative(s) | von Hellfeld, Axel Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patentanwälte PartG mbB Schweigerstrasse 2 81541 München / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [2014/42] | von Hellfeld, Axel Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Schweigerstrasse 2 81541 München / DE | ||
| Former [2009/51] | von Hellfeld, Axel Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Schweigerstrasse 2 81541 München / DE | ||
| Former [2006/39] | von Hellfeld, Axel Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Schweigerstrasse 2 81541 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 04807384.5 | 20.12.2004 | [2006/39] | WO2004JP19027 | Priority number, date | JP20040005542 | 13.01.2004 Original published format: JP 2004005542 | JP20040121424 | 16.04.2004 Original published format: JP 2004121424 | [2006/39] | Filing language | JA | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2005067805 | Date: | 28.07.2005 | Language: | EN | [2005/30] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP1704824 | Date: | 27.09.2006 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 28.07.2005 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2006/39] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1704824 | Date: | 15.10.2014 | Language: | EN | [2014/42] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | JP | 28.07.2005 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 23.11.2010 | Classification | IPC: | A61B18/04, // A61B17/00 | [2010/51] | CPC: |
A61B17/320092 (EP,US);
A61B2017/0034 (EP,US);
A61B2017/320093 (EP,US);
A61B2017/320095 (EP,US)
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| Former IPC [2006/39] | A61B18/04 | Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB [2007/16] |
| Former [2006/39] | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR | Title | German: | ULTRASCHALLBEHANDLUNGSGERÄT | [2006/39] | English: | ULTRASONIC TREATING DEVICE | [2006/39] | French: | DISPOSITIF DE TRAITEMENT A ULTRASONS | [2006/39] | Entry into regional phase | 11.07.2006 | Translation filed | 11.07.2006 | National basic fee paid | 11.07.2006 | Search fee paid | 11.07.2006 | Designation fee(s) paid | 11.07.2006 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 11.07.2006 | Examination requested [2006/39] | 31.08.2006 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 09.09.2011 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 16.01.2012 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 13.07.2012 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 21.09.2012 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 30.01.2013 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 28.02.2013 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 20.05.2014 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 04.09.2014 | Fee for grant paid | 04.09.2014 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 04.09.2014 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Divisional application(s) | The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 09.09.2011 | Opposition(s) | 16.07.2015 | No opposition filed within time limit [2015/39] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 19.12.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 19.12.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 18.12.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 17.12.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 16.12.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 19.12.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 19.12.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 19.12.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 10 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | FR | 31.12.2014 | GB | 15.01.2015 | [2015/51] |
| Former [2015/48] | GB | 15.01.2015 | Documents cited: | Search | [XI]WO02096501 (ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC [US]) [X] 1-6 * page 14, line 21 - page 15, line 19; figures 2,3,8 * [I] 9; | [XI]WO03030754 (TYCO HEALTHCARE [US], et al) [X] 1-7 * figures 1a,2,6 * [I] 8; | [A]EP1327420 (OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO [JP]) [A] 5 * figure 4 *; | [A]US6669690 (OKADA MITSUMASA [JP], et al) [A] 1,4* figures 3,43 * | International search | [A]WO9816156 (SURGICAL DESIGN CORP [US]); | [X]JP2000185052 (OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO); | [Y]JP2003265496 (OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO) | by applicant | WO0206501 | WO03030754 |