EP1874197 - ULTRASOUND CATHETER WITH CAVITATION PROMOTING SURFACE [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The application has been withdrawn Status updated on 05.02.2010 Database last updated on 24.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 05.02.2010 | Withdrawal of application | published on 10.03.2010 [2010/10] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Ekos Corporation 11911 North Creek Parkway South Bothell, WA 98011 / US | [2008/02] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
SOLTANI, Azita 15515 - 72nd Drive SE Snohomish, WA 98296 / US | 02 /
HANSMANN, Douglas R. 5008 Rockaway Beach Road NE Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 / US | [2008/02] | Representative(s) | Lüdcke, Joachim Moritz Fleischer, Godemeyer, Kierdorf & Partner, Patentanwälte Polypatent Braunsberger Feld 29 D-51429 Bergisch Gladbach / DE | [N/P] |
Former [2008/02] | Lüdcke, Joachim Moritz Fleischer, Godemeyer, Kierdorf & Partner, Patentanwälte polypatent Braunsberger Feld 29 D-51429 Bergisch Gladbach / DE | Application number, filing date | 06749798.2 | 12.04.2006 | [2008/02] | WO2006US13531 | Priority number, date | US20050670412P | 12.04.2005 Original published format: US 670412 P | [2008/02] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | WO2006110773 | Date: | 19.10.2006 | Language: | EN | [2006/42] | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP1874197 | Date: | 09.01.2008 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 19.10.2006 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2008/02] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 26.07.2007 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 13.01.2010 | Classification | IPC: | A61B8/14 | [2008/11] | CPC: |
A61B17/22 (EP,US);
A61B17/2202 (EP,US);
A61B2017/00154 (EP,US);
A61B2017/22008 (EP,US);
A61B2017/22088 (EP,US);
A61M37/0092 (EP,US);
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Former IPC [2008/02] | A61B17/20 | Designated contracting states | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2008/02] | Extension states | AL | Not yet paid | BA | Not yet paid | HR | Not yet paid | MK | Not yet paid | YU | Not yet paid | Title | German: | ULTRASCHALLKATHETER MIT KAVITATIONSFÖRDERNDER OBERFLÄCHE | [2008/02] | English: | ULTRASOUND CATHETER WITH CAVITATION PROMOTING SURFACE | [2008/02] | French: | CATHETER ULTRASONORE A SURFACE FAVORISANT LA CAVITATION | [2008/02] | Entry into regional phase | 09.11.2007 | National basic fee paid | 09.11.2007 | Search fee paid | 09.11.2007 | Designation fee(s) paid | 09.11.2007 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 09.11.2007 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 09.11.2007 | Examination requested [2008/02] | 01.02.2010 | Application withdrawn by applicant [2010/10] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 28.03.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 16.04.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 04 |
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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. | Documents cited: | Search | [A]EP0482847 (ALCON SURGICAL INC [US]) [A] 1,10 * column 12, line 25 - line 58 ** page 10 *; | [I]WO9858699 (EKOS CORP [US], et al) [I] 1,6-9 * column 6, line 61 - column 7, line 34 * * column 8, line 5 - column 9, line 24 *; | [I]WO9911182 (UNIV CALIFORNIA [US]) [I] 1-9 * page 12, line 8 - page 15, line 9 *; | [A]US6241703 (LEVIN PHILIP S [US], et al) [A] 1,10 * column 14, line 37 - line 42 * * column 9, line 50 - line 57 *; | [I]WO0182778 (FOCUS SURGERY INC [US], et al) [I] 1-4,6-7,9 * page 6, line 15 - page 7, line 13; figures 1,2,4-7 *; | [I]US2003040501 (NEWMAN CHRISTOPHER M H [GB], et al) [I] 1-4,6-7,9 * figures 1-5c *; | [I]US2003092667 (TACHIBANA KATSURO [JP], et al) [I] 1-7,9 * paragraph [0288] - paragraph [0302] * * paragraph [0248] - paragraph [0261] * * paragraph [0109] - paragraph [0113] * * paragraph [0244] - paragraph [0248] * * figures 1a-4b,9a-13d *; | [I]US2004019318 (WILSON RICHARD R [US], et al) [I] 1-4,6-9 * paragraph [0071] - paragraph [0072]; figures 1a,1b,3a-4b,6a-6d,10a-12 * * paragraph [0085] - paragraph [0086] *; | [A]US2005010112 (BENNETT FREDERICK J [US], et al) [A] 1-10 * figures 11-13g * | International search | [X]US2004024347 (WILSON RICHARD R [US], et al); | [Y]US6508816 (SHADDUCK JOHN H [US]); | [Y]US5342292 (NITA HENRY [US], et al); | [Y]US6524251 (RABINER ROBERT [US], et al) |