EP1987318 - METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING ANGLE-RESOLVED FOURIER-DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 17.06.2016 Database last updated on 09.09.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 17.08.2018 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): BG | published on 19.09.2018 [2018/38] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states The General Hospital Corporation 55 Fruit Street Boston, MA 02114 / US | [2008/45] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
DESJARDINS, Adrien, E. 146 Briarcliffe Crescent Waterloo ON N2L 5T8 / CA | 02 /
VAKOC, Benjamin, J. 31 Winter Street 1 Arlington, MA 02474 / US | 03 /
TEARNEY, Guillermo, J. 12 Fairmont Street Cambridge, MA 02139 / US | 04 /
BOUMA, Brett, E. 12 Monmouth Street Quincy, MA 02171 / US | [2008/49] |
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DESJARDINS, Adrien, E. 17 Rear Endicott Avenue Apt. 2 Somerville, MA 02144 / US | ||
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VAKOC, Benjamin, J. 31 Winter Street 1 Arlington, MA 02474 / US | |||
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TEARNEY, Guillermo, J. 12 Fairmont Street Cambridge, MA 02139 / US | |||
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BOUMA, Brett, E. 12 Monmouth Street Quincy, MA 02171 / US | Representative(s) | Maiwald GmbH Elisenhof Elisenstraße 3 80335 München / DE | [N/P] |
Former [2015/33] | Kopf, Korbinian Paul Maiwald Patentanwalts GmbH Elisenhof Elisenstrasse 3 80335 München / DE | ||
Former [2008/45] | Kopf, Korbinian Paul Maiwald Patentanwalts GmbH Elisenhof Elisenstrasse 3 D-80335 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 07757246.9 | 21.02.2007 | [2008/45] | WO2007US62465 | Priority number, date | US20060776544P | 24.02.2006 Original published format: US 776544 P | [2008/45] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | WO2007101026 | Date: | 07.09.2007 | Language: | EN | [2007/36] | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP1987318 | Date: | 05.11.2008 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 07.09.2007 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2008/45] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1987318 | Date: | 12.08.2015 | Language: | EN | [2015/33] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 25.10.2007 | Classification | IPC: | G01B9/02, G01N21/47, A61B5/00 | [2008/45] | CPC: |
G01N21/4795 (EP,US);
A61B5/0066 (EP,US);
G01B9/02043 (EP,US);
G01B9/02087 (EP,US);
G01B9/02091 (EP,US);
A61B5/0073 (EP,US);
| 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 [2015/33] |
Former [2008/45] | 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 | Extension states | AL | Not yet paid | BA | Not yet paid | HR | Not yet paid | MK | Not yet paid | RS | Not yet paid | Title | German: | VERFAHREN UND SYSTEME ZUR DURCHFÜHRUNG VON WINKELAUFGELÖSTER OPTISCHER KOHÄRENZTOMOGRAFIE IM FOURIER-BEREICH | [2008/45] | English: | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING ANGLE-RESOLVED FOURIER-DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY | [2008/45] | French: | PROCÉDÉS ET SYSTÈMES DESTINÉS À RÉALISER UNE TOMOGRAPHIE PAR COHÉRENCE OPTIQUE DANS LE DOMAINE DE FOURIER AVEC RÉSOLUTION ANGULAIRE | [2008/45] | Entry into regional phase | 03.09.2008 | National basic fee paid | 03.09.2008 | Designation fee(s) paid | 03.09.2008 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 03.09.2008 | Examination requested [2008/45] | 30.12.2008 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 30.06.2009 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 18.09.2014 | Observations by third parties | 02.12.2014 | Date of oral proceedings | 19.02.2015 | Minutes of oral proceedings despatched | 26.02.2015 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 25.06.2015 | Fee for grant paid | 25.06.2015 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 25.06.2015 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Divisional application(s) | EP10195729.8 / EP2306141 | EP10195748.8 / EP2309221 | EP15180628.8 / EP2982929 | The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 30.12.2008 | Opposition(s) | 13.05.2016 | No opposition filed within time limit [2016/29] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 26.02.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 24.02.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 23.02.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 24.02.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 27.02.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 27.02.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 26.02.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 09 |
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