EP2174581 - RECEIVING UNIT [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 14.04.2017 Database last updated on 03.09.2024 | 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 Olympus Corporation 2951 Ishikawa-machi, Hachioji-shi Tokyo 192-8507 / JP | [2016/40] |
Former [2016/39] | For all designated states Olympus Corporation 43-2, Hatagaya 2-chome Shibuya-ku Tokyo 151-0072 / JP | ||
Former [2015/44] | For all designated states Olympus Corporation 43-2, Hatagaya 2-chome Shibuya-ku Tokyo / JP | ||
Former [2010/15] | For all designated states Olympus Medical Systems Corp. 43-2, Hatagaya 2-chome Shibuya-ku Tokyo 151-0072 / JP | Inventor(s) | 01 /
SHIGEMORI, Toshiaki c/o OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. 43-2 Hatagaya2-chome Shibuya-ku Tokyo 151-0072 / JP | 02 /
KIMOTO, Seiichiro c/o OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. 43-2 Hatagaya2-chome Shibuya-ku Tokyo 151-0072 / JP | [2016/23] |
Former [2010/15] | 01 /
SHIGEMORI, Toshiaki c/o OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. 43-2 Hatagaya2-chome Shibuya-ku Tokyo 151-0072 / JP | ||
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KIMOTO, Seiichiro c/o OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. 43-2 Hatagaya2-chome Shibuya-ku Tokyo 151-0072 / JP | Representative(s) | Beyer, Andreas Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patentanwälte und Rechtsanwalt PartG mbB Schweigerstrasse 2 81541 München / DE | [N/P] |
Former [2016/23] | Beyer, Andreas Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patentanwälte PartG mbB Schweigerstrasse 2 81541 München / DE | ||
Former [2010/15] | Beyer, Andreas Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Schweigerstrasse 2 81541 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 08791336.4 | 18.07.2008 | [2010/15] | WO2008JP63027 | Priority number, date | JP20070192243 | 24.07.2007 Original published format: JP 2007192243 | [2010/15] | Filing language | JA | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2009014088 | Date: | 29.01.2009 | Language: | JA | [2009/05] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2174581 | Date: | 14.04.2010 | Language: | EN | [2010/15] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2174581 | Date: | 08.06.2016 | Language: | EN | [2016/23] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | JP | 29.01.2009 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 15.09.2014 | Classification | IPC: | A61B1/00, A61B1/04, A61B5/07 | [2010/15] | CPC: |
A61B1/041 (EP,US);
A61B1/00016 (EP,US);
A61B5/073 (EP,US);
H04B1/44 (US);
A61B1/00036 (EP,US);
A61B5/7232 (EP,US);
H04B2001/485 (US);
H04B7/2043 (EP,US);
H04B7/212 (EP,US);
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2016/23] |
Former [2010/15] | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR | Title | German: | EMPFANGSEINHEIT | [2010/15] | English: | RECEIVING UNIT | [2010/15] | French: | UNITÉ DE RÉCEPTION | [2010/15] | Entry into regional phase | 04.02.2010 | Translation filed | 04.02.2010 | National basic fee paid | 04.02.2010 | Search fee paid | 04.02.2010 | Designation fee(s) paid | 04.02.2010 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 04.02.2010 | Examination requested [2010/15] | 31.03.2015 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 15.09.2015 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 13.01.2016 | Fee for grant paid | 13.01.2016 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 24.02.2016 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 08.03.2016 | 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 15.09.2015 | Opposition(s) | 09.03.2017 | No opposition filed within time limit [2017/20] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 19.07.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 19.07.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 19.07.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 18.07.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 17.07.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 20.07.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 08 |
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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 | HU | 18.07.2008 | AT | 08.06.2016 | BE | 08.06.2016 | BG | 08.06.2016 | CY | 08.06.2016 | CZ | 08.06.2016 | DK | 08.06.2016 | EE | 08.06.2016 | ES | 08.06.2016 | FI | 08.06.2016 | HR | 08.06.2016 | IT | 08.06.2016 | LT | 08.06.2016 | LV | 08.06.2016 | MC | 08.06.2016 | NL | 08.06.2016 | PL | 08.06.2016 | RO | 08.06.2016 | SE | 08.06.2016 | SI | 08.06.2016 | SK | 08.06.2016 | TR | 08.06.2016 | IE | 18.07.2016 | LU | 18.07.2016 | CH | 31.07.2016 | LI | 31.07.2016 | MT | 31.07.2016 | FR | 08.08.2016 | GB | 08.09.2016 | NO | 08.09.2016 | GR | 09.09.2016 | IS | 08.10.2016 | PT | 10.10.2016 | [2018/38] |
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