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EP2231003 - TECHNIQUES FOR EVALUATING STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE (SUI) USING INVOLUNTARY REFLEX COUGH TEST [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  04.12.2015
Database last updated on 25.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip20.07.2018Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): PT		published on 22.08.2018  [2018/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Pneumoflex Systems L.L.C.
101 E. Florida Avenue
Melbourne, FL 32901 / US
[2010/39]
Inventor(s)01 / Addington, Robert
490 Spoonbill Lane
Melbourne Beach, Florida 32951 / US
02 / Stephens, Robert
8133 NW Walnut Way
Parkville, Missouri 64152 / US
03 / Phelipa, Michael
2470 Turtle Mound Road
Melbourne, Florida 32934 / US
04 / Briganti, Mary
5785 Newbury Circle
Melbourne, Florida 32940 / US
05 / Miller, Stuart
705 Atlantic Street
Melbourn Beach, Florida 32951 / US
 [2010/39]
Representative(s)Bankes, Stephen Charles Digby, et al
Baron Warren Redfern
1000 Great West Road
Brentford TW8 9DW / GB
[N/P]
Former [2015/05]Bankes, Stephen Charles Digby, et al
Baron Warren Redfern Cambridge House 100 Cambridge Grove Hammersmith
London W6 0LE / GB
Former [2010/39]Bankes, Stephen Charles Digby, et al
Baron Warren Redfern 19 South End Kensington London
W8 5BU / GB
Application number, filing date09803960.521.12.2009
[2010/39]
WO2009US68973
Priority number, dateUS20080139649P22.12.2008         Original published format: US 139649 P
US20090244167P21.09.2009         Original published format: US 244167 P
[2010/39]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2010075274
Date:01.07.2010
Language:EN
[2010/26]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2231003
Date:29.09.2010
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 01.07.2010 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2010/39]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2231003
Date:28.01.2015
Language:EN
[2015/05]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP01.07.2010
ClassificationIPC:A61B5/03, A61B5/20, A61B5/0488
[2010/39]
CPC:
A61B5/202 (EP); A61B5/395 (US); A61B5/0823 (EP);
A61B5/205 (EP); A61B5/389 (EP); A61B5/6852 (EP);
A61B5/6874 (EP); A61M25/00 (EP); A61B5/4047 (EP);
A61M2025/0002 (EP); A61M2210/1085 (EP); A61M25/10 (EP) (-)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2010/39]
Extension statesALNot yet paid
BANot yet paid
RSNot yet paid
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUR BEWERTUNG STRESSBEDINGTER HARNINKONTINENZ DURCH UNTERSUCHUNG UNFREIWILLIGEN REFLEXHUSTENS[2010/39]
English:TECHNIQUES FOR EVALUATING STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE (SUI) USING INVOLUNTARY REFLEX COUGH TEST[2010/39]
French:TECHNIQUES POUR ÉVALUER UNE INCONTINENCE D'URINE À L'EFFORT À L'AIDE D'UN TEST DE TOUX RÉFLEXE INVOLONTAIRE[2010/39]
Entry into regional phase11.03.2010National basic fee paid 
11.03.2010Designation fee(s) paid 
11.03.2010Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure11.03.2010Examination requested  [2010/39]
31.08.2010Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
19.10.2010Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
22.12.2010Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
28.04.2011Reply to a communication from the examining division
14.05.2012Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
08.08.2012Reply to a communication from the examining division
21.05.2014Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
16.06.2014Reply to a communication from the examining division
30.07.2014Communication of intention to grant the patent
20.11.2014Fee for grant paid
20.11.2014Fee for publishing/printing paid
20.11.2014Receipt 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  22.12.2010
Opposition(s)29.10.2015No opposition filed within time limit [2016/01]
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.12.2011Renewal fee patent year 03
25.04.2013Renewal fee patent year 04
19.12.2013Renewal fee patent year 05
16.12.2014Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU21.12.2009
AT28.01.2015
BE28.01.2015
CY28.01.2015
CZ28.01.2015
DK28.01.2015
EE28.01.2015
ES28.01.2015
FI28.01.2015
HR28.01.2015
IT28.01.2015
LT28.01.2015
LV28.01.2015
MC28.01.2015
MK28.01.2015
MT28.01.2015
NL28.01.2015
PL28.01.2015
PT28.01.2015
RO28.01.2015
SE28.01.2015
SI28.01.2015
SK28.01.2015
SM28.01.2015
TR28.01.2015
BG28.04.2015
NO28.04.2015
GR29.04.2015
IS28.05.2015
[2018/34]
Former [2018/30]HU21.12.2009
AT28.01.2015
BE28.01.2015
CY28.01.2015
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DK28.01.2015
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Cited inInternational search[A]WO2004073516  (PNEUMOFLEX SYSTEMS LLC [US], et al) [A] 1,9,16,23* abstract *;
 [IY]US2005038328  (STOEHRER MANFRED [DE], et al) [I] 23-24 * abstract * * paragraphs [0004] , [0015] , [0025] , [0026] , [0052] - [0057] - [0105] , [0106] , [0123] , [0124] * [Y] 16-22,25-27;
 [A]US2005059900  (BERGER YITZHAK [US], et al) [A] 1,9,16,23 * abstract * * paragraphs [0006] , [0009] *;
 [XAY]WO2007079271  (PNEUMOFLEX SYSTEMS INC [US], et al) [X] 9 * abstract * * page 5, lines 10-30 * * page 6, lines 1-14; figure 4 * * page 10, lines 1-12 * [A] 1-4,14-15 [Y] 16-18;
 [YA]  - W ROBERT ADDINGTON, R E STEPPHENS, M M PHELIPA, J G WIDDICOMBE, RR OCKEY, "Intra-abdominal pressures during voluntary and reflex cough", COUGH, (20080430), vol. 4, pages 1 - 9, XP002573766 [Y] 16-22,25-27 * abstract * * sections "Materials and methods", "analysis of AIP" * [A] 1-4,9,14-15

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-9974-4-2
 [A]  - DAN LASSERSON ET AL, "Differences in motor activation of voluntary and reflex cough in humans", THORAX, BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, GB, (20060406), vol. 61, no. 8, ISSN 0040-6376, pages 699 - 705, XP009131047 [A] 1,9,16,23 * abstract *
by applicantWO2004073516
 US2005038328
 US2005059900
 WO2007079271
    - ADDINGTON ET AL., COUGH, (20080430), vol. 4, no. 2, pages 1 - 9
    - Thorax, BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, (20060406), vol. 61, pages 699 - 705
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