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EP About this file: EP2335595

EP2335595 - Capacitive ultrasonic transducer and endo cavity ultrasonic diagnosis system using the same [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  08.02.2013
Database last updated on 16.04.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip30.08.2013Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 02.10.2013  [2013/40]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Olympus Corporation
43-2, Hatagaya 2-chome
Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 151-0072 / JP
[N/P]
Former [2011/25]For all designated states
Olympus Corporation
43-2, Hatagaya 2-chome Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 151-0072 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Adachi, Hideo
c/o Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
43-2, Hatagaya
2-chome, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 151-0072 / JP
02 / Wakabayashi, Katsuhiro
c/o Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
43-2, Hatagaya
2-chome, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 151-0072 / JP
03 / Mizunuma, Akiko
c/o Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
43-2, Hatagaya
2-chome, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 151-0072 / JP
04 / Osawa, Atsushi
c/o Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
43-2, Hatagaya
2-chome, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 151-0072 / JP
05 / Kaimai, Tatsuo
c/o Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
43-2, Hatagaya
2-chome, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 151-0072 / JP
06 / Kaneko, Shinji
c/o Olympus Corporation
43-2, Hatagaya
2-chome, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 151-0072 / JP
07 / Nemoto, Kiyoshi
c/o Olympus Corporation
43-2, Hatagaya
2-chome, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 151-0072 / JP
08 / Murakami, Miyuki
c/o Olympus Corporation
43-2, Hatagaya
2-chome, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 151-0072 / JP
09 / Tamiya, Kousei
c/o Olympus Corporation
43-2, Hatagaya
2-chome, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 151-0072 / JP
10 / Kondo, Yu
c/o Olympus Corporation
43-2, Hatagaya
2-chome, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 151-0072 / JP
 [2011/48]
Former [2011/25]01 / Adachi, Hideo
c/o Olympus Medical Systems Corp. 43-2, Hatagaya 2-chome, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 151-0072 / JP
02 / Wakabayashi, Katsuhiro
c/o Olympus Medical Systems Corp. 43-2, Hatagaya 2-chome, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 151-0072 / JP
03 / Mizunuma, Akiko
c/o Olympus Medical Systems Corp. 43-2, Hatagaya 2-chome, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 151-0072 / JP
04 / Osawa, Atsushi
c/o Olympus Medical Systems Corp. 43-2, Hatagaya 2-chome, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 151-0072 / JP
05 / Kaimai, Tatsuo
c/o Olympus Medical Systems Corp. 43-2, Hatagaya 2-chome, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 151-0072 / JP
06 / Kaneko, Shinji
c/o Olympus Medical Systems Corp. 43-2, Hatagaya 2-chome, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 151-0072 / JP
07 / Nemoto, Kiyoshi
c/o Olympus Medical Systems Corp. 43-2, Hatagaya 2-chome, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 151-0072 / JP
08 / Murakami, Miyuki
c/o Olympus Medical Systems Corp. 43-2, Hatagaya 2-chome, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 151-0072 / JP
09 / Tamiya, Kousei
c/o Olympus Medical Systems Corp. 43-2, Hatagaya 2-chome, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 151-0072 / JP
10 / Kondo, Yu
c/o Olympus Medical Systems Corp. 43-2, Hatagaya 2-chome, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 151-0072 / JP
Representative(s)Gunzelmann, Rainer
Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff
Patentanwälte und Rechtsanwalt PartG mbB
Schweigerstraße 2
81541 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2012/14]Gunzelmann, Rainer
Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Schweigerstraße 2
81541 München / DE
Former [2011/25]Gunzelmann, Rainer
Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Schweigerstraße 2
81541 München / DE
Application number, filing date11001279.620.10.2005
[2011/25]
Priority number, dateJP2004031217227.10.2004         Original published format: JP 2004312172
JP2005001441421.01.2005         Original published format: JP 2005014414
JP2005001441521.01.2005         Original published format: JP 2005014415
[2011/25]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2335595
Date:22.06.2011
Language:EN
[2011/25]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2335595
Date:04.04.2012
Language:EN
[2012/14]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP27.04.2011
ClassificationIPC:A61B8/12, B06B1/02, G10K9/12
[2011/45]
CPC:
A61B8/12 (EP,US); A61B8/445 (EP,US); B06B1/0292 (EP,US);
G10K9/12 (EP,US); B06B2201/76 (EP,US); Y10T29/49005 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2011/25]A61B8/00
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [2011/25]
TitleGerman:Kapazitativer Ultraschallwandler und endokavitäres Ultraschalldiagnosesystem[2011/25]
English:Capacitive ultrasonic transducer and endo cavity ultrasonic diagnosis system using the same[2011/25]
French:Transducteur ultrasonique capacitif et système de diagnostique ultrasonique endocavitaire[2011/25]
Examination procedure16.02.2011Examination requested  [2011/25]
25.07.2011Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
09.11.2011Communication of intention to grant the patent
14.02.2012Fee for grant paid
14.02.2012Fee for publishing/printing paid
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP05795888.6  / EP1810619
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 (EP20050795888) is  13.04.2011
Opposition(s)07.01.2013No opposition filed within time limit [2013/11]
Fees paidRenewal fee
16.02.2011Renewal fee patent year 03
16.02.2011Renewal fee patent year 04
16.02.2011Renewal fee patent year 05
16.02.2011Renewal fee patent year 06
19.10.2011Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipFR31.10.2012
[2013/40]
Documents cited:Search[A] US6511427  (SLIWA JR JOHN W et al.)
 [A] US5701901  (LUM PAUL et al.)
by applicant  XUECHENG JIN ET AL.: "Characterization of One-Dimensional Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Immersion Transducer Arrays", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ULTRASONIC, FERROELECTRICS AND FREQUENCY CONTROL, vol. 48, no. 3, May 2001 (2001-05-01), pages 750 - 760
   A.G. BASHFORD ET AL.: "Micromachined Ultrasonic Capacitance Transducers for Immersion Applications", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ULTRASONIC, FERROELECTRICS AND FREQUENCY CONTROL, vol. 45, no. 2, March 1996 (1996-03-01), pages 367 - 375
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