EP2678658 - ULTRASOUND VIBROMETRY WITH UNFOCUSED ULTRASOUND [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 21.07.2023 Database last updated on 24.08.2024 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 12.08.2022 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 05.08.2022 | ||
Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 11.02.2019 | Most recent event Tooltip | 24.05.2024 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT | published on 26.06.2024 [2024/26] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH 200 First Street S.W. Rochester, MN 55905 / US | [2022/37] |
Former [2014/01] | For all designated states Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research 200 First Street SE Rochester, MN 55905 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
GREENLEAF, James, F. 1068 Plummer Lane SW Rochester MN 55902 / US | 02 /
CHEN, Shigao 1605 Redwood Lane SW Rochester MN 55902 / US | 03 /
MANDUCA, Armando 7023 Indigo Court NW Rochester MN 55901 / US | 04 /
SONG, Pengfei 3816 9th Street NW, Unit C Rochester MN 55901 / US | [2014/01] | Representative(s) | Samson & Partner Patentanwälte mbB Widenmayerstraße 6 80538 München / DE | [2022/37] |
Former [2014/01] | Samson & Partner Widenmayerstrasse 5 80538 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 12749825.1 | 27.02.2012 | [2022/37] | WO2012US26769 | Priority number, date | US201161446839P | 25.02.2011 Original published format: US 201161446839 P | [2014/01] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2012116364 | Date: | 30.08.2012 | Language: | EN | [2012/35] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2678658 | Date: | 01.01.2014 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 30.08.2012 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2014/01] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2678658 | Date: | 14.09.2022 | Language: | EN | [2022/37] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 30.08.2012 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 12.12.2017 | Classification | IPC: | G16H50/30, A61B8/08, A61B8/00, G01N29/07, G01N29/22, G01N29/24, G01N21/17, G01S15/89, G01S7/52 | [2022/14] | CPC: |
A61B8/485 (EP,US);
G01N9/24 (KR);
A61B5/0059 (US);
A61B8/5223 (EP,US);
G01N21/00 (KR);
G01N21/17 (EP,US);
G01N29/04 (KR);
G01N29/075 (EP,US);
G01N29/221 (EP,US);
G01N29/2456 (EP,US);
G01R33/4814 (US);
G01S7/52042 (EP,US);
G16H50/30 (EP);
A61B8/461 (EP,US);
G01N2291/02475 (EP,US);
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Former IPC [2018/02] | G01N9/24, G01N21/00, G01N29/00, G01N29/04, A61B8/08, A61B8/00, G01N29/07, G01R33/48, A61B5/00, G01N29/22, G01N29/24, G01N21/17, G01S15/89, G01S7/52 | ||
Former IPC [2014/01] | G01N9/24, G01N21/00, G01N29/00, G01N29/04 | Designated contracting states | AL, AT, 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, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2014/01] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Title | German: | ULTRASCHALL-VIBROMETRIE MIT NICHT FOKUSSIERTEM ULTRASCHALL | [2014/01] | English: | ULTRASOUND VIBROMETRY WITH UNFOCUSED ULTRASOUND | [2014/01] | French: | VIBROMÉTRIE ULTRASONIQUE AVEC ULTRASONS NON FOCALISÉS | [2014/01] | Entry into regional phase | 12.09.2013 | National basic fee paid | 12.09.2013 | Search fee paid | 12.09.2013 | Designation fee(s) paid | 12.09.2013 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 12.09.2013 | Examination requested [2014/01] | 18.07.2018 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 14.02.2019 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 26.08.2019 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 28.02.2022 | Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 08.03.2022 | 08.03.2022 | Date of oral proceedings (cancelled) | 28.03.2022 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 03.08.2022 | Fee for grant paid | 03.08.2022 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 03.08.2022 | 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 14.02.2019 | Opposition(s) | 15.06.2023 | No opposition filed within time limit [2023/34] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 28.02.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 02.03.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 26.02.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 27.02.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 26.02.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 28.02.2019 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 21.02.2020 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 17.02.2021 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | 25.02.2022 | Renewal fee patent year 11 |
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NO | 14.12.2022 | Documents cited: | Search | [XI]US2004068184 (TRAHEY GREGG E [US], et al) [X] 1-6,8-10,13,15 * abstract * * paragraph [0030] - paragraph [0046] * * figures 1, 2, 3, 5 * [I] 7,11,12,14; | [X]US2009216119 (FAN LIEXIANG [US], et al) [X] 1-3 * abstract * * paragraph [0022] - paragraph [0026] *; | [X]US2010168566 (BERCOFF JEREMY [FR], et al) [X] 1-3 * abstract ** paragraph [0071] - paragraph [0077] *; | [X]US2010312116 (PERNOT MATHIEU [FR], et al) [X] 1-3 * abstract * * paragraph [0084] - paragraph [0086] * | International search | [Y]US4441503 (O'DONNELL MATTHEW [US]); | [X]US2005252295 (FINK MATHIAS A [FR], et al); | [Y]US7753847 (GREENLEAF JAMES FOWLER [US], et al) | Examination | US2005252295 | - SHIGAO CHEN ET AL, "Shear wave speed measurement using an unfocused ultrasound push beam", ULTRASONICS SYMPOSIUM (IUS), 2011 IEEE INTERNATIONAL, IEEE, (20111018), doi:10.1109/ULTSYM.2011.0288, ISBN 978-1-4577-1253-1, pages 1171 - 1174, XP032230750 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ULTSYM.2011.0288 | - Greenleaf James ET AL, "Priority document of EP12749825", (20120919), pages 1 - 36, URL: internal.epo.org/app/, (20210909), XP055839391 | - Greenleaf James ET AL, "Priority document of EP12749825", (20120919), pages 1 - 36, URL: https://diplus.internal.epo.org/app/, (20210909), XP055839391 | by applicant | US5606971 | US5810731 | US2004068184 |