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EP2836274 - HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOR HEATING A TARGET ZONE LARGER THAN THE ELECTRONIC FOCUSING ZONE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  26.05.2017
Database last updated on 03.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip06.03.2020Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): TR		published on 08.04.2020  [2020/15]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Koninklijke Philips N.V.
High Tech Campus 5
5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
For all designated states
The Government of the United States As represented by the Secretary of Health & Human Services
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892 / US
[2016/29]
Former [2015/08]For all designated states
Koninklijke Philips N.V.
High Tech Campus 5
5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
For all designated states
The Government of the United States As represented by the Secretary of Health & Human Services, National Institutes of Health
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892 / US
Inventor(s)01 / PARTANEN, Ari Ilkka Mikael
c/o High Tech Campus
Building 5
NL-5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
02 / DREHER, Matthew Robert
c/o High Tech Campus
Building 5
NL-5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
03 / YARMOLENKO, Pavel Sergeyevich
c/o High Tech Campus
Building 5
NL-5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
04 / WOOD, Bradford Johns
c/o High Tech Campus
Building 5
NL-5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
05 / CARVAJAL GALLARDO, Elma Natalia
c/o High Tech Campus
Building 5
NL-5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
 [2015/08]
Representative(s)Steffen, Thomas
Philips Intellectual Property & Standards
High Tech Campus 5
5656 AE Eindhoven / NL
[2016/29]
Former [2015/08]Steffen, Thomas
Philips
Intellectual Property & Standards
P.O. Box 220
5600 AE Eindhoven / NL
Application number, filing date13724882.909.04.2013
[2016/29]
WO2013IB52806
Priority number, dateUS201261623355P12.04.2012         Original published format: US 201261623355 P
[2015/08]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2013153506
Date:17.10.2013
Language:EN
[2013/42]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2836274
Date:18.02.2015
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 17.10.2013 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2015/08]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2836274
Date:20.07.2016
Language:EN
[2016/29]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP17.10.2013
ClassificationIPC:A61N7/02, A61B34/10, A61B90/00, A61B5/01
[2016/28]
CPC:
A61B5/0036 (EP,US); A61B5/015 (RU,US); A61B34/10 (EP,US);
A61B5/055 (RU,US); A61B5/7253 (RU,US); A61B5/7264 (US);
A61N7/02 (EP,RU,US); A61B2017/00084 (EP,US); A61B2018/00791 (EP,US);
A61B2090/374 (EP,US); A61N2007/0091 (EP,US); A61N2007/0095 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2015/08]A61N7/02, A61B19/00, A61B18/00, A61B17/00, A61N7/00
Designated contracting statesAL,   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 [2015/08]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:HOCHINTENSIVER FOKUSSIERTER ULTRASCHALL ZUR ERWÄRMUNG EINES GRÖSSEREN ZIELBEREICHS ALS DIE ELEKTRONISCHE FOKUSSIERUNGSZONE[2015/08]
English:HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOR HEATING A TARGET ZONE LARGER THAN THE ELECTRONIC FOCUSING ZONE[2015/08]
French:ULTRASON FOCALISÉ DE HAUTE DENSITÉ POUR CHAUFFER UNE ZONE CIBLE PLUS GRANDE QUE LA ZONE DE FOCALISATION ÉLECTRONIQUE[2015/08]
Entry into regional phase12.11.2014National basic fee paid 
12.11.2014Designation fee(s) paid 
12.11.2014Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure12.11.2014Examination requested  [2015/08]
30.04.2015Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
02.11.2015Communication of intention to grant the patent
29.02.2016Fee for grant paid
29.02.2016Fee for publishing/printing paid
29.02.2016Receipt 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  02.11.2015
Opposition(s)21.04.2017No opposition filed within time limit [2017/26]
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.04.2015Renewal fee patent year 03
02.05.2016Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU09.04.2013
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