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EP2962631 - PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGE PRODUCTION DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been withdrawn
Status updated on  19.01.2018
Database last updated on 08.04.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip19.01.2018Withdrawal of applicationpublished on 21.02.2018  [2018/08]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
PreXion Corporation
Funai Tokyo Technology Center Building
1-14-1 Kanda Sudo-cho
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo
101-0041 / JP
[2016/22]
Former [2016/01]For all designated states
Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
7-1, Nakagaito 7-chome Daito-shi
Osaka 574-0013 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Kitagawa, Kazuo
Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
7-1, 7-chome, Nakagaito
Daito-shi, Osaka 574-0013 / JP
 [2016/01]
Representative(s)Global IP Europe Patentanwaltskanzlei
Pfarrstraße 14
80538 München / DE
[2016/01]
Application number, filing date15174658.330.06.2015
[2016/01]
Priority number, dateJP2014013667702.07.2014         Original published format: JP 2014136677
[2016/01]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2962631
Date:06.01.2016
Language:EN
[2016/01]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP02.12.2015
ClassificationIPC:A61B5/00
[2016/01]
CPC:
A61B5/0095 (EP,US); A61B2560/0214 (EP,US)
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 [2016/32]
Former [2016/01]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 
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesMANot yet paid
TitleGerman:PHOTOAKUSTISCHE BILDFERTIGUNGSEINRICHTUNG[2016/01]
English:PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGE PRODUCTION DEVICE[2016/01]
French:DISPOSITIF DE PRODUCTION D'IMAGE PHOTOACOUSTIQUE[2016/01]
Examination procedure05.07.2016Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
05.07.2016Examination requested  [2016/32]
03.01.2018Application withdrawn by applicant  [2018/08]
Fees paidRenewal fee
08.06.2017Renewal fee patent year 03
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Documents cited:Search[XI] US2013281819  (SCHMID GREGORY et al.)
 [XI] JP2011067518  (CANON KK et al.) [X] 1-6,11,14,15 * abstract * * paragraphs [0103] - [0104] - [ 443] , [0518] - [0521] - [ 601]; figure 28 * * the whole document *[I] 7-10,12,13
 [XI] JP2014054363  (CANON KK et al.) [X] 1,3,4 * paragraphs [0006] - [0009] - [0011] - [0012] - [0 29] - [0030]; figure 5 * * the whole document *[I] 2,5-15
 [A]   BEARD P C ET AL: "OPTICAL FIBER PHOTOACOUSTIC-PHOTOTHERMAL PROBE", OPTICS LETTERS, OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, US, vol. 23, no. 15, 1 August 1998 (1998-08-01), pages 1235 - 1237, XP000783073, ISSN: 0146-9592
by applicantJP2012187389
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