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Former | The international publication has been made Status updated on 16.02.2019 | Most recent event Tooltip | 02.08.2024 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): SK | published on 04.09.2024 [2024/36] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Kyoto Prefectural Public University Corporation 465 Kajii-cho Hirokoji-agaru Kawaramachi-dori Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto-shi Kyoto 602-8566 / JP | For all designated states Kowa Company Ltd. 6-29, Nishiki 3-chome Naka-ku Nagoya-shi Aichi 460-8625 / JP | [2020/25] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
YOKOI Norihiko c/o Kyoto prefectural public university corporation Kyoto prefectural university of medicine 465 Kajii-cho Kawaramachi-dori Hirokoji-agaru, Kamigyo-ku Kyoto-shi Kyoto 602-8566 / JP | 02 /
SUGIURA Yuka c/o Kowa Company Ltd. Tokyo New Drug Research Laboratories 17-43 Noguchi-cho 2-chome Higashimurayama-shi Tokyo 189-0022 / JP | 03 /
YABUSAKI Katsumi c/o Kowa Company Ltd. Tokyo New Drug Research Laboratories 17-43 Noguchi-cho 2-chome Higashimurayama-shi Tokyo 189-0022 / JP | 04 /
KYOTO PREFECTURAL PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION c/o Kowa Company Ltd. Tokyo New Drug Research Laboratories 17-43 Noguchi-cho 2-chome Higashimurayama-shi Tokyo 189-0022 / JP | 05 /
KOWA COMPANY, LTD. c/o Kowa Company Ltd. Tokyo New Drug Research Laboratories 17-43 Noguchi-cho 2-chome Higashimurayama-shi Tokyo 189-0022 / JP | [2020/25] | Representative(s) | Casalonga Casalonga & Partners Bayerstraße 71/73 80335 München / DE | [2020/25] | Application number, filing date | 18844150.5 | 09.08.2018 | [2020/25] | WO2018JP29860 | Priority number, date | JP20170155026 | 10.08.2017 Original published format: JP 2017155026 | [2020/25] | Filing language | JA | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2019031569 | Date: | 14.02.2019 | Language: | JA | [2019/07] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP3666168 | Date: | 17.06.2020 | Language: | EN | [2020/25] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP3666168 | Date: | 15.11.2023 | Language: | EN | [2023/46] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | JP | 14.02.2019 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 25.03.2021 | Classification | IPC: | A61B3/10 | [2020/25] | CPC: |
A61B3/101 (EP,US);
G06T7/0012 (US);
G06T7/13 (US);
G06T7/136 (US);
G06T2207/30041 (US)
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