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EP3572123 - APPARATUS FOR TREATING A TUMOR BY AN ELECTRIC FIELD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 16.04.2021 Database last updated on 03.09.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 08.05.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 14.04.2020
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 01.11.2019
Former	The application has been published Status updated on 25.10.2019
Most recent event Tooltip	08.09.2023	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): SI	published on 11.10.2023 [2023/41]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Novocure GmbH Park 6 6039 Root D4 / CH
	[2020/33]
Former [2019/48]	For all designated states Novocure Limited Le Masurier House La Rue Le Masurier St. Helier, Jersey (Channel Islands) JE2 4YE / GB
Inventor(s)	01 / PALTI, Yoram 51 Ruth Street 34404 Haifa / IL
	[2019/48]
Representative(s)	Boden, Keith McMurray, et al Vertus Professional Services Ltd 1 Highlands Road Reigate, RH2 0LA / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2019/48]	Boden, Keith McMurray Fry Heath & Spence LLP Unit A, Faraday Court Faraday Road Crawley, West Sussex RH10 9PU / GB
Application number, filing date	19183539.6	01.10.2003
	[2019/48]
Priority number, date	US20020263329	02.10.2002 Original published format: US 263329
	US20020285313	31.10.2002 Original published format: US 285313
	US20020315576	10.12.2002 Original published format: US 315576
	[2019/48]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3572123
	Date:	27.11.2019
	Language:	EN
	[2019/48]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3572123
	Date:	10.06.2020
	Language:	EN
	[2020/24]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	24.10.2019
Classification	IPC:	A61N1/40	[2019/48]
	CPC:	A61B18/12 (EP,US); A61N1/18 (EP,US); A61N1/40 (EP,US); A61B18/14 (EP,US); A61B2017/00084 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2019/49]
Former [2019/48]	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
Title	German:	VORRICHTUNG ZUR BEHANDLUNG EINES TUMORS DURCH EIN ELEKTRISCHES FELD	[2019/48]
	English:	APPARATUS FOR TREATING A TUMOR BY AN ELECTRIC FIELD	[2019/48]
	French:	APPAREIL DE TRAITEMENT D'UNE TUMEUR À L'AIDE D'UN CHAMP ÉLECTRIQUE	[2019/48]
Examination procedure	28.10.2019	Examination requested [2019/49]
	28.10.2019	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	25.11.2019	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	15.04.2020	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	21.04.2020	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
	29.04.2020	Fee for grant paid
	29.04.2020	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Parent application(s) Tooltip	EP03799042.1 / EP1545704
Opposition(s)	11.03.2021	No opposition filed within time limit [2021/20]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	30.10.2019	Renewal fee patent year 03
	30.10.2019	Renewal fee patent year 04
	30.10.2019	Renewal fee patent year 05
	30.10.2019	Renewal fee patent year 06
	30.10.2019	Renewal fee patent year 07
	30.10.2019	Renewal fee patent year 08
	30.10.2019	Renewal fee patent year 09
	30.10.2019	Renewal fee patent year 10
	30.10.2019	Renewal fee patent year 11
	30.10.2019	Renewal fee patent year 12
	30.10.2019	Renewal fee patent year 13
	30.10.2019	Renewal fee patent year 14
	30.10.2019	Renewal fee patent year 15
	30.10.2019	Renewal fee patent year 16
	06.09.2019	Renewal fee patent year 17
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	CY	10.06.2020
	EE	10.06.2020
	MC	10.06.2020
	RO	10.06.2020
	SI	10.06.2020
	SK	10.06.2020
	BG	10.09.2020
	LU	01.10.2020
	[2023/41]
Former [2022/28]	CY	10.06.2020
	EE	10.06.2020
	MC	10.06.2020
	RO	10.06.2020
	SK	10.06.2020
	BG	10.09.2020
	LU	01.10.2020
Former [2021/31]	EE	10.06.2020
	MC	10.06.2020
	RO	10.06.2020
	SK	10.06.2020
	BG	10.09.2020
	LU	01.10.2020
Former [2021/10]	EE	10.06.2020
	RO	10.06.2020
	SK	10.06.2020
	BG	10.09.2020
Former [2021/01]	BG	10.09.2020
Documents cited:	Search	[A]US2220269 (JOHANNES PATZOLD, et al) [A] 1-15 * the whole document *;
		[A]US3915151 (KRAUS WERNER) [A] 1-15 * the whole document *;
		[A]GB1419660 (ESB INC) [A] 1-15 * page 3, line 56 - line 65 * * page 4, line 36 - line 57 * * page 8, line 21 - line 50 * * page 10, line 28 - line 46 *;
		[A]GB2026322 (LAWRENCE J) [A] 1-15 * page 1, line 102 - line 114 * * page 2, line 49 - line 61 *;
		[A]GB2043453 (ELECTROCHEM TECH CORP) [A] 1-15 * page 1, line 35 - line 50 *;
		[A]US4467809 (BRIGHTON CARL T [US]) [A] 1-15* column 3, line 3 - line 31 *;
		[A]EP0330797 (INDIBA SA [ES]) [A] 1-15 * the whole document *;
		[A]US5269304 (MATTHEWS TONY [GB]) [A] 1-15 * the whole document *;
		[A]WO0160994 (PALTI YORAM PROF [IL]) [A] 1-15 * page 10, line 10 - line 19 * * page 14, line 9 - line 15 * * page 18, line 7 - line 9 * * claims 20-23 *;
		[A]US6413255 (STERN ROGER A [US]) [A] 1-15 * column 5, line 51 - column 6, line 65 * * column 8, line 27 - line 62 * * column 10, line 55 - column 11, line 47 * * figure 12 *
	by applicant	US6043066
		- DARNELL et al., Molecular Cell Biology, Scientific American Books, (19860000), page 149
		- ROTSHENKER S.Y. PALTI, "Changes in fraction of current penetrating an axon as a function of duration of stimulating pulse", J. Theor. Biol., (19730000), vol. 41, pages 401 - 407
		- C.L. ASBURYG. VAN DEN ENGH, Biophys. J., (19980000), vol. 74, pages 1024 - 1030

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