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EP About this file: EP3769691

EP3769691 - SYSTEM FOR CHARACTERIZING TISSUE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  03.10.2024
Database last updated on 28.03.2026
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  27.10.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  25.06.2023
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  23.07.2021
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  25.12.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip13.03.2026Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): HU		published on 15.04.2026 [2026/16]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Echosens
30 Place d'Italie
75013 Paris / FR
[2021/04]
Inventor(s)01 / SANDRIN, Laurent
11 avenue de Lattre de Tassigny
92340 BOURG-LA-REINE / FR
02 / LOREE, Hugo
79 bis rue Philippe de Girard
75018 PARIS / FR
 [2021/04]
Representative(s)Cabinet Camus Lebkiri
25 rue de Maubeuge
75009 Paris / FR
[2021/04]
Application number, filing date19188700.926.07.2019
[2021/04]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3769691
Date:27.01.2021
Language:EN
[2021/04]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3769691
Date:29.11.2023
Language:EN
[2023/48]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP02.01.2020
ClassificationIPC:A61B8/08, A61B8/00
[2021/04]
CPC:
A61B8/485 (EP); A61B8/085 (EP); A61B8/0858 (EP);
A61B8/5223 (EP); A61B8/54 (EP)
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 [2021/34]
Former [2021/04]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 
TitleGerman:SYSTEM ZUR CHARAKTERISIERUNG VON GEWEBE UND ZUGEHÖRIGES VERFAHREN[2021/04]
English:SYSTEM FOR CHARACTERIZING TISSUE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD[2021/04]
French:SYSTÈME DE CARACTÉRISATION DE TISSUS ET PROCÉDÉ ASSOCIÉ[2021/04]
Examination procedure21.07.2021Examination requested  [2021/34]
21.07.2021Date on which the examining division has become responsible
22.07.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
26.06.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
18.10.2023Fee for grant paid
18.10.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
18.10.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)30.08.2024No opposition filed within time limit [2024/45]
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.07.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
21.07.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
26.07.2023Renewal fee patent year 05
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