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EP About this file: EP3821816

EP3821816 - EVALUATION DEVICE, EVALUATION METHOD, AND EVALUATION PROGRAM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  04.07.2025
Database last updated on 08.04.2026
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  26.07.2024
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  24.04.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  07.04.2022
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  16.04.2021
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  07.03.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip06.02.2026Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MC		published on 11.03.2026  [2026/11]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
3-12, Moriyacho
Kanagawa-ku
Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 2210022 / JP
[2021/20]
Inventor(s)01 / SHUDO, Katsuyuki
c/o Intellectual Property Department
JVCKENWOOD Corporation
3-12, Moriyacho, Kanagawa-ku
Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 221-0022 / JP
 [2021/20]
Representative(s)Schmidbauer, Andreas Konrad
Wagner & Geyer Partnerschaft mbB
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte
Gewürzmühlstrasse 5
80538 München / DE
[2021/20]
Application number, filing date19853433.129.05.2019
[2021/20]
WO2019JP21416
Priority number, dateJP2018016311431.08.2018         Original published format: JP 2018163114
[2021/20]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2020044691
Date:05.03.2020
Language:JA
[2020/10]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3821816
Date:19.05.2021
Language:EN
[2021/20]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3821816
Date:28.08.2024
Language:EN
[2024/35]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP05.03.2020
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP05.08.2021
ClassificationIPC:A61B10/00, A61B3/113, G06F3/01, G16H50/20
[2021/36]
CPC:
A61B5/168 (EP,US); A61B5/163 (EP,US); A61B5/742 (EP,US);
G06F3/013 (EP,US); G16H50/20 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2021/20]A61B10/00, A61B3/113
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 [2021/20]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:BEURTEILUNGSVORRICHTUNG, BEURTEILUNGSVERFAHREN UND BEURTEILUNGSPROGRAMM[2021/20]
English:EVALUATION DEVICE, EVALUATION METHOD, AND EVALUATION PROGRAM[2021/20]
French:DISPOSITIF D'ÉVALUATION, MÉTHODE D'ÉVALUATION ET PROGRAMME D'ÉVALUATION[2021/20]
Entry into regional phase11.02.2021Translation filed 
11.02.2021National basic fee paid 
11.02.2021Search fee paid 
11.02.2021Designation fee(s) paid 
11.02.2021Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure11.02.2021Examination requested  [2021/20]
03.02.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
06.04.2022Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
04.07.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
04.10.2022Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
22.03.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
25.04.2024Communication of intention to grant the patent
18.07.2024Fee for grant paid
18.07.2024Fee for publishing/printing paid
18.07.2024Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)30.05.2025No opposition filed within time limit [2025/32]
Fees paidRenewal fee
28.05.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
28.03.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
31.03.2023Renewal fee patent year 05
12.04.2024Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT28.08.2024
BG28.08.2024
CZ28.08.2024
DK28.08.2024
EE28.08.2024
ES28.08.2024
FI28.08.2024
HR28.08.2024
IT28.08.2024
LV28.08.2024
MC28.08.2024
NL28.08.2024
PL28.08.2024
RO28.08.2024
SE28.08.2024
SK28.08.2024
SM28.08.2024
NO28.11.2024
RS28.11.2024
GR29.11.2024
IS28.12.2024
PT30.12.2024
LU29.05.2025
[2026/11]
Former [2026/08]AT28.08.2024
BG28.08.2024
CZ28.08.2024
DK28.08.2024
EE28.08.2024
ES28.08.2024
FI28.08.2024
HR28.08.2024
IT28.08.2024
LV28.08.2024
NL28.08.2024
PL28.08.2024
RO28.08.2024
SE28.08.2024
SK28.08.2024
SM28.08.2024
NO28.11.2024
RS28.11.2024
GR29.11.2024
IS28.12.2024
PT30.12.2024
LU29.05.2025
Former [2025/42]AT28.08.2024
BG28.08.2024
CZ28.08.2024
DK28.08.2024
EE28.08.2024
ES28.08.2024
FI28.08.2024
HR28.08.2024
IT28.08.2024
LV28.08.2024
NL28.08.2024
PL28.08.2024
RO28.08.2024
SE28.08.2024
SK28.08.2024
SM28.08.2024
NO28.11.2024
RS28.11.2024
GR29.11.2024
IS28.12.2024
PT30.12.2024
Former [2025/23]AT28.08.2024
BG28.08.2024
CZ28.08.2024
DK28.08.2024
EE28.08.2024
ES28.08.2024
FI28.08.2024
HR28.08.2024
IT28.08.2024
LV28.08.2024
NL28.08.2024
PL28.08.2024
RO28.08.2024
SK28.08.2024
SM28.08.2024
NO28.11.2024
RS28.11.2024
GR29.11.2024
IS28.12.2024
PT30.12.2024
Former [2025/22]AT28.08.2024
BG28.08.2024
DK28.08.2024
EE28.08.2024
ES28.08.2024
FI28.08.2024
HR28.08.2024
LV28.08.2024
NL28.08.2024
PL28.08.2024
RO28.08.2024
SM28.08.2024
NO28.11.2024
RS28.11.2024
GR29.11.2024
IS28.12.2024
PT30.12.2024
Former [2025/21]AT28.08.2024
BG28.08.2024
DK28.08.2024
ES28.08.2024
FI28.08.2024
HR28.08.2024
LV28.08.2024
NL28.08.2024
PL28.08.2024
RO28.08.2024
SM28.08.2024
NO28.11.2024
RS28.11.2024
GR29.11.2024
IS28.12.2024
PT30.12.2024
Former [2025/10]AT28.08.2024
BG28.08.2024
ES28.08.2024
FI28.08.2024
HR28.08.2024
LV28.08.2024
NL28.08.2024
PL28.08.2024
NO28.11.2024
RS28.11.2024
GR29.11.2024
IS28.12.2024
PT30.12.2024
Former [2025/09]AT28.08.2024
BG28.08.2024
FI28.08.2024
LV28.08.2024
NL28.08.2024
PL28.08.2024
NO28.11.2024
GR29.11.2024
IS28.12.2024
PT30.12.2024
Former [2025/08]FI28.08.2024
NL28.08.2024
PL28.08.2024
NO28.11.2024
GR29.11.2024
PT30.12.2024
Documents cited:Search[XY] WO2016040673  (UNIV OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE et al.) [X] 1,2,4,5 * paragraphs [0031] - [0035] - [0055] - [0056] - [0 77] , [0084] - [0086] - [0 91]; figures 1,3-5,9 *[Y] 3
 [X] US2016106354  (SHUDO KATSUYUKI et al.) [X] 1,4,5 * paragraphs [0119] - [0163]; figures 1-5, 25-32; claims 1-8 *
 [X] WO2014164453  (JACKSON H M FOUND MILITARY MED et al.) [X] 1,4,5 * paragraphs [0067] - [0075]; figures 1,2; claims 1-20 *
 [Y] EP3202331  (NAT UNIV CORP HAMAMATSU UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE et al.) [Y] 3 * paragraphs [0024] - [0035] - [0 40] - [0041]; figures 1, 2a -2c *
International search[XA] WO2014208761  (JVC KENWOOD CORP et al.) [X] 1, 4-5 * , [0016] - [0030], [0119] - [0163], 1-5, 25-32 & US 2016/0106354 Al, [0082] - [0106], [0198] - [0257], 1-5,25A-32D & EP 3015075 A1 *[A] 2-3
 [A] WO2016052646  (NAT UNIV CORP HAMAMATSU et al.) [A] 1-5 * , [0022] - [0023], [0025] - [0028], [0046] - [0049], [0052] - [0057], [0085] & US 2017/0224210 A1, [0041] - [0043], [0045] - [0048], [0068]-[0071],[0074]-[0079],[0114] & EP 3202331 A1 *
 [A] JP2017158866  (JVC KENWOOD CORP et al.) [A] 1-5 * , *
 [A] WO2008041346  (SSD CO LTD et al.) [A] 1-5 * , *
 [A] JP2016071897  (PROVA GROUP CO LTD et al.) [A] 1-5 * , *
 [P, A] WO2019098173  (UNIV OSAKA et al.) [P, A] 1-5 * , *
by applicantJP2011083403
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