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EP About this file: EP0641174

EP0641174 - ELECTRODE SYSTEM WITH DISPOSABLE GEL [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  08.06.2001
Database last updated on 20.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip28.12.2007Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT		published on 30.01.2008  [2008/05]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
AXELGAARD, Jens
811 Tumbleweed Lane
Fallbrook, CA 92028 / US
[1995/10]
Inventor(s)01 / see applicant
...
[1995/10]
Representative(s)Kohler Schmid Möbus Patentanwälte
Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB
Gropiusplatz 10
70563 Stuttgart / DE
[N/P]
Former [1995/10]KOHLER SCHMID + PARTNER
Patentanwälte Ruppmannstrasse 27
D-70565 Stuttgart / DE
Application number, filing date93914108.120.05.1993
[1995/10]
WO1993US04914
Priority number, dateUS1992088769021.05.1992         Original published format: US 887690
[1995/10]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9322966
Date:25.11.1993
Language:EN
[1993/28]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0641174
Date:08.03.1995
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 25.11.1993 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1995/10]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0641174
Date:09.08.2000
Language:EN
[2000/32]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US25.11.1993
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP17.05.1996
ClassificationIPC:A61B5/04, A61B5/0408
[1996/23]
CPC:
A61N1/0456 (EP,US); A61B5/282 (EP,US); A61N1/0452 (EP,US);
A61N1/0492 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1995/10]A61B5/04
Designated contracting statesAT,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   NL,   SE [1995/10]
TitleGerman:ELEKTRODEN-ANORDNUNG MIT EINMAL-GEL[1995/10]
English:ELECTRODE SYSTEM WITH DISPOSABLE GEL[1995/10]
French:SYSTEME D'ELECTRODES A GEL JETABLE[1995/10]
Entry into regional phase19.11.1994National basic fee paid 
19.11.1994Search fee paid 
19.11.1994Designation fee(s) paid 
19.11.1994Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure15.12.1993Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: DE
19.11.1994Examination requested  [1995/10]
04.03.1999Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
23.06.1999Reply to a communication from the examining division
15.10.1999Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
31.01.2000Communication of intention to grant the patent
27.04.2000Fee for grant paid
27.04.2000Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)10.05.2001No opposition filed within time limit [2001/30]
Fees paidRenewal fee
26.04.1995Renewal fee patent year 03
22.04.1996Renewal fee patent year 04
28.04.1997Renewal fee patent year 05
22.04.1998Renewal fee patent year 06
03.05.1999Renewal fee patent year 07
04.05.2000Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT09.08.2000
CH09.08.2000
ES09.08.2000
IT09.08.2000
LI09.08.2000
NL09.08.2000
DK09.11.2000
SE09.11.2000
[2008/05]
Former [2003/45]AT09.08.2000
CH09.08.2000
ES09.08.2000
LI09.08.2000
NL09.08.2000
DK09.11.2000
SE09.11.2000
Former [2003/08]AT09.08.2000
CH09.08.2000
ES09.08.2000
LI09.08.2000
NL09.08.2000
SE09.11.2000
Former [2002/26]AT09.08.2000
CH09.08.2000
ES09.08.2000
LI09.08.2000
SE09.11.2000
Former [2002/02]AT09.08.2000
CH09.08.2000
LI09.08.2000
SE09.11.2000
Former [2001/27]AT09.08.2000
SE09.11.2000
Former [2001/17]AT09.08.2000
Documents cited:Search[A]US3989035  (ZUEHLSDORFF WERNER G) [A] 1,3,15 * column 1, line 5 - line 8 * * column 4, line 20 - line 42 * * column 5, line 17 - line 51 *;
 [X]US3993049  (KATER JOHN A R) [X] 1,2,14,22 * column 5, line 22 - line 26 * * column 7, line 30 - column 8, line 13 *;
 [A]US4066078  (BERG JEFFREY) [A] 1,4,6,11,17,19 * column 2, line 19 - line 38 ** column 3, line 50 - column 4, line 19 *;
 [A]US4239046  (ONG LINCOLN T [US]) [A] 1,4-7,17-20,22,10-12 * column 3, line 19 - line 56 * * column 4, line 13 - column 5, line 31 *;
 [XA]EP0194823  (NDM CORP [US]) [X] 1,22 * column 1, line 52 - line 66 * * column 2, line 44 - column 4, line 20 * [A] 10,11,17;
 [YA]EP0212096  (AXELGAARD JENS [US], et al) [Y] 1,10,17 * & US-A-4 708 149 (J. AXELGAARD et al.), cited by the applicant; page 7, line 29 - page 11, line 26 * [A] 4,11,21,22;
 [X]WO9001898  (GROEGER JEFFREY S [US], et al) [X] 1,2,14,22 * page 1, line 20 - line 34 * * page 3, line 15 - page 4, line 20 *;
 [YA]EP0457529  (SMITH & NEPHEW UNITED INC [US]) [Y] 1,10,17 * page 3, line 33 - line 43 * * page 4, line 41 - line 52 * [A] 3,15
International search[YA]US4121575  (MILLS HAROLD, et al);
 [YA]US4381012  (RUSSEK ALLEN S);
 [Y]US4777954  (KEUSCH PRESTON [US], et al)
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