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EP0950228 - APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONICALLY IMAGING A TOOTH THROUGH TRANSILLUMINATION BY LIGHT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1999/42]METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONICALLY IMAGING A TOOTH THROUGH TRANSILLUMINAION BY LIGHT
[2003/50]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  25.03.2005
Database last updated on 20.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip17.02.2006Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 05.04.2006  [2006/14]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Electro-Optical Sciences, Inc.
One Bridge Street, Irvington
New York, NY 10553 / US
[N/P]
Former [1999/42]For all designated states
Electro-Optical Sciences, Inc.
One Bridge Street, Irvington
New York, NY 10553 / US
Inventor(s)01 / ELBAUM, Marek
79 Beechdale Road
Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522 / US
02 / GREENEBAUM, Michael
1177 East 19th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11230 / US
03 / JACOBS, Adam
212 Baldwin Street
Glen Ridge, NJ 07028 / US
04 / KEEM, Sunguk
389 Washington Avenue
Cliffside Park, NJ 07010 / US
05 / SCHNEIDERMAN, Allen, H.
144 Lincoln Avenue
Ridgewood, NJ 07450 / US
06 / SHULTZ, Theodore, S.
25 Alden Road
Larchmont, NY 15038 / US
[1999/42]
Representative(s)OK pat AG
Industriestrasse 47
6300 Zug / CH
[N/P]
Former [2004/14]OK pat AG
Chamerstrasse 50
6300 Zug / CH
Former [1999/42]Schmitz, Jean-Marie, et al
Dennemeyer & Associates Sàrl P.O. Box 1502
1015 Luxembourg / LU
Application number, filing date97953471.631.12.1997
[1999/42]
WO1997US23953
Priority number, dateUS1996077800131.12.1996         Original published format: US 778001
[1999/42]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO9829050
Date:09.07.1998
Language:EN
[1998/27]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0950228
Date:20.10.1999
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 09.07.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1999/42]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0950228
Date:19.05.2004
Language:EN
[2004/21]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US15.10.1998
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP22.02.2000
ClassificationIPC:A61B5/00
[2000/14]
CPC:
A61B1/24 (EP,US); A61B1/0655 (EP); A61B5/0013 (EP,US);
A61B5/0088 (EP,US); A61B2562/0238 (EP,US); A61B5/7203 (EP,US);
A61B5/726 (EP,US); A61B5/7425 (EP,US); A61C19/04 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [1999/42]G06K9/00, A61C1/00
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [1999/42]
TitleGerman:GERÄT ZUM ELEKTRONISCHEN DARSTELLEN EINES ZAHNES DURCH TRANSILLUMINATION DURCH LICHT[2003/50]
English:APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONICALLY IMAGING A TOOTH THROUGH TRANSILLUMINATION BY LIGHT[2003/51]
French:APPAREIL PERMETTANT DE VISUALISER ELECTRONIQUEMENT UNE DENT PAR TRANSILLUMINATION[2003/50]
Former [1999/42]VERFAHREN UND GERÄT ZUM ELEKTRONISCHEN DARSTELLEN EINES ZAHNES DURCH TRANSILLUMINATIOM DURCH LICHT
Former [1999/42]METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONICALLY IMAGING A TOOTH THROUGH TRANSILLUMINAION BY LIGHT
Former [1999/42]PROCEDE ET APPAREIL PERMETTANT DE VISUALISER ELECTRONIQUEMENT UNE DENT PAR TRANSILLUMINATION
Entry into regional phase21.07.1999National basic fee paid 
21.07.1999Search fee paid 
21.07.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
21.07.1999Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure28.07.1998Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
21.07.1999Examination requested  [1999/42]
17.01.2003Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
18.07.2003Reply to a communication from the examining division
05.11.2003Communication of intention to grant the patent
17.02.2004Fee for grant paid
17.02.2004Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)22.02.2005No opposition filed within time limit [2005/19]
Fees paidRenewal fee
21.07.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
04.01.2001Renewal fee patent year 04
13.12.2001Renewal fee patent year 05
28.11.2002Renewal fee patent year 06
27.11.2003Renewal fee patent year 07
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
01.01.200104   M06   Fee paid on   04.01.2001
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipFR19.05.2004
[2006/14]
Documents cited:Search[A]US4589846  (ANNONI JERRY D [US]) [A] 1,8,11,12,23* column 3, line 5 - line 38 *;
 [XA]DE4307411  (MIRA GMBH [DE]) [X] 11 * column 5, line 3 - line 17 * * column 5, line 30 - column 6, line 28 * * column 6, line 46 - line 62 * * column 7, line 61 - column 8, line 1 * * column 8, line 16 - line 23 * [A] 21,23,15,16,12,1-3,6,8
International search[Y]US4184175  (MULLANE WILLIAM I JR [US]);
 [A]US4479499  (ALFANO ROBERT R [US]);
 [Y]US5115307  (COOPER DAVID H [US], et al);
 [Y]US5429502  (COOPER DAVID H [US], et al)
by applicantUS4446197
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