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EP About this file: EP2034893

EP2034893 - MEASURING TISSUE OXYGENATION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  24.07.2015
Database last updated on 24.04.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip13.10.2017Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): BG, HU, TR		published on 15.11.2017  [2017/46]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
University of Massachusetts
One Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108 / US
[2009/12]
Inventor(s)01 / SOYEMI, Olusola, O.
2248 Whistler Drive
Longmont, CO 80501 / US
02 / SOLLER, Babs, R.
15 Franklin Circle
Northborough, Massachusetts 01532 / US
03 / YANG, Ye
23 Locust Street, First Floor
Westbrook, Maine 04092 / US
 [2009/20]
Former [2009/14]01 / SOYEMI, Olusola, O.
2248 Whistler Drive
Longmont, CO 80501 / US
02 / SOLLER, Babs, R.
15 Franklin Circle
Northborough, Massachusetts 01532 / US
03 / YANG, Ye
785 B Franklin Street
Worcester, Massachusetts 01604 / US
Former [2009/12]01 / SOYEMI, Olusola, O.
38 Yorkshire Terrace Apt. 6
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts 01545 / US
02 / SOLLER, Babs, R.
15 Franklin Circle
Northborough, Massachusetts 01532 / US
03 / YANG, Ye
785 B Franklin Street
Worcester, Massachusetts 01604 / US
Representative(s)Conroy, John, et al
Fish & Richardson P.C.
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Mies-van-der-Rohe-Straße 8
80807 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2014/38]Peterreins, Frank
Fish & Richardson P.C.
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80807 München / DE
Former [2009/12]Peterreins, Frank
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Application number, filing date07811963.330.05.2007
[2009/12]
WO2007US69997
Priority number, dateUS20060809238P30.05.2006         Original published format: US 809238 P
[2009/12]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO2007140422
Date:06.12.2007
Language:EN
[2007/49]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP2034893
Date:18.03.2009
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 06.12.2007 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2009/12]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2034893
Date:17.09.2014
Language:EN
[2014/38]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US25.09.2008
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP27.06.2012
ClassificationIPC:A61B5/1455, G01N21/35, G01N33/49
[2012/30]
CPC:
A61B5/14551 (EP,US); A61B5/1455 (KR); A61B5/412 (EP,US);
G01N33/4925 (EP,US); G01N2021/3144 (EP,US); G01N21/35 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2009/12]A61B5/1455
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MT,   NL,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   TR [2009/12]
TitleGerman:MESSUNG DER SAUERSTOFFANREICHERUNG VON GEWEBE[2009/12]
English:MEASURING TISSUE OXYGENATION[2009/12]
French:MESURE DE L'OXYGÉNATION DE TISSUS[2009/12]
Entry into regional phase29.12.2008National basic fee paid 
29.12.2008Search fee paid 
29.12.2008Designation fee(s) paid 
29.12.2008Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure29.12.2008Examination requested  [2009/12]
23.01.2013Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
28.05.2013Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
04.12.2013Reply to a communication from the examining division
15.05.2014Communication of intention to grant the patent
11.08.2014Fee for grant paid
11.08.2014Fee for publishing/printing paid
11.08.2014Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  28.05.2013
Opposition(s)18.06.2015No opposition filed within time limit [2015/35]
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.05.2009Renewal fee patent year 03
25.05.2010Renewal fee patent year 04
25.05.2011Renewal fee patent year 05
25.05.2012Renewal fee patent year 06
28.05.2013Renewal fee patent year 07
27.05.2014Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU30.05.2007
BG17.09.2014
CY17.09.2014
CZ17.09.2014
EE17.09.2014
LT17.09.2014
LV17.09.2014
MC17.09.2014
MT17.09.2014
PL17.09.2014
RO17.09.2014
SI17.09.2014
SK17.09.2014
TR17.09.2014
GR18.12.2014
IS17.01.2015
PT19.01.2015
LU30.05.2015
[2017/39]
Former [2017/03]CY17.09.2014
CZ17.09.2014
EE17.09.2014
LT17.09.2014
LV17.09.2014
MC17.09.2014
MT17.09.2014
PL17.09.2014
RO17.09.2014
SI17.09.2014
SK17.09.2014
GR18.12.2014
IS17.01.2015
PT19.01.2015
LU30.05.2015
Former [2016/06]CY17.09.2014
CZ17.09.2014
EE17.09.2014
LT17.09.2014
LV17.09.2014
MC17.09.2014
PL17.09.2014
RO17.09.2014
SI17.09.2014
SK17.09.2014
GR18.12.2014
IS17.01.2015
PT19.01.2015
LU30.05.2015
Former [2015/50]CY17.09.2014
CZ17.09.2014
EE17.09.2014
LT17.09.2014
LV17.09.2014
PL17.09.2014
RO17.09.2014
SI17.09.2014
SK17.09.2014
GR18.12.2014
IS17.01.2015
PT19.01.2015
Former [2015/24]CY17.09.2014
CZ17.09.2014
EE17.09.2014
LT17.09.2014
LV17.09.2014
PL17.09.2014
RO17.09.2014
SK17.09.2014
GR18.12.2014
IS17.01.2015
PT19.01.2015
Former [2015/23]CY17.09.2014
CZ17.09.2014
EE17.09.2014
LT17.09.2014
LV17.09.2014
RO17.09.2014
SK17.09.2014
GR18.12.2014
IS17.01.2015
PT19.01.2015
Former [2015/22]CY17.09.2014
LT17.09.2014
LV17.09.2014
RO17.09.2014
GR18.12.2014
PT19.01.2015
Former [2015/12]CY17.09.2014
LT17.09.2014
LV17.09.2014
GR18.12.2014
Former [2015/11]CY17.09.2014
LT17.09.2014
GR18.12.2014
Former [2015/08]LT17.09.2014
Documents cited:Search[XP]WO2006116569  (UNIV MASSACHUSETTS [US], et al) [XP] 1-10,12,13 * the whole document *;
 [X]  - YANG YE ET AL, "Simultaneous correction of the influence of skin color and fat on tissue spectroscopy by use of a two-distance fiber-optic probe and orthogonalization technique", OPTICS LETTERS, OSA, OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, WASHINGTON, DC, US, (20050901), vol. 30, no. 17, doi:10.1364/OL.30.002269, ISSN 0146-9592, pages 2269 - 2271, XP009156876 [X] 1-14 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.30.002269
 [AD]  - FINLAY JAROD C ET AL, "Hemoglobin oxygen saturations in phantoms and in vivo from measurements of steady-state diffuse reflectance at a single, short source-detector separation", MEDICAL PHYSICS, AIP, MELVILLE, NY, US, (20040701), vol. 31, no. 7, doi:10.1118/1.1760188, ISSN 0094-2405, pages 1949 - 1959, XP012074944 [AD] 1-14 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.1760188
 [AD]  - STRATONNIKOV A A ET AL, "Evaluation of blood oxygen saturation in vivo from diffuse reflectance spectra", JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS, SPIE - INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR OPTICAL ENGINEERING, US, (20011001), vol. 6, no. 4, doi:10.1117/1.1411979, ISSN 1083-3668, pages 457 - 467, XP009156939 [AD] 1-14 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.1411979
 [A]  - YE YANG ET AL, "Effect of skin and fat layers on the spatial sensitivity profile of continuous wave diffuse reflectance near-infrared spectra", PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE, SPIE, US, (20051109), vol. 6007, doi:10.1117/12.630683, ISSN 0277-786X, pages 60070M/1 - 60070M/9, XP009156945 [A] 1-14 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.630683
International search[Y]US5297548  (POLOGE JONAS A [US]);
 [Y]US5490506  (TAKATANI SETSUO [US], et al);
 [X]US5517987  (TSUCHIYA YUTAKA [JP]);
 [Y]US5931779  (ARAKAKI LORILEE S [US], et al)
by applicantWO2006116569
    - YANG ET AL., OPTICS LETTERS, (20050901), vol. 30, no. 17, pages 2269 - 2271
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