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EP0957975
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP0957975 - MULTI-PHASIC MICROPHOTODIODE RETINAL IMPLANT [Right-click to bookmark this link] | |||
| Former [1999/47] | MULTI-PHASIC MICROPHOTODIODE RETINAL IMPLANT AND ADAPTIVE IMAGING RETINAL STIMULATION SYSTEM | ||
| [2003/47] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 25.02.2005 Database last updated on 19.04.2025 | Most recent event Tooltip | 25.02.2005 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 13.04.2005 [2005/15] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Optobionics Corporation 850 East Diehl Road, Suite 120 Naperville, IL 60563 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [2004/26] | For all designated states Optobionics Corporation 850 East Diehl Road, Suite 120 Napperville, IL 60563 / US | ||
| Former [2004/17] | For all designated states CHOW, Vincent 7980 Kingsbury Drive Hanover Park, IL 60103 / US | ||
| For all designated states Chow, Alan Y. 191 Palomino Place Wheaton, Illinois 60187 / US | |||
| Former [1999/47] | For all designated states CHOW, Vincent 7980 Kingsbury Drive Hanover Park, IL 60103 / US | ||
| For all designated states Chow, Alan Y. 191 Palamino Place Wheaton, Illinois 60187 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Chow, Vincent 7980 Kingbury Drve Hanover Park, IL 60103 / US | 02 /
Chow, Alan Y. 191 Palamino Place Wheaton, IL 60187 / US | [2004/26] |
| Former [1999/47] | 01 /
see applicant ... | Representative(s) | Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB Leopoldstraße 4 80802 München / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [2003/15] | Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät Maximilianstrasse 58 80538 München / DE | ||
| Former [1999/47] | Cross, Rupert Edward Blount, et al BOULT WADE TENNANT, 27 Furnival Street London EC4A 1PQ / GB | Application number, filing date | 96918042.1 | 04.06.1996 | [1999/47] | WO1996US08734 | Priority number, date | US19950465766 | 06.06.1995 Original published format: US 465766 | US19960642702 | 03.06.1996 Original published format: US 642702 | [1999/47] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9639221 | Date: | 12.12.1996 | Language: | EN | [1996/54] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0957975 | Date: | 24.11.1999 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 12.12.1996 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1999/47] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0957975 | Date: | 21.04.2004 | Language: | EN | [2004/17] | Type: | B9 Corrected patent specification | No.: | EP0957975 | Date: | 01.12.2004 | [2004/49] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 12.12.1996 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 25.01.2000 | Classification | IPC: | A61N1/05, A61N1/36, A61F9/08 | [2000/10] | CPC: |
A61N1/0543 (EP,US);
A61N1/05 (EP,KR,US);
A61F9/08 (EP,US);
A61N1/36046 (EP,US)
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| Former IPC [1999/47] | A61N1/05 | Designated contracting states | AT, BE, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, IE, IT, NL, SE [1999/47] | Title | German: | RETINAL-IMPLANTAT AUS MEHRPHASIGEN MIKROFOTODIODEN | [2003/47] | English: | MULTI-PHASIC MICROPHOTODIODE RETINAL IMPLANT | [2003/47] | French: | IMPLANT RETINIEN A BASE DE MICROPHOTODIODES A PLUSIEURS PHASES | [2003/47] |
| Former [1999/47] | RETINAL-IMPLANTAT AUS MEHRPHASIGEN MIKROFOTODIODEN UND ANORDNUNG ZUR REIZUNG DER RETINA MITTELS ADAPTIERENDER BILDERZEUGUNG | ||
| Former [1999/47] | MULTI-PHASIC MICROPHOTODIODE RETINAL IMPLANT AND ADAPTIVE IMAGING RETINAL STIMULATION SYSTEM | ||
| Former [1999/47] | IMPLANT RETINIEN A BASE DE MICROPHOTODIODES A PLUSIEURS PHASES ET SYSTEME DE SIMULATION RETINIENNE PAR IMAGERIE ADAPTATIVE | Entry into regional phase | 30.12.1997 | National basic fee paid | 30.12.1997 | Search fee paid | 30.12.1997 | Designation fee(s) paid | 30.12.1997 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 06.01.1997 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 30.12.1997 | Examination requested [1999/47] | 22.11.2002 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 02.04.2003 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 31.10.2003 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 23.02.2004 | Fee for grant paid | 23.02.2004 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Divisional application(s) | EP04008614.2 / EP1435255 | Opposition(s) | 24.01.2005 | No opposition filed within time limit [2005/15] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 26.05.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 21.05.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 23.05.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 23.05.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 24.06.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 23.06.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 08 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | FI | 21.04.2004 | [2005/02] | Documents cited: | Search | [A]EP0460320 (CHOW ALAN Y [US]) [A] 1,12-17,20-23,29,34,35,51,52* column 5, lines 34-52; claims 1,20-12 * | International search | [A]GB2016276 (ROSS FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH I); | [A]US4628933 (MICHELSON ROBIN P [US]); | [A]US5109844 (DE JUAN JR EUGENE [US], et al); | [X]US5397350 (CHOW ALAN Y [US], et al) | by applicant | US5024223 | US5397350 |