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EP1180971
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| EP1180971 - LOW POWER PORTABLE ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC INSTRUMENT [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 07.03.2008 Database last updated on 03.06.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 21.11.2008 | Change - lapse in a contracting state Updated state(s): FR | published on 24.12.2008 [2008/52] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Sonosite, Inc. 21919 30th Drive SE Bothell, WA 98021-3904 / US | [2007/18] |
| Former [2002/50] | For all designated states SonoSite, Inc. 21919 30th Drive SE Bothell, WA 98021-3904 / US | ||
| Former [2002/09] | For all designated states Sonosite, Inc. Suite 200, 19807 North Creek Parkway Bothell, WA 98011-8214 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
HWANG, Juin-Jet 7432 E. Mercer Way Mercer Island, WA 98040 / US | 02 /
COUGHLIN, Justin, M. 4557 52nd Avenue, N.E. Seattle, WA 98105 / US | 03 /
DHATT, Davin 7521 235th Street, S.E. Woodinville, WA 98072 / US | 04 /
JONES, Geoffrey 1115 19th Avenue, E. Seattle, WA 98112 / US | 05 /
LITTLE, Blake, W. 2505 241st Street, S.E. Bothell, WA 98021 / US | [2002/09] | Representative(s) | McLeish, Nicholas Alistair Maxwell, et al Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2002/09] | McLeish, Nicholas Alistair Maxwell, et al Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB | Application number, filing date | 00932064.9 | 04.05.2000 | [2002/09] | WO2000US12176 | Priority number, date | US19990132558P | 05.05.1999 Original published format: US 132558 P | US20000564299P | 03.05.2000 Original published format: US 564299 P | [2002/09] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO0066001 | Date: | 09.11.2000 | Language: | EN | [2000/45] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP1180971 | Date: | 27.02.2002 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 09.11.2000 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2002/09] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1180971 | Date: | 02.05.2007 | Language: | EN | [2007/18] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 09.11.2000 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 18.02.2004 | Classification | IPC: | A61B8/00 | [2002/09] | CPC: |
G01S7/52017 (EP,US);
A61B8/00 (EP,US);
A61B8/4427 (EP,US);
G01S7/52096 (EP,US);
A61B8/06 (EP,US);
A61B8/13 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, IT [2004/22] |
| Former [2002/09] | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE | Extension states | AL | Not yet paid | LT | Not yet paid | LV | Not yet paid | MK | Not yet paid | RO | Not yet paid | SI | Not yet paid | Title | German: | TRAGBARES INSTRUMENT FÜR ULTRASCHALLDIAGNOSTIK MIT NIEDRIGEM LEISTUNGSBEDARF | [2002/09] | English: | LOW POWER PORTABLE ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC INSTRUMENT | [2002/09] | French: | INSTRUMENT DE DIAGNOSTIC A ULTRASONS, PORTATIF ET A FAIBLE CONSOMMATION | [2002/09] | Entry into regional phase | 22.11.2001 | National basic fee paid | 22.11.2001 | Search fee paid | 22.11.2001 | Designation fee(s) paid | 22.11.2001 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 20.11.2000 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 22.11.2001 | Examination requested [2002/09] | 06.09.2005 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 13.03.2006 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 24.03.2006 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 20.07.2006 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 05.10.2006 | Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 16.10.2006 | 16.10.2006 | Date of oral proceedings (cancelled) | 17.11.2006 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 19.03.2007 | Fee for grant paid | 19.03.2007 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 05.02.2008 | No opposition filed within time limit [2008/15] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 21.05.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 26.05.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 13.05.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 27.05.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 10.05.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 07 |
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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 | FR | 02.05.2007 | IT | 02.05.2007 | [2008/52] |
| Former [2008/23] | IT | 02.05.2007 | |
| FR | 28.12.2007 | Documents cited: | Search | [A]US5483656 (OPRESCU FLORIN [US], et al) [A] 1,7 * claim 1 * | [A] - JUIN-JET HWANG ET AL INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS, "Portable ultrasound device for battlefield trauma", 1998 IEEE ULTRASONICS SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS. SENDAI, MIYAGI, JP, OCT. 5 - 8, 1998, IEEE ULTRASONICS SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS, NEW YORK, NY : IEEE, US, (19981005), VOL.2, ISBN 0-7803-4096-5, pages 1663 - 1667, XP002148417 [A] 1,7 * page 1665, column R, line 20 - line 24 * * page 1666, column L; figure 2 * | International search | [Y]US5817024 (OGLE WILLIAM R [US], et al); | [Y]US5865749 (DOTEN GREGORY P [US], et al) |