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EP1198301 - IMPEDANCE MATCHING TRANSDUCERS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 21.07.2006 Database last updated on 24.04.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	05.12.2008	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): CY	published on 07.01.2009 [2009/02]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Boston Scientific Limited The Financial Services Centre P.O. Box 111 Bishops Court Hill St. Michael / BB
	[N/P]
Former [2002/17]	For all designated states Boston Scientific Limited The Financial Services Centre, P.O. Box 111, Bishops Court Hill St. Michael / BB
Inventor(s)	01 / MAMAYEK, Don, S. 3395 Truman Avenue Mountain View, CA 94040 / US
	[2002/17]
Representative(s)	Evens, Paul Jonathan, et al Maguire Boss 24 East Street St. Ives, Cambridgeshire PE27 5PD / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2002/17]	Evens, Paul Jonathan, et al Maguire Boss, 5 Crown Street St. Ives, Cambridge PE27 5EB / GB
Application number, filing date	00942330.2	19.07.2000
	[2002/17]
	WO2000IB00994
Priority number, date	US19990358496	21.07.1999 Original published format: US 358496
	[2002/17]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO0105522
	Date:	25.01.2001
	Language:	EN
	[2001/04]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1198301
	Date:	24.04.2002
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 25.01.2001 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2002/17]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1198301
	Date:	14.09.2005
	Language:	EN
	[2005/37]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	25.01.2001
Classification	IPC:	B06B1/06, G10K11/02	[2002/17]
	CPC:	B06B1/0622 (EP,US); G10K11/02 (EP,US); Y10T29/42 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [2002/17]
Title	German:	WANDLER MIT IMPEDANZANPASSUNG	[2002/17]
	English:	IMPEDANCE MATCHING TRANSDUCERS	[2002/17]
	French:	TRANSDUCTEURS D'ADAPTATION D'IMPEDANCE	[2002/17]
Entry into regional phase	14.01.2002	National basic fee paid
	14.01.2002	Designation fee(s) paid
	14.01.2002	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	19.01.2001	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	14.01.2002	Examination requested [2002/17]
	18.05.2004	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	23.08.2004	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	10.03.2005	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	15.07.2005	Fee for grant paid
	15.07.2005	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	15.06.2006	No opposition filed within time limit [2006/34]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	04.07.2002	Renewal fee patent year 03
	04.07.2003	Renewal fee patent year 04
	09.07.2004	Renewal fee patent year 05
	08.07.2005	Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	14.09.2005
	BE	14.09.2005
	CH	14.09.2005
	CY	14.09.2005
	FI	14.09.2005
	LI	14.09.2005
	DK	14.12.2005
	GR	14.12.2005
	SE	14.12.2005
	ES	25.12.2005
	PT	14.02.2006
	[2009/02]
Former [2006/50]	AT	14.09.2005
	BE	14.09.2005
	CH	14.09.2005
	FI	14.09.2005
	LI	14.09.2005
	DK	14.12.2005
	GR	14.12.2005
	SE	14.12.2005
	ES	25.12.2005
	PT	14.02.2006
Former [2006/34]	AT	14.09.2005
	BE	14.09.2005
	CH	14.09.2005
	FI	14.09.2005
	LI	14.09.2005
	DK	14.12.2005
	GR	14.12.2005
	SE	14.12.2005
	PT	14.02.2006
Former [2006/25]	BE	14.09.2005
	CH	14.09.2005
	FI	14.09.2005
	LI	14.09.2005
	GR	14.12.2005
	SE	14.12.2005
	PT	14.02.2006
Former [2006/14]	CH	14.09.2005
	FI	14.09.2005
	LI	14.09.2005
	GR	14.12.2005
	SE	14.12.2005
Former [2006/13]	FI	14.09.2005
	SE	14.12.2005
Cited in	International search	[A]EP0355694 (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD [JP]) [A] 1,12,17,19,28,29* column 6, line 52 - column 7, line 45 *;
		[XA]US5045746 (WERSING WOLFRAM [DE], et al) [X] 1-6,9-13,15,17-19,21-23,25-27 * column 4, line 3 - line 25; figure 1 * [A] 28,29;
		[XA]US5164920 (BAST ULRICH [DE], et al) [X] 1-6,9-13,17,18 * column 5, line 4 - column 6, line 64; figures 2,4 * [A] 19,28,29;
		[X]EP0629993 (HEWLETT PACKARD CO [US]) [X] 1,2,4-10,12-26,28,29 * column 16, line 24 - line 58; figure 8 *

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