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EP1464280
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| EP1464280 - Method and apparatus for measuring distribution of body fat [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 03.07.2009 Database last updated on 12.07.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 03.07.2009 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 05.08.2009 [2009/32] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Tanita Corporation 14-2, Maeno-cho 1-chome Itabashi-ku Tokyo / JP | [N/P] |
| Former [2008/35] | For all designated states TANITA CORPORATION 14-2, Maeno-cho 1-chome Itabashi-ku Tokyo / JP | ||
| Former [2004/41] | For all designated states TANITA CORPORATION 14-2, Maeno-cho 1-chome Itabashi-ku Tokyo / JP | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Serita, Eiichi Tanita Corp. 14-2, Maeno-cho 1-chome Itabashi-ku Tokyo / JP | 02 /
Hasegawa, Hiroki Tanita Corp. 14-2, Maeno-cho 1-chome Itabashi-ku Tokyo / JP | 03 /
Hosoi, Hideki; c/o Tanita Corporation 1-14-2, Maeno-Cho, Itabashi-Ku Tokyo, 174-8630 / JP | [2005/01] |
| Former [2004/41] | 01 /
Serita, Eiichi Tanita Corp. 14-2, Maeno-cho 1-chome Itabashi-ku Tokyo / JP | ||
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Hasegawa, Hiroki Tanita Corp. 14-2, Maeno-cho 1-chome Itabashi-ku Tokyo / JP | |||
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Hosoi, Hideki Kyoei-Seimei Bldg. 4th Floor, No.517 Wakatake-cho Ohmagari-Shi Akita-Ken / JP | Representative(s) | Müller-Boré & Partner Patentanwälte PartG mbB Friedenheimer Brücke 21 80639 München / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [2004/41] | Müller-Boré & Partner Patentanwälte Grafinger Strasse 2 81671 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 04015758.8 | 09.06.2000 | [2004/41] | Priority number, date | JP19990164633 | 11.06.1999 Original published format: JP 16463399 | JP19990164634 | 11.06.1999 Original published format: JP 16463499 | [2004/41] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP1464280 | Date: | 06.10.2004 | Language: | EN | [2004/41] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP1464280 | Date: | 08.12.2004 | [2004/50] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1464280 | Date: | 27.08.2008 | Language: | EN | [2008/35] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 21.10.2004 | Classification | IPC: | G01G19/50, G01G19/414, A61B5/05, A61B5/053 | [2004/49] | CPC: |
G01G19/50 (EP,US);
G01G19/44 (KR);
A61B5/0537 (EP,US);
A61B5/1075 (EP,US);
A61B5/4872 (EP,US);
A61B5/6887 (EP,US);
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| Former IPC [2004/41] | A61B5/05 | Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB [2004/41] | Title | German: | Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Messung der Verteilung von Körperfettgehalt | [2004/41] | English: | Method and apparatus for measuring distribution of body fat | [2004/41] | French: | Procédé et dispositif de mesure de la répartition de la graisse corporelle | [2004/41] | Examination procedure | 02.11.2004 | New documents discovered [2004/52] | 17.02.2005 | Examination requested [2005/16] | 06.06.2005 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 17.08.2005 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 05.09.2005 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 20.12.2005 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 22.05.2006 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M03) | 05.07.2006 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 23.11.2007 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 27.03.2008 | Fee for grant paid | 27.03.2008 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Parent application(s) Tooltip | EP00111886.8 / EP1063500 | Opposition(s) | 28.05.2009 | No opposition filed within time limit [2009/32] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 16.07.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 16.07.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 16.07.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 28.06.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 28.06.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 26.06.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 26.06.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 09 |
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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. | Documents cited: | Search | [A]US4928014 (ROSENTHAL ROBERT D [US]) [A] 3,6 * column 6, line 44 - line 47 *; | [A]WO9817178 (LANG PHILIPP [US], et al) [A] 2,5 * page 1, line 5 - line 25 *; | [Y] - BORKAN G A ET AL, "RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY TISSUE AREAS, THICKNESSES AND TOTAL BODY COMPOSITION", ANNALS OF HUMAN BIOLOGY, TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, GB, (1983), vol. 10, no. 6, ISSN 0301-4460, pages 537 - 545, XP008035609 [Y] 1-6 * page 540; table 3 * * page 541, line 3 - line 13; table 5 * | [Y] - ARMELLINI F ET AL, "Sonography detection of small intra-abdominal fat variations.", MEDLINE, US NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE (NLM), BETHESDA, MD, US, (199112), Database accession no. NLM1794927, XP008035891 [Y] 1-6 * abstract * | [A] - ENZI G ET AL, "SUBCUTANEOUS AND VISCERAL FAT DISTRIBUTION ACCORDING TO SEX AGE AND OVER WRIGHT EVALUATED BY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY", BIOSIS, BIOSCIENCES INFORMATION SERVICE, PHILADELPHIA, PA, US, (1986), Database accession no. PREV198783057288, XP008035897 [A] 3,6 * abstract * | [ ] - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY. DEC 1991, (199112), vol. 15, no. 12, ISSN 0307-0565, pages 847 - 852 | [ ] - AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION, (1986), vol. 44, no. 6, ISSN 0002-9165, pages 739 - 746 | [ ] - (1991), XP008035891 [ ] * page 848, column 1, line 41 - line 42 * | [ ] - (1986), XP008035897 [ ] * abstract * | Examination | - AARON R. ET AL, "Anisotropy of human muscle via non-invasive impedance measurements", PHYS. MED. BIOL., (1997), vol. 42, pages 1245 - 1262, XP000656592 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/42/7/002 | - KUSHNER R.F., "Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis: A Review of Principles and Applications", J. AM. COL. NUTR., (1992), vol. 11, no. 2, pages 199 - 209, XP000999643 |