EP1721295 - SYSTEM FOR CATHETER TRACKING USING IMAGE INFORMATION [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 25.05.2012 Database last updated on 03.09.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 18.07.2014 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): HU | published on 20.08.2014 [2014/34] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Boston Scientific Limited P.O. Box 1317 Seaston House Hastings Christ Church / BB | [2006/46] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
SATHYANARAYANA, Shashidhar 4420 Corto Monterey Union City, California 94587 / US | [2006/46] | Representative(s) | Golkowsky, Stefan Pfenning, Meinig & Partner GbR Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Joachimstaler Strasse 10-12 10719 Berlin / DE | [N/P] |
Former [2008/35] | Golkowsky, Stefan Pfenning, Meinig & Partner GbR Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Joachimstaler Strasse 10-12 10719 Berlin / DE | ||
Former [2006/46] | Cross, Rupert Edward Blount, et al Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB | Application number, filing date | 05713161.7 | 09.02.2005 | [2006/46] | WO2005US04023 | Priority number, date | US20040791352 | 01.03.2004 Original published format: US 791352 | [2006/46] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | WO2005093658 | Date: | 06.10.2005 | Language: | EN | [2005/40] | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP1721295 | Date: | 15.11.2006 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 06.10.2005 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2006/46] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1721295 | Date: | 20.07.2011 | Language: | EN | [2011/29] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 09.02.2006 | Classification | IPC: | G06T7/00 | [2006/46] | CPC: |
G06T7/20 (EP,US);
G06T7/55 (EP,US);
G06T7/74 (EP,US);
G06T2207/10068 (EP,US);
G06T2207/30101 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2006/46] | Extension states | AL | Not yet paid | BA | Not yet paid | HR | Not yet paid | LV | Not yet paid | MK | Not yet paid | YU | Not yet paid | Title | German: | SYSTEM ZUR KATHETERVERFOLGUNG UNTER VERWENDUNG VON BILDINFORMATIONEN | [2006/46] | English: | SYSTEM FOR CATHETER TRACKING USING IMAGE INFORMATION | [2006/46] | French: | SYSTEME DE DETECTION DE CATHETER UTILISANT DES DONNEES D'IMAGE | [2006/46] | Entry into regional phase | 30.08.2006 | National basic fee paid | 30.08.2006 | Designation fee(s) paid | 30.08.2006 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 30.08.2006 | Examination requested [2006/46] | 05.06.2007 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 29.11.2007 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 09.11.2010 | Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 16.11.2010 | 16.11.2010 | Date of oral proceedings (cancelled) | 28.01.2011 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 31.05.2011 | Fee for grant paid | 31.05.2011 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 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 05.06.2007 | Opposition(s) | 23.04.2012 | No opposition filed within time limit [2012/26] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 10.04.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 08.02.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 09.02.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 08.02.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 08.02.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | Penalty fee | Additional fee for renewal fee | 28.02.2007 | 03   M06   Fee paid on   10.04.2007 |
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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 | HU | 09.02.2005 | AT | 20.07.2011 | BE | 20.07.2011 | CY | 20.07.2011 | CZ | 20.07.2011 | DK | 20.07.2011 | EE | 20.07.2011 | FI | 20.07.2011 | LT | 20.07.2011 | NL | 20.07.2011 | PL | 20.07.2011 | RO | 20.07.2011 | SE | 20.07.2011 | SI | 20.07.2011 | SK | 20.07.2011 | TR | 20.07.2011 | BG | 20.10.2011 | GR | 21.10.2011 | IS | 20.11.2011 | PT | 21.11.2011 | GB | 09.02.2012 | IE | 09.02.2012 | LU | 09.02.2012 | CH | 29.02.2012 | FR | 29.02.2012 | LI | 29.02.2012 | MC | 29.02.2012 | [2014/34] |
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