EP2234649 - SELF-STERILIZING DEVICE USING PLASMA FIELDS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The application is deemed to be withdrawn Status updated on 11.10.2019 Database last updated on 21.05.2024 | |
Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 04.07.2019 | Most recent event Tooltip | 11.10.2019 | Application deemed to be withdrawn | published on 13.11.2019 [2019/46] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. 223 Grinter Hall Gainesville, FL 32611 / US | [2010/40] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
ROY, Subrata 8722 NW 9th Pl Gainesville FL 32606 / US | 02 /
ZAWOY, Karl 21007 N.W. 190th Avenue High Spring FL 32643 / US | [2010/40] | Representative(s) | Hartig, Michael Boehmert & Boehmert Anwaltspartnerschaft mbB Pettenkoferstrasse 22 80336 München / DE | [N/P] |
Former [2010/40] | Hartig, Michael Forrester & Boehmert Pettenkoferstraße 20-22 80336 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 08851827.9 | 21.11.2008 | [2010/40] | WO2008US84378 | Priority number, date | US20070989496P | 21.11.2007 Original published format: US 989496 P | [2010/40] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | WO2009067682 | Date: | 28.05.2009 | Language: | EN | [2009/22] | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP2234649 | Date: | 06.10.2010 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 28.05.2009 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2010/40] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | KR | 27.08.2009 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 17.03.2011 | Classification | IPC: | A61L2/14, A61L2/02 | [2010/40] | CPC: |
A61L2/14 (EP,US);
A61L2/24 (EP,KR,US);
H05H1/2406 (EP,KR,US);
H05H1/34 (EP,KR,US);
A61L2202/11 (EP,KR,US);
A61L2202/24 (EP,KR,US)
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2010/40] | Title | German: | SELBSTSTERILISIERENDE VORRICHTUNG MIT PLASMAFELDERN | [2010/40] | English: | SELF-STERILIZING DEVICE USING PLASMA FIELDS | [2010/40] | French: | DISPOSITIF AUTO-STÉRILISANT EMPLOYANT DES CHAMPS DE PLASMA | [2010/40] | Entry into regional phase | 31.05.2010 | National basic fee paid | 31.05.2010 | Search fee paid | 31.05.2010 | Designation fee(s) paid | 31.05.2010 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 31.05.2010 | Examination requested [2010/40] | 05.10.2011 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 13.02.2013 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 23.08.2013 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 29.07.2015 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 08.02.2016 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 01.06.2019 | Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect [2019/46] | 05.07.2019 | Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: renewal fee not paid in time [2019/46] | 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 13.02.2013 | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 24.11.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 23.11.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 26.11.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 27.11.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 26.11.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 10.11.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 25.11.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 13.11.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | Penalty fee | Additional fee for renewal fee | 30.11.2018 | 11   M06   Not yet paid |
Opt-out from the exclusive Tooltip competence of the Unified Patent Court | See the Register of the Unified Patent Court for opt-out data | ||
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 | [XI]US5667753 (JACOBS PAUL TAYLOR [US], et al) [X] 1,2,8,11,19,20,25,30 * column 9, lines 5-40; figure -; example -; claim - * * column 10, lines 25-58 * * column 4, line 65 - column 5, line 3 * [I] 4,5,7,9,10,14,23; | [XI]US2004037756 (HOUSTON EDWARD J [US], et al) [X] 1,2,8,30 * paragraphs [0003] , [0005] , [0006] , [0010] , [0041] - [0073]; figure -; example -; claim - * [I] 4,5,9,12-14,22,23; | [XA]WO2006039883 (JE PLASMACONSULT GMBH [DE], et al) [X] 1,2 * the whole document * [A] 3-30; | [XPA]CN101259036 (XIAOLING XU [CN]) [XP] 1 * the whole document *[A] 2-30 | International search | [A]WO8806459 (ADIR JACOB [US]); | [A]US6037562 (AWAKOWICZ PETER [DE], et al); | [A]EP1084713 (JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDICAL [US]); | [A] - TANINO, M. ET AL., "Sterilization using dielectric barrier discharge at atmospheric pressure.", INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLASMA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, (200703), vol. 1, no. 1 | [A] - LELEVKIN, V. ET AL., "Electric characteristics of a surface barrier discharge with a plasma induction electrode.", PLASMA PHYSICS REPORTS, (2006), vol. 32, no. 7, doi:doi:10.1134/S1063780X06070105, pages 666 - 672, XP019412746 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X06070105 | Examination | WO9715334 | WO02099836 | WO2007031250 | by applicant | US7261852 | - KANDA, N.; M. KOGOMA; H. JINNO; H. UCHIYAMA; S. OKAZAKI, PROC. 10TH SYMP. ON PLASMA CHEM., (1991), vol. 3 | - ROTH, J.R., PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, (2003), vol. 10, no. 5, page 2117 | - S. ROY; K.P. SINGH; H. KUMAR; D. GAITONDE; M. VISBAL, "Effective discharge dynamics for plasma actuators", AIAA-2006-0374, 44TH AEROSPACE SCIENCES MEETING AND EXHIBIT, (200601), pages 9 - 12 | - S. ROY, "Flow actuation using radio frequency in partially-ionized collisional plasmas", APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, (2005), vol. 86, no. L0, doi:doi:10.1063/1.1879097, page 101502, XP012064501 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1879097 | - M. HEISEL; W. NEFFL; O. FRANKEN; P. MURANYI; J. WUNDERLICH, "Sterilization of Polymer Foils with Dielectric Barrier Discharges at Atmospheric Pressure", PLASMAS AND POLYMERS, (2004), vol. 9, no. 1, pages 23 - 33 | - M. TANINO; W. XILU; K. TAKASHIMA; S. KATSURA; A. MIZUNO, "Sterilization using dielectric barrier discharge at atmospheric pressure, Industry Applications Conference, 2005", FORTIETH IAS ANNUAL MEETING, (2005), vol. 2, pages 784 - 788 | - M. MOISAN; J. BARBEAU; S. MOREAU; J. PELLETIER; M. TABRIZIAN; L'H. YAHIA, "Low-temperature sterilization using gas plasmas: a review of the experiments and an analysis of the inactivation mechanisms", INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS, (2001), vol. 226, pages 1 - 21, XP027380104 | - "Use of Non-Thermal Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Discharge for Coagulation and Sterilization of Surface Wounds", FRIDMAN G.; PEDDINGHAUS L.; VINOVRSKI T.; JAH A.; FRIDMAN A.; BALASUBRAMANIAN M.; GUTSOL A.; FRIEDMAN G., 32nd IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, IEEE CONFERENCE RECORD, (20050620), page 257 | - S. KANAZAWA; M. KOGOMA; T. MORIWAKI; S. OKAZAKI, J. APPL. PHYS. D: APPL. PHYS., (1988), vol. 21, page 838 | - M. LAROUSSI; I. ALEXEFF; J. P. RICHARDSON; F. F. DYER, IEEE TRANS. PLASMA SCI., (2002), vol. 30, page 158 | - A. SCUTZE; J. Y. JEONG; S. E. BABYAN; J. PARK; G. S. SELWYN; R. F. HICKS, IEEE TRANS. PLASMA SCI., (1998), vol. 26, page 1685 | WO2008US71262 |