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EP2491728 - REMOTE AUDIO PROCESSOR MODULE FOR AUDITORY PROSTHESIS SYSTEMS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 18.10.2019 Database last updated on 08.06.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 09.11.2018
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 27.06.2018
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 30.11.2016
Most recent event Tooltip	01.07.2022	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK	published on 03.08.2022 [2022/31]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Advanced Bionics AG Laubisruetistrasse 28 8712 Stäfa / CH
	[2015/16]
Former [2012/35]	For all designated states Advanced Bionics, LLC Attn: Intellectual Property Dept. 28515 Westinghouse Place Valencia, California 91355 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / MISHRA, Lakshmi N. 22740 Garzota Drive Valencia California 91354 / US
	02 / KULKARNI, Abhijit 998 Javelin Court Newbury Park California 91320 / US
	03 / LITVAK, Leonid M. 842 Mansfield Los Angeles California 90038 / US
	[2012/35]
Representative(s)	Schwan Schorer & Partner mbB Patentanwälte Bauerstraße 22 80796 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2018/50]	Schwan Schorer & Partner mbB Patentanwälte Bauerstrasse 22 80796 München / DE
Former [2012/35]	Schwan - Schwan - Schorer Patentanwälte Bauerstrasse 22 80796 München / DE
Application number, filing date	10771863.7	22.10.2010
	[2018/50]
	WO2010US53836
Priority number, date	US20090254310P	23.10.2009 Original published format: US 254310 P
	[2012/35]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2011050315
	Date:	28.04.2011
	Language:	EN
	[2011/17]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2491728
	Date:	29.08.2012
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 28.04.2011 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2012/35]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2491728
	Date:	12.12.2018
	Language:	EN
	[2018/50]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	28.04.2011
Classification	IPC:	H04R25/00, A61N1/36, A61N1/372	[2012/35]
	CPC:	A61N1/37211 (EP,US); A61N1/36038 (EP,US); H04R25/554 (EP,US); H04R25/558 (EP,US); H04R2225/39 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2012/35]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Title	German:	ENTFERNTES TONVERARBEITUNGSMODUL FÜR HÖRPROTHESENSYSTEME	[2012/35]
	English:	REMOTE AUDIO PROCESSOR MODULE FOR AUDITORY PROSTHESIS SYSTEMS	[2012/35]
	French:	MODULE PROCESSEUR AUDIO DÉPORTÉ POUR SYSTÈMES DE PROTHÈSE AUDITIVE	[2012/35]
Entry into regional phase	18.05.2012	National basic fee paid
	18.05.2012	Designation fee(s) paid
	18.05.2012	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	18.05.2012	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	18.05.2012	Examination requested [2012/35]
	19.11.2015	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	22.03.2016	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	27.07.2016	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	29.11.2016	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	13.11.2017	Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 30.11.2017
	28.11.2017	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	30.11.2017	Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
	05.03.2018	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	28.06.2018	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	02.11.2018	Fee for grant paid
	02.11.2018	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	02.11.2018	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
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 19.11.2015
Opposition(s)	13.09.2019	No opposition filed within time limit [2019/47]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	05.10.2012	Renewal fee patent year 03
	07.10.2013	Renewal fee patent year 04
	07.10.2014	Renewal fee patent year 05
	07.10.2015	Renewal fee patent year 06
	27.10.2016	Renewal fee patent year 07
	27.10.2017	Renewal fee patent year 08
	29.10.2018	Renewal fee patent year 09
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	22.10.2010
	AL	12.12.2018
	AT	12.12.2018
	CY	12.12.2018
	CZ	12.12.2018
	DK	12.12.2018
	EE	12.12.2018
	ES	12.12.2018
	FI	12.12.2018
	HR	12.12.2018
	IT	12.12.2018
	LT	12.12.2018
	LV	12.12.2018
	MC	12.12.2018
	MK	12.12.2018
	MT	12.12.2018
	NL	12.12.2018
	PL	12.12.2018
	RO	12.12.2018
	RS	12.12.2018
	SE	12.12.2018
	SI	12.12.2018
	SK	12.12.2018
	SM	12.12.2018
	TR	12.12.2018
	BG	12.03.2019
	NO	12.03.2019
	GR	13.03.2019
	IS	12.04.2019
	PT	12.04.2019
	[2022/31]
Former [2021/34]	HU	22.10.2010
	AL	12.12.2018
	AT	12.12.2018
	CY	12.12.2018
	CZ	12.12.2018
	DK	12.12.2018
	EE	12.12.2018
	ES	12.12.2018
	FI	12.12.2018
	HR	12.12.2018
	IT	12.12.2018
	LT	12.12.2018
	LV	12.12.2018
	MC	12.12.2018
	MT	12.12.2018
	NL	12.12.2018
	PL	12.12.2018
	RO	12.12.2018
	RS	12.12.2018
	SE	12.12.2018
	SI	12.12.2018
	SK	12.12.2018
	SM	12.12.2018
	TR	12.12.2018
	BG	12.03.2019
	NO	12.03.2019
	GR	13.03.2019
	IS	12.04.2019
	PT	12.04.2019
Former [2021/32]	HU	22.10.2010
	AL	12.12.2018
	AT	12.12.2018
	CY	12.12.2018
	CZ	12.12.2018
	DK	12.12.2018
	EE	12.12.2018
	ES	12.12.2018
	FI	12.12.2018
	HR	12.12.2018
	IT	12.12.2018
	LT	12.12.2018
	LV	12.12.2018
	MC	12.12.2018
	NL	12.12.2018
	PL	12.12.2018
	RO	12.12.2018
	RS	12.12.2018
	SE	12.12.2018
	SI	12.12.2018
	SK	12.12.2018
	SM	12.12.2018
	TR	12.12.2018
	BG	12.03.2019
	NO	12.03.2019
	GR	13.03.2019
	IS	12.04.2019
	PT	12.04.2019
Former [2021/26]	AL	12.12.2018
	AT	12.12.2018
	CY	12.12.2018
	CZ	12.12.2018
	DK	12.12.2018
	EE	12.12.2018
	ES	12.12.2018
	FI	12.12.2018
	HR	12.12.2018
	IT	12.12.2018
	LT	12.12.2018
	LV	12.12.2018
	MC	12.12.2018
	NL	12.12.2018
	PL	12.12.2018
	RO	12.12.2018
	RS	12.12.2018
	SE	12.12.2018
	SI	12.12.2018
	SK	12.12.2018
	SM	12.12.2018
	TR	12.12.2018
	BG	12.03.2019
	NO	12.03.2019
	GR	13.03.2019
	IS	12.04.2019
	PT	12.04.2019
Former [2020/29]	AL	12.12.2018
	AT	12.12.2018
	CZ	12.12.2018
	DK	12.12.2018
	EE	12.12.2018
	ES	12.12.2018
	FI	12.12.2018
	HR	12.12.2018
	IT	12.12.2018
	LT	12.12.2018
	LV	12.12.2018
	MC	12.12.2018
	NL	12.12.2018
	PL	12.12.2018
	RO	12.12.2018
	RS	12.12.2018
	SE	12.12.2018
	SI	12.12.2018
	SK	12.12.2018
	SM	12.12.2018
	TR	12.12.2018
	BG	12.03.2019
	NO	12.03.2019
	GR	13.03.2019
	IS	12.04.2019
	PT	12.04.2019
Former [2020/17]	AL	12.12.2018
	AT	12.12.2018
	CZ	12.12.2018
	DK	12.12.2018
	EE	12.12.2018
	ES	12.12.2018
	FI	12.12.2018
	HR	12.12.2018
	IT	12.12.2018
	LT	12.12.2018
	LV	12.12.2018
	NL	12.12.2018
	PL	12.12.2018
	RO	12.12.2018
	RS	12.12.2018
	SE	12.12.2018
	SI	12.12.2018
	SK	12.12.2018
	SM	12.12.2018
	TR	12.12.2018
	BG	12.03.2019
	NO	12.03.2019
	GR	13.03.2019
	IS	12.04.2019
	PT	12.04.2019
Former [2019/50]	AL	12.12.2018
	AT	12.12.2018
	CZ	12.12.2018
	DK	12.12.2018
	EE	12.12.2018
	ES	12.12.2018
	FI	12.12.2018
	HR	12.12.2018
	IT	12.12.2018
	LT	12.12.2018
	LV	12.12.2018
	NL	12.12.2018
	PL	12.12.2018
	RO	12.12.2018
	RS	12.12.2018
	SE	12.12.2018
	SI	12.12.2018
	SK	12.12.2018
	SM	12.12.2018
	BG	12.03.2019
	NO	12.03.2019
	GR	13.03.2019
	IS	12.04.2019
	PT	12.04.2019
Former [2019/48]	AL	12.12.2018
	AT	12.12.2018
	CZ	12.12.2018
	DK	12.12.2018
	EE	12.12.2018
	ES	12.12.2018
	FI	12.12.2018
	HR	12.12.2018
	IT	12.12.2018
	LT	12.12.2018
	LV	12.12.2018
	NL	12.12.2018
	PL	12.12.2018
	RO	12.12.2018
	RS	12.12.2018
	SE	12.12.2018
	SK	12.12.2018
	SM	12.12.2018
	BG	12.03.2019
	NO	12.03.2019
	GR	13.03.2019
	IS	12.04.2019
	PT	12.04.2019
Former [2019/46]	AL	12.12.2018
	AT	12.12.2018
	CZ	12.12.2018
	EE	12.12.2018
	ES	12.12.2018
	FI	12.12.2018
	HR	12.12.2018
	IT	12.12.2018
	LT	12.12.2018
	LV	12.12.2018
	NL	12.12.2018
	PL	12.12.2018
	RO	12.12.2018
	RS	12.12.2018
	SE	12.12.2018
	SK	12.12.2018
	SM	12.12.2018
	BG	12.03.2019
	NO	12.03.2019
	GR	13.03.2019
	IS	12.04.2019
	PT	12.04.2019
Former [2019/39]	AL	12.12.2018
	CZ	12.12.2018
	EE	12.12.2018
	ES	12.12.2018
	FI	12.12.2018
	HR	12.12.2018
	IT	12.12.2018
	LT	12.12.2018
	LV	12.12.2018
	NL	12.12.2018
	PL	12.12.2018
	RO	12.12.2018
	RS	12.12.2018
	SE	12.12.2018
	SK	12.12.2018
	SM	12.12.2018
	BG	12.03.2019
	NO	12.03.2019
	GR	13.03.2019
	IS	12.04.2019
	PT	12.04.2019
Former [2019/37]	AL	12.12.2018
	CZ	12.12.2018
	EE	12.12.2018
	ES	12.12.2018
	FI	12.12.2018
	HR	12.12.2018
	IT	12.12.2018
	LT	12.12.2018
	LV	12.12.2018
	NL	12.12.2018
	PL	12.12.2018
	RO	12.12.2018
	RS	12.12.2018
	SE	12.12.2018
	SM	12.12.2018
	BG	12.03.2019
	NO	12.03.2019
	GR	13.03.2019
	PT	12.04.2019
Former [2019/35]	AL	12.12.2018
	CZ	12.12.2018
	ES	12.12.2018
	FI	12.12.2018
	HR	12.12.2018
	IT	12.12.2018
	LT	12.12.2018
	LV	12.12.2018
	NL	12.12.2018
	PL	12.12.2018
	RS	12.12.2018
	SE	12.12.2018
	BG	12.03.2019
	NO	12.03.2019
	GR	13.03.2019
	PT	12.04.2019
Former [2019/34]	AL	12.12.2018
	ES	12.12.2018
	FI	12.12.2018
	HR	12.12.2018
	IT	12.12.2018
	LT	12.12.2018
	LV	12.12.2018
	NL	12.12.2018
	RS	12.12.2018
	SE	12.12.2018
	BG	12.03.2019
	NO	12.03.2019
	GR	13.03.2019
	PT	12.04.2019
Former [2019/33]	AL	12.12.2018
	ES	12.12.2018
	FI	12.12.2018
	HR	12.12.2018
	LT	12.12.2018
	LV	12.12.2018
	NL	12.12.2018
	RS	12.12.2018
	SE	12.12.2018
	BG	12.03.2019
	NO	12.03.2019
	GR	13.03.2019
	PT	12.04.2019
Former [2019/30]	AL	12.12.2018
	ES	12.12.2018
	FI	12.12.2018
	HR	12.12.2018
	LT	12.12.2018
	LV	12.12.2018
	NL	12.12.2018
	RS	12.12.2018
	SE	12.12.2018
	BG	12.03.2019
	NO	12.03.2019
	GR	13.03.2019
Former [2019/26]	AL	12.12.2018
	ES	12.12.2018
	FI	12.12.2018
	HR	12.12.2018
	LT	12.12.2018
	LV	12.12.2018
	RS	12.12.2018
	SE	12.12.2018
	BG	12.03.2019
	NO	12.03.2019
	GR	13.03.2019
Former [2019/25]	ES	12.12.2018
	FI	12.12.2018
	HR	12.12.2018
	LT	12.12.2018
	LV	12.12.2018
	RS	12.12.2018
	SE	12.12.2018
	BG	12.03.2019
	NO	12.03.2019
	GR	13.03.2019
Former [2019/24]	ES	12.12.2018
	FI	12.12.2018
	HR	12.12.2018
	LT	12.12.2018
	LV	12.12.2018
	SE	12.12.2018
	BG	12.03.2019
	NO	12.03.2019
	GR	13.03.2019
Former [2019/23]	ES	12.12.2018
	FI	12.12.2018
	HR	12.12.2018
	LT	12.12.2018
	LV	12.12.2018
	BG	12.03.2019
	NO	12.03.2019
Former [2019/22]	FI	12.12.2018
	LT	12.12.2018
	BG	12.03.2019
	NO	12.03.2019
Former [2019/21]	FI	12.12.2018
	LT	12.12.2018
	NO	12.03.2019
Former [2019/20]	LT	12.12.2018
	NO	12.03.2019
Cited in	International search	[XI]US5824022 (ZILBERMAN YITZHAK [FR], et al) [X] 1-8,10-13 * abstract * * column 8, line 21 - column 10, line 27 * * figure 5 * [I] 9;
		[X]WO02056637 (COCHLEAR LTD [AU], et al) [X] 1-13 * page 6, line 15 - line 30 * * page 16, line 8 - line 22 * * page 21, line 6 - page 22, line 36 * * figures 1-3 *;
		[XI] - SOON KWAN AN ET AL, "Design for a Simplified Cochlear Implant System", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, IEEE SERVICE CENTER, PISCATAWAY, NJ, US, (20070601), vol. 54, no. 6, doi:DOI:10.1109/TBME.2007.895372, ISSN 0018-9294, pages 973 - 982, XP011181881 [X] 1,3,4,6-13 * the whole document * [I] 2,5 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2007.895372
	by applicant	US20100612543

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