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EP2441387 - SLEEPINESS ASSESSMENT DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  12.10.2018
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip12.10.2018Refusal of applicationpublished on 14.11.2018  [2018/46]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Nagoya City University
1, Aza Kawasumi Mizuho-cho Mizuho-ku
Nagoya-shi, Aichi 467-8601 / JP
[2012/16]
Inventor(s)01 / YOKOYAMA, Kiyoko
c/o Graduate School of Design and Architecture
Nagoya City University
1-10 Kita Chikusa 2-chome
Chikusa-ku
Nagoya-shi Aichi 464-0083 / JP
02 / TAKAHASHI, Issei
c/o Graduate School of Design and Architecture
Nagoya City University
1-10 Kita Chikusa 2-chome
Chikusa-ku
Nagoya-shi Aichi 464-0083 / JP
03 / OHASHI, Hayato
c/o Graduate School of Design and Architecture
Nagoya City University
1-10 Kita Chikusa 2-chome
Chikusa-ku
Nagoya-shi Aichi 464-0083 / JP
04 / TABATA, Genki
c/o Graduate School of Design and Architecture
Nagoya City University
1-10 Kita Chikusa 2-chome
Chikusa-ku
Nagoya-shi Aichi 464-0083 / JP
 [2012/16]
Representative(s)Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB
Leopoldstraße 4
80802 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2012/16]Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser
Anwaltssozietät
Leopoldstrasse 4
80802 München / DE
Application number, filing date10786066.026.05.2010
WO2010JP58904
Priority number, dateJP2009013755108.06.2009         Original published format: JP 2009137551
[2012/16]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2010143535
Date:16.12.2010
Language:JA
[2010/50]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2441387
Date:18.04.2012
Language:EN
[2012/16]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP16.12.2010
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP27.11.2014
ClassificationIPC:A61B5/16, A61B5/0245, A61B5/18, A61B5/11
[2012/16]
CPC:
A61B5/18 (EP,US); A61B5/02405 (US); A61B5/0245 (EP,US);
A61B5/0816 (EP,US); A61B5/6887 (EP,US); B60K28/02 (EP);
B60K28/066 (EP); B60W2040/0827 (EP,US); B60W2540/22 (EP,US);
B60Y2400/902 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesAL,   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,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2012/16]
TitleGerman:VORRICHTUNG ZUR SCHLÄFRIGKEITSBEURTEILUNG[2012/16]
English:SLEEPINESS ASSESSMENT DEVICE[2012/16]
French:DISPOSITIF D'ÉVALUATION DE LA SOMNOLENCE[2012/16]
Entry into regional phase08.12.2011Translation filed 
08.12.2011National basic fee paid 
08.12.2011Search fee paid 
08.12.2011Designation fee(s) paid 
08.12.2011Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure08.12.2011Examination requested  [2012/16]
25.02.2015Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
17.04.2015Observations by third parties
14.04.2016Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
10.08.2016Reply to a communication from the examining division
07.06.2018Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 06.09.2018
28.06.2018Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2018/46]
08.07.2018Application refused, date of legal effect [2018/46]
06.09.2018Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
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  14.04.2016
Fees paidRenewal fee
29.03.2012Renewal fee patent year 03
28.05.2013Renewal fee patent year 04
27.05.2014Renewal fee patent year 05
27.05.2015Renewal fee patent year 06
27.05.2016Renewal fee patent year 07
29.05.2017Renewal fee patent year 08
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
31.05.201809   M06   Not yet paid
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Documents cited:Search[X]WO9533403  (BADER GABY [SE]) [X] 1-5 * page 4, lines 17-20 ** page 5, paragraph l - page 6, paragraph 2 *;
 [X]US2004215265  (KEIZER DIEDERICK M [NL]) [X] 1-5 * paragraphs [0039] - [0040] *;
 [X]US2007123758  (MIESEL KEITH A [US], et al) [X] 1-5 * paragraphs [0015] , [0050] , [0119] *
International search[Y]JP2004344269  (PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORP);
 [Y]  - HAJIME TAKADA, "Seiri Joho o Mochiita Untenchu no Kakuseido Hyoka System ni Kansuru Kenkyu", Preprints of Meeting on Automotive Engineers, (20060524), pages 21 - 26, XP008164875
 [Y]  - BUNJI ATSUMI, "Shinpaku Keisoku ni yoru Driver no Ishiki Jotai Hyoka", Preprints of Meeting on Automotive Engineers, (19940901), vol. 946, pages 133 - 136, XP008164885
 [Y]  - MITSUO YASUSHI, "Estimating Sleepiness during Expressway Driving", JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF LIFE INFORMATION SCIENCE, (20030901), vol. 21, no. 2, pages 445 - 448, XP008165421
ExaminationJPH08182667
 JPH11314534
 US6506153
 JP2005342188
 US2006004266
 US2006155175
 WO2008069337
 JP2008161664
 US2010049066
    - Etsunori Fujita ET AL, "Development of the measurement method of the prediction of sleep by finger plethysmogram data", The Japanese Journal of Ergonomics, (20050101), pages 203 - 212, URL: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jje1965/41/4/41_4_203/_pdf, (20160404), XP055262449

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.5100/jje.41.203
by applicantJP2008161664
 JP2009137551
otherJPH08182667
 JPH11314534
 JP2005342188
 US2006155175
 JP2006182667
 US2010049066
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