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EP3322335 - FLUID LEVEL DETERMINATION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 26.11.2021 Database last updated on 22.08.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 18.12.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 19.10.2020
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 18.11.2019
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 20.04.2018
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 20.01.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	14.06.2024	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): TR	published on 17.07.2024 [2024/29]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Impedimed Limited Unit 1, 50 Parker Court Pinkenba, QLD 4008 / AU
	[2018/21]
Inventor(s)	01 / WARD, Leigh 90 Creekside Street Kenmore Hills, Queensland 4069 / AU
	02 / ESSEX, Tim 51 Bellevue Terrace Clayfield, Queensland 4011 / AU
	[2018/21]
Representative(s)	Appleyard Lees IP LLP 15 Clare Road Halifax HX1 2HY / GB
	[2018/21]
Application number, filing date	16823559.6	14.07.2016
	[2018/21]
	WO2016AU50616
Priority number, date	AU20150902819	16.07.2015 Original published format: AU 2015902819
	[2018/21]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2017008118
	Date:	19.01.2017
	Language:	EN
	[2017/03]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3322335
	Date:	23.05.2018
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 19.01.2017 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2018/21]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3322335
	Date:	20.01.2021
	Language:	EN
	[2021/03]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	AU	19.01.2017
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	12.02.2019
Classification	IPC:	A61B5/053, A61B5/107	[2018/21]
	CPC:	A61B5/0537 (EP,US); A61B5/1072 (EP,US); A61B5/1073 (EP,US); A61B5/1079 (EP,US); A61B5/4881 (EP,US); G06T7/62 (US); (+) A61B2562/04 (US); A61B5/1128 (EP,US); A61B5/6825 (EP,US); A61B5/6829 (EP,US); G06T2207/30004 (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 [2018/21]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Validation states	MA	Not yet paid
	MD	Not yet paid
Title	German:	FLÜSSIGKEITSSTANDBESTIMMUNG	[2018/21]
	English:	FLUID LEVEL DETERMINATION	[2018/21]
	French:	DÉTERMINATION DE NIVEAU DE FLUIDE	[2018/21]
Entry into regional phase	04.01.2018	National basic fee paid
	04.01.2018	Search fee paid
	04.01.2018	Designation fee(s) paid
	04.01.2018	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	04.01.2018	Examination requested [2018/21]
	04.01.2018	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	30.08.2019	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	21.11.2019	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	24.03.2020	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	09.04.2020	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	06.08.2020	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	20.10.2020	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	10.12.2020	Fee for grant paid
	10.12.2020	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	10.12.2020	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)	21.10.2021	No opposition filed within time limit [2021/52]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	11.07.2018	Renewal fee patent year 03
	15.07.2019	Renewal fee patent year 04
	14.07.2020	Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	14.07.2016
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	IE	14.07.2021
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	BE	31.07.2021
	CH	31.07.2021
	LI	31.07.2021
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	LI	31.07.2021
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Documents cited:	Search	[A]JP2010011906 (TANITA SEISAKUSHO KK) [A] 1-15 * figures 1,3 *;
		[XI] - COX-REIJVEN P L ET AL, "Validation of bio-impedance spectroscopy: effects of degree of obesity and ways of calculating volumes from measured resistance values.", INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY AND RELATED METABOLIC DISORDERS : JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF OBESITY MAR 2000, (200003), vol. 24, no. 3, pages 271 - 280, XP002788282 [X] 1-5,8,10,11,13-15 * the whole document * [I] 6,7,9,12 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijo.0801123
		[A] - Daniel Gomoez Abad, "Develepment of a capacitive Bioimpedance Measurement System", (20090824), Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering RWTH Aachen, URL: https://upcommons.upc.edu/bitstream/handle/2099.1/8526/memoria.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y, (20190123), XP002788283 [A] 1-15 * pages 3-9 *
	International search	[XA]WO2008064426 (IMPEDIMED LTD [AU], et al) [X] 1-9, 12, 14-16 * Fig. 2; page 5, lines 22-27; page 6, lines 14-25; page 7, lines 9-16 The Whole document * [A] 10, 11, 13;
		[A]WO2013182985 (KONINKL PHILIPS NV [NL]) [A] 1-16 * The whole document *;
		[A]WO2008128281 (IMPEDIMED LTD [AU], et al) [A] 1-16 * The whole document *;
		[A]EP2662020 (TANITA SEISAKUSHO KK [JP]) [A] 1-16 * The whole document *;
		[A]US2011245711 (KATRA RODOLPHE [US], et al) [A] 1-16 * The whole document *;
		[A]WO2010051600 (IMPEDIMED LTD [AU], et al) [A] 1-16 * The whole document *;
		[A]WO2009100491 (IMPEDIMED LTD [AU], et al) [A] 1-16 * The whole document *
		[X] - DE LORENZO, A. et al., "Predicting body cell mass with bioimpedance by using theoretical methods: a technological review", Journal of Applied Physiology, (19970000), vol. 82, no. 5, pages 1542 - 1558, XP002673463 [X] 1-16 * . page 1542, column 1, lines 26-31; page 1555, column 2, lines 9-17 and 32-37; page 1556, column 1, lines 27-40; page 1556, column 2, lines 2 and 46-47 *
	Examination	WO2015061750
	by applicant	JP2010011906
		WO2009059351
		- A. DE LORENZOA. ANDREOLIJ. MATTHIEP. WITHERS, Predicting body cell mass with bioimpedance by using theoretical methods: a technological review
		- COX-REIJVEN P L, Validation of bio-impedance spectroscopy: effects of degree of obesity and ways of calculating volumes from measured resistance values

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