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EP3662823 - METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA BASED ON PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHIC SIGNAL [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  25.08.2023
Database last updated on 09.09.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  13.05.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  18.12.2020
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  08.05.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip25.08.2023Refusal of applicationpublished on 27.09.2023  [2023/39]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Acer Incorporated
8F, No. 88, Sec. 1, Hsin Tai Wu Road
Hsichih
Taipei County 221 / TW
[2020/24]
Inventor(s)01 / Wu, Jo-Hua
8F, No. 88, Sec.1
Hsin Tai Wu Rd.
Hsichih District
221 New Taipei City / TW
02 / Chiang, Hsien-Yang
8F, No. 88, Sec.1
Hsin Tai Wu Rd.
Hsichih District
221 New Taipei City / TW
03 / Wu, Yu-Chun
8F, No. 88, Sec.1
Hsin Tai Wu Rd.
Hsichih District
221 New Taipei City / TW
04 / Lin, Pin-Cyuan
8F, No. 88, Sec.1
Hsin Tai Wu Rd.
Hsichih District
221 New Taipei City / TW
05 / Pan, Ke-Han
8F, No. 88, Sec.1
Hsin Tai Wu Rd.
Hsichih District
221 New Taipei City / TW
06 / Tsai, Yueh-Yarng
8F, No. 88, Sec.1
Hsin Tai Wu Rd.
Hsichih District
221 New Taipei City / TW
 [2020/33]
Former [2020/24]01 / Wu, Jo-Hua
8F, No. 88, Sec.1
Hsin Tai Wu Rd.
Hsichih District
221 New Taipei City / TW
02 / Chiang, Hsien-Yang
8F, No. 88, Sec.1
Hsin Tai Wu Rd.
Hsichih District
221 New Taipei City / TW
03 / Chiang, Yu-Chun
8F, No. 88, Sec.1
Hsin Tai Wu Rd.
Hsichih District
221 New Taipei City / TW
04 / Lin, Pin-Cyuan
8F, No. 88, Sec.1
Hsin Tai Wu Rd.
Hsichih District
221 New Taipei City / TW
05 / Pan, Ke-Han
8F, No. 88, Sec.1
Hsin Tai Wu Rd.
Hsichih District
221 New Taipei City / TW
06 / Tsai, Yueh-Yarng
8F, No. 88, Sec.1
Hsin Tai Wu Rd.
Hsichih District
221 New Taipei City / TW
Representative(s)Michalski Hüttermann & Partner Patentanwälte mbB
Kaistraße 16A
40221 Düsseldorf / DE
[N/P]
Former [2020/24]Michalski Hüttermann & Partner Patentanwälte mbB
Speditionstraße 21
40221 Düsseldorf / DE
Application number, filing date19201198.902.10.2019
[2020/24]
Priority number, dateTW2018014360305.12.2018         Original published format: TW 107143603
[2020/24]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3662823
Date:10.06.2020
Language:EN
[2020/24]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP26.11.2019
ClassificationIPC:A61B5/024, A61B5/00
[2020/24]
CPC:
A61B5/7282 (EP); A61B5/02416 (EP,US); A61B5/681 (EP,US);
A61B5/721 (EP); A61B5/7257 (EP,US); A61B5/7267 (EP,US);
A61B5/0205 (US); A61B5/352 (US); A61B5/7207 (US);
A61B5/7221 (EP); A61B5/725 (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,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2021/03]
Former [2020/24]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 
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM NACHWEIS VON HERZARRHYTHMIEN BASIEREND AUF EINEM PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHISCHEN SIGNALS[2020/24]
English:METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA BASED ON PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHIC SIGNAL[2020/24]
French:PROCÉDÉ ET DISPOSITIF POUR DÉTECTER L'ARYTHMIE CARDIAQUE SUR LA BASE D'UN SIGNAL DE PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHIE[2020/24]
Examination procedure10.12.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
10.12.2020Examination requested  [2021/03]
10.12.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
12.05.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
07.09.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
01.05.2023Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 06.07.2023
09.05.2023Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2023/39]
19.05.2023Application refused, date of legal effect [2023/39]
06.07.2023Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
Fees paidRenewal fee
26.10.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
13.10.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[Y]US2016089086  (LIN CHIH-HSIN [TW], et al) [Y] 1-15 * page 7; claims 1,9 * * figure 1 *;
 [A]US2017347899  (BHUSHAN MANAV [IN], et al) [A] 7,15* page 3, paragraph 44 *;
 [Y]US2018279891  (MIAO LIFENG [US], et al) [Y] 1-15 * page 8; claims 1,3 * * page 9; claim 12 * * page 5, paragraph 53 *;
 [Y]  - HAYATO FUKUSHIMA ET AL, "Estimating heart rate using wrist-type Photoplethysmography and acceleration sensor while running", ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY (EMBC), 2013 35TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE, IEEE, (20120828), doi:10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346570, ISSN 1557-170X, pages 2901 - 2904, XP032463546 [Y] 1-15 * abstract; page 2901 * * page 2902, paragraph III.B; figure 3 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346570
 [A]  - Honghui Jiang, "Motion-artifact resistant design of photoplethysmograph ring sensor for driver monitoring", (20031214), pages 1 - 62, URL: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/0082/a495d27f72cd6d2de52123780fa4edfb802e.pdf, (20190328), XP055575541 [A] 3,10 * page 38, paragraph 5.2 - page 47, paragraph 5.3 *
 [A]  - SEYED SALEHIZADEH ET AL, "A Novel Time-Varying Spectral Filtering Algorithm for Reconstruction of Motion Artifact Corrupted Heart Rate Signals During Intense Physical Activities Using a Wearable Photoplethysmogram Sensor", SENSORS, CH, (20151223), vol. 16, no. 1, doi:10.3390/s16010010, ISSN 1424-8220, page 10, XP055270036 [A] 4,11 * introduction; page 2 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s16010010
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