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EP About this file: EP4009895

EP4009895 - DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TISSUE IDENTIFICATION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  23.02.2024
Database last updated on 19.10.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  13.05.2022
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  12.02.2021
Formerunknown
Status updated on  18.08.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip26.08.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Aesculap AG
Am Aesculap-Platz
78532 Tuttlingen / DE
[2022/24]
Inventor(s)01 / HUBER, Christian
Mozartstraße 22
78570 Mühlheim / DE
02 / WEISSHAUPT, Dieter
Bachzimmerer Ösch 10
78194 Immendingen / DE
03 / ROTHWEILER, Christoph
Vacerstraße 12
78166 Donaueschingen / DE
04 / RUSS, Detlef
Narzissenweg 5
71272 Renningen / DE
05 / FUGGER, Oliver
Willi-Eckstein-Weg 6
89081 Ulm / DE
06 / HIBST, Raimund
Töpferweg 6
89155 Erbach / DE
07 / KIENLE, Alwin
Hannah-Arendt-Weg 15
89134 Blaustein / DE
08 / FOSCHUM, Florian
Neu-Ulmer-Straße 11
89233 Neu-Ulm / DE
 [2022/24]
Representative(s)Winter, Brandl - Partnerschaft mbB
Alois-Steinecker-Straße 22
85354 Freising / DE
[2022/24]
Application number, filing date20753714.305.08.2020
[2022/24]
WO2020EP72028
Priority number, dateDE20191012136507.08.2019         Original published format: DE102019121365
[2022/24]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021023781
Date:11.02.2021
Language:DE
[2021/06]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4009895
Date:15.06.2022
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 11.02.2021 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2022/24]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP11.02.2021
ClassificationIPC:A61B18/14, A61B5/00, G01N21/359, A61B90/30, A61B18/04
[2022/24]
CPC:
A61B18/1445 (EP,KR,US); A61B18/12 (KR); A61B18/04 (EP);
A61B5/0075 (EP,KR); A61B5/0084 (EP,KR); A61B5/01 (EP,KR);
A61B90/30 (EP,KR); G01N21/359 (EP,KR); A61B2018/00589 (EP,KR,US);
A61B2018/00595 (EP); A61B2018/00619 (EP,KR); A61B2018/0063 (EP,KR,US);
A61B2018/00642 (EP,KR); A61B2018/00666 (EP,KR,US); A61B2018/00708 (KR,US);
A61B2018/0072 (EP,KR); A61B2018/00732 (EP,KR); A61B2018/00767 (EP,KR);
A61B2018/00791 (EP,KR,US); A61B2018/00875 (EP,KR,US); A61B2018/00904 (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 [2022/24]
TitleGerman:VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR GEWEBEERKENNUNG[2022/24]
English:DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TISSUE IDENTIFICATION[2022/24]
French:DISPOSITIF ET PROCÉDÉ D'IDENTIFICATION DE TISSU[2022/24]
Entry into regional phase23.02.2022National basic fee paid 
23.02.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
23.02.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure23.02.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
23.02.2022Examination requested  [2022/24]
23.02.2022Date on which the examining division has become responsible
22.02.2024Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
19.06.2024Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
17.08.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
18.08.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
26.08.2024Renewal fee patent year 05
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Cited inInternational search[A]US5743903  (STERN ROGER A [US], et al) [A] 5,6 * abstract *;
 [Y]US2002169445  (JAIN MUDIT K [US], et al) [Y] 5,6 * paragraph [0087] *;
 [XA]US2013204134  (HARKS ERIK GODEFRIDUS ANTONIUS [NL], et al) [X] 1,9,10 * figure 2 * * paragraphs [0084] , [0094] , [0095] , [0097] * [A] 2-8,11,12;
 [YA]US2016346034  (ARYA SHOBHIT [GB], et al) [Y] 1,4,7-12 * figures 1A,7A,7B * * paragraphs [0047] , [0068] , [0079] , [0096] , [0097] , [0098] , [0105] , [0106] * * claim 8 * [A] 2,3,5,6;
 [XY]US2017156797  (HENDRIKS BERNARDUS HENDRIKUS WILHELMUS [NL], et al) [X] 1,4,7-10,12,15 * figure 1 * * paragraphs [0011] , [0014] , [0023] , [0024] , [0038] , [0052] * * claim 11 * [Y] 2,3,5,6;
 [A]CN110074856  (HANGZHOU KUNBO BIOTECHNOLOGY CO LTD) [A] 5,6 * claims 1,4 *;
 [Y]  - RAMI NACHABÉ ET AL, "Estimation of lipid and water concentrations in scattering media with diffuse optical spectroscopy from 900?to?1600?nm", JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS, (20100101), vol. 15, no. 3, doi:10.1117/1.3454392, ISSN 1083-3668, page 037015, XP055329702 [Y] 1,4,7-12 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.3454392
 [Y]  - JEFFREY J. KELLY ET AL, "Tissue temperature by near-infrared spectroscopy", PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE, US, (19950530), vol. 2389, doi:10.1117/12.210025, ISSN 0277-786X, pages 818 - 828, XP055744396 [Y] 2,3 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.210025
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