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EP0256436 - Concretion smashing device [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 04.02.1993 Database last updated on 11.04.2026
Most recent event Tooltip	04.02.1993	No opposition filed within time limit	published on 24.03.1993 [1993/12]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT Werner-von-Siemens-Str. 1 DE-80333 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [1988/08]	For all designated states SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT Wittelsbacherplatz 2 D-80333 München / DE
Inventor(s)	01 / Rattner, Manfred Am Eichengarten 8 D-8521 Buckenhof / DE
	02 / Noske, Erich Ruhsteinweg 12 D-8525 Weiher / DE
	[1988/08]
Application number, filing date	87111351.0	05.08.1987
	[1988/08]
Priority number, date	DE19860022104U	18.08.1986 Original published format: DE 8622104 U
	[1988/08]
Filing language	DE
Procedural language	DE
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0256436
	Date:	24.02.1988
	Language:	DE
	[1988/08]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0256436
	Date:	01.04.1992
	Language:	DE
	[1992/14]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	25.11.1987
Classification	IPC:	A61B17/22, G01H3/00	[1988/08]
	CPC:	G01H3/005 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	DE, FR, GB, NL [1988/08]
Title	German:	Vorrichtung zum Zertrümmern von Konkrementen	[1988/08]
	English:	Concretion smashing device	[1988/08]
	French:	Dispositif pour broyer les concrétions	[1988/08]
File destroyed:	15.01.2000
Examination procedure	25.03.1988	Examination requested [1988/20]
	31.01.1991	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	02.04.1991	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	13.06.1991	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
	19.06.1991	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	22.08.1991	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	11.09.1991	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	06.12.1991	Fee for grant paid
	06.12.1991	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	05.01.1993	No opposition filed within time limit [1993/12]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	30.08.1989	Renewal fee patent year 03
	28.08.1990	Renewal fee patent year 04
	20.12.1990	Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:	Search	[A] ULTRASONICS, April 1967, Seiten 105-112; P.P. LELE: "Production of deep focal lesions by focused ultrasound - current status" [A]
		[Y] ULTRASONICS, Band 22, Nr. 6, November 1984, Seiten 285-286, Butterworth & Co. Ltd, Guildford, GB; B. BREYER et al.: "A simple device for checking the acoustic beam of ultrasonic therapy equipment" [Y]

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