EP0475686 - Apparatus for rezeroing an in vivo pressure sensor and method for rezeroing [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 06.12.1996 Database last updated on 20.07.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 28.12.2002 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): NL | published on 12.02.2003 [2003/07] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Becton Dickinson and Company One Becton Drive Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417-1880 / US | [N/P] |
Former [1992/12] | For all designated states Becton Dickinson and Company One Becton Drive Franklin Lakes, New Jersey 07417-1880 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Gustafson, Gary E. 11672 South Oak Manor Drive Sandy, Utah 84092 / US | 02 /
Ring, Wallace H. 2992 St. Mary's Circle Salt Lake City, Utah 84108 / US | 03 /
Erskine, Timothy J. 1904 Hillcrest Avenue Salt Lake City, Utah 84106 / US | 04 /
Richardson, Kim L. 12630 South 6000 West Herriman, Utah 84065 / US | 05 /
Kimble, Steven C. 12346, So 900 East Draper, Utah 84020 / US | [1992/12] | Representative(s) | Ruffles, Graham Keith, et al Marks & Clerk LLP 62-68 Hills Road Cambridge CB2 1LA / GB | [N/P] |
Former [1992/12] | Ruffles, Graham Keith, et al MARKS & CLERK, 57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3LS / GB | Application number, filing date | 91308149.3 | 05.09.1991 | [1992/12] | Priority number, date | US19900578712 | 07.09.1990 Original published format: US 578712 | [1992/12] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0475686 | Date: | 18.03.1992 | Language: | EN | [1992/12] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0475686 | Date: | 31.01.1996 | [1996/05] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 23.01.1992 | Classification | IPC: | A61B5/0215, G01L27/00 | [1992/12] | CPC: |
A61B5/02156 (EP,US);
G01L27/005 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IT, LI, LU, NL, SE [1992/12] | Title | German: | Gerät und Verfahren zum Nullabgleich eines in vivo Druckmessfühlers | [1992/12] | English: | Apparatus for rezeroing an in vivo pressure sensor and method for rezeroing | [1992/12] | French: | Dispositif et procédé destiné au recalibrage à zéro d'un capteur de pression in vivo | [1992/12] | Examination procedure | 08.05.1992 | Examination requested [1992/28] | 05.07.1994 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 03.11.1994 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 09.12.1994 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M01) | 23.12.1994 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 23.05.1995 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 31.07.1995 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 30.10.1995 | Fee for grant paid | 30.10.1995 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 01.11.1996 | No opposition filed within time limit [1997/04] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 16.09.1993 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 08.09.1994 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 08.09.1995 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | AT | 31.01.1996 | BE | 31.01.1996 | CH | 31.01.1996 | DK | 31.01.1996 | GR | 31.01.1996 | LI | 31.01.1996 | NL | 31.01.1996 | SE | 30.04.1996 | LU | 30.09.1996 | [2003/07] |
Former [2000/05] | AT | 31.01.1996 | |
BE | 31.01.1996 | ||
CH | 31.01.1996 | ||
DK | 31.01.1996 | ||
GR | 31.01.1996 | ||
LI | 31.01.1996 | ||
SE | 30.04.1996 | ||
LU | 30.09.1996 | ||
Former [1998/15] | AT | 31.01.1996 | |
BE | 31.01.1996 | ||
CH | 31.01.1996 | ||
DK | 31.01.1996 | ||
LI | 31.01.1996 | ||
SE | 30.04.1996 | ||
Former [1997/13] | AT | 31.01.1996 | |
BE | 31.01.1996 | ||
CH | 31.01.1996 | ||
LI | 31.01.1996 | ||
SE | 30.04.1996 | ||
Former [1996/51] | AT | 31.01.1996 | |
BE | 31.01.1996 | ||
SE | 30.04.1996 | ||
Former [1996/42] | AT | 31.01.1996 | |
SE | 30.04.1996 | ||
Former [1996/38] | SE | 30.04.1996 | Documents cited: | Search | [Y]US3831588 (RINDNER W); | [Y]EP0074114 (UNIV BROWN RES FOUND [US]); | [A]EP0328105 (TERUMO CORP [JP]); | [A]EP0362824 (BERG EXTRAKORP SYST MEDTECH [DE]) | Examination | US4672974 | EP0419294 |