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EP0784448 - SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  27.01.2012
Database last updated on 29.03.2025
Most recent event   Tooltip27.01.2012Refusal of applicationpublished on 29.02.2012  [2012/09]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Masimo Corporation
40 Parker
Irvine, CA 92618 / US
[2008/02]
Former [2003/17]For all designated states
Masimo Corporation
2852 Kelvin Avenue
Irvine, CA 92614 / US
Former [1997/30]For all designated states
MASIMO CORPORATION
23361 Madero Street, Suite 100
Mission Viejo, CA 92691 / US
Inventor(s)01 / DIAB, Mohamed, Kheir
Apartment 98, 30041 Tessier
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 / US
02 / KIANI-AZARBAYJANY, Esmaiel
35 Brindisi
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 / US
03 / ELFADEL, Ibrahim, M.
Apartment 218, 30041 Tessier Street
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 / US
04 / MCCARTHY, Rex, John
22832 Buendia
Mission Viejo, CA 92691 / US
05 / WEBER, Walter, Michael
7260 Hillside Avenue 108
Los Angeles, CA 90046 / US
06 / SMITH, Robert, A.
415 West Monterey Road
Corona, CA 91720 / US
[1997/30]
Representative(s)Vossius & Partner Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbB
Siebertstrasse 3
81675 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2008/35]Vossius & Partner
Siebertstrasse 3
81675 München / DE
Former [1997/30]VOSSIUS & PARTNER
Siebertstrasse 4
81675 München / DE
Application number, filing date95937538.710.10.1995
[1997/30]
WO1995US13469
Priority number, dateUS1994032015407.10.1994         Original published format: US 320154
[1997/30]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO9612435
Date:02.05.1996
Language:EN
[1996/20]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0784448
Date:23.07.1997
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 02.05.1996 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1997/30]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US23.05.1996
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP12.11.1997
ClassificationIPC:A61B5/00, G06F19/00
[1997/52]
CPC:
H04B1/123 (EP,US); A61B5/14546 (EP,US); A61B5/14551 (EP,US);
A61B5/318 (EP,US); A61B5/4821 (EP,US); A61B5/7214 (EP,US);
A61B5/7253 (EP,US); A61B8/5276 (EP,US); A61B5/021 (EP,US);
A61B5/02154 (EP,US); A61B5/024 (EP,US); A61B5/029 (EP,US);
A61B5/0816 (EP,US); A61B5/14532 (EP,US); A61B5/369 (EP);
A61B5/7257 (EP,US); A61B6/00 (EP,US); A61B8/00 (EP,US);
G06F2218/04 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [1997/30]A61B5/00
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [1997/30]
TitleGerman:SIGNALVERARBEITUNGSVORRICHTUNG[1997/30]
English:SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS[1997/30]
French:DISPOSITIF DE TRAITEMENT DE SIGNAUX[1997/30]
Entry into regional phase07.05.1997National basic fee paid 
07.05.1997Search fee paid 
07.05.1997Designation fee(s) paid 
07.05.1997Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure21.02.1996Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
07.05.1997Examination requested  [1997/30]
29.07.2003Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
28.01.2004Reply to a communication from the examining division
19.04.2005Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M08)
28.12.2005Reply to a communication from the examining division
29.05.2006Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
07.12.2006Reply to a communication from the examining division
29.11.2007Date of oral proceedings
20.12.2007Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2012/09]
20.12.2007Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
13.10.2011Application refused, date of legal effect [2012/09]
Appeal following examination20.02.2008Appeal received No.  T0922/08
30.04.2008Statement of grounds filed
13.10.2011Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the applicant was rejected
13.10.2011Date of oral proceedings
Divisional application(s)EP07023060.2  / EP1905352
EP10184916.4  / EP2341446
The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  29.07.2003
Fees paidRenewal fee
26.09.1997Renewal fee patent year 03
21.09.1998Renewal fee patent year 04
20.09.1999Renewal fee patent year 05
22.09.2000Renewal fee patent year 06
22.10.2001Renewal fee patent year 07
21.10.2002Renewal fee patent year 08
14.10.2003Renewal fee patent year 09
14.10.2004Renewal fee patent year 10
12.10.2005Renewal fee patent year 11
12.10.2006Renewal fee patent year 12
12.10.2007Renewal fee patent year 13
14.10.2008Renewal fee patent year 14
13.10.2009Renewal fee patent year 15
11.10.2010Renewal fee patent year 16
11.10.2011Renewal fee patent year 17
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Documents cited:Search[A]SU1674798  ;
 [A]US4407290  (WILBER SCOTT A [US]) [A] 1 * column 10, line 10 - column 12, line 16; figures 1,14 *;
 [A]US4723294  (TAGUCHI TETSU [JP]) [A] 12,39 * column 2, line 62 - column 3, line 26; figure 1 *;
 [A]US4819752  (ZELIN MICHAEL P [US]) [A] 1 * column 5, line 20 - column 9, line 3 *;
 [A]US4883353  (HAUSMAN KENNETH A [US], et al) [A] 1,12,20,25,39 * column 2, line 44 - column 3, line 57; figure 1 *;
 [A]US4892101  (CHEUNG PETER W [US], et al) [A] 1 * column 12, line 21 - column 14, line 58; figures 1,9-11 *;
 [A]US4960126  (CONLON BRENDAN [US], et al) [A] 40 * column 4, line 27 - line 56; figure 4 *;
 [DA]WO9215955  (VITAL SIGNALS INC [US]) [DA] 1,12,20,25,39,40* page 25, line 1 - page 30, line 2; figure 4 *;
 [A]US5246002  (PROSSER STEPHEN J [US]) [A] 40 * column 11, line 49 - column 12, line 42; figure 5 *;
 [A]  - OUYANG JINGZHENG ET AL, "DIGITAL PROCESSING OF HIGH-RESOLUTION ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS - DETECTION OF HIS-PURKINJE ACTIVITY FROM THE BODY SURFACE", BIOMEDIZINISCHE TECHNIK, (19881001), vol. 33, no. 10, pages 224 - 230, XP000110849 [A] 12 * page 225, column L, line 6 - page 226, column R, line 22; figures 2-5 *
 [A]  - VARANINI M ET AL, "A TWO-CHANNEL ADAPTIVE FILTERING APPROACH FOR RECOGNITION OF THE QRS MORPHOLOGY", PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMPUTERS IN CARDIOLOGY MEETING, VENICE, SEPT. 23 - 26, 1991, INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS, (19910923), no. MEETING 18, pages 141 - 144, XP000309356 [A] 12 * page 141, column L, line 1 - page 142, column R, line 36 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CIC.1991.169065
 [A]  - JIANDE CHEN ET AL, "ADAPTIVE SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING OF ELECTROGASTRIC SIGNALS", IMAGES OF THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY, SEATTLE, NOV. 9 - 12, 1989, YONGMIN KIM;SPELMAN F A, (19891109), vol. 11 PART 2/06, page 698/699, XP000091898 [A] 12,15 * the whole document *
 [A]  - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 93, no. 10, Database accession no. 93-083947, XP002045064 & SU1674798 A 19910907 (GORKOV V.S. ET AL.) [A] 12 * abstract *
International search[A]US4649505  (ZINSER JR RICHARD L [US], et al);
 [A]US4863265  (FLOWER RONALD J [US], et al)
 [A]  - BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING, Volume 1, "Time and Frequency Domains Analysis", (COHEN), pp. 152-159.
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