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EP1054625
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP1054625 - IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO ULTRASONOGRAPHY [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 06.06.2008 Database last updated on 29.07.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 06.06.2008 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): SE | published on 09.07.2008 [2008/28] | 06.06.2008 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 09.07.2008 [2008/28] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states GE HEALTHCARE AS Nycoveien 1-2 PO Box 4220 Nydalen 0401 Oslo / NO | [N/P] |
| Former [2007/30] | For all designated states GE Healthcare AS Nycoveien 1-2 PO Box 4220 Nydalen 0401 Oslo / NO | ||
| Former [2006/46] | For all designated states GE Healthcare AS Nycoveien 2 0485 Oslo / NO | ||
| Former [2002/18] | For all designated states Amersham Health AS Nycoveien 1-2, PO Box 4220, Nydalen 0401 Oslo / NO | ||
| Former [2001/27] | For all designated states NYCOMED IMAGING AS Nycoveien 2, P.O. Box 4220, Torshov 0401 Oslo 4 / NO | ||
| Former [2000/48] | For all designated states NYCOMED IMAGING AS Nycoveien 2, P.O. Box 4220, Torshov 0401 Oslo 4 / NO | ||
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Marsden, John Christopher Frank B. Dehn & Co., 179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL / GB | Inventor(s) | 01 /
ERIKSEN, Morten, GE Healthcare AS Nycoveien 1-2, P.O. Box 4220, Nydalen 0401 Oslo / NO | 02 /
FRIGSTAD, Sigmund Frode Rinnons vei 68 7050 Trondheim / NO | [2007/31] |
| Former [2007/29] | 01 /
ERIKSEN, Morten, GE Healthcare AS Nycoveien 1-2, P.O. Box 4220, Nydalen 0401 Oslo / NO | ||
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FRIGSTAD, Sigmund, GE Healthcare AS Nycoveien 1-2, P.O. Box 4220, Nydalen 0401 Oslo / NO | |||
| Former [2000/48] | 01 /
ERIKSEN, Morten, Nycomed Imaging as Nycoveien 2, P.O. Box 4220, Torshov 0401 Oslo / NO | ||
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FRIGSTAD, Sigmund, Nycomed Imaging as Nycoveien 2, P.O. Box 4220, Torshov 0401 Oslo / NO | Representative(s) | Hammett, Audrey Grace Campbell, et al GE Healthcare Limited Amersham Place Little Chalfont Bucks. HP7 9NA / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2005/05] | Hammett, Audrey Grace Campbell, et al Amersham plc Amersham Place Little Chalfont, Bucks. HP7 9NA / GB | ||
| Former [2000/48] | Marsden, John Christopher Frank B. Dehn & Co., European Patent Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL / GB | Application number, filing date | 98961311.2 | 17.12.1998 | [2000/48] | WO1998GB03809 | Priority number, date | GB19970026773 | 18.12.1997 Original published format: GB 9726773 | [2000/48] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9932034 | Date: | 01.07.1999 | Language: | EN | [1999/26] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP1054625 | Date: | 29.11.2000 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 01.07.1999 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2000/48] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1054625 | Date: | 01.08.2007 | Language: | EN | [2007/31] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 01.07.1999 | Classification | IPC: | A61B8/06, A61K49/00, G01S7/52, A61B8/00 | [2000/48] | CPC: |
A61B8/481 (EP,US);
A61B8/06 (EP,US);
A61B8/13 (EP,US);
A61K49/223 (EP,US);
G01S15/8979 (EP,US);
G01S7/52036 (EP,US);
A61B5/352 (EP,US)
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| Designated contracting states | DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, IT, NL, SE [2000/48] | Title | German: | VERBESSERUNGEN BEZÜGLICH DER ULTRASCHALL-ABBILDUNG | [2000/48] | English: | IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO ULTRASONOGRAPHY | [2000/48] | French: | AMELIORATIONS APPORTEES A L'ECHOGRAPHIE | [2000/48] | Entry into regional phase | 19.06.2000 | National basic fee paid | 19.06.2000 | Designation fee(s) paid | 19.06.2000 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 19.07.1999 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP | 19.06.2000 | Examination requested [2000/48] | 25.02.2004 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 03.06.2004 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 28.04.2006 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 17.07.2006 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 27.07.2006 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 16.11.2006 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 16.02.2007 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 12.06.2007 | Fee for grant paid | 12.06.2007 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 06.05.2008 | No opposition filed within time limit [2008/28] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 13.12.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 13.12.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 12.12.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 12.12.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 23.12.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 27.12.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 27.12.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 09 |
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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 | DK | 01.08.2007 | FI | 01.08.2007 | NL | 01.08.2007 | SE | 01.11.2007 | [2008/28] |
| Former [2008/23] | DK | 01.08.2007 | |
| FI | 01.08.2007 | ||
| NL | 01.08.2007 | ||
| Former [2008/16] | FI | 01.08.2007 | |
| NL | 01.08.2007 | Cited in | International search | [X]WO9428939 (MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS INC [US]) [X] 11-17,19 * page 6, line 5 - page 8, line 27 * * page 10, lines 21-24 * * page 13, line 23 - page 14, line 6 *; | [X]WO9729783 (MARSDEN JOHN CHRISTOPHER [GB], et al) [X] 11-19 * page 7, lines 6-29 * * page 9, lines 8-37 *; | [A]US5664571 (YAMAZAKI NOBUO [JP]) [A] 1-8 * abstract * * column 1, line 40 - column 2, line 40 * * column 3, lines 25-30 * * column 6, lines 38-43 * * column 7, lines 35-50 * * column 9, lines 25-34 *; | [A]US5601085 (OSTENSEN JONNY [NO], et al) [A] 1,3,5,8 * the whole document *; | [A]US4567898 (PLUGGE JAY S [US], et al) [A] 1 * the whole document *; | [A]WO9633655 (MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS INC [US]) [A] 1 * page 16, lines 11-17 * |