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EP1114348 - DEVICE FOR OBSERVATION INSIDE A BODY PROVIDING IMPROVED QUALITY OF OBSERVATION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 03.10.2003 Database last updated on 16.07.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	03.10.2003	No opposition filed within time limit	published on 19.11.2003 [2003/47]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE, HOPITAUX DE PARIS 3, avenue Victoria 75004 Paris / FR
	For all designated states INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM) 101, rue de Tolbiac 75013 Paris / FR
	[N/P]
Former [2002/48]	For all designated states ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE, HOPITAUX DE PARIS 3, avenue Victoria 75004 Paris / FR
	For all designated states INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM) 101, rue de Tolbiac 75013 Paris / FR
Former [2001/28]	For all designated states ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE, HOPITAUX DE PARIS 3, avenue Victoria 75004 Paris / FR
	For all designated states INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM) 101, rue de Tolbiac 75013 Paris / FR
Inventor(s)	01 / LE GARGASSON, Jean-François 7, rue des Morvrains F-94350 Villiers s/Marne / FR
	02 / LAMARQUE, Frédéric 18 rue du Roussillon F-78690 Les Essarts le Roi / FR
	03 / CHADUC, Jean-Paul ITECH 106, boulevard Gustave Flaubert F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand / FR
	[2001/28]
Representative(s)	Pontet, Bernard Pontet Allano & Associés Parc Les Algorithmes, Bâtiment Platon CS 70003 Saint Aubin 91192 Gif sur Yvette Cedex / FR
	[N/P]
Former [2001/28]	Pontet, Bernard Pontet Allano & Associés s.e.l.a.r.l. 25 rue Jean-Rostand Parc Club Orsay Université 91893 Orsay Cédex / FR
Application number, filing date	99942971.5	15.09.1999
	[2001/28]
	WO1999FR02188
Priority number, date	FR19980011486	15.09.1998 Original published format: FR 9811486
	[2001/28]
Filing language	FR
Procedural language	FR
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO0016151
	Date:	23.03.2000
	Language:	FR
	[2000/12]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1114348
	Date:	11.07.2001
	Language:	FR
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 23.03.2000 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2001/28]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1114348
	Date:	27.11.2002
	Language:	FR
	[2002/48]
	Type:	B9 Corrected patent specification
	No.:	EP1114348
	Date:	02.04.2003
	[2003/14]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	23.03.2000
Classification	IPC:	G02B23/26, A61B1/04	[2001/28]
	CPC:	A61B1/07 (EP,US); A61B1/00165 (EP,US); A61B1/0646 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [2002/48]
Former [2001/28]	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE
Extension states	AL	13.04.2001
	LT	13.04.2001
	LV	13.04.2001
	MK	13.04.2001
	RO	13.04.2001
	SI	13.04.2001
Title	German:	Vorrichtung zur Beobachtung des Inneren eines Körpers mit verbesserter Beobachtungsqualität	[2001/48]
	English:	DEVICE FOR OBSERVATION INSIDE A BODY PROVIDING IMPROVED QUALITY OF OBSERVATION	[2001/28]
	French:	DISPOSITIF D'OBSERVATION DE L'INTERIEUR D'UN CORPS PRODUISANT UNE QUALITE D'OBSERVATION PERFECTIONNEE	[2001/28]
	Former [2001/28]	VORRICHTUNG ZUR BEOBACHTUNG DES INNERES EINES KÖRPERS MIT VERBESSERTEM BEOBACHTUNGSQUALITÄT
Entry into regional phase	13.04.2001	National basic fee paid
	13.04.2001	Designation fee(s) paid
	13.04.2001	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	27.03.2000	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	13.04.2001	Examination requested [2001/28]
	26.06.2001	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	09.07.2001	Request for accelerated examination filed
	12.11.2001	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	12.11.2001	Decision about request for accelerated examination - accepted: Yes
	21.05.2002	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	20.08.2002	Fee for grant paid
	20.08.2002	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	28.08.2003	No opposition filed within time limit [2003/47]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	26.09.2001	Renewal fee patent year 03
	24.09.2002	Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	FI	27.11.2002
	GR	27.11.2002
	NL	27.11.2002
	PT	27.02.2003
	SE	27.02.2003
	[2003/43]
Former [2003/31]	GR	27.11.2002
	NL	27.11.2002
	PT	27.02.2003
	SE	27.02.2003
Former [2003/30]	NL	27.11.2002
	PT	27.02.2003
	SE	27.02.2003
Former [2003/29]	PT	27.02.2003
	SE	27.02.2003
Former [2003/19]	SE	27.02.2003
Cited in	International search	[A]JPS61251819 ;
		[A]JPH0438092 ;
		[A]US5074642 (HICKS JOHN W [US]) [A] 1-18 * abstract * * column 2, line 22 - line 35 *;
		[A]US5103497 (HICKS JOHN W [US]) [A] 1-18 * abstract * * column 1, line 58 - column 2, line 34 *;
		[A]DE4207092 (SCHOTT GLASWERKE [DE]) [A] 1-18 * abstract *;
		[A]US5280378 (LOMBARDO IGINO [US]) [A] 1-18 * abstract * * column 7, line 15 - line 56 *;
		[A]US5425123 (HICKS JOHN W [US]) [A] 1-18 * abstract * * column 2, line 10 - line 32 *
		[A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19870402), vol. 011, no. 103, Database accession no. (P - 562), & JP61251819 A 19861108 (OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO LTD) [A] 1-18 * abstract *
		[A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19920522), vol. 016, no. 221, Database accession no. (E - 1205), & JP04038092 A 19920207 (TOSHIBA CORP;OTHERS: 01) [A] 1 * abstract *
	Examination	US5200838

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