Nummer 52/16 28 december 2016

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1 Nummer 52/16 28 december 2016

2 Nummer 52/ december 2016 Inleiding Hoofdblad Het Blad de Industriële Eigendom verschijnt op de derde werkdag van een week. Indien Octrooicentrum Nederland op deze dag is gesloten, wordt de verschijningsdag van het blad verschoven naar de eerstvolgende werkdag, waarop Octrooicentrum Nederland is geopend. Het blad verschijnt alleen in elektronische vorm. Elk nummer van het blad bestaat uit 14 rubrieken. Bijblad Verschijnt vier keer per jaar (januari, april, juli, oktober) in elektronische vorm via octrooien. Het Bijblad bevat officiële mededelingen en andere wetenswaardigheden waarmee Octrooicentrum Nederland en zijn klanten te maken hebben. Abonnementsprijzen per (kalender)jaar: Hoofdblad en Bijblad: verschijnt gratis in elektronische vorm op de website van Octrooicentrum Nederland. Bezoekadres: Octrooicentrum Nederland Prinses Beatrixlaan AL Den Haag Postadres Postbus HJ Den Haag Telefoon: Telefax: Bankrekeningnummer: Voor taksen en depotrekeningen: ING Iban: NL41INGB BIC: INGBNL2A Introduction Patent Bulletin The Patent Bulletin appears on the 3rd working day of each week. If the Netherlands Patent Office is closed to the public on the above mentioned day, the date of issue of the Bulletin is the first working day thereafter, on which the Office is open. Each issue of the Bulletin consists of 14 headings. Official Journal Appears four times a year (January, April, July, October) in electronic form on the octrooien. The Official Journal contains announcements and other things worth knowing for the benefit of the Netherlands Patent Office and its customers. Subscription rates per calendar year: Patent Bulletin and Official Journal: free of charge in electronic form on the website of the Netherlands Patent Office. Visiting address: Netherlands Patent Office Prinses Beatrixlaan AL Den Haag Postadress Post Office Box: HJ Den Haag Telephone: +31(0) Telefax: +31(0) Account: Fees, deposit accounts: ING Iban: NL41INGB BIC: INGBNL2A

3 Nummer 52/ december 2016 Inhoudsopgave Blz. Content Page Rubriek NP1 Bevat gegevens betreffende octrooiaanvragen die zijn ingeschreven op grond van de Octrooiwet Rubriek NP2 Bevat gegevens betreffende ingeschreven en verleende octrooien op grond van de Octrooiwet Heading NP1 Contains data concerning Netherlands patent applications which have been entered in the patent register under the Patents Act Heading NP2 Contains data concerning Netherlands patents which have been entered in the patent register under the Patents Act Rubriek NP3 Bevat gegevens betreffende Nederlandse octrooien na gedeeltelijke afstand conform artikel 63 van de Octrooiwet Heading NP3 Contains data concerning Netherlands patents after partial renunciation confirm Article 63 of the Patents Act Rubriek EP1 Bevat gegevens betreffende vertaalde conclusies van Europese octrooiaanvragen. Rubriek EP2 Bevat gegevens betreffende voor Nederland verleende Europese octrooien. 10 Heading EP1 Contains data concerning translations of the conclusions of European patent applications. 11 Heading EP2 Contains data concerning European patents granted for The Netherlands Rubriek EP3 Bevat gegevens betreffende voor Nederland verleende Europese octrooien waarvoor een vertaling is ingediend conform artikel 52 lid 1 of 6 van de Octrooiwet Heading EP3 Contains data concerning European patents granted for The Netherlands in which a translation was filed confirm Article 52 par. 1 or 6 of the Patents Act Rubriek EP4 Bevat gegevens betreffende voor Nederland verleende gewijzgde Europese octrooien. Rubriek EP5 Bevat gegevens betreffende voor Nederland verleende gewijzigde 207Heading EP4 Contains data concerning European patents granted in amended form for the Netherlands. 208Heading EP5 Contains data concerning European patents granted in amended form for

4 Nummer 52/ december 2016 Europese octrooien waarvoor een gewijzigde vertaling is ingediend. Rubriek SPC Bevat gegevens betreffende ingeschreven en verleende certificaten The Netherlands in which an amended translation was filed. 209Heading SPC 209 Contains data concerning applications for- or granted Supplementary Protection Certificates. Rubriek VB1 210Heading VB1 Bevat gegevens betreffende rechten Contains data concerning requests and waarvoor een verzoek of bezwaarschrift notices of opposition under the General is ingediend conform de Octrooiwet administrative law. 210 Rubriek VB2 Bevat gegevens betreffende rechten waarin een beslissing is genomen of waarvoor een nieuwheidsrapport is uitgegaan op een verzoek- of bezwaarschrift conform de Octrooiwet Heading VB2 Contains data concerning requests and notices of opposition under the General administrative law in respect of which a decision has been taken or in respect for which a report has been made. 212 Rubriek MED Bevat gegevens betreffende overige mededelingen. Rubriek VRV Bevat gegevens betreffende verval of nietigverklaring. Rubriek VRB Bevat gegevens betreffende verbeteringen op eerdere publicaties. 213Heading MED Contains data concerning other communications. 214Heading VRV Contains data concerning lapse or annulment. 237Heading VRB Contains data concerning corrections on earlier publications Rubriek CO Bevat gegevens betreffende wijzigingen in het octrooiregister. 238Heading CO 238 Contains data concerning changes in the Netherland patent register. Rubriek TVH 241Heading TVH Bevat gegevens betreffende topografieën Contains data concerning depots of van halfgeleiderproducten. original topographies of semi-conductor products. 241

5 Nummer 52/ december 2016 Overzicht van Inid codes INID CODES Inid codes worden gebruikt op de voorpagina van octrooigeschriften en in octrooibulletins. Ze dienen om de verschillende bibliografische gegevens te kunnen begrijpen zonder kennis te hebben van de taal. INID is een acronym van Internationally agreed Numbers for Identification of Data. De definities van INID codes wordt gegeven in de WIPO standaard ST. 9. INID CODES INID Codes are used on the front pages of patent documents and in official gazettes to identify various bibliographic data items without knowledge of the language used and the industrial property laws applied. INID is an acronym for Internationally agreed Numbers for the Identification of Data. The INID Codes are usually given in parenthesis adjacent to the appropriate bibliographic data item. The definitions of the INID Codes are given in WIPO Standard ST. 9 (as of November 1998) and are listed below: (11) (13) (15) (21) (22) (23) (25) (26) (30) (31) (32) (33) (34) (40) (41) (42) (43) Octrooinummer Soort document volgens WIPO standaard 16 Correctie informatie Octrooiaanvraagnummer Datum van indiening Datum tentoonstelling Taal van indiening Taal waarin de aanvraag is gepubliceerd Voorrangsgegevens Nummer voorrang Datum voorrang Land van herkomst voorrang Oorspronkelijk land van indiening Datum van inschrijving Datum van inschrijving van een octrooiaanvraag Datum van inschrijving van een onderzochte aanvraag (openbaarmaking) (11) (13) (15) (21) (22) (23) (25) (26) (30) (31) (32) (33) (34) (40) (41) (42) Datum waarop de aanvraag ter inzage is gelegd (43) Patent number Kind of document code according to WIPO standard ST.16 Patent correction information Application number Date(s) of filing application(s) Date of exhibition Language in which the published application was originally filed Language in which the application is published Priority Data Number(s) assigned to priority application(s) Date(s) of filling of priority application(s) WIPO Standard ST.3 Code indetifying the national patent office alloting the priority application number or the organization alloting the regional priority application number: for international applications filed under the PCT, the code "WO" is used. For priority fillings under the regional or international arrangements, the WIPO Standard ST.3 Code indentifying at least one country party to the Paris Union for which the regional or international application was made. Date(s) of making available to the public Date of making available to the public by viewing, or copying on request an unexamined patent document, on which no grant has taken place on or before the said date. Date of making available to the public by viewing, or copying on request an examined patent document, on which no grant has taken place on or before the said date. Date of publication by printing or similar process of anexamined document on which no grant has taken place on or before said date

6 Nummer 52/ december 2016 (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (51) (54) (62) (68) (71) (72) (73) (74) (75) (81) (83) (84) (86) (87) (92) (93) (94) (95) Datum van openbaarmaking Datum van kracht worden van een Europees octrooi in Nederland Inschrijvingsdatum conclusies Verleningsdatum octrooi Datum waarop een verbetering van een octrooi is uitgegeven Internationale Octrooiclassificatie Korte aanduiding Nummer moeder aanvraag Nummer basis octrooi Naam aanvrager(s) Naam uitvinder(s) Naam octrooihouder(s) Naam gemachtigde Naam van uitvinders die tevens aanvrager zijn Aangewezen landen volgens de PCT Informatie over micro organismen Aangewezen landen bij regionale octrooien Nummer van omgezette aanvraag Datum en nummer van een PCT aanvraag Certificaten: nummer en datum van de eerste nationale vergunning voor een geneesmiddel Datum en nummer van de eerste EU vergunning voor een geneesmiddel Expiratiedatum voor een topografie Certificaten: naam van het product (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (51) (54) (62) (68) (71) (72) (73) (74) (75) (81) (83) (84) (86) (87) (92) (93) (94) (95) Date of publication by printing or similar process of an examined document on which no grant has taken place on or before said date Date of publication by printing or similar process of a document on which no grant has taken place on or before said date Date of publication by printing or similar process of the claim(s) only of a document Date from which the patent takes effect Date of issuance of a corrected patent document International Patent Classification Title of the invention Number and, if possible, filling date of the earlier application from which the present document has been divided out Number of the basic patent Name(s) of the applicant(s) Name(s) of the inventor(s) if know to be such Name(s) of grantee(s) Name(s) of the attorney(s) or agent(s) Name(s) of inventor(s) who is (are) also application(s) Designated States(s) according to the PCT Information concerning the deposit of microorganisms Designated Contracting States under regional patent conventions Apllication number of a PCT-application or number of European patent which is converted into a national application Publication date and number of a PCT application For an SPC, number and date of the first national authorization to place the product on the market as a medicinal product For an SPC, number and date and where applicable, country of origin, of the first authorzation to place the product on the market as a medicinal product within a regional economic community Calculated date of expiry of the topography Name of the product protected by the basic patent and in respect of which the SPC has been apllied for or granted

7 Nummer 52/ december 2016 Rubrieken/Headings NP1 Bevat gegevens betreffende octrooiaanvragen die zijn ingeschreven op grond van de Octrooiwet Contains data concerning Netherlands patent applications which have been entered in the patent register under the Patents Act (51) A01K 11/00 A01K 29/00 (21) (22) (54) Werkwijze en inrichting voor het detecteren en registreren van weidegang van vee. (71) N.V. Nederlandsche Apparatenfabriek NEDAP (74) ir. C.M. Jansen c.s. (72) Rudie Jan Hendrik Lammers Woltherus Karsijns Jan Anne Kuipers (51) C02F 3/28 C02F 1/20 C02F 1/52 (21) (22) (54) Systeem en werkwijze voor de nabehandeling van een water of permeaatstroom die wordt afgescheiden door een hoge druk vergister waarin onder druk gassen zijn opgelost. (71) Kirsten Zagt (72) ir. Christiaan Emanuel Zagt (31) (32) (33) Netherlands (51) E21B 17/04 E21B 17/02 E21B 17/046 E21B 17/042 (21) (22) (54) RUNNING TOOL LOCK MECHANISM. (71) Halliburton Energy Services inc. (74) dr. ir. F.M. van Bouwelen (72) Odee Paul Daigle Gary Allen Kohn (31) US62/182,310 (32) (51) G03F 7/20 (21) (22) (54) CONTROL SYSTEM, POSITIONING SYSTEM, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD. (71) ASML Netherlands B.V. (74) ir. A.J. Maas (72) Jeroen Johannes Theodorus Hendrikus de Best Wilhelmus Henricus Theodorus Maria Aangenent Stan Henricus van der Meulen (31) (32) (51) G03F 7/20 (21) (22) (54) RECIPE SELECTION BASED ON INTER- RECIPE CONSISTENCY (71) ASML Netherlands B.V. (74) ir. A.J. Maas (72) Peter David Engblom Arie Jeffrey den Boef Kaustuve Bhattacharyya Timothy Dugan Davis (31) 62/181,047 (32) (51) G03F 7/20 (21) (22) (54) METHOD OF METROLOGY, INSPECTION APPARATUS, LITHOGRAPHIC SYSTEM AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD (71) ASML Netherlands B.V. (74) ir. A.J. Maas (72) Hans van der Laan Frank Staals Peter Hanzen Wardenier Jean-Pierre Agnes Henricus Marie Vaessen (31) (32) (51) G03F 7/20 (21) (22) (54) AN APPARATUS INCLUDING A GAS GAUGE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME (71) ASML Holding N.V. ASML Netherlands B.V. (74) ir. A.J. Maas (72) Erik Johan Arlemark Joseph Harry Lyons Martinus Cornelis Reijnen Nicolae Marian Ungureanu James H. Walsh (31) 62/181,465 62/202,651 (32) (51) G08G 1/01 (21) (22) (54) Traffic management information system. (71) Beijer Automotive B.V. (74) ir. J.M.G. Dohmen c.s. (72) Ronald Henri Johan de Beijer (41)

8 Nummer 52/ december 2016 NP2 Bevat gegevens betreffende ingeschreven en verleende octrooien op grond van de Octrooiwet Contains data concerning Netherlands patents which have been entered in the patent register under the Patents Act (51) A23L 7/196 A23P 20/20 A23P 20/25 (11) (47) (22) (54) Voedingsproduct en werkwijze voor het vervaardigen en bereiden daarvan. (73) AJI Food B.V. (72) Jeroen Marinus Antonie van de Velde (74) drs. A.A. Jilderda (31) (32) (33) Netherlands (51) A61B 5/053 A63B 22/00 A61B 5/0402 A61B 5/00 A61B 5/0205 (11) (47) (22) (54) A body monitoring system. (73) Stichting IMEC Nederland (72) Seulki Lee Ruben de Francisco Martin (74) ir. P.J. Hylarides c.s. (31) (32) (51) E01C 19/17 B05B 1/26 B05B 1/20 A01M 7/00 (11) (47) (22) (54) Sproeibalk voor kalkmelk en tankwagen bestemd voor het sproeien van kalkmelk. (73) R.C.S. RABOTAGE (72) Luigi Maugeri (74) J.M.H. Duyver lic. (31) 2014/5041 (32) (33) Belgium (51) E03F 5/12 (11) (47) (22) (54) Inrichting voor het ontlasten en ontspannen van een riool. (73) Kragten B.V. (72) Johan Albert Gerard Evers Petrus Antonius Arnoldus Henricus Pijnappels (74) ir. J.M.G. Dohmen c.s. (51) E04H 15/00 (11) (47) (22) (54) Inrichting voor het blokkeren van een in tenminste twee lagers gelagerde wikkelas voor het opwikkelen van een scherm. (73) LUXXOUT B.V. (72) Hendrik Cornelis den Besten (74) ir. H.Th. van den Heuvel c.s. (31) (32) (33) Netherlands (51) F21V 23/04 H05B 37/02 (11) (47) (22) (54) Lampvoethouder met standaard lampvoetmaatvoering (E27/E14/GU10 etc.) waarin een timer is ingebouwd. De lampvoethouder onderbreekt de stroomtoevoer naar de lamp zodra de vooraf ingestelde tijd is bereikt. (73) André Kuperus E Group B.V. (72) André Kuperus (51) G08G 1/01 (11) (47) (22) (54) Traffic management information system. (73) Beijer Automotive B.V. (72) Ronald Henri Johan de Beijer (74) ir. J.M.G. Dohmen c.s.

9 Nummer 52/ december 2016 NP3 Bevat gegevens betreffende ingeschreven en gewijzigd verleende octrooien van de Octrooiwet Contains data concerning Netherlands patents which have been entered in the patent register (after limitation procedure) under the Patents Act 1995.

10 Nummer 52/ december 2016 EP1 Bevat gegevens betreffende vertaalde conclusies van Europese octrooiaanvragen. Contains data concerning translations of the claims of European patent applications.

11 Nummer 52/ december 2016 EP2 Bevat gegevens betreffende voor Nederland verleende Europese octrooien. Contains data concerning European patents granted for The Netherlands. (51) A01B 63/108 E02F 3/627 E02F 9/22 A01B 63/10 B62D 49/06 F15B 1/02 E02F 3/36 E02F 3/43 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) FRONT LOADER ASSEMBLY (73) Deere & Company (72) Faivre, Damien Betrand, Hugues Villarreal, Diego Adrian (31) (32) (51) A01B 71/08 A01C 7/20 A01C 7/04 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Seeding machine (73) Deere & Company (72) Friestad, Michael E Garner, Elijah B Martin, Robert W (31) (32) (51) A01C 7/08 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Refilling system (73) Amazonen-Werke H. Dreyer GmbH & Co. KG (72) Wilken, Martin (31) (32) (51) A01D 34/73 A01D 34/82 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) LAWN MOWER (73) HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. (72) Kurioka, Shunsuke Tsuruoka, Shingo (31) (32) (51) A01D 41/14 A01D 41/127 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Method for operating a self-propelled harvester (73) CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH (72) Behnke, Willi Krause, Thilo (31) (32) (51) A01D 43/073 A01D 43/08 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Agricultural harvester (73) CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH (72) Hartmann, Ralf (31) (32) (51) A01D 46/26 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) FRUIT HARVESTING BEATING MACHINE HEAD (73) Arvanitakis, Eleftherios (72) Arvanitakis, Eleftherios (31) (32) (33) Greece (51) A01F 7/06 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Combine harvester (73) CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH (72) Bußmann, Jens Drewes, Rainer Holtmann, Bernd Schwersmann, Berthold (31) (32) (51) A01F 12/32 (11) EP (21) EP (87) EP (22) (54) COMBINE HARVESTER WITH ADJUSTABLE CLEANING SHOE ARRANGEMENT (73) CNH Industrial Belgium nv (72) DESMET, Tom BAERT, Matthias TALLIR, Frederik MISSOTTEN, Bart M. A. DUQUESNE, Frank R. G. YDE, Luc DEVRIESE, Thierry E. (31) (32) (33) Belgium (51) A01F 15/08 A01F 15/14 (11) EP (21) EP (87) EP (22) (54) BALER AND METHOD OF BALING (73) Kuhn-Geldrop BV (72) VAN AMSTEL, Leonardus, Hendrikus, Maria (31) (32) (33) United Kingdom (51) A01G 3/00 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Cutting device for separating stolons or parts of plants (73) Heuling Maschinenbau Gmbh & Co. KG (72) Schulze Heuling, Ulrich (31) U (32) (51) A01G 17/02 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Leaf stripping machine (73) Spezia S.r.l. (72) Spezia, Giancarlo (31) MI (32) (33) Italy (51) A01G 25/09 (11) EP (21) EP (87) EP (22) (54) MOVABLE SUPPORT AND IRRIGATION SYSTEM WITH SUCH A SUPPORT

12 Nummer 52/ december 2016 (73) Kwl Blechverarbeitung GmbH (72) MICHELS, Peter (31) (32) (51) A01G 31/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) EP (22) (54) METHOD OF GROWING PLANTS (73) Rockwool International A/S (72) CUYPERS, Jean DE KUBBER, Daan BOUWENS, Paul (31) (32) (51) A01J 5/017 (11) EP (21) EP (87) GB (22) (54) MILKING APPARATUS AND PROCESS (73) Green Source Automation LLC (72) DAUBNER, Anton PEACOCK, Andrew Mark (31) (32) (33) United Kingdom (51) A01K 1/01 A01K 1/10 A01K 5/02 E01H 5/06 G05D 1/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) NL (22) (54) VEHICLE FOR DISPLACING FEED LYING ON A FLOOR IN A SIDEWARD DISPLACEMENT DIRECTION (73) Lely Patent N.V. (72) STEEN, Geert Cornelis STEGINK, Heine (31) (32) (33) Netherlands (51) A01K 89/01 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Spinning reel fishing line guide mechanism and spinning reel (73) Shimano Inc. (72) Hiraoka, Hirokazu (31) (32) (51) A01K 89/015 (11) EP (21) EP P (32) (22) (54) DUAL-BEARING REEL AND CLUTCH MECHANISM THEREOF (73) Shimano Inc. European Patent Office (EPO) (72) Ikuta, Takeshi Niitsuma, Akira (51) A01N 33/12 Watarai, Etsuyoshi A01N 47/44 Yoshida, Kenji A01N 31/02 (31) A01P 1/00 (32) (11) EP (21) EP (51) A01N 25/02 A01N 25/04 (87) US A01N 25/ A01N 45/02 (22) A01N 43/56 (54) ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS (11) EP (73) 3M Innovative Properties Company (21) EP (72) ASMUS, Robert A. HOBBS, Terry R. (87) EP (31) P (32) (22) (54) AGROCHEMICAL CONCENTRATES (51) A01N 43/40 COMPRISING ALKOXYLATED A01N 25/22 ADJUVANTS C08K 5/3432 (73) Syngenta Limited C08K 5/1545 (72) RAMSAY, Julia, Lynne (11) EP HONE, John (21) EP CALVO, Jose, Luis THOMSON, Niall, Rae (87) EP MULQUEEN, Patrick, Joseph BASSETT-CROSS, Alexander (22) FITZJOHN, Steven (54) SALTS OF DEHYDROACETIC ACID HARRIS, Antony AS A PYRITHIONE STABILIZER IN (31) PLASTICS (73) Lonza Inc. (32) (72) HALL, Larry Kent KIMLER, Joseph RAO, Lei European Patent Office (EPO) (31) P (51) A01N 25/30 (32) C07C 215/12 A01N 25/00 (51) A01N 43/56 A01N 57/20 A01N 43/713 A01N 43/50 A61K 31/4439 A01N 33/12 A01P 7/00 (11) EP (11) EP (21) EP (21) EP (87) EP (87) EP (22) (22) (54) COMPOUND COMPRISING A PESTICIDE (54) COMBINATIONS OF ACTIVE AND AN ALKOXYLATE OF 2- SUBSTANCES WITH INSECTICIDAL PROPYLHEPTYL AMINE AND ACARICIDAL PROPERTIES (73) BASF Corporation (73) Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH (72) KLINGELHOEFER, Paul (72) FUNKE, Christian KINGMA, Arend, Jouke HUNGENBERG, Heike MAITRO-VOGEL, Sophie FISCHER, Rüdiger HUYGHE, Kevin (31) P HADERLEIN, Gerd SCHNABEL, Gerhard (32) NOLTE, Marc EVANS, Richard, Roger (31) European Patent Office (EPO)

13 Nummer 52/ december 2016 (51) A01N 43/90 A01N 25/04 A01N 25/30 A01N 27/00 A01N 43/653 A01N 47/34 A01N 47/38 A61P 3/00 C09B 47/04 C09B 67/00 A01N 25/00 A01N 43/52 A01N 47/30 A01N 47/40 A01N 55/02 C09B 67/20 C09B 67/46 (11) EP (21) EP (87) CA (22) (54) IMPROVED TURFGRASS FUNGICIDE FORMULATION WITH PIGMENT (73) Suncor Energy Inc. (72) FEFER, Michael LIU, Jun RUO, Tomoki HEVIA, Sonia, Edith (31) P P (32) (51) A01N 43/90 A01P 1/00 A61K 31/4439 A61K 31/409 A61K 41/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) USE OF TETRAKIS(N- ALKYLPYRIDINIUM)-PORPHYRIN DERIVATIVES FOR KILLING MICROBES OR PREVENTING THEIR GROWTH (73) Frontier Scientific, Inc. (72) PRESTWICH, Glenn BOMMER, Jerry, C. TESTA, Charles (31) P (32) (51) A01N 45/02 A01N 25/00 A01N 37/42 A01P 3/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) EP (22) Japan (54) COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING (51) A21C 9/08 ABSCISIC ACID AND A FUNGICIDALLY A21C 11/00 ACTIVE COMPOUND (11) EP (73) Syngenta Limited (21) EP Syngenta Participations AG (72) PEARSON, Elizabeth (87) JP CALVO, Jose Luis WESLEY, Robin (22) GODWIN, Jeremy R. (54) FOOD DOUGH FORMING APPARATUS HAWKES, Timothy Robert AND FOOD DOUGH FORMING METHOD RAMSEY, Ryan (73) RHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO., (31) LTD. (32) (72) Hiroyuki Okaizumi Takao Takagi (51) A01P 7/02 (31) A01N 43/76 (32) A01N 43/54 (11) EP (51) A22C 11/10 (21) EP H05B 6/78 (11) EP (87) JP (21) EP (22) (22) (54) PEST CONTROL COMPOSITION (54) Device for treating a string of sausages (73) Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited (73) HOWE Wurstwaren KG (72) NATSUHARA, Katsuya (72) Singer, Manfred TANAKA, Azusa (31) (31) (32) (32) (51) A22C 13/00 (51) A21C 3/02 D21H 27/10 (11) EP (11) EP (21) EP (21) EP (22) (87) EP (54) Food dough extending apparatus (73) RHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO., (22) LTD. (54) TUBULAR FOODSTUFF SLEEVE WITH (72) Oderaotoshi, Takeshi TRANSFERABLE INNER LAYER Akutsu, Tomokuni (73) Kalle GmbH Okaizumi, Hiroyuki (72) KÖNIG, Martina Kobayashi, Norio EFFERN, Volker (31) HOFMANN, Sabrina (32) KLEINSCHMIDT, Roland BORST, Ralf (51) A21C 7/00 (31) A21C 3/10 (32) A21C 5/00 A21C 9/08 (51) A23F 3/40 A21C 11/10 (11) EP (11) EP (21) EP (21) EP (87) JP (87) JP (22) (22) (54) FLAVOURING COMPOSITION FOR (54) METHOD FOR CUTTING FOOD DOUGH INFUSION BEVERAGES (73) RHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO., (73) Takasago International Corporation LTD. (72) LOOFT, Jan Dr. (72) EBATA, Hiroshi WEISS, James Christopher YAMADA, Reo PETRY, Rudolf TODATE, Akira KUBO, Florinda (31) (31) (32) (32) (51) A23F 5/24

14 Nummer 52/ december 2016 A23F 5/26 A23F 5/28 A23F 5/50 (11) EP (21) EP (87) NL (22) (54) PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A LIQUID COFFEE CONCENTRATE (73) Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V. (72) HEIJMAN, Gertjan BOSMA, Harke Jan (31) (32) (51) A23G 1/18 A23G 1/00 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUS TEMPERING OF CHOCOLATE MASS (73) Aasted ApS (72) Holmud, Dennis Haslund, Henning (51) A23G 1/18 A23G 1/00 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUS TEMPERING OF CHOCOLATE MASS (73) Aasted ApS (72) Holmud, Dennis (51) A23G 1/30 A23G 1/50 A23G 3/34 A23G 3/02 A23G 1/00 A23G 1/20 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING SHAPED EDIBLE PIECES (73) MARS, INCORPORATED (72) GRAHAM, George CAMPORINI, Alfred TOMASSO, Jennifer SUTTLE, James COLLINS, Thomas (31) P (32) (51) A23K 10/00 A23K 10/40 A23L 5/00 A23K 40/10 A23K 40/20 A23K 20/158 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Process for preparing a dry animal feed (73) Sevecom S.p.A. (72) Serino, Nazzaro (31) MI (32) (33) Italy (51) A23K 20/174 A23L 33/15 C12P 19/42 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF A FOOD OR A PRECURSOR OF THE SAME, FOOD OR A PRECURSOR OF THE SAME, AND USES OF SAME (73) Erdinger Weißbräu Werner Brombach GmbH & Co. KG (72) Liebert, Peter Fischer, Malaika Pieczonka, Klaus (31) (32) (51) A23L 2/00 A23L 2/38 A23L 31/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) JP (22) (54) YEAST EXTRACT CONTAINING LACTIC ACID (73) Kikkoman Corporation RIKEN VITAMIN CO., LTD. (72) HORIGUCHI, Masaya NAKAHARA, Takeharu AOYAMA, Kenji WATANABE, Takehiko KOBAYASHI, Yasuyuki (31) (32) Japan (51) A23L 2/52 A23L 2/60 A23L 29/262 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Low-calorie beverage composition (73) LOTTE Fine Chemical Co., Ltd. (72) Lee, Hyun Woo Lee, Eun Jung Lee, Jae Ho (31) (32) (33) Korea (Republic) (51) A23L 3/005 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Machine and method for the thermal treatment of liquid and semi-liquid food products (73) ALI S.p.A. - CARPIGIANI GROUP (72) Cocchi, Andrea Lazzarini, Roberto (31) BO (32) (33) Italy (51) A23L 5/00 A23L 19/00 A23P 10/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) FR (22) (54) METHOD FOR COATING FOOD PRODUCTS (73) XEDA INTERNATIONAL (72) SARDO, Alberto (31) PCT/FR2008/ (32) World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) (51) A23L 5/20 A23K 10/37 F26B 17/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) IMPROVED DESOLVENTIZER TOASTER WITH VAPOR RECYCLE (73) Desmet Ballestra North America, Inc. (72) KEMPER, Timothy, G. KELLENS, Marc VAN DOOSSELAERE, Philippe (31) P (32) (51) A23L 9/20 A23L 2/00 A23L 7/161 (11) EP (21) EP (87) IB (22) (54) METHOD FOR PREPARING A FOOD COMPOSITION USING CREAM OF RICE (73) Biotti, Jean Serfaty, Yves (72) Parkoo, Koudjo Dodzi Selom (51) A23L 27/20 A23L 27/26 (11) EP (21) EP

15 Nummer 52/ december 2016 PERSSON, Marcus (87) JP (31) (32) (22) (33) Sweden (54) FLAVORING MATERIAL (51) A23N 15/00 (73) AJINOMOTO CO., INC. B26D 3/26 (72) TAKAKURA, Yukiko (11) EP HAYASHI, Kazuhiro (21) EP IGA, Mayuko MASUZAWA, Takuya (87) US (31) (32) (22) (54) APPARATUS FOR CUTTING FOOD (51) A23L 27/28 PRODUCTS A23L 27/29 (73) URSCHEL LABORATORIES, INC. A23L 27/10 (72) JACKO, Michael Scot A23L 2/56 KLOCKOW, Scott Alan A23F 5/50 (31) P A23F 5/ (11) EP (32) (21) EP (87) EP (51) A24C 5/42 (22) (11) EP (54) METHOD OF PRODUCING AN (21) EP AROMATISED FOOD OR BEVERAGE PRODUCT (22) (73) Nestec S.A. (54) Smoking article filling device (72) WESTFALL, Scott A. (73) JT International SA WU, William (72) Magill, Steen BIRCH, Annette Michelle (51) A24D 3/02 SCARLATOS, Amber Christine (11) EP (31) P (21) EP (32) (22) (51) A23L 29/262 (54) Device for transporting tow A23L 29/206 (73) Hauni Maschinenbau GmbH A23C 19/09 (72) Wolff, Stephan (11) EP Horn, Sönke (21) EP (31) (32) (87) CN (51) A24D 3/02 (22) A24D 3/04 (54) EDIBLE COMPOSITION COMPRISING (11) EP CELLULOSE ETHER AND ITS USE AS (21) EP FAT SUBSTITUTE IN DAIRY PRODUCTS (73) Dow Global Technologies LLC (87) GB (72) YUN, Yonnie D YAN, Zheng Y. (22) LI, Ming H. (54) FILTER FOR A SMOKING ARTICLE HUEBNER, Britta (73) British American Tobacco (Investments) SHI, Eric Limited SHI, Xiuqin (72) DAVIS, Andrew (51) A23L 33/115 (31) C11C 1/02 (32) A23G 9/32 (33) United Kingdom A23D 9/00 (51) A24F 17/00 (11) EP B65D 83/08 (21) EP B65D 5/498 (11) EP (87) SE (21) EP (22) (87) EP (54) Frozen confection with glyceride mixture (73) AAK Sweden AB (22) (72) NILSSON, Daniel (54) CIGARETTE PAPER PACK (73) GIZEH Raucherbedarf GmbH (72) KÖSTER, Klaus HARTL, Heinrich GREITER, Rupert (31) U (32) (51) A24F 47/00 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Smoke-free cigarette (73) Olig AG (72) Köller, Marcel (51) A41D 1/08 (11) EP (21) EP (87) EP (22) (54) BIB FOR PLAYING SPORT, IN PARTICULAR FOR CYCLING (73) Selle S.M.P. S.A.S. Di M. Schiavon (72) RIONDATO, Francesco (31) VI (32) (33) Italy (51) A41D 31/00 A62B 17/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) GARMENTS MADE FROM MOISTURE- INSENSITIVE THERMALLY PROTECTIVE MATERIALS (73) W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. (72) MAPLES, Allen DECKER, Matthew JAIN, Mukesh GORAK, William (31) (32) (51) A41D 31/00 B32B 5/26 B32B 5/02 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) INSULATED COMPOSITE FABRIC (73) MMI-IPCO, LLC (72) ROCK, Moshe ZEIBA, James VAINER, Gadalia HUNTER, Jane HARYSLAK, Charles

16 Nummer 52/ december 2016 COSTELLO, David FLAVIN, Shawn WEBSTER, Marcus (31) P P (32) (51) A43B 3/00 A63B 24/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) FOOTWEAR HAVING SENSOR SYSTEM (73) NIKE Innovate C.V. (72) RICE, Jordan M. WEAST, Aaron MOLYNEUX, James HEBERT, Jeffrey J. HORRELL, Joseph B. KNIGHT, Jonathan B. STILLMAN, Martine W. WEITMANN, Dane R. (31) P (32) (51) A43B 5/04 (11) EP (21) EP (87) IB (22) (54) SKI BOOT (73) Calzaturificio S.C.A.R.P.A. S.p.A. (72) PARISOTTO, Davide (31) TV (32) (33) Italy (51) A43B 7/14 (11) EP (21) EP (87) EP (22) (54) SOLE STRUCTURE FOR BIOMECHANICAL CONTROL (73) BS Sweedspeed AB (72) BERGGREN, Svante (31) (32) (33) Sweden (51) A43B 23/02 A43B 7/14 A43C 1/00 A43C 11/22 (11) EP (21) EP (87) JP (22) (54) SHOE HAVING LACE FITTING STRUCTURE (73) ASICS Corporation (72) TAKADA, Yasuyuki KAMIFUKUMOTO, Fumitaka KUROSAKI, Kiyomitsu (51) A45B 9/00 A45B 9/02 A63C 11/22 (11) EP (21) EP (87) AT (22) (54) WRIST-STRAP WITH ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM AND SEPARATE OPENING SYSTEM, RELEASABLY ATTACHABLE TO A HAND-GRIP (73) Fischer Sports GmbH (72) DOBNER, Christian (31) (32) (33) Austria (51) A45C 13/30 A45F 3/12 A45F 3/14 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Shock absorber element for carrying straps (73) Geller, Wolfgang-Peter (72) Geller, Wolfgang-Peter (51) A45D 26/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) IB (22) (54) EPILATOR WITH EXPOSED TWEEZER PORTION (73) Koninklijke Philips N.V. (72) HIETBRINK, Ingrid PUTZER, Arthur MITTERER, Martin Jakob (31) P (32) (51) A45D 34/04 (11) EP (21) EP (87) EP (22) (54) APPLICATOR FOR APPLYING A LIQUID MEDIUM, IN PARTICULAR IN THE COSMETIC FIELD (73) Nowack, Tetiana (72) Nowack, Tetiana (31) U (32) Germany (51) A45D 40/06 (11) EP (21) EP (87) FR (22) (54) LIPSTICK MECHANISM OR THE LIKE WITH FRICTIONAL BRAKING (73) Albea Cosmetics France (72) SUSINI, Claude BOULOGNE, Bernard (31) (32) (51) A45D 40/12 A45D 40/06 B65D 41/04 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Cylindrical cosmetic container (73) Hidan Co., Ltd. (72) Takahashi, Kazuo Kusumoto, Takahiro Hiyama, Kenichi Abe, Yoshinobu Mihara, Yutaka (51) A46B 5/00 A46B 11/00 A45D 40/10 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) ORAL CARE SYSTEM (73) Colgate-Palmolive Company (72) BOYKE, Christine WU, Donghui (51) A46B 9/02 A46B 13/00 B60S 3/06 (11) EP (21) EP (87) IB (22) (54) PERFORATED BAND CONSTRUCTION FOR MOTOR VEHICLE WASHING SYSTEM ROTARY BRUSH ASSEMBLIES (73) Favagrossa Edoardo S.r.l. (72) FAVAGROSSA, Leonardo (31) MI (32) (33) Italy (51) A46B 11/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US

17 Nummer 52/ december 2016 (22) (54) ORAL CARE IMPLEMENT HAVING RESERVOIR FOR DISPENSING ACTIVE AGENT (73) Colgate-Palmolive Company (72) CAI, Heng BOYD, Thomas (31) P (32) (51) A47B 23/04 F16M 11/10 (11) EP (21) EP (87) NL (22) (54) STAND FOR A PORTABLE DEVICE WITH A GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE DISPLAY (73) BakkerElkhuizen Innovations B.V. (72) VAN HOOFT, Jan Thomas Lambertus FRENCKEN, Tristan Margareth Raphael Petronella (51) A47B 88/10 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Sliding track assembly (73) Aten International Co., Ltd. (72) Wu, Sui-An Yu, Chih-Hao (31) (32) (51) A47C 21/08 (11) EP (21) EP (87) EP (22) (54) SIDE RAIL FOR A BED (73) Hermann Bock GmbH (72) FELDOTTO, Udo BOCK, Klaus (31) U (32) Germany Germany Germany European Patent Office (EPO) (51) A47C 27/10 A47C 27/08 A61G 7/05 (11) EP (21) EP (54) PRODUCT SECUREMENT AND (87) JP MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (73) RTC INDUSTRIES, INC. (22) (72) DIPAOLO, Tony (54) AIR MATTRESS WILDMAN, John (73) Paramount Bed Co., Ltd. HARDY, Stephen N. (72) TAKEDA, Kazuhiro (31) P AOKI, Shuichi UEKI, Shinji (32) OHNO, Kenta (31) (32) (51) A47F 3/04 (51) A47C 27/10 F25D 21/14 A61G 7/05 (11) EP (11) EP (21) EP (21) EP (87) EP (87) JP (22) (22) (54) REFRIGERATED SALES CABINET (54) BED AND METHOD FOR (73) Carrier Corporation CONTROLLING AIR SUPPLY/RELEASE (72) NUGROHO, Sri OF AN AIR MATTRESS SCHU, Markus (73) Paramount Bed Co., Ltd. (51) A47G 25/06 (72) ISHIBASHI, Yoshinori B60R 7/10 MATSUMIYA, Rika A47F 5/08 OHNO, Kenta B61D 37/00 (31) (11) EP (32) (21) EP (51) A47D 13/10 (22) A47D 9/02 (54) Wall hook system for suspending wardrobe (11) EP clothing, in particular for a train (21) EP (73) Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (72) Biadatz, Adrian (22) Kirchhoff, Sascha (54) Child swing apparatus (31) (73) Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited (32) (72) Haut, Robert E. Saint, Nathanael (51) A47J 25/00 Tuckey, Peter R. A47J 23/00 Mountz, Jonathan K. (11) EP (31) P (21) EP (32) (22) (51) A47F 1/10 (54) AVOCADO PITTING DEVICE (11) EP (73) Helen of Troy Limited (21) EP (72) Brunner, Todd Prommel, Mark (22) O'Leary, Kevin (54) Separation device for dispensing cups (31) (73) Rudolph, Klaus (32) (72) Rudolph, Klaus (31) (51) A47J 31/ U B67D 1/00 (32) B67D 1/ B67D 1/08 (11) EP Germany (21) EP (51) A47F 1/12 (11) EP (87) IB (21) EP (22) (87) US (54) BEVERAGE SYSTEM WITH AERATION (73) EnE Holdings Ltd (22) (72) CHEN, Andrew Yuen Chin CHENG, Amy Decem

18 Nummer 52/ december 2016 LEUNG, Dick Tak Fung LAI, Paul Cheuk Wai WONG, Raymond Wai Ming (31) P (32) (51) A47J 31/06 A47J 31/44 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Beverage production machine (73) Sicom S.r.l. (72) Berger, Simona (31) MI (32) (33) Italy (51) A47J 31/36 (11) EP (21) EP (87) IB (22) (54) BREWING ASSEMBLY AND BEVERAGES PRODUCTION MACHINE COMPRISING SAID ASSEMBLY (73) Koninklijke Philips N.V. (72) CASTELLI, Cristiano TONELLI, Stefano (31) (32) (51) A47K 10/36 A47K 10/38 B65H 20/02 (11) EP (21) EP (87) SE (22) (54) DISPENSING UNIT AND DISPENSER (73) Sca Hygiene Products AB (72) HJORT, Erik KARONEN, Matti KULLMAN, Marcus POMMER, Stig JONSSON, Sylvia (51) A47L 1/02 G08C 23/04 G08C 19/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) CN (22) (54) GLASS-WIPING DEVICE (73) Ecovacs Robotics Co., Ltd. (72) LV, Xiaoming (31) (32) (33) China (51) A47L 5/36 A47L 9/00 A47L 9/22 A47L 9/24 A47L 9/32 A47L 9/12 A47L 9/16 (11) EP (21) EP (87) GB (22) (54) CYLINDER TYPE VACUUM CLEANER (73) Dyson Technology Limited (72) DYSON, James GAMMACK, Peter SUNDERLAND, David GENN, Stuart (31) (32) (33) United Kingdom (51) A47L 9/00 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Robot cleaner (73) Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (72) Hyun, Du Hwan Jang, Hwi Chan Kim, Dong Won Lee, Byoung In Lee, Sahng Jin Lee, Won Min Jung, Hyun Soo Han, Seung Il (31) (32) (33) Korea (Republic) Korea (Republic) (51) A47L 9/28 A47L 9/30 A47L 9/24 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) A robot cleaner and a suction cleaner comprising a discharge member and control method thereof (73) Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (72) Jung, Hyun Soo Kim, Dong Won Han, Seung Il Jang, Hwi Chan Lee, Jun Hwa (31) (32) (33) Korea (Republic) (51) A47L 11/292 A47L 11/33 A47L 11/08 (11) EP (21) EP (87) IB (22) (54) DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WET FLOOR CLEANING (73) Koninklijke Philips N.V. (72) MOES, Freddy (31) (32) (51) A47L 11/40 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) AUTONOMOUS COVERAGE ROBOT WITH LIQUID APPLICATOR (73) irobot Corporation (72) GILBERT, JR, Duane L. (31) (32) (51) A47L 11/40 A47L 11/283 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Robot cleaner (73) Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd (72) Jeong, Jae Youl Park, Sung Jin Park, Heum Yong Lee, Dong Hun Kim, Min Jae (31) (32) (33) Korea (Republic) (51) A47L 15/44 D06F 39/02 (11) EP (21) EP (87) GB (22) (54) DETERGENT DISPENSING DEVICE (73) Reckitt Benckiser Vanish B.V. (72) DI BONO, Giuseppe PRETTO, Nicola (31) (32) (33) United Kingdom (51) A47L 25/00 A47L 13/50 A47L 11/00 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) DUST DETECTION APPARATUS AND DUST DETECTION METHOD (73) Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (72) Taoka, Hiroki Kayama, Hiroyuki Takei, Ichiro (31)

19 Nummer 52/ december 2016 (32) (51) A61B 1/00 A61B 1/005 A61B 1/04 A61M 25/01 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Fiber optic imaging catheter (73) Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. (72) Boutillette, Michael, P. Graves, David, Mickey Richardson, Kevin, M. Freed, David, I. Scopton, Paul, M. (31) (32) (51) A61B 1/00 A61B 17/28 (11) EP (21) EP (87) JP (22) (54) ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS (73) Olympus Corporation (72) TAKAHASHI, Kazuhiko (31) (32) (51) A61B 1/00 A61B 17/28 A61B 17/34 (11) EP (21) EP (87) JP (22) (54) TROCAR (73) FUJIFILM Corporation (72) DEJIMA, Takumi (31) (32) (51) A61B 1/04 A61B 1/00 H04N 7/18 A61B 1/045 H04B 1/74 H04N 5/225 (11) EP (21) EP (87) JP (22) (54) IMAGING UNIT AND IMAGING SYSTEM (73) Olympus Corporation (72) Nakamura, Mikio (31) (32) (51) A61B 1/04 A61B 5/06 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING THE PROXIMITY OF AN ELECTRODE TO TISSUE IN A BODY (73) St. Jude Medical Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc. (72) AIKEN, Robert D. DENO, D. Curtis KASTNER, Glen H. MILLER, Stephan P. (31) (32) (51) A61B 1/04 A61B 5/06 A61B 34/00 A61B 1/00 A61B 1/273 (11) EP (21) EP (87) JP (22) (54) CAPSULE MEDICAL DEVICE GUIDANCE SYSTEM (73) Olympus Corporation (72) KAWANO, Hironao (31) (32) (51) A61B 1/05 A61B 1/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) EP (22) (54) SURGICAL INSTRUMENT (73) Olympus Winter&Ibe GmbH (72) WIETERS, Martin SCHÖLER, Uwe (31) (32) (51) A61B 1/247 A61B 1/045 A61B 1/00 G02B 23/02 G02B 3/14 G02B 7/09 G02B 7/08 (11) EP (21) EP (87) EP (22) (54) DENTAL OR MEDICAL CAMERA (73) Dürr Dental AG (72) MAIER, Raimund GEBHARDT, Herbert (31) (32) (51) A61B 3/00 A61B 3/12 G06T 15/08 G06T 7/00 A61B 5/00 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Ophthalmic-image processing apparatus and method therefor (73) Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (72) Takama, Yasufumi (31) (32) (51) A61B 3/00 A61B 3/14 A61B 3/13 A61B 3/135 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Device for examining eyes with digital imaging (73) HAAG-STREIT AG (72) Teijido, Juan Manuel (51) A61B 3/032 A61H 5/00 A61B 5/16 A61B 5/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) METHODS FOR TESTING NEAR AND FAR VISUAL ABILITIES (73) NIKE Innovate C.V. (72) REICHOW, Alan, W. COULTER, Ryan (31) P P (32) (51) A61B 3/107 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Ophthalmological analysis apparatus and method (73) Oculus Optikgeräte GmbH (72) Steinmüller, Andreas (31) (32)

20 Nummer 52/ december 2016 Germany (51) A61B 3/113 G06K 9/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) CN (22) (54) EYEBALL MOVEMENT MONITORING METHOD AND DEVICE (73) Isen Tech Trading Co., Ltd (72) LIU, Zhiyong (31) (32) (33) China (51) A61B 5/00 G01G 19/414 G06F 19/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE SYSTEM FOR ENABLING WEIGHT CONTROL (73) Weightwatchers.Com Weight Watchers International, Inc. (72) KIRCHHOFF, David CONNELY, Lisa CROOK, Anna KELLY, Sheila PERL, Amie SEMMELBAUER, Thilo; SHEPPARD, Amy MILLER-KOVACH, Karen POSILLICO, Palma (31) P (32) (51) A61B 5/021 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Blood pressure estimation using a hand-held device (73) Lifewatch technologies Ltd. (72) Yakirevich, Sergey Tal, Yair Tal, Benny Pressman, Assaf (31) (32) (51) A61B 5/04 H03F 3/45 (11) EP (21) EP (87) NL (22) (54) APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SIGNALS (73) Twente Medical Systems International B.V. (72) PEUSCHER, Jan Hendrik (31) (32) (33) Netherlands (51) A61B 5/0408 A61B 5/0428 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) BIOMEDICAL SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETECTING A TIME VARYING SIGNAL (73) Flexcon Company, Inc. (72) BURNHAM, Kenneth GORKHALI, Suraj GREENE, Andrew (31) P (32) (51) A61B 5/042 A61B 5/06 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) SYSTEM FOR DETECTING SHEATHING AND UNSHEATHING OF LOCALIZATION ELEMENTS (73) St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc. (72) CURRAN, Timothy G. HILL, Anthony D. (31) (32) (51) A61B 5/0476 A61B 5/04 A61B 5/00 A61B 5/0478 (11) EP (21) EP (87) EP (22) (54) METHOD FOR CONSCIOUSNESS AND PAIN MONITORING, MODULE FOR ANALYZING EEG SIGNALS AND EEG NARCOSIS MONITOR (73) Jordan, Denis Kochs, Eberhard (72) Jordan, Denis Kochs, Eberhard (31) (32) Germany (51) A61B 5/06 H05K 3/46 A61B 5/0402 H05K 1/02 A61B 6/12 (11) EP (21) EP (87) IB (22) (54) SHIELDED TWISTED PAIR OF CONDUCTORS FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE (73) Mediguide Ltd. (72) SOBE, Lior (31) (32) (51) A61B 5/11 (11) EP (21) EP (87) EP (22) (54) ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD TO WAKE UP A SLEEPING SUBJECT AT AN ADVANTAGEOUS TIME INSTANT ASSOCIATED WITH NATURAL AROUSAL (73) Northcube AB (72) VIRTANEN, Väinö VIRTANEN, Aino SALMI, Seppo (31) (32) (33) Finland (51) A61B 5/11 G01P 15/00 A61B 5/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) IB (22) (54) DETERMINING ENERGY EXPENDITURE OF A USER (73) Koninklijke Philips N.V. (72) YIN, Bin DILLEN, Paulus, H., A. (31) (32) (51) A61B 5/145 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Combination non-invasive and invasive bioparameter measuring device (73) Cnoga Medical Ltd. (72) Segman, Yosef (31) (32) (51) A61B 6/00 (11) EP

21 Nummer 52/ december 2016 (21) EP (22) (54) Radiation control and minimization system and method (73) ControlRad Systems, Inc. (72) Guez, Allon (31) P (32) (51) A61B 6/00 G06T 7/00 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Medical image display control apparatus and operation method of the same, and medium (73) FUJIFILM Corporation (72) Yamada, Kenta (31) (32) (51) A61B 6/04 G01G 19/52 A61B 6/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) NL (22) (54) MAMMOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND METHOD TO ADJUST OR TUNE THE MECHANICAL SETTINGS OF SUCH A MAMMOGRAPHY APPARATUS (73) Academisch Medisch Centrum bij de Universiteit van Amsterdam (72) DEN HEETEN, Gerardus Johannes GRIMBERGEN, Cornelis Antonius NEELEMAN, Christiaan (31) (32) (33) Netherlands (51) A61B 17/00 A61B 17/122 A61B 17/128 (11) EP (21) EP (87) AU (22) (54) SURGICAL CLAMPING DEVICES AND TOOLS FOR USE THEREWITH (73) Surgiclamp Pty Ltd (72) WHELAN, Geoffrey Paul KOUZANI, Abbas (31) (32) (33) Australia (51) A61B 17/00 A61B 17/16 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) SURGICAL FILE (73) DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. (72) DEL RIO, Eddy, H. NARDUCCI, David MENARD, Michael (31) (32) (51) A61B 17/02 A61M 39/06 A61B 17/34 A61B 90/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) KR (22) (54) GUIDER PORT FOR ENDOSCOPIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT, AND GAS- DISCHARGE VALVE FOR GUIDER PORT FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENT (73) Seo, O-Nam (72) Seo, O-Nam (31) (32) (33) Korea (Republic) Korea (Republic) (51) A61B 17/04 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) SUTURING ASSEMBLY WITH SPACER (73) Easylap Ltd. (72) ALTMAN, Nir FABIAN, Izhak (31) P (32) (51) A61B 17/04 A61B 17/08 A61B 17/10 A61B 17/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) LOCKING MECHANISMS FOR FIXATION DEVICES (73) Evalve, Inc. (72) GOLDFARB, Eric A. SARABIA, Jaime E. RASCHDORF, Alfred H. MADDEN, John P. (31) P (32) (51) A61B 17/072 A61B 17/00 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Surgical fastener applying apparatus (73) Covidien LP (72) Gurumurthy, Aditya Nanditale Gupta, Arvind Kumar Garikipati, Kiran Dongala, Nagaraju Katre, Nikhil R. (31) P (32) (51) A61B 17/12 A61B 17/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) OBSTRUCTION DEVICE (73) Easynotes Ltd. (72) FABIAN, Izhak ALTMAN, Nir HAAS, Steven HIRSCH, Yoav (31) P (32) (51) A61B 17/15 A61B 90/11 A61B 90/13 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) BONE POSITIONING DEVICE (73) Synvasive Technology, Inc. (72) FISCHER, Michael HEDLEY, Anthony K. NEVINS, Russell T. JOHANNABER, Kenneth D. (31) (32) (51) A61B 17/15 A61B 90/13 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22)