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1 Nummer 01/18 03 januari 2018

2 Nummer 01/ januari 2018 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: 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) Account: Fees, deposit accounts: ING Iban: NL41INGB BIC: INGBNL2A

3 Nummer 01/ januari 2018 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 184Heading EP4 Contains data concerning European patents granted in amended form for the Netherlands. 185Heading EP5 Contains data concerning European patents granted in amended form for

4 Nummer 01/ januari 2018 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. 186Heading SPC 186 Contains data concerning applications for- or granted Supplementary Protection Certificates. Rubriek VB1 187Heading 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. 187 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. 188 Rubriek MED Bevat gegevens betreffende overige mededelingen. Rubriek VRV Bevat gegevens betreffende verval of nietigverklaring. Rubriek VRB Bevat gegevens betreffende verbeteringen op eerdere publicaties. 189Heading MED Contains data concerning other communications. 190Heading VRV Contains data concerning lapse or annulment. 191Heading VRB Contains data concerning corrections on earlier publications Rubriek CO Bevat gegevens betreffende wijzigingen in het octrooiregister. 192Heading CO 192 Contains data concerning changes in the Netherland patent register. Rubriek TVH 193Heading TVH Bevat gegevens betreffende topografieën Contains data concerning depots of van halfgeleiderproducten. original topographies of semi-conductor products. 193

5 Nummer 01/ januari 2018 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 01/ januari 2018 (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 01/ januari 2018 Rubrieken/Headings NP1 Nederlandse 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 1995.

8 Nummer 01/ januari 2018 NP2 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 1995.

9 Nummer 01/ januari 2018 NP3 Nederlandse octrooien na gedeeltelijke afstand conform artikel 63 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 01/ januari 2018 EP1 Vertaalde conclusies van Europese octrooiaanvragen. Contains data concerning translations of the claims of European patent applications.

11 Nummer 01/ januari 2018 EP2 Voor Nederland verleende Europese octrooien. Contains data concerning European patents granted for The Netherlands. (51) A01B 73/02 A01B 73/06 A01M 7/00 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) BOOM OF AN AGRICULTURAL DEVICE (73) Amazonen-Werke H. Dreyer GmbH & Co. KG (72) Austermann, Stefan (31) (32) (51) A01C 7/04 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) DOSING DISC OF A DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR GRANLUAR MATERIAL (73) Horsch Maschinen GmbH (72) Haselhoff, Alexander (31) (32) (51) A01C 23/00 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Method for the application of liquid manure (73) Josef Kotte Landtechnik GmbH & Co. KG (72) Kotte, Stefan Barlage, W. (51) A01D 33/04 B07B 1/14 A01D 17/06 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Device for separating soil, clod and/or stones from root vegetables or bulbs (73) Weston, David Booth (72) Weston, David Booth (31) (32) (33) United Kingdom (51) A01D 34/00 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Robotic mower (73) AL-KO KOBER Ges.m.b.H (72) Buchmiller, Wolfgang De Filippo, Antonio (31) U (32) (51) A01D 41/127 A01D 43/08 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Self-propelled harvester (73) CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH (72) Bönig Dr., Ingo Kriebel, Bastian Cord-Kruse, Christian Hohm, Robert Hugenroth, Ludger (31) (32) (51) A01D 78/10 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Hay making device (73) PÖTTINGER Landtechnik GmbH (72) Zauner, Günter (31) U (32) (51) A01D 87/02 A01F 15/07 A01F 15/10 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Continuous crop accumulator for agricultural harvesters (73) CNH Industrial Belgium nv (72) Roberge, Martin (31) (32) (51) A01D 90/04 A01D 90/06 A01F 12/28 A01F 15/10 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) DROP FLOOR WITH FRONT AND REAR LINKAGE MECHANISM (73) CNH Industrial Belgium nv (72) McClure, John R. Singh, Chandrashekhar Wagh, Dhananjay Mehta, Kushan (31) (32) (51) A01G 7/04 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Plant cultivation apparatus for producing the plant (73) Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd. (72) Koo, Jong Hyeon Son, Young Hwan Lee, Seong Min Yi, Jae Seon Yoo, Kil Sun Park, Jung Youl (31) (32) (33) Korea (Republic) (51) A01G 9/20 (11) EP (21) EP (87) EP (22) (54) COLD FRAME (73) Wüster, Heinrich (72) Wüster, Heinrich (31) (32) (33) Austria (51) A01K 1/01 H02H 7/085 H01M 10/44 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) SAFETY SHUTDOWN FOR A CLEARING AND/OR DUNG REMOVAL SLIDER (73) Duräumat Stalltechnik GmbH (72) Klang, Hans-Joachim (31) (32) (51) A01K 1/015 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) ANIMAL LITTER COMPOSITION, ESPECIALLY SUITABLE FOR CATS (73) Gawron, Tomasz (72) Gawron, Tomasz (31) (32) (33) Poland (51) A01K 15/02 A01K 3/00 A01K 29/00 (11) EP (21) EP

12 Nummer 01/ januari 2018 (87) AU (22) (54) ANIMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (73) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (72) CORKE, Peter, Ian (31) (32) (33) Australia (51) A01K 23/00 A01K 1/015 A01K 1/01 B65D 77/04 B65D 5/32 B65D 5/42 B65D 5/44 B65D 75/28 B65D 75/54 (11) EP (21) EP (87) JP (22) (54) PACKAGE FOR LITTER BOX FOR ANIMALS (73) Unicharm Corporation (72) TAKAGI, Chiyo KANEKO, Shinya SHIBASAKI, Masanori OTANI, Yukihiro OKA, Nobuyuki (31) (32) (51) A01K 47/02 A01K 47/06 A01K 49/00 A01K 51/00 A01K 47/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) HU (22) (54) GRID RING BROOD COMB FRAME FOR CYLINDRICAL BROOD CHAMBER HIVES (73) Dömöcsök, Béla (72) Dömöcsök, Béla (31) P (32) (33) Hungary (51) A01K 67/027 C12N 5/10 C12N 15/09 C12Q 1/02 A61K 49/00 G01N 33/50 (11) EP (21) EP (87) JP (22) (54) EPO KNOCKOUT GFP ANEMIC MOUSE (73) Tohoku Techno Arch Co., Ltd. (72) YAMAMOTO, Masayuki MINEGISHI, Naoko YAMAZAKI, Shun (31) (32) (51) A01K 89/01 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Spinning reel (73) SHIMANO INC. (72) Matsuo, Shingo Hiraoka, Hirokazu Kitajima, Keigo (31) (32) (51) A01K 89/015 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Fishing reel and bearing therefor (73) Globeride, Inc. (72) Ohara, Takeshige (31) (32) (51) A01K 89/015 A01K 89/033 F16D 7/04 F16D 43/202 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) TORQUE LIMITING DEVICE FOR FISHING REEL (73) Shimano Inc. (72) IKEBUKURO, Satoshi IKUTA, Takeshi (31) (32) (51) A01M 23/30 (11) EP (21) EP (87) FR (22) (54) TRAP FOR ANIMAL PESTS, IN PARTICULAR RATS AND MICE (73) Liphatech (72) GOUJON, Aurélie BIZET, Bruno HOT, Arnaud LAMONGIE, Lisa TRESSENS, Véronique (31) (32) (33) France (51) A01N 25/00 A01N 25/26 A01N 25/34 A01P 7/04 A01P 19/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) GB (22) (54) A COMPACT (73) Exosect Limited (72) WEBSTER, David (31) (32) (33) United Kingdom (51) A01N 25/32 A01N 47/36 A01N 31/14 A01N 59/00 A01P 13/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) CN (22) (54) AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS FOR REDUCING AGROCHEMICAL RESIDUES (73) Rotam Agrochem International Co., Ltd (72) BRISTOW, James Timothy (31) (32) (33) China (51) A01N 43/60 C07D 471/04 A61P 25/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) 7-([1,2,4,]TRIAZOLO[1,5,-A]PYRIDIN-6- YL)-4-(3,4-DICHLOROPHENYL)-1,2,3,4- TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINE AND USE THEREOF (73) Albany Molecular Research, Inc. (72) LIU, Shuang MOLINO, Bruce, F. NACRO, Kassoum (31) P (32) (51) A01N 43/653 A01P 15/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) EP (22) (54) USE OF PROTHIOCONAZOLE TO INDUCE HOST DEFENCE RESPONSES (73) Bayer CropScience Aktiengesellschaft (72) TIETJEN, Klaus SUTY-HEINZE, Anne GOERTZ, Andreas

13 Nummer 01/ januari 2018 KAUSSMANN, Martin GILLE, Sascha KNOBLOCH, Thomas (31) (32) (51) A01N 43/78 A61K 31/425 A01N 43/80 A61K 31/4439 C07D 277/22 C07D 277/24 C07D 417/04 C07D 417/14 A61P 3/08 A61K 31/426 A61K 31/4709 C07D 277/10 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF METABOLIC DISORDERS (73) Baylor College Of Medicine (72) UESUGI, Motonari WAKIL, Salih, J. ABU-ELHEIGA, Lutfi MAO, Qian KAMISUKI, Shinji KUGIMIYA, Akira (31) P (32) (51) A01N 59/12 C11D 3/48 C11D 1/04 C11D 1/12 C11D 1/66 C11D 1/38 A61Q 17/00 A61K 8/20 C11D 1/14 C11D 1/22 (11) EP (21) EP (87) EP (22) (54) DETERGENT COMPOSITION (73) Unilever N.V. (72) BISWAS, Sarmistha DASGUPTA, Anindya NETHAJI, Alagirisamy SAJI, Maya Treesa SHRESTH, Rudra Saurabh (31) (32) (51) A21B 3/13 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Three-dimensional baking mould for production of baked goods (73) W.F. Kaiser U. Co. GmbH (72) Lindemann, Jörg (31) (32) (51) A21C 15/00 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Bakery product and method for preparing a baked product (73) Griesson - de Beukelaer GmbH & Co. KG (72) Schnell, Anja Dr. Fabian, Jürgen Heinz Otten, Lena (51) A21D 2/00 A21D 10/00 A23P 10/20 A23P 20/12 A23L 7/117 (11) EP (21) EP (87) NL (22) (54) ACTIVE INGREDIENT DELIVERY SYSTEM (73) Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepastnatuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO (72) NOORT, Martijn Willem-Jan (31) (32) (51) A21D 2/18 A21D 8/04 A21D 10/00 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Bread dough containing carboxymethyl cellulose and enzyme (73) CSM Bakery Solutions Europe Holding B.V. (72) Held, Wolgang Tronsmo, Kari Margrete (51) A23C 9/13 A23C 9/137 (11) EP (21) EP (87) IB (22) (54) NEW FERMENTED DAIRY PRODUCT COMPRISING MICROCAPSULES AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME (73) Compagnie Gervais Danone Danone, S.A. (72) COLIN, Cyril GASSET-PINON, Carolina RODRIGUEZ, Eric (51) A23D 7/005 A23D 9/013 A23J 3/22 A23L 27/26 A23L 2/66 C12G 3/06 C12C 5/02 A23L 29/238 A23L 7/109 A23L 27/10 A23L 5/41 A23L 33/185 A23L 13/40 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR AFFECTING THE FLAVOR AND AROMA PROFILE OF CONSUMABLES (73) Impossible Foods Inc. (72) FRASER, Rachel BROWN, Patrick O'Reilly KARR, Jessica HOLZ-SCHIETINGER, Celeste COHN, Elysia (31) P P (32) (51) A23F 3/18 A23F 3/22 A23F 3/30 (11) EP (21) EP (87) EP (22) (54) A TEA PRODUCT AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME (73) Unilever NV (72) GUTTAPADU, Sreeramulu GOVINDASWAMY, Vadivel JAHABARDEEN, Mohamed Sirajudeen SINGH, Gurmeet (31) (32) (51) A23J 3/04 A23J 3/08 A23J 3/14 A23J 3/16 A23J 3/30 A23G 3/44 A23G 3/46 A23G 1/44 A23G 1/46 (11) EP (21) EP

14 Nummer 01/ januari 2018 (22) (54) Protein system and food products including same (73) Intercontinental Great Brands LLC (72) Coleman, Edward C May, Gregory A (31) (32) (51) A23K 20/195 (11) EP (21) EP (87) KR (22) (54) DEAD LACTOBACILLUS BIOMASS FOR ANTIMICROBIAL USE AND A PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR (73) Cell Biotech Co., Ltd. Chung, Myung-jun (72) CHUNG, Myung Jun (31) (32) (33) Korea (Republic) Korea (Republic) (51) A23L 2/00 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Polynucleotide encoding acyl-coa synthetase homolog and method for using the same (73) Suntory Holdings Limited (72) Ochiai, Misa (31) (32) (51) A23L 2/38 A23L 2/60 (11) EP (21) EP (87) JP (22) (54) BEVERAGE (73) Suntory Beverage & Food Limited (72) YOSHIMOTO, Norihiko (31) (32) (51) A23L 2/385 A23L 2/39 A23L 2/52 A23L 2/68 A23L 2/56 A23L 29/25 (11) EP (21) EP (87) EP (22) (54) COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CLEAR BEVERAGES COMPRISING NANOEMULSIONS WITH QUILLAJA SAPONINS (73) Givaudan SA (72) SCHULTZ, Matthias MONNIER, Vivianne (31) (32) (33) United Kingdom (51) A23L 2/52 A23L 7/10 A23L 7/117 A23P 30/00 A23L 7/104 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Soluble oat or barley flour and its use (73) The Quaker Oats Company (72) Chatel, Robert Chung, Yongsoo French, Justin (31) (32) (51) A23L 5/43 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) BASE COMPONENT AND GLOSS COMPONENT FOR AQUEOUS EGG DYEING COMPOSITION (73) Brauns-Heitmann GmbH & Co. KG (72) Gibbels, Dr. Uwe Füser, Katja Wieczorek, Maria (31) (32) (51) A23L 21/20 A23L 33/10 A23L 33/105 (11) EP (21) EP (87) RU (22) (54) BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE FOOD ADDITIVE (73) Obshestvo S Ogranichennoj Otvetstvennostju "PARAFARM" (72) ELISTRATOV, Dmitriy Gennadjevich (31) (32) (33) Russian Federation (51) A23L 33/125 A23L 33/22 A23L 29/30 A23L 29/219 C13K 1/08 C08B 37/00 A23L 2/52 A23G 3/00 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Foods and drinks having health benefits (73) MATSUTANI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. (72) Kishimoto, Yuka Oga, Hiroshi Kitamura, Noriko (31) (32) (51) A24B 15/28 A24B 15/24 (11) EP (21) EP (87) EP (22) (54) METHODS FOR REDUCING THE FORMATION OF TOBACCO SPECIFIC NITROSAMINES IN TOBACCO HOMOGENATES (73) Philip Morris Products S.A. (72) SIMINSZKY, Balazs (31) (32) (51) A24C 5/32 (11) EP (21) EP (87) IB (22) (54) CONVEYOR FOR TRANSFERRING ROD- SHAPED SMOKER'S ARTICLES (73) G.D S.p.A. (72) SARTONI, Massimo PASTORE, Fulvio SELMI, Lorenzo VISCANTI, Nicola CAMPO, Paolo (31) BO (32) (33) Italy (51) A24C 5/32 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Pick-up device for picking up articles from the tobacco processing industry (73) Hauni Maschinenbau GmbH (72) Dittombée, Harald Folger, Manfred Erdmann, Thomas Jendrian, Torsten Cloeters, Martin Saul, Peter Müller, Thomas Wittke, Kira Sollmann, Michael Timmann, Dr. Hinrich (31) (32)

15 Nummer 01/ januari 2018 (51) A24C 5/354 B65B 5/06 (11) EP (21) EP (87) PL (22) (54) FILLING HOPPER FOR A FILLING APPARATUS FOR MULTI-SEGMENT TRAYS (73) International Tobacco Machinery Poland Sp. z o.o. (72) SIKORA, Leszek OWCZAREK, Radoslaw WARCHOL, Marek (31) (32) (33) Poland (51) A24F 47/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) EP (22) (54) HEATING SMOKEABLE MATERIAL (73) British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited (72) VASILIEV, Vladimir KACHKO, Igor (31) (32) (33) Russian Federation (51) A24F 47/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) GB (22) (54) SMOKING ARTICLE (73) British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited (72) WOODCOCK, Dominic (31) (32) (33) United Kingdom (51) A24F 47/00 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE (73) Shenzhen Smoore Technology Limited (72) Chen, Zhiping (31) PCT/CN2014/ (32) (33) World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) (51) A24F 47/00 A24F 15/18 H02J 7/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) ACCESSORY FOR AN AEROSOL DELIVERY DEVICE AND RELATED METHOD (73) RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. (72) LIBERTI, Michael Andrew GUENTHER, Quentin Paul, JR. (31) (32) (51) A41B 9/00 A41B 9/12 A41D 13/05 A41D 13/06 A41F 17/04 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) ABRASIVE RESISTANT GARMENT (73) Proudest Monkey, LLC (72) BAXTER, Megan, K. ISENHOUR, Bridgot (31) (32) (51) A41D 1/02 A41D 27/06 A41D 31/02 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Garment comprising multiple layers (73) Burberry Limited (72) Bailey-Woods, Christopher Paul Faulds, Wallace (31) (32) (33) United Kingdom (51) A41D 23/00 A41F 19/00 A41D 13/05 A41D 13/11 A42B 1/00 A42B 1/06 (11) EP (21) EP (87) ES (22) (54) CLOTHING ACCESSORY THAT PROTECTS FROM THE COLD (73) Jiménez Murat, Javier (72) Jiménez Murat, Javier (31) (32) (33) Spain (51) A41D 27/24 B29C 65/72 B29C 65/62 B29C 65/48 (11) EP (21) EP (87) EP (22) (54) STITCHED SEAM STRUCTURE, ITEM OF CLOTHING COMPRISING A STITCHED SEAM STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A STITCHED SEAM STRUCTURE (73) W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH (72) STÜBIGER, Werner (31) (32) (51) A42B 3/04 A42B 3/10 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) DEVICE FOR CONNECTING A LINING LAYER OF A HELMET TO AN INNER SHOCK-ABSORBING PORTION OF A HELMET (73) Nolangroup S.p.A. (72) SALVETTI, Alberto FERRERI, Danilo (31) MI (32) (33) Italy (51) A42B 3/12 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Helmet with varying shock absorption (73) Rex Medical, L.P. (72) McGuckin Jr., James F (31) P P (32) (51) A42B 3/18 A61F 9/02 (11) EP (21) EP (87) IB (22) (54) HELMET EQUIPPED WITH GOGGLES, IN PARTICULAR FOR SKIING OR MOTORCYCLING (73) 7B+ (72) LAPERRIERE, Christophe (31) (32) (33) France (51) A42B 3/22 (11) EP (21) EP (22)

16 Nummer 01/ januari 2018 (54) PROTECTIVE CAP WITH SHIELD MEMBER (73) Midori Anzen Co., Ltd. (72) OKUMA, Wataru NAKAYAMA, Fumiharu TAJIMA, Noritaka (31) (32) (51) A43B 7/02 A43B 7/04 A43B 3/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) HEATED SHOE INSOLE REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEMS (73) Schawbel Technologies LLC (72) WHITEHEAD, Ian LYNCH, James K. (51) A43B 13/10 A43B 1/08 A43B 3/00 A43C 1/06 A43C 11/00 A43C 15/02 A43C 15/18 A43B 13/12 A43B 13/22 A43B 13/04 A43C 11/08 A43B 23/02 A43B 23/08 A41B 11/00 A41D 19/015 (11) EP (21) EP (87) EP (22) (54) BAREFOOT SHOE (73) Peitzker, Jörg (72) Peitzker, Jörg (31) (32) (51) A43B 13/14 A43B 13/28 A43B 7/14 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) ENERGY RETURN SYSTEM (73) Butler, Barry A. (72) Butler, Barry A. (31) P (32) (51) A43B 13/20 B29D 35/12 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) FLUID-FILLED STRUCTURE (73) NIKE Innovate C.V. (72) BRANDT, Christopher, W. ECKART, Jonathan, A. TAYLOR, Danielle, L. (31) (32) (51) A43B 23/02 A43C 1/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) SHOE UPPER HAVING MULTIPLE WELD ZONES (73) NIKE Innovate C.V. (72) BEREND, Thomas BEYE, Douglas A. LE, Tony H. (31) (32) (51) A43D 95/10 A43B 5/04 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR THE CUSTOMIZATION OF A FOOTWEAR, MORE PARTICULARLY A SPORTS FOOTWEAR (73) Tecnica Group S.p.A. (72) GRANDIN, Giorgio MACCARI, Dino (31) UB (32) (33) Italy (51) A44C 17/04 B23K 35/00 A44C 27/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) IB (22) (54) A BRAZED JOINT FOR ATTACHMENT OF GEMSTONES (73) Forever Mount, LLC (72) SUNNE, Wayne L. HICKS, Jim PIERINI, Rick LIGUORI, Ed DUDEN, Quent (31) P (32) (51) A45C 13/10 B65D 55/02 E05B 65/52 (11) EP (21) EP (87) IT (22) (54) LOCKING ASSEMBLY FOR PORTABLE CONTAINERS, AND RELATED CONTAINER (73) G.T. LINE S.R.L. (72) TONELLI, Massimo CONCETTONI, Alessio (51) A45D 1/04 A45D 2/00 H05B 3/26 (11) EP (21) EP (87) EP (22) (54) HAIR-SHAPING-APPLIANCE HEATING PLATE (73) BSH Hausgeräte GmbH (72) COPITZKY, Thomas ALTMANN, Berthold BLISCHKE, Daniela HAFER, Christian JÖRDENS, Frank SCHALLER, Philipp SCHMIDMAYER, Gerhard (31) (32) (51) A47B 7/02 A47B 13/08 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) Table top (73) Lifetime Products, Inc. (72) PEERY, Wendell WINTER, David, C. JOHNSON, Mitch (31) P P P P (32) (51) A47B 47/00 (11) EP

17 Nummer 01/ januari 2018 (21) EP (54) IMPROVEMENTS TO A HIDDEN DEVICE FOR THE WALL ASSEMBLY (22) OF A PIECE OF FURNITURE AND (54) Node element for a furniture system with STRUCTURAL COMPONENT OF A a three-dimensional supporting tubular PIECE OF FURNITURE COMPRISING structure SAID DEVICE (73) USM Holding AG (73) Leonardo S.r.L. (72) Schärer, Alexander (72) CATTANEO, Carlo Dienes, Thomas (31) MI Krenger, Stefan (32) (51) A47B 57/56 (33) Italy (11) EP (51) A47B 95/04 (21) EP A47B 97/00 G09F 3/20 (22) (11) EP (54) SHELF (21) EP (73) Peka-Metall AG (72) Weber, Bernhard (22) Eichenberger, Urs (54) FURNITURE PART COMPRISING Meyer, Franz FUNCTION ELEMENT (51) A47B 88/467 (73) Grass GmbH (11) EP (72) Hämmerle, Johannes (21) EP (31) U (32) (87) EP (51) A47C 1/032 (22) A61G 5/14 (54) DRAWER GUIDE FOR A FURNITURE (11) EP DRAWER COMPONENT (21) EP (73) Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG (72) REHAGE, Daniel (87) GB (31) U (32) (22) (54) LIFT-RECLINER CHAIR (51) A47B 88/493 (73) Integrated Furniture Technologies Limited (11) EP (72) ROBERTSON, Dale (21) EP (31) (32) (87) EP (33) United Kingdom (51) A47C 5/06 (22) A47C 7/28 (54) DRAWER GUIDE (11) EP (73) Schock Metallwerk GmbH (21) EP (72) ZIMMERMANN, Joachim (31) (22) (32) (54) CHAIR (73) Wiesner - Hager Möbel KG (51) A47B 95/00 (72) Gallauer, Thomas (11) EP (31) (21) EP (32) (33) Austria (22) (51) A47C 21/00 (54) HIDDEN DEVICE FOR THE WALL A47C 31/00 ASSEMBLY OF A PIECE OF FURNITURE A61M 21/00 AND STRUCTURAL COMPONENT OF (11) EP A PIECE OF FURNITURE COMPRISING (21) EP SAID DEVICE (73) Leonardo S.r.L. (87) IB (72) CATTANEO, Carlo (31) MI (22) (32) (54) POLIFUNCTIONAL BED (33) Italy (73) Innersee S.r.l. (51) A47B 95/00 (72) BIANCOFIORE, Roberto (11) EP (31) TO (21) EP (32) (33) Italy (22) (51) A47C 27/00 A47C 21/08 A47C 17/32 A47C 19/04 (11) EP (21) EP (87) EP (22) (54) MATTRESS ASSEMBLY (73) Langel System International, S.L. (72) SÁNCHEZ ZARZA, Alberto (31) U U U U U (32) (33) Spain Spain Spain Spain Spain (51) A47C 27/06 (11) EP (21) EP (87) EP (22) (54) FURNITURE DEVICE WITH ADJUSTABLE FIRMNESS (73) You Bed AB (72) HYLTENFELDT, Stefan SÖRENSEN, Mattias (31) (32) (51) A47C 27/10 A61H 9/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) EP (22) (54) MOVEMENT CUSHION (73) Kuster, Raffael (72) Kuster, Raffael (31) (32) (33) Switzerland (51) A47F 7/08 A47B 49/00 A47B 61/04 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) SHOE CABINET WITH A RACK FOR STORING SHOES (73) Weirauch Handelsvertretung GmbH (72) Weirauch, Ingo (31) U

18 Nummer 01/ januari 2018 (32) (51) A47G 1/16 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Wall hanger (73) Cheng, Cheng-Ge (72) Cheng, Cheng-Ge (31) (32) (33) Taiwan, Province of China (51) A47G 23/06 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Serving system and stacking serving system (73) De Soet, Bernardus Anthonius (72) De Soet, Bernardus Anthonius (31) (32) (33) Netherlands (51) A47J 31/00 A47J 31/56 G01F 23/00 G01F 23/24 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) LIQUID LEVEL SENSOR FOR GALLEY INSERTS (73) BE Intellectual Property, Inc. (72) HANNAH, Gary R. YODER, Nathaniel F. RENZ, Jeff WEISS, David (31) P (32) (51) A47J 31/36 F24H 1/14 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Integrated heater for a beverage preparation device (73) Nestec S.A. (72) Etter, Stefan Gavillet, Gilles Hodel, Thomas Kollep, Alexandre Möri, Peter Moser, Renzo Preisig, Peter Schwab, Robin (31) (32) European Patent Office (EPO) (51) A47J 37/04 A21B 1/44 F24C 7/06 A21B 1/26 A21B 1/50 A21B 3/04 F24C 15/32 (11) EP (21) EP (87) AU (22) (54) ROASTING OVEN (73) Technobake Pty Ltd (72) WILLETT, Paul Eaton (31) (32) (33) Australia Australia Australia (51) A47J 37/12 (11) EP (21) EP (87) EP (22) (54) DEEP-FRYING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A DEEP-FRYING DEVICE (73) Testo SE & Co. KGaA (72) BRUGGER, Simon (51) A47J 39/02 A47J 39/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) HOLDING CABINETS, METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN HOLDING CABINETS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA STORING INSTRUCTIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING SUCH METHODS (73) Henny Penny Corporation (72) BURKETT, Douglas A. SHIRALI, Manouchehr (31) P (32) (51) A47K 5/12 B05B 11/00 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) DRAW BACK PUSH PUMP (73) Op-Hygiene IP GmbH (72) Shi, Zhenchun (Tony) Ophardt, Heiner Jones, Andrew (31) (32) (33) Canada (51) A47K 10/36 (11) EP (21) EP (87) EP (22) (54) DISPENSING DEVICE FOR DISPENSING A WEB-LIKE FLAT PRODUCT, COMPRISING A PIVOTABLE CONVEYING UNIT (73) Metsä Tissue Oyj (72) RUNSHAUG, Henrik (31) (32) (51) A47L 13/16 B29C 67/20 B29C 44/28 C08B 16/00 C08L 1/06 C08L 1/24 C08J 9/26 (11) EP (21) EP (87) EP (22) (54) METHOD FOR CONTINUOUSLY PRODUCING SPONGE BODIES MADE OF REGENERATED CELLULOSE AND A SPONGE BODY (73) Carl Freudenberg KG (72) HUNGER, Marc HAUSDORF, Jörg NOWOTTNICK, Heike KVARNLÖF, Niklas LEHNHARDT, Peter (31) (32) (51) A47L 15/00 A47L 15/50 A47L 15/42 (11) EP (21) EP (87) EP (22) (54) DISHWASHER WITH AT LEAST ONE LIGHT SOURCE WHICH IS CONTROLLED DEPENDENT ON MOVEMENT POSITIONS OF A RECEIVING BASKET (73) BSH Hausgeräte GmbH (72) REHM, Karlheinz ROSENBAUER, Michael Georg SACHON, Robert STELZER, Carsten (31) (32) (51) A47L 15/42

19 Nummer 01/ januari 2018 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Dishwasher (73) BSH Hausgeräte GmbH (72) Heisele, Bernd Lugert, Michael Lutz, Stephan (31) (32) (51) A47L 15/42 A47L 15/44 A47L 15/46 A47L 15/00 D06F 33/02 G01F 23/00 D06F 39/00 D06F 39/02 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) DISHWASHER (73) BSH Hausgeräte GmbH (72) Groll, Hubert (31) (32) (51) A47L 15/42 D06F 39/08 F16L 3/04 F16L 5/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) EP (22) (54) DOMESTIC APPLIANCE HAVING AN EXTERNAL UPWARD EXTENDING PIPE (73) BSH Hausgeräte GmbH (72) BÜSING, Johannes JERG, Helmut ROSENBAUER, Michael Georg (31) (32) (51) A47L 15/42 D06F 39/12 D06F 33/02 A47L 15/00 H04W 4/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) EP (22) (54) DOMESTIC APPLIANCE (73) BSH Hausgeräte GmbH (72) HERING, Reinhard NISTOR, Paul WIRTH, Christian (31) (32) (51) A47L 15/44 C11D 3/39 C11D 11/00 A47L 15/00 A47L 15/42 D06F 35/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) GB (22) (54) ULTRASONIC METHOD OF CLEANING (73) Reckitt & Colman (Overseas) Limited (72) WASONGA, John Chiama (31) (32) (33) United Kingdom (51) A61B 1/00 A61B 1/04 A61B 34/00 A61B 90/00 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME (73) INSIGHT MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC. (72) Hong, Hei Tai Tsai, Huai- Fang Lu, Shih Chieh Wu, Sing Sung, Tze-Yun Tsai, Ping Chun (31) (32) (33) Taiwan, Province of China (51) A61B 1/00 A61B 1/05 H04N 13/00 A61B 1/045 G02B 23/24 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Stereoscopic endoscope device (73) FUJIFILM Corporation (72) Morizumi, Masaaki Ono, Shuji Watanabe, Seiichi (31) (32) (51) A61B 1/00 A61B 1/313 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) A LAPAROSCOPIC MEDICAL INSTRUMENT HOLDING DEVICE (73) Fundacja Rozwoju Kardiochirurgii Im. Prof. Zbigniewa Religi (72) Nawrat, Zbigniew Mucha, Lukasz Lehrich, Krzysztof Lis, Krzysztof (51) A61B 1/00 A61B 5/06 G02B 23/24 A61B 1/005 A61B 1/04 (11) EP (21) EP (87) JP (22) (54) ENDOSCOPE CURVE CONTROL APPARATUS (73) Olympus Corporation (72) TANAKA, Hideki HASEGAWA, Jun NAKAMURA, Toshio (31) (32) Japan Japan (51) A61B 1/06 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) RADIAL SCANNER IMAGING SYSTEM (73) Innurvation, Inc. (72) BANDY, William Robert JAMIESON, Brian Glenn POWELL, Kevin James SALSMAN, Kenneth Edward SCHOBER, Robert Charles WEITZNER, John ARNESON, Michael, R. GRUNNET-JEPSEN, Anders (31) P P (32) (51) A61B 1/12 (11) EP (21) EP (87) IB (22) (54) WASHING DEVICE FOR MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS (73) Steelco S.p.A. (72) ZARDINI, Fabio (31) UD (32) (33) Italy (51) A61B 3/00 A61B 3/10 A61F 9/008

20 Nummer 01/ januari 2018 A61B 18/20 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) METHODS AND DEVICES FOR TESTING TORSIONAL ALIGNMENT BETWEEN A DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE AND A LASER REFRACTIVE SYSTEM (73) AMO Manufacturing USA, LLC (72) CAMPBELL, Charles E. CHERNYAK, Dimitri (31) P (32) (51) A61B 5/00 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Method for selecting a filter (73) Barber, Timothy P. Changizi, Mark (72) Barber, Timothy P. Changizi, Mark (51) A61B 5/00 A61B 7/00 G01N 19/02 (11) EP (21) EP (87) FR (22) (54) TRIBOACOUSTIC SENSOR (73) CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE -CNRS- (72) ZAHOUANI, Hassan VARGIOLU, Roberto MAVON, Alain (31) (32) (33) France (51) A61B 5/024 (11) EP (21) EP (87) IB (22) (54) METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING A FETAL HEART RATE (73) Koninklijke Philips N.V. (72) JAESCHKE, Stefan WOHLSCHLAGER, Markus GEYWITZ, Hansjörg (31) (32) (51) A61B 5/0245 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Biological information measuring device (73) Seiko Epson Corporation (72) Kato, Hidetada Shiho, Kazuhiro Heishi, Toshihiro Nakazawa, Hironori (31) (32) Japan (51) A61B 5/03 A61B 8/06 A61B 8/08 A61B 8/00 A61B 8/10 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Apparatus for determining the absolute value of intracranial pressure (73) UAB Vittamed (72) Ragauskas, Arminas Petkus, Vytautas Chomskis, Romanas Zakelis, Rolandas Daubaris, Gediminas Moehring, Mark Saxon, Eugene A. Giansiracusa, Robert Swedenburg, Steve Raisutis, Renaldas (31) (32) (51) A61B 5/0488 A61B 5/00 A61H 3/00 A61B 5/11 A61B 5/22 A63B 21/00 A61H 1/02 G06F 19/00 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Training apparatus, training method, and program (73) Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (72) SHIMODA, Shingo SHIBATA ALNAJJAR, Fady SK WOJTARA, Tytus YAMADA, Hitoshi (31) (32) (51) A61B 5/05 A61B 5/00 G01N 21/65 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) INTRA-OPERATIVE FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY AND APPLICATIONS OF SAME (73) Vanderbilt University (72) MAHADEVAN-JANSEN, Anita WHITE, Lisa PHAY, John PARAS, Constantine, A. KANTER BARTZ, Elizabeth KELLER, Matthew, D. GASPARINO, Nicole WHISENANT, Jennifer, Gray PENCE, Isaac J. (31) P P (32) (51) A61B 5/05 A61B 5/024 A61B 5/11 (11) EP (21) EP (87) IL (22) (54) METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION FOR MONITORING A TISSUE OF A USER (73) Sensible Medical Innovations Ltd. (72) SAROKA, Amir BERGIDA, Shlomi MIZRAHI, Nadav RAPPAPORT, Dan RONEN, Amir ALMOG, Benyamin (31) P P P (32) (51) A61B 5/05 A61B 5/06 A61M 25/00 A61B 17/00 A61M 25/01 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) SENSOR ASSEMBLY TETHERED WITHIN CATHETER WALL (73) St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc. (72) HALL, Sacha C. TEGG, Troy T. MONAHAN, Brian M. GONZALEZ, Salome A. KAUPHUSMAN, James V. (31) (32) (51) A61B 5/12 A61M 21/00

21 Nummer 01/ januari 2018 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR INCREASING A PERSON'S ABILITY TO SUPPRESS NON-WANTED AUDITORY PERCEPTS (73) Oticon A/S (72) Petersen, Eline Borch Lunner, Thomas Pontoppidan, Niels Henrik (31) (32) (51) A61B 5/1455 G01N 33/68 G06F 19/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) AUTOMATED TOTAL BODY ALBUMIN ANALYZER (73) Daxor Corporation (72) FELDSCHUH, Joseph FELDSCHUH, Jonathan (31) (32) (51) A61B 5/15 A61M 25/00 A61M 25/06 A61M 39/06 A61M 39/26 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) ACTIVATOR ATTACHMENT FOR BLOOD CONTROL CATHETERS (73) Becton, Dickinson and Company (72) ISAACSON, S. Ray DAVIS, Richard Champion III DAVIS, Bryan G. MICKINNON, Austin Jason (31) P (32) (51) A61B 5/153 A61B 5/15 A61B 5/00 A61M 5/315 A61M 5/42 A61B 8/08 A61B 17/00 A61B 90/35 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR ENHANCING VISUALIZATION DURING INSERTION OF AN INVASIVE DEVICE (73) Becton, Dickinson and Company (72) BURKHOLZ, Jonathan, Karl O'BRYAN, Jeff SHEVGOOR, Siddarth, K. MA, Yiping (31) P (32) (51) A61B 6/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) MEASUREMENT OF THE POSITION OF THE CENTER DETECTOR FOR GEOMETRICALLY CALIBRATING A CT SCANNER BASED ON A COMPLEX PHANTOM (73) Analogic Corporation (72) NAIDU, Ram, C. SIMANOVSKY, Sergey, B. SCHATER, David (51) A61B 6/00 A61B 5/02 (11) EP (21) EP (87) CN (22) (54) METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING VASODILATION DATA REPRESENTING CUTANEOUS LOCAL THERMAL HYPEREMIA RESPONSE OF A SUBJECT (73) New Chinese Biotechnology Corporation Ltd. (72) HUANG, Chung-Shin TSAI, Yuan-Feen WANG, Shwu-Fen (31) P (32) (51) A61B 6/02 A61B 6/06 A61B 6/00 G21K 1/02 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) DIRECTED X-RAY FIELDS FOR TOMOSYNTHESIS (73) Carestream Health, Inc. (72) HEATH, Michael, D. WANG, Xiaohui FOOS, David, H. (31) P (32) (51) A61B 6/14 A61B 6/00 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY USING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (73) Carestream Health, Inc. (72) Berger, Amir Teif, Dmitry Ben-Ze'ev, Yuval (31) P (32) (51) A61B 8/12 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) SELF-ALIGNING IVUS CATHETER ROTATIONAL CORE CONNECTOR (73) Boston Scientific Limited (72) THORNTON, Peter (31) (32) (51) A61B 17/00 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Surgical retrieval apparatus (73) Covidien LP (72) Ceniccola, Anthony Uznanski, Margaret Rogers, Mark Craft, Brandon Scott, Natalie Collier, Nicholas Clark, Charlotte (31) P (32) (51) A61B 17/00 A61M 5/158 A61F 9/007 A61N 7/00 (11) EP (21) EP

22 Nummer 01/ januari 2018 (87) AU (22) (54) CUTTING NEEDLE TIP FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENT (73) Morlet, Nigel (72) Morlet, Nigel (31) (32) (33) Australia (51) A61B 17/04 (11) EP (21) EP (87) EP (22) (54) A SURGICAL DEVICE (73) NeoSurgical Limited (72) KEATING, Ronan (31) (32) (33) United Kingdom (51) A61B 17/04 A61B 1/00 A61B 1/012 (11) EP (21) EP (87) JP (22) (54) SUTURE DEVICE AND SUTURE SYSTEM HAVING TWO ENDOSCOPES (73) Olympus Corporation (72) SUZUKI, Takayuki YAMAMOTO, Tetsuya TAKAHASHI, Shinji SUZUKI, Satoko KOGASAKA, Takahiro (31) (32) (51) A61B 17/04 A61B 17/062 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) PLACING MULTIPLE SUTURES (73) Boston Scientific Limited (72) CHU, Michael S.H. (31) P (32) (51) A61B 17/04 A61B 17/29 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Suturing device with suturing capsule removal mechanism (73) Coloplast A/S (72) Daniel, Geoffrey A. (31) PA P (32) (33) Denmark (51) A61B 17/072 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) SURGICAL STAPLES HAVING ATTACHED DRIVERS AND STAPLING INSTRUMENTS FOR DEPLOYING THE SAME (73) Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. (72) HESS, Christopher, J. MORGAN, Jerome, R. CLEM, Michael SHELTON, Frederick, E., IV WEISENBURGH, William, B., II (31) (32) (51) A61B 17/072 A61B 17/00 A61B 17/29 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) SURGICAL STAPLING INSTRUMENT COMPRISING AN ARTICULATION JOINT (73) Ethicon LLC (72) SCHEIB, Charles, J. JAWOREK, Gary, S. HALL, Steven, G. (31) (32) (51) A61B 17/11 A61B 18/14 A61B 17/115 A61B 17/00 A61B 17/072 A61B 18/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) EP (22) (54) ANASTOMOSIS INSTRUMENT WITH PIVOTABLE ANVIL (73) Aesculap AG (72) HAFNER, Nikolaus ROTHWEILER, Christoph (31) (32) (51) A61B 17/115 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) Reusable circular stapler handle with open assembly architecture (73) Ethicon LLC (72) Nalagatla, Anil K. Jamison, Barry Thomas Pradhan, Debasish Deupree, David A. Sofi, Abdul Gani (31) (32) (51) A61B 17/128 (11) EP (21) EP (87) US (22) (54) DEVICE FOR PLACING OCCLUSION FASTENERS (73) Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. (72) STEFANCHIK, David (31) (32) (51) A61B 17/14 B27B 19/00 B27B 5/32 (11) EP (21) EP (22) (54) SURGICAL CUTTING INSTRUMENT WITH DUAL SURFACE (73) Medtronic PS Medical, Inc. (72) BOYKIN, Christopher M. TIDWELL, Durrell G. (31) (32) (51) A61B 17/16 A61B 17/17 A61M 25/00 (11) EP (21) EP (87) GB (22) (54) CRANIAL DRILL SYSTEM (73) Renishaw PLC (72) GILL, Steven Streatfield FENNELLY, Catriona (31) (32) (33) United Kingdom (51) A61B 17/16 A61B 17/32 (11) EP (21) EP (87) IL (22)