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Country	kind	publication No.	Filing Date	Type	Sub-Type

• 15 United States
• 10 France
• 8 Japan
• 7 China
• 5 Korea
• 2 Other

Patent Owner(s)

• COVIDIEN LP;ZEPHYR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

International Classification(s)

• A61B:DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION

• 2011 Application Filing Year
• A61B Class
• 8515 Applications Filed
• 7347 Patents Issued To-Date
• 86.29 % Issued To-Date

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name	Address	# of filed Patents	Total Citations
Dykes, Christopher	Columbia, US	13	181
# of filed Patents : 13 Total Citations : 181
Radtke, William	Ellicott City, US	4	20
# of filed Patents : 4 Total Citations : 20
Russell, Brian K	Crownsville, US	3	101
# of filed Patents : 3 Total Citations : 101
Woodward, Jonathan	Annapolis, US	31	333
# of filed Patents : 31 Total Citations : 333

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• 5 Citation Count
• A61B Class

• 14.35 % this patent is cited more than
• 8 Age

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DATE PUBLISHED	PUBLICATION/PATENT NO.	PUBLICATION TYPE
October 03, 2017	US,9775561,B2   US9775561B2	GRANTED PATENT AS SECOND PUBLICATION
June 28, 2012	US,20120165645,A1   US20120165645A1	FIRST PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATION

Full Text

US Patent No: 7142334

Reading unit for a document

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Abstract

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The invention relates to a reading unit (1) for a document (2) having a control and/or evaluation device (44), incorporating a scanner device (25) for reading the document (2), and a guide mechanism (6) for the document (2) and a conveyor device (17) to effect a relative displacement between document (2) and scanner device (25). The control and/or evaluation device (44) cooperates with a compensating device (39) containing corrective values to correct the image signals (37) emitted by an optoelectric transducer (34) of the scanner device (25) in real time.

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Legal Events

 

• STCH2014
• FP2014
• LAPS2014
• REMI2014
• FPAY2010
• I2006
• AS2000
• F1999
• PD1998

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Dec 29, 2014	STCH	INFORMATION ON STATUS: PATENT DISCONTINUATION	free format text: PATENT EXPIRED DUE TO NONPAYMENT OF MAINTENANCE FEES UNDER 37 CFR 1.362
Nov 28, 2014	FP	EXPIRED DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEE	Effective Date: Nov 28, 2014
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Jul 11, 2014	REMI	MAINTENANCE FEE REMINDER MAILED
May 28, 2010	FPAY	FEE PAYMENT	year of fee payment: 4
Nov 28, 2006	I	Issuance
Sep 19, 2000	AS	ASSIGNMENT	free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:ZECHLEITNER, DIETER;REEL/FRAME:011250/0787 Owner name: KEBA AG, AUSTRIA Effective Date: Sep 19, 2000
Mar 16, 1999	F	Filing
Mar 17, 1998	PD	Priority Date