Verfahren und System zum Verarbeiten von Datenströmen

Computer-implementiertes Verfahren des Verarbeitens von Datenströmen, wobei das Verfahren die folgenden Schritte umfasst: Empfangen einer Anzahl von Datenströmen, wobei zumindest ein Datenstrom davon repräsentativ für zumindest ein physiologisches Signal eines Patienten ist, welches durch eine vorbestimmte Sensorvorrichtung detektiert wird, und Empfangen zumindest einer Zeitstempelinformation, wobei jede Zeitstempelinformation mit einem jeweiligen Datenstrom assoziiert wird, wobei die Zeitstempelinformation repräsentativ ist für den Zeitpunkt des Assoziierens der Zeitstempelinformation mit dem jeweiligen Datenstrom, und Assoziieren einer jeweiligen Zeitversatzinformation mit jeder Zeitstempelinformation, wobei die Zeitversatzinformation repräsentativ für eine Verzögerung zwischen einem Zeitpunkt des Detektierens des zumindest einen Signals durch die vorbestimmte Sensorvorrichtung und dem Zeitpunkt des Assoziierens der Zeitstempelinformation mit dem Datenstrom ist, welcher repräsentativ für das zumindest eine Signal ist.

The abstract as published by the patent office, from US2018102960A1. It describes the invention; it is not a statement of what is protected.

• Stimulation

  Stimulation

What the filing appears to be about, read by published rules from its title, abstract and classification codes (G06F16/22, G06F16/24568, G16H40/40, G16H40/63). The claims define what a patent protects, and they are not read here.

Stimulation

Restoring sensation, sight or movement needs information going in, and a therapy that adapts needs to sense and stimulate at once. The problem behind it: evoking a precise, stable effect without damaging tissue or electrodes, and without blinding the recording.

Why the layer matters to the field, not a judgement of this filing. A patent family shows that protection was sought. It does not show that the technology was built, is used in a product, or works in people. The whole stack

One invention, published 12 times in 6 offices. Each publication opens in Espacenet.

• GermanyDE102015108859A18 Dec 2016DE102015108859B427 Dec 2018 · grant
• International (PCT)a route to several countries, not a countryWO2016193438A18 Dec 2016
• AustraliaAU2016271876A121 Dec 2017AU2020230220A11 Oct 2020AU2020230220B223 Dec 2021
• European Patent Officea route to several countries, not a countryEP3304376A111 Apr 2018EP3304376B126 Jul 2023 · grant
• United StatesUS2018102960A112 Apr 2018US11170001B29 Nov 2021 · grant
• ChinaCN107980161A1 May 2018CN107980161B9 Sep 2022 · grant

1. 3 Jun 2015First filingEarliest priority, at Germany. The family is counted in this year.
2. 3 Jun 2016ApplicationsFiled at International (PCT), Australia, European Patent Office, China.
3. 8 Dec 2016First publicationDE102015108859A1, Germany.
4. 1 Dec 2017ApplicationFiled at United States.
5. 19 Oct 2018Owner recordedGermany, on DE102015108859A1: change of applicant/patentee; owner named: CORTEC GMBH, DE.
6. 27 Dec 2018Grant publishedDE102015108859B4, Germany.
7. 8 Jan 2020Owner recordedEuropean Patent Office, on EP3304376A1: party data changed (applicant data changed or rights of an application transferred); owner named: CORTEC GMBH.
8. 7 Sep 2020ApplicationFiled at Australia.
9. 6 Oct 2021Owner recordedUnited States, on US2018102960A1: assignment; owner named: CORTEC GMBH, GERMANY.
10. 9 Nov 2021Grant publishedUS11170001B2, United States.
11. 9 Sep 2022Grant publishedCN107980161B, China.
12. 26 Jul 2023Grant publishedEP3304376B1, European Patent Office.
13. 1 Jan 2025Office recordGermany, on DE102015108859A1: application deemed withdrawn, or ip right lapsed, due to non-payment of renewal fee.
14. 2 Jan 2025Office recordAustralia, on AU2020230220A1: patent ceased section 143(a) (annual fees not paid) or expired.
15. 1 Jun 2026Office recordEuropean Patent Office, on EP3304376A1: lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] (AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR).

Dates as the offices published them. Office records are in the offices' own words and are a selection: refusals, lapses and withdrawals, and records that name an owner. Each concerns one member of the family, not the family as a whole, and another member in the same office may stand. Whether a patent is in force today is not assessed.

Organisation

CorTec · 27 families identified

• Bibliographic data, family members and office records: European Patent Office, Open Patent Services (the DOCDB and INPADOC databases), read 7 Oct 2026.
• The record itself, with its claims and description: US2018102960A1 in Espacenet
• Counted as a BCI patent family: classified A61N1/36 (electrical stimulation therapy); filed by 柯泰克股份有限公司, an organisation already in the graph. How families are found and judged