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EP1372460 - DEVICE FOR POSITIONING AT LEAST ONE OPTICAL COMPONENT INSIDE AN ENDOSCOPIC SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  29.07.2005
Database last updated on 13.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip29.07.2005No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 14.09.2005  [2005/37]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
Mittelstrasse 8
78532 Tuttlingen / DE
[N/P]
Former [2004/01]For all designated states
Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
Mittelstrasse 8
78532 Tuttlingen / DE
Inventor(s)01 / KEHR, Ulrich
Asternweg 14
70771 Leinfelden-Echterdingen / DE
02 / HÖFIG, Siegfried
Schönenbergstrasse 16
78570 Mühlheim / DE
 [2004/01]
Representative(s)Heuckeroth, Volker, et al
Witte, Weller & Partner
Patentanwälte mbB
Postfach 10 54 62
70047 Stuttgart / DE
[N/P]
Former [2004/01]Heuckeroth, Volker, Dr., et al
Witte, Weller & Partner, Patentanwälte, Postfach 105462
70047 Stuttgart / DE
Application number, filing date02787666.313.11.2002
[2004/01]
WO2002EP12705
Priority number, dateDE200115707519.11.2001         Original published format: DE 10157075
[2004/01]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO03043489
Date:30.05.2003
Language:DE
[2003/22]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP1372460
Date:02.01.2004
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 30.05.2003 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2004/01]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1372460
Date:22.09.2004
Language:DE
[2004/39]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP18.09.2003
ClassificationIPC:A61B1/00, G02B23/24
[2004/01]
CPC:
A61B1/00188 (EP,US); A61B1/00183 (EP,US); A61B1/00195 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [2004/38]
Former [2004/01]AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE,  SK,  TR 
TitleGerman:VORRICHTUNG ZUM POSITIONIEREN ZUMINDEST EINES OPTISCHEN BAUELEMENTS INNERHALB EINES ENDOSKOPISCHEN SYSTEMS[2004/01]
English:DEVICE FOR POSITIONING AT LEAST ONE OPTICAL COMPONENT INSIDE AN ENDOSCOPIC SYSTEM[2004/01]
French:DISPOSITIF DE POSITIONNEMENT D'AU MOINS UN COMPOSANT OPTIQUE A L'INTERIEUR D'UN SYSTEME ENDOSCOPIQUE[2004/01]
Entry into regional phase23.09.2003National basic fee paid 
23.09.2003Designation fee(s) paid 
23.09.2003Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure15.05.2003Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
23.09.2003Examination requested  [2004/01]
12.02.2004Communication of intention to grant the patent
19.06.2004Fee for grant paid
19.06.2004Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)23.06.2005No opposition filed within time limit [2005/37]
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Cited inInternational search[DA]DE19713276  (STORZ KARL GMBH & CO [DE]) [DA] 1-14 * column 6, line 46 - column 7, line 35 * * figure 4 *;
 [A]US2987960  (SHELDON GILBERT J) [A] 1-14 * figures 1-3 * * objective lens 52 mirrors 40, 42 *;
 [A]DE2328595  (MACHIDA ENDOSCOPE CO LTD) [A] 1-14 * page 2, paragraph MITTE * * figure - *;
 [A]US4862199  (CENTKOWSKI MARK [US], et al) [A] 1-14 * column 5, line 32 - line 36 * * figure 5 *;
 [A]US5978161  (LEMKE NORBERT [DE]) [A] 14 * abstract * * figure - *
by applicantDE19713276
 DE19903437
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