EP1465697 - STEERABLE CATHETER O.T.L [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 05.06.2009 Database last updated on 12.11.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 29.01.2010 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): SE | published on 03.03.2010 [2010/09] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Medtronic, Inc. 710 Medtronic Parkway Minneapolis, MN 55432-5604 / US | [N/P] |
Former [2008/41] | For all designated states MEDTRONIC, INC. 710 Medtronic Parkway Minneapolis MN 55432-5604 / US | ||
Former [2008/31] | For all designated states Medtronic, Inc. LC 340 710 Medtronic Parkway Minneapolis, MN 55432 / US | ||
Former [2004/42] | For all designated states Medtronic, Inc. LC 340, 710 Medtronic Parkway Minneapolis, MN 55432 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
SMITS, Karel, F., A., A. Gelrestraat 2 NL-6151JA Munstergeleen / NL | 02 /
RUTTEN, Jean, J. Persoonstraat 21 NL-6351 EL Bocholtz / NL | 03 /
ADAMS, Paulus, G. Gouverneur Houbenlann 15 NL-6151 ER Munstergeleen / NL | [2004/42] | Representative(s) | Hughes, Andrea Michelle Dehns St Bride's House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8JD / GB | [N/P] |
Former [2004/42] | Hughes, Andrea Michelle Frank B. Dehn & Co., European Patent Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL / GB | Application number, filing date | 03703742.1 | 09.01.2003 | [2004/42] | WO2003US00672 | Priority number, date | US20020045850 | 09.01.2002 Original published format: US 45850 | [2004/42] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | WO03059429 | Date: | 24.07.2003 | Language: | EN | [2003/30] | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP1465697 | Date: | 13.10.2004 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 24.07.2003 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2004/42] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1465697 | Date: | 30.07.2008 | Language: | EN | [2008/31] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 31.12.2003 | Classification | IPC: | A61M25/01 | [2004/42] | CPC: |
A61M25/0138 (EP,US);
A61M25/0144 (EP,US);
A61M25/0147 (EP,US);
A61M2025/0161 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | CH, DE, FR, LI, NL, SE [2008/31] |
Former [2004/42] | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, SI, SK, TR | Extension states | AL | Not yet paid | LT | Not yet paid | LV | Not yet paid | MK | Not yet paid | RO | Not yet paid | Title | German: | STEUERBARER KATHETER ODER DERGLEICHEN | [2004/42] | English: | STEERABLE CATHETER O.T.L | [2004/42] | French: | INSTRUMENT MEDICAL ALLONGE | [2004/42] | Entry into regional phase | 09.08.2004 | National basic fee paid | 09.08.2004 | Designation fee(s) paid | 09.08.2004 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 07.08.2003 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP | 09.08.2004 | Examination requested [2004/42] | 15.11.2006 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 23.02.2007 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 26.02.2008 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 10.06.2008 | Fee for grant paid | 10.06.2008 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 06.05.2009 | No opposition filed within time limit [2009/28] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 07.01.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 09.01.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 05.01.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 08.01.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | NL | 30.07.2008 | SE | 30.10.2008 | CH | 31.01.2009 | LI | 31.01.2009 | [2010/09] |
Former [2009/47] | NL | 30.07.2008 | |
CH | 31.01.2009 | ||
LI | 31.01.2009 | ||
Former [2009/12] | NL | 30.07.2008 | Cited in | International search | [AD]US5125395 (ADAIR EDWIN L [US]) [AD] 1-17 * column A; figures 1-8 *; | [A]US5378234 (HAMMERSLAG GARY R [US], et al) [A] 1-17 * sentences 1-5 *; | [A]JPS63281618 ; | [A]EP1010440 (ESASHI MASAYOSHI [JP], et al) | [A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19890313), vol. 013, no. 105, Database accession no. (C - 575), & JP63281618 A 19881118 (OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO LTD) [A] 1-17 * abstract * | by applicant | US3521620 | US5125395 | US6146338 | US5477856 |