EP1511433 - SURGICAL INSTRUMENT CONSTRUCTED BY ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The application is deemed to be withdrawn Status updated on 01.07.2011 Database last updated on 31.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 01.07.2011 | Application deemed to be withdrawn | published on 03.08.2011 [2011/31] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Synergetics, Inc. 3845 Corporate Centre Drive St. Charles, MO 63304 / US | [2005/10] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
SCHELLER, Gregg, D. 17820 Suzanne Ridge Drive Wildwood, MO 63038 / US | 02 /
POULSEN, Michael, S. 3525 Gravois Road House Springs, MO 63051 / US | [2005/10] | Representative(s) | Brasnett, Adrian Hugh, et al Mewburn Ellis LLP City Tower 40 Basinghall Street London EC2V 5DE / GB | [N/P] |
Former [2005/10] | Brasnett, Adrian Hugh, et al Mewburn Ellis LLP York House 23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP / GB | Application number, filing date | 03760199.4 | 03.04.2003 | [2005/10] | WO2003US10262 | Priority number, date | US20020167914 | 12.06.2002 Original published format: US 167914 | [2005/10] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO03105705 | Date: | 24.12.2003 | Language: | EN | [2003/52] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP1511433 | Date: | 09.03.2005 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 24.12.2003 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2005/10] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 24.12.2003 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 31.03.2010 | Classification | IPC: | A61B17/28 | [2005/10] | CPC: |
A61B17/3201 (EP,US);
B23H9/00 (EP,US);
B25B9/00 (EP,US);
B25B9/02 (EP,US);
A61B17/30 (EP,US);
A61B2017/2926 (EP,US);
A61B2017/2937 (EP,US);
A61B2017/305 (EP,US);
A61F9/007 (EP,US);
Y10T29/301 (EP,US)
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| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2005/10] | Title | German: | DURCH ELEKTROEROSIVE BEARBEITUNG HERGESTELLTES OPERATIONSINSTRUMENT | [2005/10] | English: | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT CONSTRUCTED BY ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING | [2005/10] | French: | INSTRUMENT CHIRURGICAL CONSTITUE PAR USINAGE PAR ETINCELAGE | [2005/10] | Entry into regional phase | 24.12.2004 | National basic fee paid | 24.12.2004 | Search fee paid | 24.12.2004 | Designation fee(s) paid | 24.12.2004 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 12.01.2004 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 24.12.2004 | Examination requested [2005/10] | 22.02.2005 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 28.09.2010 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 09.02.2011 | Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect [2011/31] | 17.03.2011 | Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time [2011/31] | Divisional application(s) | The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 28.09.2010 | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 13.04.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 26.04.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 27.04.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 25.04.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 29.04.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 26.04.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | Penalty fee | Additional fee for renewal fee | 30.04.2011 | 09   M06   Not yet paid |
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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. | Documents cited: | Search | [XI]NL9200491 (DUTCH OPHTHALMIC RES CT INT BV) [X] 1-2,9 * page 3, line 37 - page 5, line 12; figures 1,2,3,6,7; claims 1-8 * [I] 3-8,10; | [A]DE4234884 (KOTHE LUTZ [DE]) [A] 1-10* the whole document *; | [XI]DE19512559 (AESCULAP AG [DE]) [X] 1-2 * column 4, line 67 - column 5, line 47; figures 1-6 * [I] 3-5,7-8; | [XI] - GUBER A E ET AL, "MIKROINSTRUMENTE AUS NICKEL-TITAN", F & M FEINWERKTECHNIK MIKROTECHNIK MIKROELEKTRONIK, HANSER, MUNCHEN, DE, (19970401), vol. 105, no. 4, ISSN 1437-9503, pages 247 - 248,250/2, XP000658283 [X] 1-2,9 * figures 2-9 * [I] 3-8,10 | International search | [A]US4793218 (JORDAN GEORGE [US], et al) |