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EP1645237
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| EP1645237 - Endoscopic bipolar electrosurgical forceps [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 02.01.2015 Database last updated on 31.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 27.03.2015 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT | published on 29.04.2015 [2015/18] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Covidien AG Victor von Bruns-Strasse 19 8212 Neuhausen am Rheinfall / CH | [2007/33] |
| Former [2006/15] | For all designated states Sherwood Services AG Bahnhofstrasse 29 8200 Schaffhausen / CH | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Guerra, Paul 16500 Bonnie Lane Los Gatos, CA 95032 / US | [2014/15] |
| Former [2014/12] | 01 /
Guerra, Paul 16500 Bonnie Lane Los Garos, CA 95032 / US | ||
| Former [2006/15] | 01 /
Guerra, Paul 4514 Starboard Court Boulder, CO 80304 / US | Representative(s) | Hoffmann Eitle Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB Arabellastrasse 30 81925 München / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [2014/09] | HOFFMANN EITLE Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4 81925 München / DE | ||
| Former [2006/15] | HOFFMANN EITLE Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4 81925 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 05021779.3 | 06.10.2005 | [2006/15] | Priority number, date | US20040616969P | 08.10.2004 Original published format: US 616969 P | [2006/15] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP1645237 | Date: | 12.04.2006 | Language: | EN | [2006/15] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1645237 | Date: | 26.02.2014 | Language: | EN | [2014/09] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 02.02.2006 | Classification | IPC: | A61B18/14, A61B17/28 | [2006/15] | CPC: |
A61B18/1445 (EP,US);
A61B2017/2933 (EP,US);
A61B2017/2947 (EP,US);
A61B2018/0013 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00345 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00404 (EP,US);
| Designated contracting states | DE, ES, FR, GB, IE, IT [2006/51] |
| Former [2006/15] | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR | Title | German: | Endoskopische bipolare elektrochirurgische Zange | [2006/15] | English: | Endoscopic bipolar electrosurgical forceps | [2006/15] | French: | Pince endoscopique bipolaire électrochirurgicale | [2006/15] | Examination procedure | 09.10.2006 | Examination requested [2006/47] | 13.10.2006 | Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s) | 16.11.2006 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 12.02.2007 | Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, FI, GR, HU, IS, LT, LU, LV, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR | 25.05.2007 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 06.11.2009 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 17.05.2010 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 18.09.2013 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 10.01.2014 | Fee for grant paid | 10.01.2014 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 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 16.11.2006 | Opposition(s) | 27.11.2014 | No opposition filed within time limit [2015/06] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 29.10.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 27.10.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 26.10.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 25.10.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 25.10.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 25.10.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 28.10.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | Penalty fee | Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973 | 24.11.2006 | AT M01 Not yet paid | 24.11.2006 | BE M01 Not yet paid | 24.11.2006 | BG M01 Not yet paid | 24.11.2006 | CH M01 Not yet paid | 24.11.2006 | CY M01 Not yet paid | 24.11.2006 | CZ M01 Not yet paid | 24.11.2006 | DK M01 Not yet paid | 24.11.2006 | EE M01 Not yet paid | 24.11.2006 | FI M01 Not yet paid | 24.11.2006 | GR M01 Not yet paid | 24.11.2006 | HU M01 Not yet paid | 24.11.2006 | IS M01 Not yet paid | 24.11.2006 | LT M01 Not yet paid | 24.11.2006 | LU M01 Not yet paid | 24.11.2006 | LV M01 Not yet paid | 24.11.2006 | MC M01 Not yet paid | 24.11.2006 | NL M01 Not yet paid | 24.11.2006 | PL M01 Not yet paid | 24.11.2006 | PT M01 Not yet paid | 24.11.2006 | RO M01 Not yet paid | 24.11.2006 | SE M01 Not yet paid | 24.11.2006 | SI M01 Not yet paid | 24.11.2006 | SK M01 Not yet paid | 24.11.2006 | TR M01 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. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | ES | 26.02.2014 | IT | 26.02.2014 | [2015/18] |
| Former [2014/50] | ES | 26.02.2014 | Documents cited: | Search | [Y]DE8712328U (JAKOUBEK, FRANZ, 7201 EMMINGEN-LIPTINGEN, DE) [Y] 3,13,15 * figures 1,2; claim 1 *; | [X]US5769849 (EGGERS PHILIP E [US]) [X] 1,2 * abstract ** column 11, lines 7-45 *; | [X]WO02080783 (SHERWOOD SERV AG [CH], et al) [X] 1,2 * abstract *; | [XY]US2003229344 (DYCUS SEAN T [US], et al) [X] 1,2,4-12,14,16-18 * abstract * * paragraphs [0077] , [0078] , [0089] , [0090] , [0094] , [0100] , [0108] , [0114] , [0177] , [0187] , [0211] , [0212] * [Y] 3,13,15 | by applicant | DE8712328U | WO02080783 | US2003199869 | US2003229344 | US2004122423 | US2005107784 | US7156846 | - BERGDAHL ET AL., "An article entitled Studies on Coagulation and the Development of an Automatic Computerized Bipolar Coagulator", J. NEUROSURG., (199107), vol. 75, pages 148 - 151 | - BERTIL VäLLFORS, "Automatically Controlled Bipolar Electrocoagulation--"COA-COMP", NEUROSURG. REV., (1984), pages 187 - 190 |