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EP About this file: EP1927311

EP1927311 - ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  15.11.2013
Database last updated on 02.11.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip15.11.2013No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 18.12.2013  [2013/51]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Olympus Corporation
43-2, Hatagaya 2-chome Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 151-0072 / JP
[2008/23]
Inventor(s)01 / SUZUKI, Keita
1-35-13-1403, Fujimi-cho
Tachikawa-shi Tokyo 190-0013 / JP
 [2008/23]
Representative(s)von Hellfeld, Axel
Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff
Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Schweigerstrasse 2
81541 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2013/02]von Hellfeld, Axel
Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Schweigerstrasse 2
81541 München / DE
Former [2008/23]von Hellfeld, Axel
Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Schweigerstrasse 2
81541 München / DE
Application number, filing date05785855.722.09.2005
[2008/23]
WO2005JP17530
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2007034557
Date:29.03.2007
Language:EN
[2007/13]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1927311
Date:04.06.2008
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 29.03.2007 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2008/23]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1927311
Date:09.01.2013
Language:EN
[2013/02]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP29.03.2007
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP18.10.2010
ClassificationIPC:A61B1/00
[2008/23]
CPC:
A61B1/018 (EP,US); A61B1/00087 (EP); A61B1/00133 (EP);
A61B1/00147 (EP,US); A61B10/06 (EP); A61B2017/2905 (EP)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IE [2008/42]
Former [2008/23]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 
TitleGerman:ENDOSKOPSYSTEM[2008/23]
English:ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM[2008/23]
French:SYSTEME ENDOSCOPIQUE[2008/23]
Entry into regional phase25.03.2008Translation filed 
25.03.2008National basic fee paid 
25.03.2008Search fee paid 
25.03.2008Designation fee(s) paid 
25.03.2008Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure25.03.2008Examination requested  [2008/23]
23.04.2008Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
30.05.2008Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, ES, FI, GR, HU, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
02.05.2011Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
13.04.2012Communication of intention to grant the patent
30.07.2012Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
30.07.2012Fee for grant paid
30.07.2012Fee for publishing/printing paid
09.11.2012Communication of intention to grant the patent
Divisional application(s)EP11003622.5  / EP2353492
The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  13.04.2012
Opposition(s)10.10.2013No opposition filed within time limit [2013/51]
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.03.2008Renewal fee patent year 03
18.09.2008Renewal fee patent year 04
17.09.2009Renewal fee patent year 05
16.09.2010Renewal fee patent year 06
19.09.2011Renewal fee patent year 07
19.09.2012Renewal fee patent year 08
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Documents cited:Search[A]US5251356  (OAKI YOSHINAO [JP], et al) [A] 1-9 * abstract * * column 2, line 47 - column 3, line 14 * * figure 2 *;
 [A]US2005171478  (SELMON MATTHEW R [US], et al) [A] 1-9 * paragraph [0082] ** figures 11A-B *;
 [A]EP1568305  (OLYMPUS CORP [JP]) [A] 1-9 * abstract * * paragraph [0025] - paragraph [0080] * * figures 3-6 *
International search[A]JPH09492  (OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO);
 [A]JP2005211205  (OLYMPUS CORP);
 [A]JP2005237660  (OLYMPUS CORP)
by applicantJPS57117823
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