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EP About this file: EP2149343

EP2149343 - Tissue ablation system with phase-controlled channels [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2010/05]Tissue ablatoin system with phase-controlled channels
[2015/03]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  13.05.2016
Database last updated on 31.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip22.06.2018Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 25.07.2018  [2018/30]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Covidien LP
15 Hampshire Street
Mansfield, MA 02048 / US
[2013/37]
Former [2010/05]For all designated states
Vivant Medical, Inc.
5920 Longbow Drive
Boulder, CO 80301 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Brannan, Joseph D.
3045 Blue Sky Circle No. 18-201
Erie, CO 80516 / US
02 / Behzad, Ghorbani-Elizeh
3374 Hickok Place
Boulder, CO 80301 / US
 [2015/28]
Former [2010/05]01 / Brannan, Joseph D.
3045 Blue Sky Circle No. 18-201
Erie, CO 80516 / US
02 / Elizeh, Behzad Ghorbani
3374 Hickok Place
Boulder, CO 80301 / US
Representative(s)Soames, Candida Jane, et al
Maschio & Soames IP Limited
30 Carlton Crescent
Southampton SO15 2EW / GB
[N/P]
Former [2015/28]Hoffmann Eitle
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB
Arabellastraße 30
81925 München / DE
Former [2010/05]HOFFMANN EITLE
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4
81925 München / DE
Application number, filing date09166708.929.07.2009
[2010/05]
Priority number, dateUS2008018150429.07.2008         Original published format: US 181504
[2010/05]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP2149343
Date:03.02.2010
Language:EN
[2010/05]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP2149343
Date:21.04.2010
[2010/16]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2149343
Date:08.07.2015
Language:EN
[2015/28]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP18.03.2010
ClassificationIPC:A61B18/12, A61N5/02
[2010/05]
CPC:
A61N5/02 (EP,US); A61B18/18 (EP,US); A61B18/1815 (EP,US);
A61B2018/0075 (EP,US); A61B2018/00869 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2015/28]
Former [2010/05]AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  LV,  MC,  MK,  MT,  NL,  NO,  PL,  PT,  RO,  SE,  SI,  SK,  SM,  TR 
TitleGerman:Gewebeablationssystem mit phasengesteuerten Kanälen[2010/05]
English:Tissue ablation system with phase-controlled channels[2015/03]
French:Système d'ablation de tissus doté de voies contrôlées par phase[2010/05]
Former [2010/05]Tissue ablatoin system with phase-controlled channels
Examination procedure18.08.2010Examination requested  [2010/40]
15.09.2010Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
18.03.2011Reply to a communication from the examining division
05.12.2012Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
15.04.2013Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.01.2015Communication of intention to grant the patent
22.05.2015Fee for grant paid
22.05.2015Fee for publishing/printing paid
22.05.2015Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)EP15172050.5  / EP2965784
The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  15.09.2010
Opposition(s)11.04.2016No opposition filed within time limit [2016/24]
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.07.2011Renewal fee patent year 03
25.07.2012Renewal fee patent year 04
29.07.2013Renewal fee patent year 05
28.07.2014Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU29.07.2009
AT08.07.2015
BE08.07.2015
BG08.07.2015
CY08.07.2015
CZ08.07.2015
DK08.07.2015
EE08.07.2015
ES08.07.2015
FI08.07.2015
HR08.07.2015
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LT08.07.2015
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IE29.07.2015
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NO08.10.2015
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PT09.11.2015
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