EP2113212 - Fluid removal in a surgical access device [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 12.06.2015 Database last updated on 13.07.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 22.06.2018 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK | published on 25.07.2018 [2018/30] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. 4545 Creek Road Cincinnati, OH 45242 / US | [2009/45] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Moreno, Cesar E. 514 Ezzard Charles Drive Cincinnati, OH 45214 / US | 02 /
Minnelli, Patrick J. 103 Burk Lane Harrison, OH 45030 / US | 03 /
Gilker, Thomas A. 3434 Darwin Place Cincinnati, OH 45211 / US | 04 /
Mumaw, Daniel J. 810 Matson Place, Unit 505 Cincinnati, OH 45204 / US | 05 /
Mollere, Rebecca J. 2450 Williams Avenue, Apartment 3 Cincinnati, OH 45212 / US | 06 /
Tanguay, Randall 4299 N. SR 741 Lebanon, OH 45036 / US | [2009/45] | Representative(s) | Tunstall, Christopher Stephen, et al Carpmaels & Ransford LLP One Southampton Row London WC1B 5HA / GB | [2014/32] |
Former [2009/51] | Tunstall, Christopher Stephen, et al Carpmaels & Ransford 43-45 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA / GB | ||
Former [2009/45] | Tunstall, Christopher Stephen, et al Carpmaels & Ransford 43-45 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA / GB | Application number, filing date | 09251196.3 | 28.04.2009 | [2009/45] | Priority number, date | US20080110755 | 28.04.2008 Original published format: US 110755 | [2009/45] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2113212 | Date: | 04.11.2009 | Language: | EN | [2009/45] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2113212 | Date: | 06.08.2014 | Language: | EN | [2014/32] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 11.08.2009 | Classification | IPC: | A61B17/34 | [2009/45] | CPC: |
A61B17/3462 (EP,US);
A61M39/06 (KR);
A61B17/34 (KR);
A61M1/00 (KR);
A61M27/00 (KR);
A61B1/122 (EP,US);
A61B1/126 (EP,US);
A61B17/3498 (US);
A61B2017/3437 (EP,US);
A61B2017/3464 (EP,US)
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| Designated contracting states | 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, TR [2009/45] | Title | German: | Flüssigkeitsentfernung in einer chirurgischen Zugangsvorrichtung | [2009/45] | English: | Fluid removal in a surgical access device | [2009/45] | French: | Suppression de liquides dans un dispositif d'accès chirurgical | [2009/45] | Examination procedure | 08.04.2010 | Examination requested [2010/21] | 18.06.2010 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 22.12.2010 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 17.04.2014 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 26.06.2014 | Fee for grant paid | 26.06.2014 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 26.06.2014 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Divisional application(s) | EP12173283.8 / EP2502592 | The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 18.06.2010 | Opposition(s) | 07.05.2015 | No opposition filed within time limit [2015/29] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 12.04.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 28.03.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 12.04.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 25.03.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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Former [2015/08] | LT | 06.08.2014 | Documents cited: | Search | [X]GB2298906 (MICROSURGICAL EQUIPMENT LTD [GB]) [X] 1-3,12-14 * page 4, paragraph 3; figures 1-4 *; | [X]US2005267419 (SMITH ROBERT C [US]) [X] 1,12 * paragraph [0030]; figure 2 *; | [PX]WO2008093313 (ATROPOS LTD [IE], et al) [PX] 1,12 * figures 1-5 *; | [PX]WO2009005986 (ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC [US], et al) [PX] 1,12 * paragraph [0036] *; | [PX]EP1994895 (TYCO HEALTHCARE [US]) [PX] 1 * figures 9-14 *; | [XY]US2003195472 (GREEN DAVID T [US], et al) [X] 1-3,12-14 * paragraph [0135]; figures 15,16 * [Y] 5; | [YA]US2005165277 (CARRILLO OSCAR R JR [US], et al) [Y] 5 * paragraphs [0046] , [0049]; figure 4b * [A] 4; | [A]EP1707135 (TYCO HEALTHCARE [US]) | by applicant | US2004230161 | US20030687502 | US20070771263 |