EP2226016 - Specimen retrieval apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 21.06.2019 Database last updated on 31.08.2024 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 13.07.2018 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 05.03.2018 | Most recent event Tooltip | 01.07.2022 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK | published on 03.08.2022 [2022/31] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Covidien LP 15 Hampshire Street Mansfield, MA 02048 / US | [2012/52] |
Former [2010/36] | For all designated states Tyco Healthcare Group LP 60 Middletown Avenue North Haven, CT 06473 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Ceniccola, Anthony L. 1030 Shepard Ave. Hamden, CT 06514 / US | 02 /
Uznanski, Margaret 5 Station Road Great Neck, NY 11023 / US | 03 /
Leach, John 56 Penny Lane Woodbridge, CT 06525 / US | 04 /
Craft, Brandon Wesley 15 Butler Road Reisterstown, MD 21136 / US | 05 /
Johnson, Paul 10227 Brighton Ridge Way Columbia, MD 21044 / US | 06 /
Fleming, Alistair 19 Swansley Lane Lower Cambourne Cambridge, CB23 6ER / GB | 07 /
Collier, Nicholas John 64 North Street Burwell Cambridge, CB25 0BB / GB | [2018/33] |
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Ceniccola, Anthony L. 1030 Shepard Ave. Hamden, CT 06514 / US | ||
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Uznanski, Margaret 5 Station Road Great Neck, NY 11023 / US | |||
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Leach, John 56 Penny Lane Woodbridge, CT 06525 / US | |||
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Craft, Brandon Wesley 15 Butler Road Reisterstown, MD 21136 / US | |||
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Johnson, Paul 10227 Brighton Ridge Way Columbia, MD 21044 / US | |||
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Fleming, Alistair 19 Swansley Lane Lower Cambourne Cambridgem, CB23 6ER / GB | |||
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Collier, Nicholas John 64 North Street Burwell Cambridge, CB25 0BB / GB | Representative(s) | Soames, Candida Jane, et al Maschio & Soames IP Limited 30 Carlton Crescent Southampton SO15 2EW / GB | [2018/33] |
Former [2011/45] | Soames, Candida Jane, et al Edwards Wildman Innovations LLP 10 Carlton Crescent Southampton SO15 2EZ / GB | ||
Former [2010/36] | Soames, Candida Jane Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Innovations LLP 10 Carlton Crescent Southampton SO15 2EZ / GB | Application number, filing date | 10250383.6 | 03.03.2010 | [2010/36] | Priority number, date | US20090157262P | 04.03.2009 Original published format: US 157262 P | US20100709464 | 20.02.2010 Original published format: US 709464 | [2010/36] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP2226016 | Date: | 08.09.2010 | Language: | EN | [2010/36] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP2226016 | Date: | 01.12.2010 | [2010/48] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2226016 | Date: | 15.08.2018 | Language: | EN | [2018/33] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 02.11.2010 | Classification | IPC: | A61B17/00 | [2010/36] | CPC: |
A61B17/00234 (EP,US);
A61B17/22031 (US);
A61B42/10 (EP,US);
A61B46/17 (EP,US);
A61B90/96 (EP,US);
A61B17/0218 (EP,US);
A61B17/29 (EP,US);
A61B2017/00287 (EP,US);
A61B2017/00557 (EP,US);
A61B2017/00951 (EP,US);
A61B2017/306 (EP,US);
A61B42/00 (EP,US);
A61B46/27 (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, SM, TR [2018/33] |
Former [2010/36] | 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 | Title | German: | Probengewinnungsvorrichtung | [2011/03] | English: | Specimen retrieval apparatus | [2010/36] | French: | Appareil d'extraction de spécimens | [2011/03] |
Former [2010/36] | Appareil d'extraction de spécimens | ||
Former [2010/36] | Probengewinnungsvorrichtung | Examination procedure | 23.05.2011 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 24.05.2011 | Examination requested [2011/26] | 11.02.2015 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 20.05.2015 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 06.03.2018 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 05.07.2018 | Fee for grant paid | 05.07.2018 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 05.07.2018 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Divisional application(s) | EP11006675.0 / EP2387952 | EP11006676.8 / EP2387953 | The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 11.02.2015 | Opposition(s) | 16.05.2019 | No opposition filed within time limit [2019/30] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 26.03.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 27.03.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 27.03.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 23.01.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 23.03.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 23.03.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 23.03.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 09 |
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Former [2019/07] | LT | 15.08.2018 | Documents cited: | Search | [A]WO9726828 (GENTILLI SERGIO [IT], et al) [A] 2 * page 5, paragraph 2 *; | [A]WO9742889 (GIANNADAKIS EMMANUIL [GR]) [A] 10 * page 4, line 28 - page 5, line 18 *; | [X]US5921979 (KOVAC TIM J [US], et al) [X] 15-18 * column 5, line 29 - line 52 *; | [X]WO0012011 (HENDLER SHOSHAN [IL], et al) [X] 1 * page 11, line 27 - page 12, line 30 *; | [X]US2003139767 (JESPERSEN CHRIS A [US]) [X] 6,8,9 * paragraphs [0036] , [0037] , [0040] , [0042] *; | [A]US2003149336 (FOLEY FREDERICK J [US]) [A] 10* paragraph [0027] - paragraph [0030] *; | [X]WO2004002334 (ETHICON GMBH [DE], et al) [X] 1,3-5 * page 5, paragraph 7 - page 8, paragraph 2 *; | [X]US2004176659 (PENG STEVEN [US], et al) [X] 15-17 * paragraphs [0084] , [0157]; claim 48 *; | [X]US7445594 (BORST CORNELIUS [NL], et al) [X] 15 * column 17, line 16 - line 22 *; | [AP]EP2130483 (OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP [JP]) [AP] 2 * paragraph [0079] * |