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EP About this file: EP2226016

EP2226016 - Specimen retrieval apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  21.06.2019
Database last updated on 31.08.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  13.07.2018
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  05.03.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip01.07.2022Lapse 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]
Former [2010/36]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 Cambridgem, CB23 6ER / GB
07 / 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 date10250383.603.03.2010
[2010/36]
Priority number, dateUS20090157262P04.03.2009         Original published format: US 157262 P
US2010070946420.02.2010         Original published format: US 709464
[2010/36]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: 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:EP02.11.2010
ClassificationIPC: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) (-)
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 [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 
TitleGerman: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 procedure23.05.2011Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
24.05.2011Examination requested  [2011/26]
11.02.2015Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
20.05.2015Reply to a communication from the examining division
06.03.2018Communication of intention to grant the patent
05.07.2018Fee for grant paid
05.07.2018Fee for publishing/printing paid
05.07.2018Receipt 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)16.05.2019No opposition filed within time limit [2019/30]
Fees paidRenewal fee
26.03.2012Renewal fee patent year 03
27.03.2013Renewal fee patent year 04
27.03.2014Renewal fee patent year 05
23.01.2015Renewal fee patent year 06
23.03.2016Renewal fee patent year 07
23.03.2017Renewal fee patent year 08
23.03.2018Renewal fee patent year 09
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU03.03.2010
AT15.08.2018
CY15.08.2018
CZ15.08.2018
DK15.08.2018
EE15.08.2018
FI15.08.2018
HR15.08.2018
LT15.08.2018
LV15.08.2018
MC15.08.2018
MK15.08.2018
NL15.08.2018
PL15.08.2018
RO15.08.2018
SE15.08.2018
SI15.08.2018
SK15.08.2018
SM15.08.2018
TR15.08.2018
BG15.11.2018
NO15.11.2018
GR16.11.2018
IS15.12.2018
PT15.12.2018
LU03.03.2019
MT03.03.2019
BE31.03.2019
CH31.03.2019
LI31.03.2019
[2022/31]
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LU03.03.2019
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