EP2394593 - HIGH-FREQUENCY SURGERY DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link] | |||
Former [2011/50] | HIGH-FREQUENCY SURGERY DEVICE AND SURGERY CONTROL METHOD | ||
[2013/25] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 19.12.2014 Database last updated on 02.11.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 12.10.2018 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): AL | published on 14.11.2018 [2018/46] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. 43-2, Hatagaya 2-chome Shibuya-ku Tokyo 151-0072 / JP | [2011/50] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
KABAYA, Akinori c/o OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. 43-2 Hatagaya 2-chome Shibuya-ku Tokyo 151-0072 / JP | 02 /
IRISAWA, Takashi c/o OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. 43-2 Hatagaya 2-chome Shibuya-ku Tokyo 151-0072 / JP | [2011/50] | Representative(s) | Gunzelmann, Rainer Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patentanwälte und Rechtsanwalt PartG mbB Schweigerstraße 2 81541 München / DE | [N/P] |
Former [2011/50] | Gunzelmann, Rainer Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Schweigerstraße 2 81541 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 10826483.9 | 05.10.2010 | WO2010JP67439 | Priority number, date | US20090255536P | 28.10.2009 Original published format: US 255536 P | [2011/50] | Filing language | JA | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2011052349 | Date: | 05.05.2011 | Language: | JA | [2011/18] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2394593 | Date: | 14.12.2011 | Language: | EN | [2011/50] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2394593 | Date: | 12.02.2014 | Language: | EN | [2014/07] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | JP | 05.05.2011 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 30.09.2011 | Classification | IPC: | A61B18/12, // A61B18/14 | [2013/40] | CPC: |
A61B18/1206 (EP,US);
A61B18/1445 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00345 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00404 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00619 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00642 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00648 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00666 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00678 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00702 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00708 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00726 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00761 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00767 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00875 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00886 (EP,US)
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Former IPC [2011/50] | A61B18/12 | Designated contracting states | AL, 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, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2011/50] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Title | German: | HOCHFREQUENZCHIRURGIEVORRICHTUNG | [2013/25] | English: | HIGH-FREQUENCY SURGERY DEVICE | [2013/25] | French: | DISPOSITIF CHIRURGICAL HAUTE FRÉQUENCE | [2013/25] |
Former [2011/50] | HOCHFREQUENZCHIRURGIEVORRICHTUNG UND CHIRURGIESTEUERUNGSVERFAHREN | ||
Former [2011/50] | HIGH-FREQUENCY SURGERY DEVICE AND SURGERY CONTROL METHOD | ||
Former [2011/50] | DISPOSITIF CHIRURGICAL HAUTE FRÉQUENCE ET PROCÉDÉ DE COMMANDE CHIRURGICALE | Entry into regional phase | 29.08.2011 | Translation filed | 29.08.2011 | National basic fee paid | 29.08.2011 | Search fee paid | 29.08.2011 | Designation fee(s) paid | 29.08.2011 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 29.08.2011 | Examination requested [2011/50] | 17.04.2012 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 16.01.2013 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 28.03.2013 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 29.05.2013 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 13.08.2013 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 17.09.2013 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 19.12.2013 | Fee for grant paid | 19.12.2013 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Divisional application(s) | The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 16.01.2013 | Opposition(s) | 13.11.2014 | No opposition filed within time limit [2015/04] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 18.10.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 17.10.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 04 |
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IS | 12.06.2014 | Documents cited: | Search | [XAYI]EP1810630 (SHERWOOD SERV AG [CH]) [X] 1,13,15 * paragraphs [0031] - [0036]; figure 3 * [A] 14 [Y] 3-6,9-13 [I] 2; | [X]US5643257 (COHEN DONALD [US], et al) [X] 1 * column 7, line 33 - line 41 * * column 8, line 38 - line 51 *; | [X]US2003158551 (PATON BORIS E [UA], et al) [X] 1 * paragraph [0059] *; | [X]EP2106762 (OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP [JP]) [X] 1 * paragraph [0056] *; | [Y]US2008103495 (MIHORI TAKASHI [JP], et al) [Y] 3-6,9-13 * claim 19 *; | [A]US2002052599 (GOBLE COLIN C O [GB]) [A] 3-12 * abstract * | International search | [X]JP2008510507 (CELON AG. MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS); | [A]JP2008114042 (OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP); | [A]JP2005000224 (OLYMPUS CORP); | [A]JP2002065691 (OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO); | [A]JPH10286261 (VALLEYLAB INC); | [A]JPH0898845 (ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC) | by applicant | JP2002325772 | US19360612555 |