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EP2345380 - Cardiac valve procedure devices [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 16.11.2018 Database last updated on 21.08.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 08.12.2017
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 22.06.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	19.06.2020	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): HU	published on 22.07.2020 [2020/30]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Medtronic, Inc. 710 Medtronic Parkway NE Minneapolis, MN 55342 / US
	[2018/02]
Former [2011/29]	For all designated states Medtronic, Inc. 710 Medtronic Parkway NE Minneapolis, MN 55342 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / Cohn, William, E. c/o Texas Heart Insitute 6770 Bertner Avenue Houston, Texas 77030 / US
	02 / Lambrecht, Gregory, H. 220 Elliot Street Natick, MA 01760 / US
	03 / Liddicoat, John, R. 2208 Oliver Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55405 / US
	04 / Moore, Robert, Kevin 4 Rolling Lane Natick, MA 01760 / US
	05 / Streeter, Richeard, B. 66 Brookside Avenue Winchester, MA 01890 / US
	06 / Davenport, Todd, F. 48 Salem Street Andover, MA 01810 / US
	[2018/02]
Former [2011/40]	01 / Cohn, William, E. c/o Texas heart Insitute 6770 Bertner Avenue Houston, Texas 77030 / US
	02 / Lambrecht, Gregory, H. 220 Elliot Street Natick, MA 01760 / US
	03 / Liddicoat, John, R. 2208 Oliver Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55405 / US
	04 / Moore, Robert, Kevin 4 Rolling Lane Natick, MA 01760 / US
	05 / Streeter, Richeard, B. 66 Brookside Avenue Winchester, MA 01890 / US
	06 / Davenport, Todd, F. 48 Salem Street Andover, MA 01810 / US
Former [2011/32]	01 / Cohn, William, E. 104 Lagrange Street Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 / US
	02 / Lambrecht, Gregory, H. 220 Elliot Street Natick, MA 01760 / US
	03 / Liddicoat, John, R. 2208 Oliver Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55405 / US
	04 / Moore, Robert, Kevin 4 Rolling Lane Natick, MA 01760 / US
	05 / Streeter, Richeard, B. 66 Brookside Avenue Winchester, MA 01890 / US
	06 / Davenport, Todd, F. 48 Salem Street Andover, MA 01810 / US
Representative(s)	Zimmermann & Partner Patentanwälte mbB Postfach 330 920 80069 München / DE
	[2018/02]
Former [2013/25]	Zimmermann & Partner Postfach 330 920 80069 München / DE
Former [2013/21]	Zimmermann & Partner Josephspitalstr. 15 80331 München / DE
Former [2011/29]	Hughes, Andrea Michelle Dehns St Bride's House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8JD / GB
Application number, filing date	11002111.0	13.11.2003
	[2011/29]
Priority number, date	US20020425877P	13.11.2002 Original published format: US 425877 P
	[2011/29]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP2345380
	Date:	20.07.2011
	Language:	EN
	[2011/29]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP2345380
	Date:	03.08.2011
	[2011/31]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2345380
	Date:	10.01.2018
	Language:	EN
	[2018/02]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	04.07.2011
Classification	IPC:	A61F2/01, A61F2/24, A61B17/12	[2017/27]
	CPC:	A61F2/2427 (EP); A61F2/013 (EP,US); A61B17/1204 (EP); A61B17/12109 (EP); A61B17/12136 (EP); A61F2002/018 (EP); (+) A61F2230/0006 (EP); A61F2230/0067 (EP); A61F2230/008 (EP); A61F2250/0059 (EP) (-)
	Former IPC [2011/29]	A61B17/34
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2018/02]
Former [2011/29]	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
Title	German:	Herzklappenverfahrensvorrichtungen	[2011/29]
	English:	Cardiac valve procedure devices	[2011/29]
	French:	Dispositifs de procédure de valvule cardiaque	[2011/29]
Examination procedure	03.02.2012	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	03.02.2012	Examination requested [2012/12]
	27.02.2012	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	21.03.2012	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	24.09.2014	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	24.03.2015	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	23.06.2017	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	09.10.2017	Fee for grant paid
	09.10.2017	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	09.10.2017	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s) Tooltip	EP03789776.6 / EP1583581
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 (EP20030789776) is 04.03.2009
Opposition(s)	11.10.2018	No opposition filed within time limit [2018/51]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	14.03.2011	Renewal fee patent year 03
	14.03.2011	Renewal fee patent year 04
	14.03.2011	Renewal fee patent year 05
	14.03.2011	Renewal fee patent year 06
	14.03.2011	Renewal fee patent year 07
	14.03.2011	Renewal fee patent year 08
	23.11.2011	Renewal fee patent year 09
	26.11.2012	Renewal fee patent year 10
	27.11.2013	Renewal fee patent year 11
	26.11.2014	Renewal fee patent year 12
	30.11.2015	Renewal fee patent year 13
	28.11.2016	Renewal fee patent year 14
	27.11.2017	Renewal fee patent year 15
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	13.11.2003
	AT	10.01.2018
	CY	10.01.2018
	CZ	10.01.2018
	DK	10.01.2018
	EE	10.01.2018
	ES	10.01.2018
	FI	10.01.2018
	IT	10.01.2018
	MC	10.01.2018
	PT	10.01.2018
	RO	10.01.2018
	SE	10.01.2018
	SI	10.01.2018
	SK	10.01.2018
	TR	10.01.2018
	BG	10.04.2018
	GR	11.04.2018
	[2020/30]
Former [2020/27]	AT	10.01.2018
	CY	10.01.2018
	CZ	10.01.2018
	DK	10.01.2018
	EE	10.01.2018
	ES	10.01.2018
	FI	10.01.2018
	IT	10.01.2018
	MC	10.01.2018
	PT	10.01.2018
	RO	10.01.2018
	SE	10.01.2018
	SI	10.01.2018
	SK	10.01.2018
	TR	10.01.2018
	BG	10.04.2018
	GR	11.04.2018
Former [2020/16]	AT	10.01.2018
	CY	10.01.2018
	CZ	10.01.2018
	DK	10.01.2018
	EE	10.01.2018
	ES	10.01.2018
	FI	10.01.2018
	IT	10.01.2018
	MC	10.01.2018
	RO	10.01.2018
	SE	10.01.2018
	SI	10.01.2018
	SK	10.01.2018
	TR	10.01.2018
	BG	10.04.2018
	GR	11.04.2018
Former [2019/33]	AT	10.01.2018
	CY	10.01.2018
	CZ	10.01.2018
	DK	10.01.2018
	EE	10.01.2018
	ES	10.01.2018
	FI	10.01.2018
	IT	10.01.2018
	MC	10.01.2018
	RO	10.01.2018
	SE	10.01.2018
	SI	10.01.2018
	SK	10.01.2018
	BG	10.04.2018
	GR	11.04.2018
Former [2019/13]	AT	10.01.2018
	CY	10.01.2018
	CZ	10.01.2018
	DK	10.01.2018
	EE	10.01.2018
	ES	10.01.2018
	FI	10.01.2018
	IT	10.01.2018
	RO	10.01.2018
	SE	10.01.2018
	SI	10.01.2018
	SK	10.01.2018
	BG	10.04.2018
	GR	11.04.2018
Former [2018/51]	AT	10.01.2018
	CY	10.01.2018
	CZ	10.01.2018
	DK	10.01.2018
	EE	10.01.2018
	ES	10.01.2018
	FI	10.01.2018
	IT	10.01.2018
	RO	10.01.2018
	SE	10.01.2018
	SK	10.01.2018
	BG	10.04.2018
	GR	11.04.2018
Former [2018/50]	AT	10.01.2018
	CY	10.01.2018
	CZ	10.01.2018
	EE	10.01.2018
	ES	10.01.2018
	FI	10.01.2018
	IT	10.01.2018
	RO	10.01.2018
	SE	10.01.2018
	SK	10.01.2018
	BG	10.04.2018
	GR	11.04.2018
Former [2018/49]	AT	10.01.2018
	CY	10.01.2018
	EE	10.01.2018
	ES	10.01.2018
	FI	10.01.2018
	IT	10.01.2018
	RO	10.01.2018
	SE	10.01.2018
	BG	10.04.2018
	GR	11.04.2018
Former [2018/47]	AT	10.01.2018
	CY	10.01.2018
	ES	10.01.2018
	FI	10.01.2018
	IT	10.01.2018
	SE	10.01.2018
	BG	10.04.2018
	GR	11.04.2018
Former [2018/40]	AT	10.01.2018
	CY	10.01.2018
	ES	10.01.2018
	FI	10.01.2018
	SE	10.01.2018
	BG	10.04.2018
	GR	11.04.2018
Former [2018/38]	AT	10.01.2018
	CY	10.01.2018
	ES	10.01.2018
	FI	10.01.2018
	GR	11.04.2018
Former [2018/37]	CY	10.01.2018
	ES	10.01.2018
	FI	10.01.2018
	GR	11.04.2018
Former [2018/36]	CY	10.01.2018
	ES	10.01.2018
	FI	10.01.2018
Documents cited:	Search	[A]WO9916382 (CARDEON CORP [US], et al) [A] 1 * page 35, line 25 - line 29 * * figure 51 *;
		[A]WO0247539 (VIACOR INC [US]) [A] 1 * page 8, paragraph First * * figure 1 *;
		[A]US2002165576 (BOYLE CHRISTOPHER T [US], et al) [A] 1 * paragraph [0039] - paragraph [0041] ** figures 5-8 *

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