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EP2404556 - Surgical stapling apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 23.10.2020 Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 15.11.2019
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 11.07.2019
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
	[2019/51]
Former [2012/52]	For all designated states Covidien LP 15 Hampshire Street Mansfield, MA 02048 / US
Former [2012/02]	For all designated states Tyco Healthcare Group LP Mailstop 8 N-1 555 Long Wharf Drive New Haven, CT 06511 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / Tarinelli, Danyel 1390 Bartholomew Road Middletown, CT Connecticut 06457 / US
	02 / Aranyi, Ernie 170 Stepney Road Easton, CT Connecticut 06612 / US
	03 / Simpson, Richard 145 Bear Path Road Hamden, CT Connecticut 06514 / US
	04 / Shah, Sachin 8 Juniper Drive Milford, CT Connecticut 06461 / US
	[2012/02]
Representative(s)	Maschio, Antonio, et al Maschio & Soames IP Limited 30 Carlton Crescent Southampton SO15 2EW / GB
	[2019/51]
Former [2014/35]	Tanner, James Percival, et al Maschio & Soames IP Limited 20 Carlton Crescent Southampton, SO15 2ET / GB
Former [2012/02]	Tanner, James Percival Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Innovations LLP 10 Carlton Crescent Southampton, Hampshire SO15 2EZ / GB
Application number, filing date	11183254.9	23.12.2009
	[2012/02]
Priority number, date	US20080342400	23.12.2008 Original published format: US 342400
	[2012/02]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP2404556
	Date:	11.01.2012
	Language:	EN
	[2012/02]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP2404556
	Date:	19.12.2012
	Language:	EN
	[2012/51]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2404556
	Date:	18.12.2019
	Language:	EN
	[2019/51]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	16.11.2012
Classification	IPC:	A61B17/072	[2012/02]
	CPC:	A61B17/07207 (EP,US); A61B17/07292 (EP,US); A61B2017/0023 (EP,US); A61B2017/00473 (EP,US)
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 [2019/51]
Former [2012/02]	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:	Chirurgische Klammervorrichtung	[2012/02]
	English:	Surgical stapling apparatus	[2012/02]
	French:	Appareil d'agrafeuse chirurgicale	[2012/02]
Examination procedure	14.06.2013	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	14.06.2013	Examination requested [2013/30]
	20.04.2016	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	17.08.2016	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	11.07.2019	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	06.11.2019	Fee for grant paid
	06.11.2019	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	06.11.2019	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s) Tooltip	EP09252897.5 / EP2201901
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 (EP20090252897) is 03.03.2015
Opposition(s)	21.09.2020	No opposition filed within time limit [2020/48]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	27.12.2011	Renewal fee patent year 03
	26.12.2012	Renewal fee patent year 04
	27.12.2013	Renewal fee patent year 05
	22.12.2014	Renewal fee patent year 06
	23.12.2015	Renewal fee patent year 07
	22.12.2016	Renewal fee patent year 08
	21.12.2017	Renewal fee patent year 09
	20.12.2018	Renewal fee patent year 10
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	23.12.2009
	AT	18.12.2019
	CY	18.12.2019
	CZ	18.12.2019
	DK	18.12.2019
	EE	18.12.2019
	ES	18.12.2019
	FI	18.12.2019
	HR	18.12.2019
	LT	18.12.2019
	LV	18.12.2019
	MC	18.12.2019
	MK	18.12.2019
	MT	18.12.2019
	NL	18.12.2019
	PL	18.12.2019
	RO	18.12.2019
	SE	18.12.2019
	SI	18.12.2019
	SK	18.12.2019
	SM	18.12.2019
	TR	18.12.2019
	IE	23.12.2019
	LU	23.12.2019
	BE	31.12.2019
	BG	18.03.2020
	NO	18.03.2020
	GR	19.03.2020
	IS	18.04.2020
	PT	13.05.2020
	[2022/31]
Former [2022/26]	HU	23.12.2009
	AT	18.12.2019
	CY	18.12.2019
	CZ	18.12.2019
	DK	18.12.2019
	EE	18.12.2019
	ES	18.12.2019
	FI	18.12.2019
	HR	18.12.2019
	LT	18.12.2019
	LV	18.12.2019
	MC	18.12.2019
	MT	18.12.2019
	NL	18.12.2019
	PL	18.12.2019
	RO	18.12.2019
	SE	18.12.2019
	SI	18.12.2019
	SK	18.12.2019
	SM	18.12.2019
	TR	18.12.2019
	IE	23.12.2019
	LU	23.12.2019
	BE	31.12.2019
	BG	18.03.2020
	NO	18.03.2020
	GR	19.03.2020
	IS	18.04.2020
	PT	13.05.2020
Former [2021/34]	HU	23.12.2009
	AT	18.12.2019
	CY	18.12.2019
	CZ	18.12.2019
	DK	18.12.2019
	EE	18.12.2019
	ES	18.12.2019
	FI	18.12.2019
	HR	18.12.2019
	LT	18.12.2019
	LV	18.12.2019
	MC	18.12.2019
	MT	18.12.2019
	NL	18.12.2019
	PL	18.12.2019
	RO	18.12.2019
	SE	18.12.2019
	SI	18.12.2019
	SK	18.12.2019
	SM	18.12.2019
	IE	23.12.2019
	LU	23.12.2019
	BE	31.12.2019
	BG	18.03.2020
	NO	18.03.2020
	GR	19.03.2020
	IS	18.04.2020
	PT	13.05.2020
Former [2021/32]	HU	23.12.2009
	AT	18.12.2019
	CY	18.12.2019
	CZ	18.12.2019
	DK	18.12.2019
	EE	18.12.2019
	ES	18.12.2019
	FI	18.12.2019
	HR	18.12.2019
	LT	18.12.2019
	LV	18.12.2019
	MC	18.12.2019
	NL	18.12.2019
	PL	18.12.2019
	RO	18.12.2019
	SE	18.12.2019
	SI	18.12.2019
	SK	18.12.2019
	SM	18.12.2019
	IE	23.12.2019
	LU	23.12.2019
	BE	31.12.2019
	BG	18.03.2020
	NO	18.03.2020
	GR	19.03.2020
	IS	18.04.2020
	PT	13.05.2020
Former [2021/26]	AT	18.12.2019
	CY	18.12.2019
	CZ	18.12.2019
	DK	18.12.2019
	EE	18.12.2019
	ES	18.12.2019
	FI	18.12.2019
	HR	18.12.2019
	LT	18.12.2019
	LV	18.12.2019
	MC	18.12.2019
	NL	18.12.2019
	PL	18.12.2019
	RO	18.12.2019
	SE	18.12.2019
	SI	18.12.2019
	SK	18.12.2019
	SM	18.12.2019
	IE	23.12.2019
	LU	23.12.2019
	BE	31.12.2019
	BG	18.03.2020
	NO	18.03.2020
	GR	19.03.2020
	IS	18.04.2020
	PT	13.05.2020
Former [2021/14]	AT	18.12.2019
	CZ	18.12.2019
	DK	18.12.2019
	EE	18.12.2019
	ES	18.12.2019
	FI	18.12.2019
	HR	18.12.2019
	LT	18.12.2019
	LV	18.12.2019
	MC	18.12.2019
	NL	18.12.2019
	PL	18.12.2019
	RO	18.12.2019
	SE	18.12.2019
	SI	18.12.2019
	SK	18.12.2019
	SM	18.12.2019
	IE	23.12.2019
	LU	23.12.2019
	BE	31.12.2019
	BG	18.03.2020
	NO	18.03.2020
	GR	19.03.2020
	IS	18.04.2020
	PT	13.05.2020
Former [2020/51]	AT	18.12.2019
	CZ	18.12.2019
	DK	18.12.2019
	EE	18.12.2019
	ES	18.12.2019
	FI	18.12.2019
	HR	18.12.2019
	LT	18.12.2019
	LV	18.12.2019
	MC	18.12.2019
	NL	18.12.2019
	RO	18.12.2019
	SE	18.12.2019
	SI	18.12.2019
	SK	18.12.2019
	SM	18.12.2019
	IE	23.12.2019
	LU	23.12.2019
	BE	31.12.2019
	BG	18.03.2020
	NO	18.03.2020
	GR	19.03.2020
	IS	18.04.2020
	PT	13.05.2020
Former [2020/47]	CZ	18.12.2019
	DK	18.12.2019
	EE	18.12.2019
	ES	18.12.2019
	FI	18.12.2019
	HR	18.12.2019
	LT	18.12.2019
	LV	18.12.2019
	MC	18.12.2019
	NL	18.12.2019
	RO	18.12.2019
	SE	18.12.2019
	SK	18.12.2019
	SM	18.12.2019
	IE	23.12.2019
	LU	23.12.2019
	BG	18.03.2020
	NO	18.03.2020
	GR	19.03.2020
	IS	18.04.2020
	PT	13.05.2020
Former [2020/46]	CZ	18.12.2019
	EE	18.12.2019
	FI	18.12.2019
	HR	18.12.2019
	LT	18.12.2019
	LV	18.12.2019
	MC	18.12.2019
	NL	18.12.2019
	RO	18.12.2019
	SE	18.12.2019
	SK	18.12.2019
	SM	18.12.2019
	IE	23.12.2019
	LU	23.12.2019
	BG	18.03.2020
	NO	18.03.2020
	GR	19.03.2020
	IS	18.04.2020
	PT	13.05.2020
Former [2020/45]	CZ	18.12.2019
	EE	18.12.2019
	FI	18.12.2019
	HR	18.12.2019
	LT	18.12.2019
	LV	18.12.2019
	MC	18.12.2019
	NL	18.12.2019
	RO	18.12.2019
	SE	18.12.2019
	SK	18.12.2019
	SM	18.12.2019
	BG	18.03.2020
	NO	18.03.2020
	GR	19.03.2020
	IS	18.04.2020
	PT	13.05.2020
Former [2020/40]	CZ	18.12.2019
	EE	18.12.2019
	FI	18.12.2019
	HR	18.12.2019
	LT	18.12.2019
	LV	18.12.2019
	NL	18.12.2019
	RO	18.12.2019
	SE	18.12.2019
	SK	18.12.2019
	SM	18.12.2019
	BG	18.03.2020
	NO	18.03.2020
	GR	19.03.2020
	IS	18.04.2020
	PT	13.05.2020
Former [2020/37]	CZ	18.12.2019
	EE	18.12.2019
	FI	18.12.2019
	HR	18.12.2019
	LT	18.12.2019
	LV	18.12.2019
	NL	18.12.2019
	RO	18.12.2019
	SE	18.12.2019
	SK	18.12.2019
	SM	18.12.2019
	BG	18.03.2020
	NO	18.03.2020
	GR	19.03.2020
	PT	13.05.2020
Former [2020/36]	CZ	18.12.2019
	EE	18.12.2019
	FI	18.12.2019
	HR	18.12.2019
	LT	18.12.2019
	LV	18.12.2019
	NL	18.12.2019
	RO	18.12.2019
	SE	18.12.2019
	BG	18.03.2020
	NO	18.03.2020
	GR	19.03.2020
	PT	13.05.2020
Former [2020/35]	CZ	18.12.2019
	FI	18.12.2019
	HR	18.12.2019
	LT	18.12.2019
	LV	18.12.2019
	NL	18.12.2019
	RO	18.12.2019
	SE	18.12.2019
	BG	18.03.2020
	NO	18.03.2020
	GR	19.03.2020
Former [2020/33]	FI	18.12.2019
	HR	18.12.2019
	LT	18.12.2019
	LV	18.12.2019
	NL	18.12.2019
	SE	18.12.2019
	BG	18.03.2020
	NO	18.03.2020
	GR	19.03.2020
Former [2020/25]	FI	18.12.2019
	HR	18.12.2019
	LT	18.12.2019
	LV	18.12.2019
	SE	18.12.2019
	BG	18.03.2020
	NO	18.03.2020
	GR	19.03.2020
Former [2020/23]	FI	18.12.2019
	LT	18.12.2019
	LV	18.12.2019
	SE	18.12.2019
	BG	18.03.2020
	NO	18.03.2020
	GR	19.03.2020
Former [2020/22]	FI	18.12.2019
	LT	18.12.2019
	SE	18.12.2019
	BG	18.03.2020
	NO	18.03.2020
Former [2020/21]	NO	18.03.2020
Documents cited:	Search	[X]EP0667119 (BIO VASCULAR INC [US]) [X] 1-3 * column 2, line 21 - column 6, line 2; figures 1,2 *;
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		[X]US5762256 (MASTRI DOMINICK L [US], et al) [X] 1-3 * column 10, lines 6-14; figure 1 *;
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