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EP About this file: EP2574268

EP2574268 - Endoscope with adjustable view angle [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  18.05.2018
Database last updated on 31.08.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  09.06.2017
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  21.03.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip10.07.2020Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): AL		published on 12.08.2020  [2020/33]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG
Dr.-Karl-Storz-Straße 34
78532 Tuttlingen / DE
[2018/02]
Former [2017/28]For all designated states
Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
Mittelstraße 8
78532 Tuttlingen / DE
Former [2013/14]For all designated states
Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
Mittelstraße 8
78532 Tuttlingen / DE
Inventor(s)01 / Bürk, André
c/o Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
Mittelstraße 8
78532 Tuttlingen / DE
 [2013/14]
Application number, filing date11183386.930.09.2011
[2013/14]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2574268
Date:03.04.2013
Language:DE
[2013/14]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2574268
Date:12.07.2017
Language:DE
[2017/28]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP13.02.2012
ClassificationIPC:A61B1/00, // A61B1/04
[2017/15]
CPC:
A61B1/00183 (EP,US); A61B1/00096 (EP,US); A61B1/042 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2013/14]A61B1/00, // A61B1/05
Designated contracting statesAL,   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 [2017/28]
Former [2013/14]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 
TitleGerman:Endoskop mit einstellbarer Blickrichtung[2013/14]
English:Endoscope with adjustable view angle[2013/14]
French:Endoscope à direction d'observation réglable[2013/14]
Examination procedure19.08.2013Examination requested  [2013/40]
30.09.2013Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
31.10.2013Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
07.03.2014Reply to a communication from the examining division
04.03.2016Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
11.07.2016Reply to a communication from the examining division
01.03.2017Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 27.03.2017
22.03.2017Communication of intention to grant the patent
27.03.2017Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
01.06.2017Fee for grant paid
01.06.2017Fee for publishing/printing paid
01.06.2017Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
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  31.10.2013
Opposition(s)13.04.2018No opposition filed within time limit [2018/25]
Fees paidRenewal fee
23.09.2013Renewal fee patent year 03
24.09.2014Renewal fee patent year 04
28.09.2015Renewal fee patent year 05
23.09.2016Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU30.09.2011
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 [A]DE19927816  (WINTER & IBE OLYMPUS [DE]) [A] 1-12 * paragraph [0035] * * figure 2 *
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