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EP About this file: EP2800525

EP2800525 - RATCHETING FEATURE ON TISSUE STAPLE TRIGGER TO PREVENT PREMATURE JAW OPENING [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  06.10.2017
Database last updated on 13.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip17.07.2020Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): AL		published on 19.08.2020  [2020/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC
475 Street C
Los Frailes Industrial Park
00969 Guaynabo / PR
[2016/45]
Former [2014/46]For all designated states
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
4545 Creek Road
Cincinnati, OH 45242 / US
Inventor(s)01 / VASUDEVAN, Venkataramanan Mandakolathur
11321 Village Brook Drive Apt. 2228
Cincinnati, Ohio 45249 / US
02 / DUNKI-JACOBS, Adam R.
6191 Tulane Road
Cincinnati, Ohio 45212 / US
03 / BAXTER, Chester O., III
6375 Pawnee Ridge
Loveland, Ohio 45140 / US
04 / MORGAN, Jerome R.
3275 S. Whitetree Circle
Cincinnati, Ohio 45236 / US
05 / HENDERSON, Cortney E.
191 Hounds Run
Loveland, Ohio 45140 / US
06 / MILLER, Christopher C.
433 Pintail Drive
Loveland, Ohio 45140 / US
07 / BAKER, Kent P.
6818 Stone Valley Court
Liberty Township, Ohio 45011 / US
08 / HUNT, John V.
3654 Moorhill Drive
Cincinnati, Ohio 45241 / US
09 / JAMISON, Barry T.
2353 Brickhouse Lane
Fairfield, Ohio 45014 / US
10 / WEIZMAN, Patrick A.
6528 Michele Lane
Liberty Township, Ohio 45044 / US
11 / YOUNG, Joseph E.
9523 Carroll Court
Loveland, Ohio 45140 / US
12 / KIMBALL, Cory G.
6136 Lagrange Lane
Cincinnati, Ohio 45239 / US
13 / SHURTLEFF, Carl J.
4735 Medallion Way
Mason, Ohio 45040 / US
14 / CHEKAN, Edward G.
424 Oliver Road
Cincinnati, Ohio 45215 / US
15 / FELDER, Kevin D.
2460 Downing Drive
Cincinnati, Ohio 45208 / US
16 / ALEXANDER, Johnny H., III
7966 Stillmeadow Drive
West Chester, Ohio 45069 / US
17 / SWINDON, Patrick J.
3700Pocahontas Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45227 / US
18 / SCHOWALTER, Joseph
5490 Little Turtle Drive
South Lebanon, Ohio 45065 / US
19 / CUMMINGS, John F.
23 Camargo Canyon Drive
Madeira, Ohio 45243 / US
20 / SERBER, Julia F.
1284 Beacon Street Apt. 408
Brookline, Massachusetts 02446 / US
 [2014/46]
Representative(s)Carpmaels & Ransford LLP
One Southampton Row
London WC1B 5HA / GB
[2014/46]
Application number, filing date12814067.017.12.2012
[2016/48]
WO2012US69998
Priority number, dateUS20121334409305.01.2012         Original published format: US201213344093
[2014/46]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2013103507
Date:11.07.2013
Language:EN
[2013/28]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2800525
Date:12.11.2014
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 11.07.2013 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2014/46]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2800525
Date:30.11.2016
Language:EN
[2016/48]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP11.07.2013
ClassificationIPC:A61B17/072, A61B17/115
[2014/46]
CPC:
A61B17/1155 (EP,CN,RU,US); A61B17/072 (EP,CN,RU,US); A61B2017/00407 (EP,CN,RU,US);
A61B2017/2923 (EP,CN,US)
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 [2014/46]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:RATSCHENVORRICHTUNG AN EINEM GEWEBEKLAMMERAUSLÖSER ZUM VERHINDERN VON VORZEITIGER MAULÖFFNUNG[2014/46]
English:RATCHETING FEATURE ON TISSUE STAPLE TRIGGER TO PREVENT PREMATURE JAW OPENING[2014/46]
French:ÉLÉMENT D'ENCLIQUETAGE D'APPLICATEUR D'AGRAFES SUR TISSU AFIN D'EMPÊCHER UNE OUVERTURE PRÉMATURÉE DE LA MÂCHOIRE PRÉMATURÉE[2014/46]
Entry into regional phase04.08.2014National basic fee paid 
04.08.2014Designation fee(s) paid 
04.08.2014Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure04.08.2014Examination requested  [2014/46]
23.03.2015Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
30.09.2015Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
10.02.2016Reply to a communication from the examining division
24.06.2016Communication of intention to grant the patent
21.10.2016Fee for grant paid
21.10.2016Fee for publishing/printing paid
21.10.2016Receipt 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  30.09.2015
Opposition(s)31.08.2017No opposition filed within time limit [2017/45]
Fees paidRenewal fee
11.12.2014Renewal fee patent year 03
10.12.2015Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU17.12.2012
AL30.11.2016
AT30.11.2016
BE30.11.2016
CY30.11.2016
CZ30.11.2016
DK30.11.2016
EE30.11.2016
ES30.11.2016
FI30.11.2016
HR30.11.2016
IS30.11.2016
LT30.11.2016
LV30.11.2016
MC30.11.2016
MK30.11.2016
NL30.11.2016
PL30.11.2016
RO30.11.2016
RS30.11.2016
SE30.11.2016
SI30.11.2016
SK30.11.2016
SM30.11.2016
TR30.11.2016
IE17.12.2016
LU17.12.2016
MT17.12.2016
CH31.12.2016
LI31.12.2016
BG28.02.2017
NO28.02.2017
GR01.03.2017
PT30.03.2017
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Cited inInternational search[X]EP0589306  (UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP [US]) [X] 1,4,6-8,12,15-18 * columns 6-8; figures 3-5; claim 1 *;
 [X]US5465895  (KNODEL BRYAN D [US], et al) [X] 1,2,4-7,16,17,20 * column 8, lines 22-67; figures 6,10 *;
 [X]EP0760230  (UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP [US]) [X] 1,4-6,16,17,20 * columns 12-14; figure 2 *;
 [XA]WO2008002417  (WILSON COOK MEDICAL INC [US], et al) [X] 16 * figures 3A,3B *[A] 1-15,17-20;
 [X]EP2000102  (ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC [US]) [X] 1,2,16,20 * paragraphs [0038] - [0040]; figures 4-5 *;
 [X]US2010094315  (BEARDSLEY JOHN W [US], et al) [X] 1,16,20 * paragraphs [0102] - [0103]; figure 1; claim 1 *;
 [X]WO2010108213  (ENDOGENE PTY LTD [AU], et al) [X] 1,7,12-16,20 * pages 7-8; figures 1,2a,2b *
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