EP2623042 - Circular stapling instrument [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 27.03.2020 Database last updated on 02.09.2024 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 19.04.2019 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 02.01.2019 | ||
Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 27.01.2017 | Most recent event Tooltip | 08.07.2022 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IS, MK | published on 10.08.2022 [2022/32] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Covidien LP 15 Hampshire Street Mansfield, MA 02048 / US | [2013/32] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Racenet, David 1390 Bartholomew Road Middletown, CT Connecticut 06457 / US | 02 /
Mozdzierz, Patrick 30 Nanel Drive, Apt. D Glastonbury, Connecticut 06033 / US | 03 /
Penna, Christopher 19 Davis Drive Guilford, CT Connecticut 06437 / US | [2013/32] | Representative(s) | Soames, Candida Jane Maschio & Soames IP Limited 30 Carlton Crescent Southampton SO15 2EW / GB | [2019/21] |
Former [2013/32] | Soames, Candida Jane Maschio & Soames LLP 20 Carlton Crescent Southampton, SO15 2ET / GB | Application number, filing date | 13153611.2 | 01.02.2013 | [2013/32] | Priority number, date | US201213365372 | 03.02.2012 Original published format: US201213365372 | [2013/32] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP2623042 | Date: | 07.08.2013 | Language: | EN | [2013/32] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP2623042 | Date: | 20.05.2015 | Language: | EN | [2015/21] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2623042 | Date: | 22.05.2019 | Language: | EN | [2019/21] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 22.04.2015 | Classification | IPC: | A61B17/068, A61B17/072, A61B17/115 | [2013/32] | CPC: |
A61B17/1155 (EP,US);
A61B17/072 (EP,US);
A61B17/07207 (EP,US);
A61B2017/0023 (EP,US);
A61B2017/00398 (EP,US);
A61B2017/00464 (EP,US);
A61B2017/00473 (EP,US);
A61B2017/00477 (EP,US);
A61B2017/00734 (EP,US);
| 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 [2015/48] |
Former [2013/32] | 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 | Title | German: | Kreisförmige Klammervorrichtung | [2013/32] | English: | Circular stapling instrument | [2013/32] | French: | Instrument d'agrafage circulaire | [2013/32] | Examination procedure | 16.10.2015 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 16.10.2015 | Examination requested [2015/48] | 25.01.2017 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 19.05.2017 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 26.09.2017 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 23.01.2018 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 20.02.2018 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 19.06.2018 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 03.01.2019 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 08.04.2019 | Fee for grant paid | 08.04.2019 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 08.04.2019 | Receipt 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 25.01.2017 | Opposition(s) | 25.02.2020 | No opposition filed within time limit [2020/18] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 21.01.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 25.02.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 23.02.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 22.02.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 20.02.2019 | Renewal fee patent year 07 |
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