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EP2967605 - MULTI-COMPONENT OBSTRUCTION REMOVAL SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2016/03]	MULTI-COMPONENT OBSTRUCTION REMOVAL SYSTEM AND METHOD
	[2019/31]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 23.10.2020 Database last updated on 03.10.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 15.11.2019
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 11.07.2019
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 11.08.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	08.07.2022	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK	published on 10.08.2022 [2022/32]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Microvention, Inc. 1311 Valencia Avenue Tustin, CA 92780 / US
	[2016/03]
Inventor(s)	01 / SEPETKA, Ivan 346 Costello Street Los Altos, California 94024 / US
	02 / BOWMAN, Heath 16 Tomahawk Street Trabuco Canyon, California 92679 / US
	[2016/03]
Representative(s)	KIPA AB P O Box 1065 251 10 Helsingborg / SE
	[2016/03]
Application number, filing date	14767808.0	12.03.2014
	[2016/03]
	WO2014US25032
Priority number, date	US201361789845P	15.03.2013 Original published format: US 201361789845 P
	[2016/03]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2014151123
	Date:	25.09.2014
	Language:	EN
	[2014/39]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2967605
	Date:	20.01.2016
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 25.09.2014 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2016/03]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2967605
	Date:	18.12.2019
	Language:	EN
	[2019/51]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	25.09.2014
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	15.09.2016
Classification	IPC:	A61B17/221, A61B17/22, A61B18/14, A61B18/00	[2019/31]
	CPC:	A61B17/221 (EP,US); A61B17/3207 (US); A61B17/320725 (US); A61B17/32075 (US); A61B17/320758 (US); A61B18/1492 (EP,US); (+) A61B2017/22034 (EP,US); A61B2017/2212 (EP,US); A61B2017/2215 (EP,US); A61B2017/320716 (US); A61B2017/320741 (US); A61B2018/0041 (EP,US); A61B2018/00422 (EP,US); A61B2018/1435 (EP,US) (-)
	Former IPC [2016/42]	A61B17/22, A61M25/00, A61B17/221, A61B18/14
	Former IPC [2016/03]	A61B17/22, A61M25/00
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 [2016/03]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Title	German:	MEHRTEILIGE ANORDNUNG ZUM ENTFERNEN VON VERSTOPFUNGEN	[2019/31]
	English:	MULTI-COMPONENT OBSTRUCTION REMOVAL SYSTEM	[2019/31]
	French:	SYSTÈME À COMPOSANTS MULTIPLES DE SUPPRESSION D'UNE OBSTRUCTION	[2019/31]
	Former [2016/03]	MEHRTEILIGE ANORDNUNG ZUM ENTFERNEN VON VERSTOPFUNGEN UND VERFAHREN
	Former [2016/03]	MULTI-COMPONENT OBSTRUCTION REMOVAL SYSTEM AND METHOD
	Former [2016/03]	SYSTÈME ET PROCÉDÉ DE SUPPRESSION D'UNE OBSTRUCTION À COMPOSANTS MULTIPLES
Entry into regional phase	14.09.2015	National basic fee paid
	14.09.2015	Search fee paid
	14.09.2015	Designation fee(s) paid
	14.09.2015	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	14.09.2015	Examination requested [2016/03]
	23.03.2017	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	14.08.2017	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	13.12.2017	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	06.04.2018	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	09.08.2018	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	12.07.2019	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	30.10.2019	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
	11.11.2019	Fee for grant paid
	11.11.2019	Fee for publishing/printing paid
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 14.08.2017
Opposition(s)	21.09.2020	No opposition filed within time limit [2020/48]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	10.03.2016	Renewal fee patent year 03
	10.03.2017	Renewal fee patent year 04
	26.03.2018	Renewal fee patent year 05
	13.03.2019	Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	12.03.2014
	AL	18.12.2019
	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
	IT	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
	RS	18.12.2019
	SE	18.12.2019
	SI	18.12.2019
	SK	18.12.2019
	SM	18.12.2019
	TR	18.12.2019
	IE	12.03.2020
	LU	12.03.2020
	BG	18.03.2020
	NO	18.03.2020
	GR	19.03.2020
	BE	31.03.2020
	CH	31.03.2020
	LI	31.03.2020
	IS	18.04.2020
	PT	13.05.2020
	[2022/32]
Former [2022/27]	HU	12.03.2014
	AL	18.12.2019
	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
	IT	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
	RS	18.12.2019
	SE	18.12.2019
	SI	18.12.2019
	SK	18.12.2019
	SM	18.12.2019
	TR	18.12.2019
	IE	12.03.2020
	LU	12.03.2020
	BG	18.03.2020
	NO	18.03.2020
	GR	19.03.2020
	BE	31.03.2020
	CH	31.03.2020
	LI	31.03.2020
	IS	18.04.2020
	PT	13.05.2020
Former [2021/10]	AL	18.12.2019
	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
	IT	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
	RS	18.12.2019
	SE	18.12.2019
	SI	18.12.2019
	SK	18.12.2019
	SM	18.12.2019
	IE	12.03.2020
	LU	12.03.2020
	BG	18.03.2020
	NO	18.03.2020
	GR	19.03.2020
	BE	31.03.2020
	CH	31.03.2020
	LI	31.03.2020
	IS	18.04.2020
	PT	13.05.2020
Former [2021/07]	AL	18.12.2019
	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
	RS	18.12.2019
	SE	18.12.2019
	SI	18.12.2019
	SK	18.12.2019
	SM	18.12.2019
	IE	12.03.2020
	LU	12.03.2020
	BG	18.03.2020
	NO	18.03.2020
	GR	19.03.2020
	CH	31.03.2020
	LI	31.03.2020
	IS	18.04.2020
	PT	13.05.2020
Former [2021/04]	AL	18.12.2019
	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
	RS	18.12.2019
	SE	18.12.2019
	SI	18.12.2019
	SK	18.12.2019
	SM	18.12.2019
	LU	12.03.2020
	BG	18.03.2020
	NO	18.03.2020
	GR	19.03.2020
	IS	18.04.2020
	PT	13.05.2020
Former [2020/50]	AL	18.12.2019
	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
	RS	18.12.2019
	SE	18.12.2019
	SI	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 [2020/47]	AL	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
	NL	18.12.2019
	RO	18.12.2019
	RS	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]	AL	18.12.2019
	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
	RS	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]	AL	18.12.2019
	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
	RS	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]	AL	18.12.2019
	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
	RS	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]	AL	18.12.2019
	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
	RS	18.12.2019
	SE	18.12.2019
	BG	18.03.2020
	NO	18.03.2020
	GR	19.03.2020
Former [2020/32]	AL	18.12.2019
	FI	18.12.2019
	HR	18.12.2019
	LT	18.12.2019
	LV	18.12.2019
	NL	18.12.2019
	RS	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
	RS	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	[A]US6001118 (DANIEL JOHN M K [US], et al) [A] 1-12 * figure 23 *;
		[I]WO2009086482 (LAZARUS EFFECT INC [US], et al) [I] 1-12 * paragraphs [0007] - [0015] - [ 0031] , [ 0159] - [0164]; figure 13 *;
		[A]US8252017 (PAUL JR RAM H [US], et al) [A] 1-12* figures 1-8 *;
		[XI]WO2012162437 (LAZARUS EFFECT INC [US], et al) [X] 1-5,8 * paragraphs [0010] - [0030] - [ 0059] - [0106]; figures 1-11 * [I] 6,7,9-12;
		[I]US2012310251 (SEPETKA IVAN [US], et al) [I] 1-12 * paragraphs [0006] - [0016] - [ 0065] - [0082]; figures 13-20 *
	International search	[A]US6663650 (SEPETKA IVAN [US], et al);
		[A]US6824545 (SEPETKA IVAN [US], et al);
		[A]US2005216050 (SEPETKA IVAN [US], et al);
		[A]US2007038227 (MASSICOTTE J M [US], et al);
		[A]US8100935 (ROSENBLUTH ROBERT F [US], et al);
		[A]US8252017 (PAUL JR RAM H [US], et al);
		[X]US2012310251 (SEPETKA IVAN [US], et al)
	by applicant	US6001118
		WO2009086482
		US8252017
		WO2012162437
		US2012310251

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