EP3068490 - ULTRASONIC ANASTOMOSIS INSTRUMENT WITH PIEZOELECTRIC SEALING HEAD [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 03.01.2020 Database last updated on 31.08.2024 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 25.01.2019 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 21.01.2019 | ||
Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 17.01.2019 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 08.08.2018 | ||
Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 01.12.2017 | 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 Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC No. 475 Street C Los Frailes Industrial Park Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00969 / US | [2016/38] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
STULEN, Foster B. 6245 Bridgewater Court Mason, Ohio 45040 / US | 02 /
DIETZ, Timothy G. 428 West Avenue Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087 / US | [2016/38] | Representative(s) | Carpmaels & Ransford LLP One Southampton Row London WC1B 5HA / GB | [2016/38] | Application number, filing date | 14806504.8 | 11.11.2014 | [2016/38] | WO2014US64996 | Priority number, date | US201314081190 | 15.11.2013 Original published format: US201314081190 | [2016/38] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2015073425 | Date: | 21.05.2015 | Language: | EN | [2015/20] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP3068490 | Date: | 21.09.2016 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 21.05.2015 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2016/38] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP3068490 | Date: | 27.02.2019 | Language: | EN | [2019/09] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 21.05.2015 | Classification | IPC: | A61N7/00, A61B17/11, A61B17/22, A61B17/32, A61B17/00, A61B17/115, A61B18/04 | [2018/34] | CPC: |
A61N7/00 (EP,US);
A61B18/04 (US);
A61B17/11 (EP,US);
A61B17/1155 (EP,US);
A61B2017/00504 (EP,US);
A61B2017/00513 (EP,US);
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Former IPC [2016/38] | A61N7/00, A61B17/11, A61B17/22, A61B17/32, A61B17/00 | 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 [2016/38] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Title | German: | ULTRASCHALLANASTOMOSEINSTRUMENT MIT PIEZOELEKTRISCHEM DICHTKOPF | [2016/38] | English: | ULTRASONIC ANASTOMOSIS INSTRUMENT WITH PIEZOELECTRIC SEALING HEAD | [2016/38] | French: | INSTRUMENT D'ANASTOMOSE ULTRASONORE AYANT UNE TÊTE D'ÉTANCHÉITÉ PIÉZOÉLECTRIQUE | [2016/38] | Entry into regional phase | 15.06.2016 | National basic fee paid | 15.06.2016 | Designation fee(s) paid | 15.06.2016 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 15.06.2016 | Examination requested [2016/38] | 10.01.2017 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 05.12.2017 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 16.04.2018 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 09.08.2018 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 19.12.2018 | Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO | 19.12.2018 | Fee for grant paid | 19.12.2018 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 21.01.2019 | Information about intention to grant a patent | 21.01.2019 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Opposition(s) | 28.11.2019 | No opposition filed within time limit [2020/06] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 10.11.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 13.11.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 14.11.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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