EP3001971 - FLEXIBLE MICROWAVE CATHETERS FOR NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL LUMENS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 31.07.2020 Database last updated on 13.07.2024 | |
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Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 04.11.2016 | 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 Covidien LP 15 Hampshire Street Mansfield, MA 02048 / US | [2016/14] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
BRANNAN, Joseph 3045 Blue Sky Circle No. 18-201 Erie, CO 80516 / US | [2019/18] |
Former [2016/14] | 01 /
Brannan, Joseph 3045 Blue Sky Circle No. 18-201 Erie, Colorado 80516 / US | Representative(s) | Maschio, Antonio, et al Maschio & Soames IP Limited 30 Carlton Crescent Southampton SO15 2EW / GB | [2019/39] |
Former [2016/14] | Pratt, Richard Wilson Maschio & Soames IP Limited 20 Carlton Crescent Southampton, Hampshire SO15 2ET / GB | Application number, filing date | 15195087.0 | 09.04.2012 | [2016/14] | Priority number, date | US201161473564P | 08.04.2011 Original published format: US 201161473564 P | [2016/14] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP3001971 | Date: | 06.04.2016 | Language: | EN | [2016/14] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP3001971 | Date: | 25.09.2019 | Language: | EN | [2019/39] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 04.03.2016 | Classification | IPC: | A61B18/18, A61M25/01, A61N5/00 | [2016/14] | CPC: |
A61B18/1815 (EP,CN,US);
A61B17/00234 (US);
A61B18/1492 (US);
A61B18/18 (US);
A61N5/022 (US);
A61B2017/00323 (US);
A61B2018/00023 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00077 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00172 (US);
A61B2018/0022 (EP,CN,US);
A61B2018/00226 (US);
A61B2018/00232 (US);
A61B2018/0025 (CN);
A61B2018/00267 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00273 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00285 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00345 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00434 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00511 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00577 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00595 (CN);
A61B2018/00791 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00875 (EP,US);
A61B2018/1823 (CN);
A61B2018/1846 (US);
A61B2018/1861 (EP,CN,US);
A61B2018/1884 (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 [2016/44] |
Former [2016/14] | 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 | Title | German: | FLEXIBLE MIKROWELLENKATHETER FÜR NATÜRLICHE ODER KÜNSTLICHE LUMEN | [2016/14] | English: | FLEXIBLE MICROWAVE CATHETERS FOR NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL LUMENS | [2016/14] | French: | CATHÉTERS DESTINÉS À UN MICRO-ONDE FLEXIBLE DE LUMIÈRES NATURELLES OU ARTIFICIELLES | [2016/14] | Examination procedure | 21.09.2016 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 21.09.2016 | Examination requested [2016/44] | 07.11.2016 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 06.03.2017 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 14.07.2017 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 15.01.2018 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 06.03.2018 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 17.09.2018 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 05.04.2019 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 12.08.2019 | Fee for grant paid | 12.08.2019 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 12.08.2019 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Parent application(s) Tooltip | EP12768651.7 / EP2693969 | Opposition(s) | 26.06.2020 | No opposition filed within time limit [2020/36] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 18.11.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 18.11.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 25.04.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 25.04.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 25.04.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 18.04.2019 | Renewal fee patent year 08 |
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