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EP About this file: EP3446647

EP3446647 - ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT TOOL [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  07.07.2023
Database last updated on 25.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  29.07.2022
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  20.04.2022
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  25.01.2019
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  28.10.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip24.05.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT		published on 26.06.2024  [2024/26]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Olympus Corporation
2951, Ishikawa-machi
Hachioji-shi, Tokyo 192-8507 / JP
[2019/09]
Inventor(s)01 / YANUMA Yutaka
c/o OLYMPUS CORPORATION
2951
Ishikawa-machi
Hachioji-shi Tokyo 192-8507 / JP
 [2019/09]
Representative(s)Gunzelmann, Rainer
Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff
Patentanwälte und Rechtsanwalt PartG mbB
Schweigerstraße 2
81541 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2019/09]Gunzelmann, Rainer
Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff
Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Schweigerstraße 2
81541 München / DE
Application number, filing date16899423.421.04.2016
[2019/09]
WO2016JP62617
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2017183151
Date:26.10.2017
Language:JA
[2017/43]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3446647
Date:27.02.2019
Language:EN
[2019/09]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3446647
Date:31.08.2022
Language:EN
[2022/35]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP26.10.2017
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP25.10.2019
ClassificationIPC:A61B17/32, A61B17/221, A61M25/01, A61B18/14
[2019/48]
CPC:
A61B17/221 (EP,US); A61B1/00163 (US); A61B1/273 (US);
A61B17/00234 (US); A61B17/2909 (US); A61B17/32 (EP,US);
A61B17/320016 (US); A61B18/1482 (US); A61B90/08 (US);
A61B18/1492 (EP); A61B2017/00818 (US); A61B2017/2212 (EP);
A61B2018/00494 (EP,US); A61B2018/00601 (EP,US); A61B2018/144 (EP);
A61B2090/0807 (EP); A61B2090/0811 (US); A61B2090/376 (EP);
A61B2090/3937 (EP); A61M25/09 (US); A61M5/007 (US) (-)
Former IPC [2019/09]A61B17/32
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 [2019/09]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesMANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TitleGerman:ENDOSKOPISCHES BEHANDLUNGSWERKZEUG[2019/09]
English:ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT TOOL[2019/09]
French:OUTIL DE TRAITEMENT ENDOSCOPIQUE[2019/09]
Entry into regional phase22.10.2018Translation filed 
22.10.2018National basic fee paid 
22.10.2018Search fee paid 
22.10.2018Designation fee(s) paid 
22.10.2018Examination fee paid 
Examination proceduredeletedDate on which the examining division has become responsible
22.10.2018Examination requested  [2019/09]
19.02.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
21.04.2022Communication of intention to grant the patent
20.07.2022Fee for grant paid
20.07.2022Fee for publishing/printing paid
20.07.2022Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)01.06.2023No opposition filed within time limit [2023/32]
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.10.2018Renewal fee patent year 03
25.04.2019Renewal fee patent year 04
17.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 05
28.04.2021Renewal fee patent year 06
24.02.2022Renewal fee patent year 07
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AT31.08.2022
CZ31.08.2022
DK31.08.2022
EE31.08.2022
ES31.08.2022
FI31.08.2022
HR31.08.2022
IT31.08.2022
LT31.08.2022
LV31.08.2022
MC31.08.2022
NL31.08.2022
PL31.08.2022
RO31.08.2022
RS31.08.2022
SE31.08.2022
SI31.08.2022
SK31.08.2022
SM31.08.2022
NO30.11.2022
GR01.12.2022
IS31.12.2022
PT02.01.2023
GB21.04.2023
IE21.04.2023
LU21.04.2023
BE30.04.2023
CH30.04.2023
FR30.04.2023
LI30.04.2023
[2024/26]
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CZ31.08.2022
DK31.08.2022
EE31.08.2022
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FI31.08.2022
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LT31.08.2022
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MC31.08.2022
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PL31.08.2022
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BE30.04.2023
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NO30.11.2022
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DK31.08.2022
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LU21.04.2023
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PT02.01.2023
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PT02.01.2023
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NO30.11.2022
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PT02.01.2023
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FI31.08.2022
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PL31.08.2022
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NO30.11.2022
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IS31.12.2022
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HR31.08.2022
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LV31.08.2022
PL31.08.2022
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NO30.11.2022
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IS31.12.2022
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HR31.08.2022
LT31.08.2022
LV31.08.2022
PL31.08.2022
RS31.08.2022
SE31.08.2022
NO30.11.2022
GR01.12.2022
IS31.12.2022
Former [2023/11]FI31.08.2022
HR31.08.2022
LT31.08.2022
LV31.08.2022
PL31.08.2022
RS31.08.2022
SE31.08.2022
NO30.11.2022
GR01.12.2022
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HR31.08.2022
LT31.08.2022
LV31.08.2022
RS31.08.2022
SE31.08.2022
NO30.11.2022
GR01.12.2022
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LT31.08.2022
LV31.08.2022
RS31.08.2022
SE31.08.2022
NO30.11.2022
Former [2023/08]FI31.08.2022
LT31.08.2022
RS31.08.2022
SE31.08.2022
NO30.11.2022
Documents cited:Search[Y]JP2009045451  (OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP) [Y] 1-8 * paragraphs [0008] , [0013]; figures 1,2,4,7,9 *;
 [Y]JP4758985B  (WULSON-COOK MEDICAL INC.) [Y] 1-8* paragraph [0045]; figures 4,26a,26b *
International search[A]JPH054806Y  (Fuji Photo Optical Co., Ltd.) [A] 1-7* , entire text; all drawings (Family: none) *;
 [A]JP2001224554  (ASAHI OPTICAL CO LTD) [A] 1-7 * , entire text; all drawings (Family: none) *;
 [Y]JP2007533400  (Wilson-Cook Medical Inc.) [Y] 1-7 * , paragraph [0045]; fig. 26A to 26B & US 2005/0143770 A1 paragraph [0105]; fig. 26A to 26B & WO 2005/107842 A1 *;
 [Y]JP2009045451  (OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP) [Y] 1-7 * , paragraphs [0008] to [0013]; fig. 1 to 11 & US 2009/0048487 A1 paragraphs [0049] to [0061]; fig. 1 to 11 & EP 2025298 A1 *
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