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EP About this file: EP3412234

EP3412234 - INSTRUMENT WITH A MULTI-FLOW INSTRUMENT HEAD FOR ARGON-PLASMA COAGULATION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  22.09.2023
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  14.10.2022
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  23.06.2022
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  05.04.2019
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  09.11.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip10.05.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): BE, CH		published on 12.06.2024  [2024/24]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH
Waldhörnlestrasse 17
72072 Tübingen / DE
[2018/50]
Inventor(s)01 / Brodbeck, Achim
Ruländerweg 8
72555 Metzingen / DE
02 / Herrberg, Charlotte
Rotlaubweg 5
72411 Bodelshausen / DE
03 / Stäbler, thomas
Zweherenbühlstrasse 42
72070 Tübingen / DE
 [2018/50]
Representative(s)Rüger Abel Patentanwälte PartGmbB
Webergasse 3
73728 Esslingen a. N. / DE
[N/P]
Former [2022/46]Rüger Abel Patentanwälte PartGmbB
Patentanwälte
Webergasse 3
73728 Esslingen a. N. / DE
Former [2018/50]Rüger Abel
Patentanwälte
Webergasse 3
73728 Esslingen / DE
Application number, filing date17174743.907.06.2017
[2018/50]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3412234
Date:12.12.2018
Language:DE
[2018/50]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3412234
Date:16.11.2022
Language:DE
[2022/46]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP20.11.2017
ClassificationIPC:A61B18/04
[2018/50]
CPC:
A61B18/042 (EP,BR,US); A61B18/00 (CN,RU,US); H05H1/46 (US);
A61B18/082 (US); A61B2017/00477 (BR); A61B2018/00583 (CN);
A61B2018/00589 (US); A61B2018/00982 (BR); A61B2018/048 (US);
A61B2018/1253 (US); A61B2218/005 (BR); H05H1/4645 (US) (-)
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 [2019/19]
Former [2018/50]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 
TitleGerman:INSTRUMENT MIT EINEM MEHRSTROMINSTRUMENTENKOPF ZUR ARGON-PLASMA-KOAGULATION[2018/50]
English:INSTRUMENT WITH A MULTI-FLOW INSTRUMENT HEAD FOR ARGON-PLASMA COAGULATION[2018/50]
French:INSTRUMENT COMPRENANT UNE TÊTE MULTI-INSTRUMENTS ÉLECTRIQUES POUR LA COAGULATION PLASMA D'ARGON[2018/50]
Examination procedure02.04.2019Examination requested  [2019/19]
02.04.2019Date on which the examining division has become responsible
07.06.2019Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
24.06.2022Communication of intention to grant the patent
11.10.2022Fee for grant paid
11.10.2022Fee for publishing/printing paid
11.10.2022Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)17.08.2023No opposition filed within time limit [2023/43]
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.06.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
25.06.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
28.06.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
27.06.2022Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAL16.11.2022
CZ16.11.2022
DK16.11.2022
EE16.11.2022
ES16.11.2022
FI16.11.2022
HR16.11.2022
LT16.11.2022
LV16.11.2022
MC16.11.2022
NL16.11.2022
RO16.11.2022
RS16.11.2022
SE16.11.2022
SI16.11.2022
SK16.11.2022
SM16.11.2022
NO16.02.2023
GR17.02.2023
IS16.03.2023
PT16.03.2023
IE07.06.2023
LU07.06.2023
BE30.06.2023
CH30.06.2023
[2024/24]
Former [2024/21]AL16.11.2022
CZ16.11.2022
DK16.11.2022
EE16.11.2022
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FI16.11.2022
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MC16.11.2022
NL16.11.2022
RO16.11.2022
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SK16.11.2022
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NO16.02.2023
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IE07.06.2023
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NO16.02.2023
GR17.02.2023
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PT16.03.2023
LU07.06.2023
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Documents cited:Search[X]EP1090597  (SHERWOOD SERV AG [CH]) [X] 1,2,6,8,10-14* paragraph [0020]; figure 6 *;
 [X]JP2002301088  (OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO) [X] 1,2,6,12-14 * paragraph [0039]; figure 13 *;
 [X]US2004044342  (MACKAY DALE VICTOR [AU]) [X] 1,2,5,6,11-14 * paragraph [0044]; figure 4 *;
 [XDI]DE102005021304  (ERBE ELEKTROMEDIZIN [DE]) [XD] 1-4,6-8,11-14 * paragraphs [0037] - [0044]; figure 4 * [I] 10;
 [X]US2008039834  (MACKAY DALE V [AU]) [X] 1,2,5,6,11-14 * paragraph [0051]; figures 1,2 *;
 [X]US2009121637  (LAROUSSI MOUNIR [US]) [X] 1,6,14 * paragraphs [0007] , [0061] - [0063]; figure 4 *;
 [X]US2011288547  (MORGAN ROY E [US], et al) [X] 1,11-14 * paragraph [0077]; figure 6B *;
 [X]GB2495400  (GYRUS MEDICAL LTD [GB]) [X] 1-3,6,11-14 * page 5, line 17 - page 6, line 11; figures 3,4 *;
 [XI]EP3141203  (ERBE ELEKTROMEDIZIN [DE]) [X] 1,6,8,10,11,13,14 * paragraph [0031]; figure 5 * [I] 3,4,9
by applicantDE102005021304
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