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EP About this file: EP3675779

EP3675779 - URINARY CATHETER BRIDGING DEVICE, SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  06.04.2023
Database last updated on 03.10.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  05.06.2020
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  30.03.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip19.09.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
C.R. Bard, Inc.
730 Central Avenue
Murray Hill, NJ 07974 / US
[2020/28]
Inventor(s)01 / BRINKLEY, Micah
515 Oakridge Trl.
St. Augustine, FL 32092 / US
 [2020/28]
Representative(s)Hoffmann Eitle
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB
Arabellastraße 30
81925 München / DE
[2020/28]
Application number, filing date18859862.718.09.2018
[2020/28]
WO2018US51550
Priority number, dateUS201762560513P19.09.2017         Original published format: US 201762560513 P
[2020/28]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2019060309
Date:28.03.2019
Language:EN
[2019/13]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3675779
Date:08.07.2020
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 28.03.2019 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2020/28]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US28.03.2019
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP05.06.2020
ClassificationIPC:A61F5/453, A61F5/44, A61M5/14
[2020/28]
CPC:
A61M5/1418 (EP); A61F5/453 (EP,US); A61F5/4408 (US);
A61M25/02 (US); A61F5/44 (EP); A61M2025/026 (US);
A61M2205/583 (US); A61M2209/08 (EP) (-)
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 [2020/28]
TitleGerman:VORRICHTUNG ZUR ÜBERBRÜCKUNG VON HARNKATHETERN, SYSTEME UND VERFAHREN DAFÜR[2020/28]
English:URINARY CATHETER BRIDGING DEVICE, SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF[2020/28]
French:DISPOSITIF DE PONTAGE DE CATHÉTER URINAIRE, SYSTÈMES ET PROCÉDÉS ASSOCIÉS[2020/28]
Entry into regional phase30.03.2020National basic fee paid 
30.03.2020Search fee paid 
30.03.2020Designation fee(s) paid 
30.03.2020Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure30.03.2020Examination requested  [2020/28]
11.01.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
05.04.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
08.06.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
17.09.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
21.09.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
21.09.2022Renewal fee patent year 05
20.09.2023Renewal fee patent year 06
19.09.2024Renewal fee patent year 07
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Documents cited:Search[XYI]DE3201539  (HORNUNG WILHELM) [X] 1-4,8 * the whole document * [Y] 5-7 [I] 9-15;
 [XYI]US2007239121  (TULLY STEPHEN [US], et al) [X] 1-4 * figures 2-8 * [Y] 5-7 [I] 8-15;
 [Y]US2011130728  (MCKINNON AUSTIN JASON [US]) [Y] 5-7 * paragraphs [0079] - [0082] * * figures 16-19 *;
 [A]WO2015057999  (BARD INC C R [US]) [A] 1-15 * paragraph [0008] ** figures 1,2 *;
 [Y]WO2016126555  (BARD INC C R [US]) [Y] 5-7 * paragraph [0061] * * figure 2 *;
 [XYI]US2017021135  (ENGELHARDT BERNARD [CA]) [X] 1-4 * paragraph [0130] * * figures 1, 2A,B * [Y] 5-7 [I] 8-15
International search[A]US5312383  (KUBALAK THOMAS P [US]) [A] 1-3, 11-16, 19-20 * ; entire document. *;
 [A]US5752944  (DANN JEFFREY A [US], et al) [A] 1-3, 11-16, 19-20* ; entire document. *;
 [YA]US6068618  (ANDERSON VERNE M [US]) [Y] 11-14, 16 * ; entire document, especially Abstract, Fig. 1-2; col. 5, In 3-29; col. 5, In 66- col. 6, In 18.; entire document, especially Fig. 2-3, col. 3, In 26-29. * [A] 15;
 [Y]WO03022333  (CHENG GORDON C [US], et al) [Y] 1-3, 11, 19-20 * ; entire document, especially Figs. 1-2, pg. 59, In 3-17, pg. 83, In 5-13. *;
 [A]US2004082926  (BRUNS DENNIS [US]) [A] 1-3, 11-16, 19-20 * ; entire document. *;
 [YA]US2017021135  (ENGELHARDT BERNARD [CA]) [Y] 1-3, 11-13, 16, 20 * ; entire document, especially Figs. 2A-3B, para. [0130]. * [A] 15;
 [Y]US2017216558  (HUGHETT DAVID [US], et al) [Y] 19-20 * ; entire document, especially Figs. 28-29; para. [0027], [0170]-[0173]. *
by applicantDE3201539
 US2007239121
 US2011130728
 WO2015057999
 WO2016126555
 US2017021135
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