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EP About this file: EP3801316

EP3801316 - NEEDLE FOR HARVESTING HUMAN EGGS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  25.09.2024
Database last updated on 02.11.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  16.09.2024
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  16.05.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  12.03.2021
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  07.12.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip25.09.2024New entry: Communication of intention to grant a patent 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Greening Investments Pty Ltd
3/336 Crown Street
Wollongong, NSW 2500 / AU
[2021/15]
Inventor(s)01 / GREENING, David
3/336 Crown Street
Wollongong, New South Wales 2500 / AU
 [2021/15]
Representative(s)Graf von Stosch Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
Prinzregentenstraße 22
80538 München / DE
[2021/15]
Application number, filing date19810452.329.05.2019
[2021/15]
WO2019AU50533
Priority number, dateUS201862677293P29.05.2018         Original published format: US 201862677293 P
[2021/15]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2019227151
Date:05.12.2019
Language:EN
[2019/49]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3801316
Date:14.04.2021
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 05.12.2019 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2021/15]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:AU05.12.2019
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP27.01.2022
ClassificationIPC:A61B17/435, A61B10/02, A61B17/43, // A61B90/00, A61B10/04
[2022/09]
CPC:
A61B17/435 (EP,AU,IL,US); A61B17/43 (EP); A61B10/0283 (AU);
A61B2010/045 (EP,AU,US); A61B2017/00867 (AU,US); A61B2090/3966 (EP,AU,IL,US)
Former IPC [2021/15]A61B17/435
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 [2021/15]
TitleGerman:NADEL ZUR ENTNAHME VON MENSCHLICHEN EIERN[2021/15]
English:NEEDLE FOR HARVESTING HUMAN EGGS[2021/15]
French:AIGUILLE DE RÉCOLTE D'OVULES HUMAINS[2021/15]
Entry into regional phase16.12.2020National basic fee paid 
16.12.2020Search fee paid 
16.12.2020Designation fee(s) paid 
16.12.2020Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure26.03.2020Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: AU
16.12.2020Examination requested  [2021/15]
11.08.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
17.05.2024Communication of intention to grant the patent
16.09.2024Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
26.09.2024Communication of intention to grant the patent
Fees paidRenewal fee
28.05.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
31.05.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
26.05.2023Renewal fee patent year 05
27.05.2024Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[A]EP0153190  (OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO [JP]);
 [XI]WO0033909  (COOK INC [US]);
 [A]WO2010054660  (HERLEV HOSPITAL [DK], et al);
 [XI]WO2014136045  (RAMBAM HEALTH CORP [IL]);
 [A]KR101602576B  (MEDINBIZ CO LTD [KR]);
 [XI]WO2016161011  (ZIVA MEDICAL INC [US])
International search[Y]US4700694  (SHISHIDO YOSHIO [JP]);
 [A]JPH0646990B  ;
 [A]US2009270835  (KUSHNER DAVID M [US]);
 [XY]KR101602576B  (MEDINBIZ CO LTD [KR])
ExaminationUS6572593
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