| EP3932326 - TISSUE RETRACTION DEVICE AND DELIVERY SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The patent has been granted Status updated on 19.12.2025 Database last updated on 09.04.2026 | |
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 02.09.2025 | ||
| Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 16.02.2024 | ||
| Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 03.12.2021 | Most recent event Tooltip | 16.01.2026 | Change - divisional application(s) | published on 18.02.2026 [2026/08] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. One Scimed Place Maple Grove, MN 55311 / US | [2026/04] |
| Former [2022/01] | For all designated states Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. One Scimed Place Maple Grove, MN 55133 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
LEE, Danny Shu-Huan Framingham, Massachusetts 01701 / US | 02 /
SMITH, Paul Smithfield, Rhode Island 02917 / US | 03 /
WALES, Ryan V. Northborough, Massachusetts 01532 / US | 04 /
WANG, Jialiang Smithfield, Rhode Island 02917 / US | 05 /
ANDERSON, Niklas Wayland, Massachusetts 01778 / US | 06 /
HURLEY, Gregory Windham, New Hampshire 03087 / US | 07 /
TAYLOR, Jon Groton, Massachusetts 01450 / US | 08 /
UNGER, John Wrentham, Massachusetts 01450 / US | 09 /
PYATAEVA, Irina Moscow 119602 / RU | [2022/01] | Representative(s) | Vossius & Partner Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbB Siebertstraße 3 81675 München / DE | [2022/01] | Application number, filing date | 21191458.5 | 19.03.2018 | [2022/01] | Priority number, date | US201762473957P | 20.03.2017 Original published format: US 201762473957 P | US201762506780P | 16.05.2017 Original published format: US 201762506780 P | [2022/01] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP3932326 | Date: | 05.01.2022 | Language: | EN | [2022/01] | Type: | A8 Corrected patent application | No.: | EP3932326 | Date: | 23.02.2022 | [2022/08] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP3932326 | Date: | 21.01.2026 | Language: | EN | [2026/04] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 08.12.2021 | Classification | IPC: | A61B17/02, A61B17/122, A61B1/018, // A61B17/00, A61B90/00 | [2022/01] | CPC: |
A61B17/0218 (EP,CN,US);
A61B17/02 (CN);
A61B17/0206 (US);
A61B17/00 (CN);
A61B17/32 (CN);
A61B17/320016 (CN);
A61B1/018 (EP,US);
A61B1/32 (US);
A61B17/1227 (EP,US);
A61B2017/00004 (EP,US);
A61B2017/00269 (EP);
A61B2017/00743 (CN);
A61B2017/00778 (EP,CN,US);
A61B2017/00796 (CN);
A61B2017/00818 (US);
A61B2017/00862 (EP,US);
A61B2017/0287 (US);
A61B2017/320044 (CN);
A61B2017/320052 (CN);
A61B2017/320056 (CN);
A61B2090/061 (EP,US);
A61B2090/0807 (EP,US)
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| 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 [2022/01] | Title | German: | GEWEBERETRAKTIONSVORRICHTUNG UND FREISETZUNGSSYSTEM | [2022/01] | English: | TISSUE RETRACTION DEVICE AND DELIVERY SYSTEM | [2022/01] | French: | DISPOSITIF DE RÉTRACTION DE TISSUS ET SYSTÈME DE DISTRIBUTION | [2022/01] | Examination procedure | 16.08.2021 | Examination requested [2022/01] | 07.06.2022 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 15.02.2024 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 14.06.2024 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 03.09.2025 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 09.12.2025 | Fee for grant paid | 09.12.2025 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 09.12.2025 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Parent application(s) Tooltip | EP18716063.5 / EP3544522 | Divisional application(s) | EP26150500.2 | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 16.08.2021 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 16.08.2021 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 15.02.2022 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 22.03.2023 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 20.03.2024 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 19.03.2025 | Renewal fee patent year 08 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Documents cited: | Search | [XIY] US2015025322 (RANSDEN JEFFREY et al.) | [XIY] WO2013041960 (SURGICAL PERSPECTIVES SAS et al.) [X] 1-5,8,13 * paragraphs [0118] - [0120]; figures 27A, 28A-D *[I] 6-7,9-12,14 [Y] 15 | [Y] WO2018027113 (BOSTON SCIENT SCIMED INC et al.) [Y] 15 * figure 9 * | Examination | WO2019178244 |