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EP4188259 - ELECTROSURGICAL APPARATUS FOR CUTTING AND COAGULATION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  05.05.2023
Database last updated on 25.12.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  11.02.2022
Formerunknown
Status updated on  10.08.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip15.07.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Creo Medical Limited
Creo House Unit 2
Beaufort Park
Beaufort Park Way
Chepstow, Monmouthshire NP16 5UH / GB
[2023/23]
Inventor(s)01 / HANCOCK, Christopher Paul
Chepstow / GB
02 / WHITE, Malcolm
Chepstow / GB
 [2023/23]
Representative(s)Mewburn Ellis LLP
Aurora Building
Counterslip
Bristol BS1 6BX / GB
[2023/23]
Application number, filing date21748814.713.07.2021
[2023/23]
WO2021EP69513
Priority number, dateGB2020001203403.08.2020         Original published format: GB 202012034
[2023/23]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2022028826
Date:10.02.2022
Language:EN
[2022/06]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4188259
Date:07.06.2023
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 10.02.2022 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2023/23]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP10.02.2022
ClassificationIPC:A61B18/18, A61B18/12, A61B18/14
[2023/23]
CPC:
A61B18/14 (EP,GB,IL,KR); A61B18/1206 (GB,KR); A61B18/1815 (EP,IL,KR,US);
A61B18/12 (GB); A61B18/1492 (EP,IL); A61B18/18 (GB);
A61B2017/00141 (EP,IL); A61B2017/00154 (EP,IL); A61B2018/00404 (EP,IL,US);
A61B2018/00589 (EP,GB,IL,US); A61B2018/00601 (EP,GB,IL,US); A61B2018/00607 (EP,GB,IL,KR,US);
A61B2018/00702 (EP,IL,KR,US); A61B2018/00767 (EP,IL,KR,US); A61B2018/00785 (EP,IL);
A61B2018/00827 (EP,IL); A61B2018/00869 (EP,IL); A61B2018/00892 (EP,IL);
A61B2018/00994 (EP,GB,IL,KR); A61B2018/122 (EP,IL); A61B2018/126 (EP,IL,KR);
A61B2018/128 (GB); A61B2018/1823 (GB,US); A61B2018/1861 (EP,IL);
A61B2018/1876 (GB) (-)
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 [2023/23]
TitleGerman:ELEKTROCHIRURGISCHE VORRICHTUNG ZUM SCHNEIDEN UND KOAGULIEREN[2023/23]
English:ELECTROSURGICAL APPARATUS FOR CUTTING AND COAGULATION[2023/23]
French:APPAREIL ÉLECTROCHIRURGICAL DE COUPE ET DE COAGULATION[2023/23]
Entry into regional phase11.01.2023National basic fee paid 
11.01.2023Designation fee(s) paid 
11.01.2023Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure13.05.2022Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
11.01.2023Examination requested  [2023/23]
11.01.2023Date on which the examining division has become responsible
24.03.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.07.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
15.07.2024Renewal fee patent year 04
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Cited inInternational search[X]US2007225699  (GOBLE COLIN C [GB], et al) [X] 1-3,5,7-11,13,14 * paragraph [0038] - paragraph [0039]; figure 4 * * paragraph [0006] - paragraph [0009]; figure 6 *;
 [A]US2013289557  (HANCOCK CHRISTOPHER PAUL [GB], et al) [A] 1-14 * paragraph [0001] * * paragraph [0146] - paragraph [0147] *;
 [Y]US2015238257  (HANCOCK CHRISTOPHER PAUL [GB], et al) [Y] 1-14 * paragraph [0001] * * paragraph [0042] - paragraph [0044] * * paragraph [0009]; figure 1 *;
 [Y]US2019125442  (HANCOCK CHRISTOPHER PAUL [GB], et al) [Y] 1-14 * paragraph [0001] * * paragraph [0059] - paragraph [0063]; figure 4 * * paragraph [0036] *;
 [A]US10299850  (AMOAH FRANCIS [GB], et al) [A] 1-14 * abstract *;
 [A]  - RAKHMADI ADITYA ET AL, "Vessel Sealing Device Using Microwave and High Frequency Current", IEEE JOURNAL OF ELECTROMAGNETICS, RF AND MICROWAVES IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY, IEEE, vol. 5, no. 2, doi:10.1109/JERM.2020.3011812, ISSN 2469-7249, (20200724), pages 108 - 114, (20210520), XP011855715 [A] 1-14 * abstract *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JERM.2020.3011812
by applicantGB2486343
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 GB2565575
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