EP4042951 - CURVED TIP SURGICAL STAPLER BUTTRESS ASSEMBLY APPLICATOR WITH COMPRESSION LAYER POCKET FEATURE [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | Examination is in progress Status updated on 14.03.2024 Database last updated on 31.08.2024 | |
Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 17.02.2023 | ||
Former | The application has been published Status updated on 15.07.2022 | Most recent event Tooltip | 19.07.2024 | New entry: Reply to examination report | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Ethicon LLC 475 Street C, Suite 401 Los Frailes Industrial Park 00969 Guaynabo / PR | [2022/33] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
BAKOS, Gregory J. Cincinnati, 45242 / US | 02 /
HARRIS, Jason L Cincinnati, 45242 / US | 03 /
RIDGLEY, Pamela M Cincinnati, 45242 / US | 04 /
SHELTON, IV, Frederick E. Cincinnati, 45242 / US | 05 /
VENDELY, Michael J. Cincinnati, 45242 / US | 06 /
ZEINER, Mark S. Cincinnati, 45242 / US | [2022/33] | Representative(s) | Carpmaels & Ransford LLP One Southampton Row London WC1B 5HA / GB | [2022/33] | Application number, filing date | 22165126.8 | 23.12.2019 | [2022/33] | Priority number, date | US201816235681 | 28.12.2018 Original published format: US201816235681 | [2022/33] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP4042951 | Date: | 17.08.2022 | Language: | EN | [2022/33] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 11.05.2022 | Classification | IPC: | A61B17/072 | [2022/33] | CPC: |
A61B17/07292 (EP);
A61B17/0682 (US);
A61B17/072 (US);
A61B17/29 (US);
A61B17/34 (US);
A61B17/105 (US);
A61B17/32 (US);
A61B2017/00862 (US);
A61B2017/0688 (US);
A61B2017/07221 (US);
A61B2017/07257 (EP,US);
A61B2017/07271 (US);
A61B2017/2927 (US);
A61B2090/08021 (EP);
A61B2090/0811 (US);
A61B34/30 (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 [2023/12] |
Former [2022/33] | 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 | Title | German: | APPLIKATOR FÜR VERSTEIFUNGSANORDNUNG VON CHIRURGISCHEM KLAMMERGERÄT MIT GEKRÜMMTER SPITZE MIT KOMPRESSIONSSCHICHTTASCHENMERKMAL | [2022/33] | English: | CURVED TIP SURGICAL STAPLER BUTTRESS ASSEMBLY APPLICATOR WITH COMPRESSION LAYER POCKET FEATURE | [2022/33] | French: | APPLICATEUR D'ENSEMBLE DE RENFORT POUR AGRAFEUSE CHIRURGICALE À EXTRÉMITÉ COURBÉE PRÉSENTANT UNE CARACTÉRISTIQUE DE POCHE DE COUCHE DE COMPRESSION | [2024/13] |
Former [2022/33] | APPLICATEUR D'ENSEMBLE DE BUTÉE D'AGRAFEUSE CHIRURGICALE À EXTRÉMITÉ COURBÉE PRÉSENTANT UNE CARACTÉRISTIQUE DE POCHE DE COUCHE DE COMPRESSION | Examination procedure | 13.02.2023 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 13.02.2023 | Examination requested [2023/12] | 13.02.2023 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 13.03.2024 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 12.07.2024 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | Parent application(s) Tooltip | EP19219336.5 / EP3673822 | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 29.03.2022 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 14.11.2022 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 15.11.2023 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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