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EP4294297
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| EP4294297 - PASSIVE SURGICAL ACCESS PORT FILTRATION FITTINGS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The patent has been granted Status updated on 31.10.2025 Database last updated on 28.03.2026 | |
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 23.09.2025 | ||
| Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 24.11.2023 | ||
| Former | The international publication has been made Status updated on 26.08.2022 | Most recent event Tooltip | 31.10.2025 | (Expected) grant | published on 03.12.2025 [2025/49] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states CONMED Corporation 11311 Concept Boulevard Largo, FL 33773 / US | [2025/49] |
| Former [2023/52] | For all designated states CONMED Corporation 11311 Concept Boulevard Largo, FL 33773 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
LATHERS, Steven Littleton, CO 80128 / US | 02 /
KRISHNAMOORTHY, Mahesh Parker, CO 80134 / US | [2023/52] | Representative(s) | Hoefer & Partner Patentanwälte mbB Pilgersheimer Straße 20 81543 München / DE | [2023/52] | Application number, filing date | 22756783.1 | 15.02.2022 | [2023/52] | WO2022US16470 | Priority number, date | US202163150457P | 17.02.2021 Original published format: US 202163150457 P | US202117237700 | 22.04.2021 Original published format: US202117237700 | [2023/52] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2022177907 | Date: | 25.08.2022 | Language: | EN | [2022/34] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP4294297 | Date: | 27.12.2023 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 25.08.2022 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2023/52] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP4294297 | Date: | 03.12.2025 | Language: | EN | [2025/49] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | KR | 25.08.2022 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 20.11.2024 | Classification | IPC: | A61B17/34, A61M13/00, A61M1/00 | [2023/52] | CPC: |
A61B17/3474 (EP);
A61M13/003 (EP,US);
A61B17/3423 (US);
A61B2017/3419 (US);
A61B2217/005 (US);
A61B2218/006 (EP);
| 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 [2023/52] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Validation states | KH | Not yet paid | MA | Not yet paid | MD | Not yet paid | TN | Not yet paid | Title | German: | PASSIVE CHIRURGISCHE ZUGANGSÖFFNUNGSFILTRATIONSARMATUREN | [2023/52] | English: | PASSIVE SURGICAL ACCESS PORT FILTRATION FITTINGS | [2023/52] | French: | RACCORDS DE FILTRATION À ORIFICE D'ACCÈS CHIRURGICAL PASSIF | [2023/52] | Entry into regional phase | 01.06.2023 | National basic fee paid | 01.06.2023 | Search fee paid | 01.06.2023 | Designation fee(s) paid | 01.06.2023 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 01.06.2023 | Examination requested [2023/52] | 08.05.2025 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 08.05.2025 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 24.09.2025 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 24.10.2025 | Fee for grant paid | 24.10.2025 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 24.10.2025 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 27.02.2024 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 31.01.2025 | Renewal fee patent year 04 |
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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] WO2020036497 (FISHER & PAYKEL HEALTHCARE LTD et al.) [X] 1-3,9-10,14-15 * paragraphs [0137] - [0144]; figures 3a-32b *[I] 4-8,11-13 [Y] 14 | [XIYA] US5722962 (GARCIA JOXEL et al.) [X] 1 * columns 2-3; figures 1-4 *[I] 4-8,11-13,15 [Y] 14 [A] 2-3,9-10 | [XIY] US2020305928 (THOMPSON EMILY et al.) [X] 1-3,15 * paragraphs [0086] - [0091]; figures 3-8 *[I] 4-13 [Y] 14 | [IYA] WO2020106970 (BUFFALO FILTER LLC et al.) [I] 1,4-13,15 * paragraphs [0013] - [0021]; figures 1-4 *[Y] 14 [A] 2-3 | International search | [YA] US10492827 (VELEZ-CRUZ ALEX JOEL et al.) [Y] 1,10-17 * claim 1; figure 1 *[A] 2-9 | [Y] WO2020036497 (FISHER & PAYKEL HEALTHCARE LTD et al.) [Y] 1,10-17 * paragraphs [133], [142]; claim 39; figures 2-3B * | [Y] US5722962 (GARCIA JOXEL et al.) [Y] 12-14 * column 3, lines 33-44; figures 1-3 * | [A] CN211433579 (LI XIAOLING et al.) [A] 1-17 * whole document * | [A] KR101704903 (이병갑) [A] 1-17 * whole document * | by applicant | WO2020036497 | US2020305928 |