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EP0537758
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP0537758 - A tissue gripping apparatus for use with a cannula or trocar assembly [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 09.05.1997 Database last updated on 15.11.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 07.12.2007 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): ES, FR | published on 09.01.2008 [2008/02] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Dexide, Inc. 7509 Flagstone Drive Fort Worth Texas 76118-7995 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1996/27] | For all designated states DEXIDE, INC. 7509 Flagstone Drive Fort Worth Texas 76118-7995 / US | ||
| Former [1994/48] | For all designated states DEXIDE, INC. 7509 Flagstone Drive Fort Worth Texas 76118-7995 / US | ||
| Former [1993/16] | For all designated states United States Surgical Corporation 150 Glover Avenue Norwalk, Connecticut 06856 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Green, David T. 28 Bermuda Road Westport, CT. 06880 / US | [1993/16] | Representative(s) | Marsh, Roy David, et al Hoffmann Eitle ATTENTION : ADDRESS INACTIVE - USE ASS-NR - CDR / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [1993/16] | Marsh, Roy David, et al Hoffmann Eitle & Partner Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Postfach 81 04 20 D-81904 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 92117707.7 | 16.10.1992 | [1993/16] | Priority number, date | US19910781063 | 18.10.1991 Original published format: US 781063 | [1993/16] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0537758 | Date: | 21.04.1993 | Language: | EN | [1993/16] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0537758 | Date: | 03.07.1996 | Language: | EN | [1996/27] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 03.02.1993 | Classification | IPC: | A61B17/00, A61B17/34, A61M25/04 | [1993/16] | CPC: |
A61M25/04 (EP,US);
A61B17/34 (EP,US);
A61B2017/3484 (EP,US);
A61F2002/30092 (EP,US);
A61F2210/0019 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, ES, FR, GB, IT [1993/16] | Title | German: | Vorrichtung zum Festhalten von Gewebe zum Gebrauch mit Kanüle oder Trokar | [1993/16] | English: | A tissue gripping apparatus for use with a cannula or trocar assembly | [1993/16] | French: | Appareil d'accrochage de tissu pour usage avec une canule ou trocart | [1993/16] | Examination procedure | 22.09.1993 | Examination requested [1993/46] | 03.05.1995 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 02.08.1995 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 10.10.1995 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 08.01.1996 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 12.03.1996 | Fee for grant paid | 12.03.1996 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 04.04.1997 | No opposition filed within time limit [1997/26] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 27.10.1994 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 30.10.1995 | 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. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | ES | 03.07.1996 | FR | 03.07.1996 | IT | 03.07.1996 | GB | 16.10.1996 | [2002/25] |
| Former [1999/42] | IT | 03.07.1996 | |
| GB | 16.10.1996 | ||
| Former [1997/42] | GB | 16.10.1996 | Documents cited: | Search | [X]DE640126 (BRUNO LOEWEL DR); | [A]US3946741 (ADAIR EDWIN L); | [A]WO9102493 (RAYCHEM CORP [US]); | [X]EP0432363 (DEXIDE INC [US]) |