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EP0497973
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| EP0497973 - APPARATUS FOR SOFT TISSUE BIOPSY [Right-click to bookmark this link] | |||
| Former [1992/33] | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SOFT TISSUE BIOPSY | ||
| [1998/34] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 25.06.1999 Database last updated on 20.12.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 25.06.1999 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 11.08.1999 [1999/32] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Palestrant, Nathan, Trustee for The Aubrey and Faye Palestrant Irrevocable Trust 5120 N. 79th Place Scottsdale, Arizona 85253 / US | [1997/09] |
| Former [1992/33] | For all designated states Palestrant, Aubrey M. 6800 N. 47th Street Paradise Valley Arizona 85253 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Palestrant, Aubrey M. 6800 N. 47th Street Paradise Valley, Arizona 85253 / US | [1997/06] |
| Former [1992/33] | 01 /
see applicant ... | Representative(s) | Wächtershäuser, Günter, et al Wächtershäuser & Hartz Patentanwälte Ottostrasse 4 80333 München / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [1997/09] | Wächtershäuser, Günter, Prof. Dr., et al Patentanwalt, Tal 29 80331 München / DE | ||
| Former [1992/33] | Wächtershäuser, Günter, Prof. Dr. Patentanwalt, Tal 29 D-80331 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 92904678.7 | 15.08.1991 | [1992/33] | WO1991US05791 | Priority number, date | US19900572055 | 23.08.1990 Original published format: US 572055 | [1992/33] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9203096 | Date: | 05.03.1992 | Language: | EN | [1992/06] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0497973 | Date: | 12.08.1992 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 05.03.1992 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1992/33] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0497973 | Date: | 19.08.1998 | Language: | EN | [1998/34] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 05.03.1992 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 23.03.1996 | Classification | IPC: | A61B10/00 | [1992/33] | CPC: |
A61B10/0275 (EP,US);
A61B2017/2929 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, NL [1992/33] | Title | German: | VORRICHTUNG ZUR BIOPSIE VON WEICHEM GEWEBE | [1998/34] | English: | APPARATUS FOR SOFT TISSUE BIOPSY | [1998/34] | French: | APPAREIL POUR BIOPSIE DE TISSUS MOUS | [1998/34] |
| Former [1992/33] | VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR BIOPSIE VON WEICHEM GEWEBE | ||
| Former [1992/33] | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SOFT TISSUE BIOPSY | ||
| Former [1992/33] | APPAREIL ET PROCEDE POUR EFFECTUER UNE BIOPSIE DE TISSU SOUPLE | Entry into regional phase | 14.04.1992 | National basic fee paid | 14.04.1992 | Search fee paid | 14.04.1992 | Designation fee(s) paid | 14.04.1992 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 14.04.1992 | Examination requested [1992/33] | 04.02.1997 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 13.06.1997 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 13.08.1997 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 22.12.1997 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 06.02.1998 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 16.06.1998 | Fee for grant paid | 16.06.1998 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 26.06.1998 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | Opposition(s) | 20.05.1999 | No opposition filed within time limit [1999/32] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 14.07.1993 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 25.07.1994 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 25.07.1995 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 17.07.1996 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 23.07.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 16.06.1998 | 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 | [X]DE3909575 (WESTINGER & ALTENBURGER) [X] 1 * column 6, line 28 - column 7, line 47 * * column 9, line 39 - column 10, line 22; figures 1-3 *; | [X]US4917100 (NOTTKE JAMES E [US]) [X] 1,2,5,6 * column 2, line 38 - column 6, line 25; figures 1-14 *; | [A]US3175554 (STEWART ROBERT A) [A] 1,2 * column 2, line 28 - line 41 * * column 3, line 60 - line 75; figure 1 *; | [AD]US4699154 (LINDGREN PER G [SE]) [AD] 5 * abstract *; | [AD]US4735215 (GOTO DAVID S [US], et al) [AD] 6 * page A; figures 3,4 * | International search | [A]US4924878 (NOTTKE JAMES E [US]); | [A]US4944308 (AANGSTROEM KERFELDT DAN [SE]); | [A]US4766907 (DE GROOT WILLIAM J [US], et al) |