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EP0650698
European procedure
Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP0650698 - Process for manufacturing cutting edge wire members [Right-click to bookmark this link] | |||
| Former [1995/18] | Process for manufacturing surgical needles | ||
| [1998/35] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 02.07.1999 Database last updated on 24.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 02.07.1999 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 18.08.1999 [1999/33] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states ETHICON, INC. U.S. Route 22 West Somerville, NJ 08876 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1998/35] | For all designated states ETHICON, INC. U.S. Route 22 West Somerville, N J 08876 / US | ||
| Former [1995/18] | For all designated states ETHICON, INC. Route 22, West Somerville, N J 08876 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
McJames, William 11 Evergreen Court Belle Mead, NJ 08502 / US | 02 /
Willis, Bernard M. 32 Oxford Road East Brunswick, NJ 08816 / US | 03 /
Smith, Daniel RD No.2, 206B Lamb Lane Manalapan Township, NJ 07726 / US | 04 /
Reynolds, Eugene 52 Brinckerhoff Avenue Freehold, NJ 07728 / US | 05 /
Gucker, Carl One Blackfoot Trail Branchburg, NJ 08876 / US | 06 /
Nordmeyer, Michael 607 Highview Court Neshanic Station, NJ 08853 / US | [1995/18] | Representative(s) | Fisher, Adrian John, et al Carpmaels & Ransford LLP One Southampton Row London WC1B 5HA / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1995/18] | Fisher, Adrian John, et al CARPMAELS & RANSFORD 43 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA / GB | Application number, filing date | 94308018.4 | 01.11.1994 | [1995/18] | Priority number, date | US19930149435 | 01.11.1993 Original published format: US 149435 | [1995/18] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0650698 | Date: | 03.05.1995 | Language: | EN | [1995/18] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0650698 | Date: | 26.08.1998 | Language: | EN | [1998/35] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 25.01.1995 | Classification | IPC: | A61B17/06, B21G1/00, B21G3/16 | [1995/18] | CPC: |
B21G3/16 (EP,US);
A61B17/06066 (EP,US);
B21G1/00 (EP,US);
A61B2017/00526 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, IT [1995/18] | Title | German: | Verfahren zur Herstellung von mit einer Schneide versehenen Drahtelementen | [1998/35] | English: | Process for manufacturing cutting edge wire members | [1998/35] | French: | Procédé de fabrication d'éléments de fil ayant un tranchant | [1998/35] |
| Former [1995/18] | Verfahren zur Herstellung chirurgischer Nähnadeln | ||
| Former [1995/18] | Process for manufacturing surgical needles | ||
| Former [1995/18] | Procédé de fabrication d'aiguilles de suture | Examination procedure | 09.10.1995 | Examination requested [1995/49] | 28.08.1996 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 16.12.1996 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 04.02.1997 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 06.08.1997 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 13.10.1997 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 25.02.1998 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 11.03.1998 | Fee for grant paid | 11.03.1998 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 27.05.1999 | No opposition filed within time limit [1999/33] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 11.11.1996 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 10.11.1997 | 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 | [A]US3238942 (LINCOFF HARVEY A) [A] 1,4 * column 3, line 59 - column 4, line 23 *; | [A]EP0418095 (ETHICON INC [US]) [A] 1 * figures 4,5 *; | [A]US5117671 (AIKENS PAUL W [US], et al) |