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EP About this file: EP0738501

EP0738501 - ENDOSCOPE OPERATIVE INSTRUMENT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  30.03.2001
Database last updated on 20.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip04.01.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT
published on 06.02.2008  [2008/06]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
43-2, 2-chome, Hatagaya Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 151-0072 / JP
[N/P]
Former [2000/21]For all designated states
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
43-2, 2-chome, Hatagaya Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 151-0072 / JP
Former [1996/43]For all designated states
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD.
43-2, 2-chome, Hatagaya Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 151 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / MATSUNO, Kiyotaka
Clair-Nishi-Hachiouji B302 4-16-13, Sanda-cho
Hachiouji-shi Tokyo 193 / JP
02 / SATO, Yukio 301 Tsuda-3-chome-Apartment No. 10 tou
Tsuda-machi 3-chome
Kodaira-shi Tokyo 187 / JP
03 / SADAMASA, Akihito Olympus-Nishi-Hachiouji-Corporas
No. 216 5-16-2, Sanda-cho
Hachiouji-shi Tokyo 193 / JP
04 / SHINOZUKA, Minoru
4-43-11, Sanda-cho Hachiouji-shi
Tokyo 193 / JP
05 / YANUMA, Yutaka
4, Greenland Drive Huntington Station
New York, NY 11746 / US
[1996/43]
Representative(s)Winter, Konrad Theodor
Winter, Brandl, Fürniss, Hübner
Röss, Kaiser, Polte
Partnerschaft
Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei, Alois-Steinecker-Strasse 22
85354 Freising / DE
[N/P]
Former [1996/43]Winter, Konrad Theodor, Dipl.-Ing.
Patentanwälte Kuhnen, Wacker & Partner Alois-Steinecker-Strasse 22
85354 Freising / DE
Application number, filing date95936088.402.11.1995
[1996/43]
WO1995JP02244
Priority number, dateJP1994026936202.11.1994         Original published format: JP 26936294
JP1995008828113.04.1995         Original published format: JP 8828195
[1996/43]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9614020
Date:17.05.1996
Language:EN
[1996/22]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0738501
Date:23.10.1996
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 17.05.1996 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1996/43]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0738501
Date:24.05.2000
Language:EN
[2000/21]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP17.05.1996
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP24.03.1997
ClassificationIPC:A61B17/28, A61B17/32, A61B18/12, A61B10/00, A61B1/00
[2000/04]
CPC:
A61B17/29 (EP,US); A61B17/00234 (EP,US); A61B17/122 (EP,US);
A61B17/1285 (EP,US); A61B17/2909 (EP,US); A61B17/34 (EP,US);
A61B18/1445 (EP,US); A61B18/1492 (EP,US); A61B90/94 (EP,US);
A61B10/02 (EP,US); A61B10/04 (EP); A61B10/06 (EP,US);
A61B17/0643 (EP,US); A61B18/14 (EP,US); A61B18/1442 (EP,US);
A61B18/148 (EP,US); A61B2010/045 (EP,US); A61B2017/292 (EP,US);
A61B2017/2929 (EP,US); A61B2017/2931 (EP,US); A61B2017/294 (EP,US);
A61B2017/2946 (EP,US); A61B2018/00196 (EP,US); A61B2018/00452 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00476 (EP,US); A61B2018/0091 (EP,US); A61B2018/00916 (EP,US);
A61B2018/1407 (EP,US); A61B2018/141 (EP,US); A61B2018/1425 (EP,US);
A61B2090/3782 (EP,US); A61B2090/3937 (EP,US); A61B2218/003 (EP,US);
A61M2005/3289 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [1996/43]A61B17/28, A61B17/32, A61B17/39, A61B10/00, A61B1/00
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [1996/43]
TitleGerman:MIT ENDOSKOP FUNKTIONIERENDES INSTRUMENT[1996/43]
English:ENDOSCOPE OPERATIVE INSTRUMENT[1996/43]
French:INSTRUMENT FONCTIONNANT AVEC UN ENDOSCOPE[1996/43]
Entry into regional phase02.07.1996Translation filed 
24.07.1996National basic fee paid 
24.07.1996Search fee paid 
24.07.1996Designation fee(s) paid 
24.07.1996Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure24.07.1996Examination requested  [1996/43]
30.11.1998Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
09.04.1999Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.07.1999Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
26.11.1999Communication of intention to grant the patent
24.02.2000Fee for grant paid
24.02.2000Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)27.02.2001No opposition filed within time limit [2001/20]
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.11.1997Renewal fee patent year 03
25.11.1998Renewal fee patent year 04
26.11.1999Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipFR24.05.2000
IT24.05.2000
[2008/06]
Former [2006/14]FR24.05.2000
Former [2001/24]FR20.10.2000
Documents cited:Search[Y]US4043323  (KOMIYA OSAMU) [Y] 12 * column 1, line 10 - line 31 *;
 [XY]EP0027704  (CHAMNESS DALE L) [X] 1,20 * page 2, line 20 - line 29 * * page 9, line 7 - line 28 * [Y] 12,13;
 [YA]WO9005491  (HILLWAY SURGICAL LTD [GB]) [Y] 13 * page 10 * [A] 2;
 [X]US5066295  (KOZAK MARK [US], et al) [X] 1,20 * column 1, line 5 - line 7 ** column 1, line 60 - column 2, line 8 *;
 [XA]WO9211815  (BAXTER INT [US], et al) [X] 1,16,23 * page 24, line 19 - page 25, line 24; figures 1,5 * [A] 21,22
International search[Y]JPS63145641  (OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO);
 [X]JPH03195547  (OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO)
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