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EP About this file: EP0747026

EP0747026 - Self-aligning ostomy device [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  07.02.2003
Database last updated on 24.08.2024
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
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Route 206 and Province Line Road
Princeton, NJ 08543 / US
[N/P]
Former [1996/50]For all designated states
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
345 Park Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10154 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Blum, John L.
9 Cornell Road
South Toms River, NJ 08757 / US
[1996/50]
Representative(s)Mays, Julie, et al
Barker Brettell LLP
First Floor, Atrium Court
15-17 Jockey's Fields
London WC1R 4BW / GB
[N/P]
Former [2001/45]Mays, Julie, et al
Barker Brettel, Patent Attorneys, 10-12 Priests Bridge
London SW15 5JE / GB
Former [2001/22]Colmer, Stephen Gary, et al
Mathys & Squire 100 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8AL / GB
Former [2001/20]Mays, Julie
Bristol-Myers Company Limited Patent Department Swakeleys House Milton Road
Ickenham, Uxbridge UB10 8NS / GB
Former [1996/50]Mays, Julie
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Patent Department, Swakeleys House, Milton Road
Ickenham, Uxbridge UB10 8NS / GB
Application number, filing date96201576.405.06.1996
[1996/50]
Priority number, dateUS1995046340205.06.1995         Original published format: US 463402
[1996/50]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0747026
Date:11.12.1996
Language:EN
[1996/50]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0747026
Date:12.03.1997
[1997/11]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0747026
Date:03.04.2002
Language:EN
[2002/14]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP24.01.1997
ClassificationIPC:A61F5/448, A61F5/445
[1997/08]
CPC:
A61F5/448 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1996/50]A61F5/445, A61F5/448
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   NL,   SE [1996/50]
TitleGerman:Selbstausrichtende Ostomievorrichtung[1996/50]
English:Self-aligning ostomy device[1996/50]
French:Dispositif auto-aligné pour stomie[1996/50]
Examination procedure12.09.1997Examination requested  [1997/45]
23.08.2000Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
01.02.2001Reply to a communication from the examining division
01.06.2001Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
08.10.2001Communication of intention to grant the patent
08.01.2002Fee for grant paid
08.01.2002Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)06.01.2003No opposition filed within time limit [2003/13]
Fees paidRenewal fee
15.06.1998Renewal fee patent year 03
14.06.1999Renewal fee patent year 04
13.06.2000Renewal fee patent year 05
13.06.2001Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT03.04.2002
BE03.04.2002
CH03.04.2002
IT03.04.2002
LI03.04.2002
SE03.07.2002
ES30.10.2002
[2008/06]
Former [2004/04]AT03.04.2002
BE03.04.2002
CH03.04.2002
LI03.04.2002
SE03.07.2002
ES30.10.2002
Former [2003/48]AT03.04.2002
BE03.04.2002
CH03.04.2002
LI03.04.2002
SE03.07.2002
Former [2003/16]AT03.04.2002
CH03.04.2002
LI03.04.2002
SE03.07.2002
Former [2003/10]AT03.04.2002
SE03.07.2002
Former [2002/42]SE03.07.2002
Documents cited:Search[DA]US4460363  (STEER PETER L [GB], et al)[DA] 1,10;
 [A]EP0235563  (SQUIBB & SONS INC [US]) [A] 1-4,10,11;
 [DA]US4846820  (JENSEN OLE R [US]) [DA] 1-4,10,11
ExaminationUS4359051
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