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EP About this file: EP0930901

EP0930901 - GASKETLESS SEAL FOR ROTATABLE BLOOD RESERVOIR CONNECTOR [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  21.11.2003
Database last updated on 17.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip11.01.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 13.02.2008  [2008/07]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Medtronic, Inc.
7000 Central Avenue N.E.
Minneapolis MN 55432-3576 / US
[N/P]
Former [1999/30]For all designated states
MEDTRONIC, INC.
7000 Central Avenue N.E.
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 / US
Inventor(s)01 / VAN DRIEL, Michael, R.
10070 Quail Court
Fountain Valley, CA 92708 / US
[1999/30]
Representative(s)Hughes, Andrea Michelle
Dehns
St Bride's House
10 Salisbury Square
London EC4Y 8JD / GB
[N/P]
Former [1999/30]Hughes, Andrea Michelle
Frank B. Dehn & Co., European Patent Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 4EL / GB
Application number, filing date97910781.002.10.1997
[1999/30]
WO1997US17866
Priority number, dateUS1996072887310.10.1996         Original published format: US 728873
[1999/30]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9815304
Date:16.04.1998
Language:EN
[1998/15]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0930901
Date:28.07.1999
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 16.04.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1999/30]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0930901
Date:15.01.2003
Language:EN
[2003/03]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP16.04.1998
ClassificationIPC:A61M1/36, A61M39/10
[1999/30]
CPC:
A61M39/1055 (EP,US); A61M1/3627 (EP,US); A61M1/3632 (EP,US);
A61M2039/1027 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   IT [1999/30]
TitleGerman:DICHTUNGSLOSE ABDICHTUNG FÜR EINEN DREHBAREN KONNEKTOR EINES BLUTRESERVOIRS[1999/30]
English:GASKETLESS SEAL FOR ROTATABLE BLOOD RESERVOIR CONNECTOR[1999/30]
French:FERMETURE SANS JOINT D'ETANCHEITE POUR UN CONNECTEUR DE RESERVOIR DE SANG ROTATIF[1999/30]
Entry into regional phase13.04.1999National basic fee paid 
13.04.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
13.04.1999Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure22.04.1998Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
13.04.1999Examination requested  [1999/30]
05.01.2000Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
17.07.2000Reply to a communication from the examining division
27.12.2000Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
20.04.2001Reply to a communication from the examining division
20.02.2002Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
09.07.2002Communication of intention to grant the patent
30.09.2002Fee for grant paid
30.09.2002Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)16.10.2003No opposition filed within time limit [2004/02]
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.10.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
26.10.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
24.10.2001Renewal fee patent year 05
29.10.2002Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipIT15.01.2003
[2008/07]
Cited inInternational search[A]US5403273  (LINDSAY ERIN J [US]) [A] 1* column 5, line 44 - line 63 *;
 [X]US5470324  (COOK CHARLES [US], et al) [X] 1 * column 9, paragraph 2; figures 15-18 *
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