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EP0923960
European procedure
Extract from the Register of European Patents
EP About this file: EP0923960
| EP0923960 - Apparatus for electrical stimulation of the gastrointestinal tract [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 06.01.2006 Database last updated on 09.05.2025 | Most recent event Tooltip | 17.02.2006 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): NL | published on 05.04.2006 [2006/14] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Medtronic, Inc. 710 Medtronic Parkway Minneapolis, MN 55432-5604 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [2004/34] | For all designated states Medtronic, Inc. 710 Medtronic Parkway Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432-5604 / US | ||
| Former [2004/23] | For all designated states Medtronic Inc. 710 Medtronic Parkway Minneapolis, MN 55432-5604 / US | ||
| Former [1999/25] | For all designated states Medtronic Inc. 7000 Central Avenue Northeast Minneapolis, MN 55432 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Bourgeois, Ivan Rue Jean Gome 9 4802 Verviers / BE | 02 /
Ryden, Johan Maastrichtlaan 36 6191 AD Beek / NL | [2005/09] |
| Former [1999/25] | 01 /
Bourgeois, Ivan Rue Jean gome 9 4802 Verviers / BE | ||
| 02 /
Ryden, Johan Maastrichtlaan 36 6191 AD Beek / NL | Representative(s) | Hughes, Andrea Michelle, et al Dehns St Bride's House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8JD / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1999/25] | Hughes, Andrea Michelle, et al Frank B. Dehn & Co., European Patent Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL / GB | Application number, filing date | 98310233.6 | 14.12.1998 | [1999/25] | Priority number, date | US19970990984 | 15.12.1997 Original published format: US 990984 | [1999/25] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0923960 | Date: | 23.06.1999 | Language: | EN | [1999/25] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0923960 | Date: | 02.03.2005 | Language: | EN | [2005/09] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 25.03.1999 | Classification | IPC: | A61N1/36 | [1999/25] | CPC: |
A61N1/36007 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | CH, DE, FR, GB, LI, NL [2000/09] |
| Former [1999/25] | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE | Title | German: | Vorrichtung zur elektrischen Reizung des Verdauungstrakts | [1999/25] | English: | Apparatus for electrical stimulation of the gastrointestinal tract | [1999/25] | French: | Appareil pour la stimulation électrique du tractus gastro-intestinal | [1999/25] | Examination procedure | 08.09.1999 | Examination requested [1999/44] | 24.12.1999 | Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s) | 06.04.2000 | Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, CY, DK, ES, FI, GR, IE, IT, LU, MC, PT, SE | 06.04.2000 | Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) BE | 02.04.2003 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 14.11.2003 | Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time | 22.01.2004 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 28.06.2004 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 18.10.2004 | Fee for grant paid | 18.10.2004 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 05.12.2005 | No opposition filed within time limit [2006/08] | Request for further processing for: | 22.01.2004 | Request for further processing filed | 22.01.2004 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted | 09.02.2004 | Decision despatched | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 21.12.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 27.12.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 27.12.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 19.12.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 27.12.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | Penalty fee | Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973 | 31.01.2000 | AT M01 Not yet paid | 31.01.2000 | BE M01 Not yet paid | 31.01.2000 | CY M01 Not yet paid | 31.01.2000 | DK M01 Not yet paid | 31.01.2000 | ES M01 Not yet paid | 31.01.2000 | FI M01 Not yet paid | 31.01.2000 | GR M01 Not yet paid | 31.01.2000 | IE M01 Not yet paid | 31.01.2000 | IT M01 Not yet paid | 31.01.2000 | LU M01 Not yet paid | 31.01.2000 | MC M01 Not yet paid | 31.01.2000 | PT M01 Not yet paid | 31.01.2000 | SE M01 Not yet paid |
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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. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | CH | 02.03.2005 | LI | 02.03.2005 | NL | 02.03.2005 | [2006/14] |
| Former [2006/12] | CH | 02.03.2005 | |
| LI | 02.03.2005 | Documents cited: | Search | [A]WO9741921 (INNOVATIVE TECH CENTER [US]) [A] 1-10,12-22 * the whole document *; | [A]EP0571938 (CIGAINA VALERIO [IT]) [A] 1-22 * the whole document *; | [A]WO9427672 (CIGAINA VALERIO [IT]) [A] 1,12 * the whole document *; | [A]US3911930 (HAGFORS NORMAN R, et al) [A] 1,9,12 * column A *; | [PXA]WO9848890 (MEDTRONIC INC [US], et al) [PX] 1-3,9,12-14,18,19 * the whole document * [A] 4-8,10,11,15-17,20-22; | [PA]WO9848889 (MEDTRONIC INC [US], et al) [PA] 1,9,12 * the whole document * |