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EP About this file: EP0979120

EP0979120 - ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  10.03.2006
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip07.03.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT
published on 09.04.2008  [2008/15]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Parker Medical Limited Partnership
2121 Herrick Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45208 / US
[2000/07]
Inventor(s)01 / PARKER, Jeffrey, D.
2219 Grandin Road
Cincinnati, OH 45208 / US
[2000/07]
Representative(s)Findlay, Alice Rosemary, et al
Marks & Clerk LLP
90 Long Acre
London
WC2E 9RA / GB
[N/P]
Former [2000/07]Findlay, Alice Rosemary, et al
Lloyd Wise, Tregear & Co., Commonwealth House, 1-19 New Oxford Street
London WC1A 1LW / GB
Application number, filing date98910446.817.03.1998
[2000/07]
WO1998US05173
Priority number, dateUS1997081978318.03.1997         Original published format: US 819783
[2000/07]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9841273
Date:24.09.1998
Language:EN
[1998/38]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0979120
Date:16.02.2000
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 24.09.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2000/07]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0979120
Date:04.05.2005
Language:EN
[2005/18]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP24.09.1998
ClassificationIPC:A61M16/04
[2000/07]
CPC:
A61M16/04 (EP,US); A61M16/0418 (EP,US); A61M16/0429 (EP,US);
A61M16/0484 (EP,US); A61M16/0488 (EP,US); A61M16/0443 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   IT [2000/07]
TitleGerman:ENDOTRACHEALTUBUS[2000/07]
English:ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE[2000/07]
French:TUBE ENDOTRACHEAL[2000/07]
Entry into regional phase07.09.1999National basic fee paid 
07.09.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
07.09.1999Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure28.08.1998Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
07.09.1999Examination requested  [2000/07]
10.09.2001Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
12.02.2003Communication of intention to grant the patent
24.07.2003Fee for grant paid
24.07.2003Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)07.02.2006No opposition filed within time limit [2006/17]
Fees paidRenewal fee
13.03.2000Renewal fee patent year 03
05.03.2001Renewal fee patent year 04
04.03.2002Renewal fee patent year 05
05.03.2003Renewal fee patent year 06
04.03.2004Renewal fee patent year 07
04.03.2005Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipFI04.05.2005
IT04.05.2005
ES15.08.2005
[2008/15]
Former [2006/14]FI04.05.2005
ES15.08.2005
Former [2005/52]FI04.05.2005
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 [YA]US3964488  (RING WALLACE H, et al) [Y] 8,19 * column 2, line 51 - column 3, line 65; figures 1,6-9,14 * [A] 1,2,14,15;
 [A]US4231365  (SCARBERRY EUGENE N) [A] 10,12 * column 7, line 60 - column 8, line 1; figures 1,2 *;
 [XY]US4423725  (BARAN OSTAP E [US], et al) [X] 1,4,11,14,17 * column 4, line 8 - line 50; figures 1,2 * * column 6, line 24 - line 27 * [Y] 12;
 [XA]US5044369  (SAHOTA HARVINDER [US]) [X] 1,3,4,14,15,17 * column 4, line 28 - line 58; figures 3-6 * * column 5, line 1 - line 8; figure 7 * * column 6, line 13 - line 18; figures 13,14 * [A] 2,15;
 [Y]US5414075  (SWAN DALE G [US], et al) [Y] 10,12 * column 1, line 6 - line 15 * * column 6, line 28 - column 7, line 29 * * column 8, line 51 - column 10, line 58 *;
 [PX]US5720275  (PATIL VIJAYALAKSHMI [US], et al) [PX] 1,4,7,14,16,17 * column 2, line 57 - column 4, line 7; figures 1-3 ** column 4, line 48 - column 5, line 40; figures 6-8 *
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