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| EP0970663 - Master/slave system for the manipulation of tubular medical tools [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The application is deemed to be withdrawn Status updated on 28.06.2003 Database last updated on 10.05.2025 | Most recent event Tooltip | 28.06.2003 | Application deemed to be withdrawn | published on 13.08.2003 [2003/33] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2-3, Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8310 / JP | [N/P] |
| Former [2000/02] | For all designated states MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2-3, Marunouchi 2-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8310 / JP | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Meglan, Dwight Allan of 6 Hutchins Circle Lynnfield, MA 01940 / US | 02 /
Morgan, Frederick Marshall of 157 Butler Road Quincy, MA 02169 / US | 03 /
Wendlandt, Jeffrey Michael of 20 Chauncy Street No. 2 Cambridge, MA 02138 / US | [2000/02] | Representative(s) | Pfenning, Meinig & Partner mbB Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Theresienhöhe 11a 80339 München / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [2000/02] | Pfenning, Meinig & Partner Mozartstrasse 17 80336 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 99108416.1 | 29.04.1999 | [2000/02] | Priority number, date | US19980112998 | 10.07.1998 Original published format: US 112998 | [2000/02] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0970663 | Date: | 12.01.2000 | Language: | EN | [2000/02] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 25.10.1999 | Classification | IPC: | A61B19/00 | [2000/02] | CPC: |
A61B34/75 (EP,US);
A61B34/70 (EP,US);
A61B34/74 (EP,US);
A61B34/76 (EP,US);
A61B34/77 (EP,US);
A61B2034/301 (EP,US);
A61M25/0105 (EP,US)
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| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [2000/02] | Title | German: | Master/Slave System für die Steuerung von röhrenförmigen medizinischen Instrumenten | [2000/02] | English: | Master/slave system for the manipulation of tubular medical tools | [2000/02] | French: | Système maître/esclave pour la manipulation des instruments médicaux tubulaires | [2000/02] | Examination procedure | 17.03.2000 | Examination requested [2000/20] | 28.08.2001 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 19.12.2001 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 13.03.2002 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 06.07.2002 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 23.09.2002 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 04.02.2003 | Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect [2003/33] | 14.03.2003 | Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: fee for grant / fee for printing not paid in time [2003/33] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 27.04.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 24.04.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | Penalty fee | Additional fee for renewal fee | 30.04.2003 | 05 M06 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. | Documents cited: | Search | [A]DE4213426 (OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO [JP]) [A] 1 * column 30, line 23 - line 46; figures 54,55 *; | [A]EP0683016 (D T I DR TRIPPE INGENIEURGES M [DE]) [A] 1,6 * column 5, line 3 - line 7; figure 1 *; | [A]US5624398 (SMITH KEVIN W [US], et al) [A] 1,2,6,9 * column 18, line 49 - line 51; figure 34 * * column 20, line 14 - line 20 *; | [XA]EP0776738 (STANFORD RES INST INT [US]) [X] 1,2,4 * column 10, line 50 - line 53 * * column 11, line 10 - column 12, line 1; figures 10,11 * * column 14, line 9 - line 26 * [A] 3,5,7; | [A]WO9743943 (INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC [US]) [A] 1,2,4 * page 9, line 22 - page 10, line 3; figure 1 *; | [A] - SALCUDEAN S E ET AL, "TOWARDS A FORCE-REFLECTING MOTION-SCALING SYSTEM FOR MICROSURGERY", PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ROBOTICS AND AUTOMAT, SAN DIEGO, MAY 8 - 13, 1994, INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS, (19940508), VOL 3, no. CONF. 11, ISBN 0-8186-5332-9, pages 2296 - 2301, XP000478610 [A] 1,2,4 * page 2297, paragraph 1 - paragraph 3 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.1994.350943 | [A] - DARIO P ET AL, "ROBOTICS IN MEDICINE", PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE/RSJ/GI INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIG ROBOTS AND SYSTEMS: ADVANCED ROBOTICS AND THE REAL WORLD, MUNICH, SEPT. 12 - 16, 1994, INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS, (19940912), vol. 2, ISBN 0-7803-1934-6, pages 739 - 752, XP000514573 [A] 1,6,9 * page 743, column L * |