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EP1016421
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
EP About this file: EP1016421
| EP1016421 - Sterilization process using small amount of sterilant to determine the load [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 07.07.2006 Database last updated on 03.09.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 07.07.2006 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 09.08.2006 [2006/32] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states ETHICON, INC. U.S. Route 22 West Somerville, NJ 08876 / US | [2005/35] |
| Former [2000/27] | For all designated states ETHICON, INC. U.S. Route 22 West Somerville, N J 08876 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Jacobs, Paul T. 8 Rainier Trabuco Canyon, CA 92679 / US | 02 /
Min-Lin, Szu 25632 Rain Tree Road Laguna Hills, CA 92653 / US | 03 /
Wang, Jenn-Hann 21622 Margerite Parkway, Apt. No. 341 Mission Viejo, CA 92692 / US | [2000/27] | Representative(s) | Fisher, Adrian John, et al Carpmaels & Ransford LLP One Southampton Row London WC1B 5HA / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2000/27] | Fisher, Adrian John, et al CARPMAELS & RANSFORD 43 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA / GB | Application number, filing date | 99310492.6 | 23.12.1999 | [2000/27] | Priority number, date | US19980223125 | 30.12.1998 Original published format: US 223125 | [2000/27] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP1016421 | Date: | 05.07.2000 | Language: | EN | [2000/27] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1016421 | Date: | 31.08.2005 | Language: | EN | [2005/35] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 04.05.2000 | Classification | IPC: | A61L2/28, A61L2/20 | [2000/27] | CPC: |
A61L2/208 (EP,US);
A61L2/28 (EP,US);
A61L2202/122 (EP,US);
A61L2202/24 (EP,US);
Y10T436/206664 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, ES, FR, GB, IT [2001/12] |
| Former [2000/27] | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE | Title | German: | Verfahren zur Sterilisation unter Verwendung geringer Mengen an Sterilisierungsmittel zur Bestimmung der Beladung | [2000/27] | English: | Sterilization process using small amount of sterilant to determine the load | [2000/27] | French: | Procédé de stérilisation utilisant une quantité réduite de stérilisant pour déterminer la charge | [2000/27] | Examination procedure | 12.12.2000 | Examination requested [2001/06] | 14.06.2002 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 21.10.2002 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 22.04.2003 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 31.10.2003 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 28.02.2005 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 14.06.2005 | Fee for grant paid | 14.06.2005 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 01.06.2006 | No opposition filed within time limit [2006/32] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 13.12.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 12.12.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 12.12.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 14.12.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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