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EP1472984 - Control system for performing electrosurgical procedures [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2004/45]	Method and control system for performing electrosurgical procedures
	[2009/19]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 06.06.2014 Database last updated on 24.04.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	06.06.2014	No opposition filed within time limit	published on 09.07.2014 [2014/28]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Covidien AG Victor von Bruns-Strasse 19 8212 Neuhausen am Rheinfall / CH
	[2007/33]
Former [2004/45]	For all designated states Sherwood Services AG Bahnhofstrasse 29 8200 Schaffhausen / CH
Inventor(s)	01 / Buysse, Steven P. 7641 Estate Circle Niwot, CO 80503 / US
	02 / Felton, Bret 677 McClure Court Erie CO 80516 / US
	03 / Heard, David Nichols 3620 Silver Plum Lane Boulder CO 80303 / US
	04 / Keppel, David 911 Tulip Street Apt. C Longmont CO 80501 / US
	05 / Podhajsky, Ronald J. 6941 Harvest Road Boulder CO 80301 / US
	06 / Schmaltz, Dale F. 2319 Westview Road Fort Collins CO 80524 / US
	07 / Wham, Robert H. 705 Yale Road Boulder CO 80305 / US
	08 / Meagher, Edward C. 12 Alvord Court Greenlawn NY 11740 / US
	09 / Lawes, Kate Ryland 2805 Palmdale Court Austin, TX 78738 / US
	10 / Schlechter, Dave A. 9020 Rocky Canyon Road Atascadero, CA 93422 / US
	11 / Shields, Chelsea 1125 NW 9th Ave, 323 Portland, Oregon 97209 / US
	12 / Tetzlaff, Philip M. 2805 Palmdale Court Austin, TX 78738 / US
	[2013/33]
Former [2013/30]	01 / Buysse, Steven P. 7641 Estate Circle Niwot, CO 80503 / US
	02 / Felton, Bret 677 McClure Court Erie CO 80516 / US
	03 / Heard, David Nichols 3620 Silver Plum Lane Boulder CO 80303 / US
	04 / Keppel, David 911 Tulip Street Apt. C Longmont CO 80501 / US
	05 / Podhajsky, Ronald J. 6941 Harvest Road Boulder CO 80301 / US
	06 / F. Schmaltz, Dale F. 2319 Westview Road Fort Collins CO 80524 / US
	07 / Wham, Robert H. 705 Yale Road Boulder CO 80305 / US
	08 / Meagher, Edward C. 12 Alvord Court Greenlawn NY 11740 / US
	09 / Lawes, Kate Ryland 2805 Palmdale Court Austin, TX 78738 / US
	10 / Schechter, Dave A. 902 Rocky Canyon Road Atascadero, CA 93422 / US
	11 / Shields, Chelsea 1125 NW 9th Ave, 323 Portland, Oregon 97209 / US
	12 / Tetzlaff, Philip M. 2805 Palmdale Court Austin, TX 78738 / US
Former [2004/45]	01 / Buysse, Steven P. 741 Rider Ridge Drive Longmont CO 80501 / US
	02 / Felton, Bret 677 McClure Court Erie CO 80516 / US
	03 / Heard, David Nichols 3620 Silver Plum Lane Boulder CO 80303 / US
	04 / Keppel, David 911 Tulip Street Apt. C Longmont CO 80501 / US
	05 / Podhajsky, Ronald J. 6941 Harvest Road Boulder CO 80301 / US
	06 / F. Schmaltz, Dale 2319 Westview Road Fort Collins CO 80524 / US
	07 / Wham, Robert H. 705 Yale Road Boulder CO 80305 / US
	08 / Meagher, Edward C. 12 Alvord Court Greenlawn NY 11740 / US
	09 / Ryland Lawes, Kate 1690 Rockview Circle Superior CO 80027 / US
	10 / Schechter, Dave A. 11676 Pointe View Drive Longmont CO 80503 / US
	11 / Shields, Chelsea 711B Alpine Avenue Boulder CO 80304 / US
	12 / Tetzlaff, Philip M. 1690 Rockview Circle Superior CO 80027 / US
Representative(s)	Hoffmann Eitle Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB Arabellastrasse 30 81925 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2013/31]	HOFFMANN EITLE Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4 81925 München / DE
Former [2004/45]	HOFFMANN - EITLE Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4 81925 München / DE
Application number, filing date	04009964.0	27.04.2004
	[2004/45]
Priority number, date	US20030427832	01.05.2003 Original published format: US 427832
	[2004/45]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1472984
	Date:	03.11.2004
	Language:	EN
	[2004/45]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1472984
	Date:	31.07.2013
	Language:	EN
	[2013/31]
	Type:	B8 Corrected title page of specification
	No.:	EP1472984
	Date:	11.09.2013
	[2013/37]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	28.07.2004
Classification	IPC:	A61B18/12	[2004/45]
	CPC:	A61B18/1445 (EP,US); A61B18/1206 (EP,US); A61B18/1442 (EP,US); A61B2018/00404 (EP,US); A61B2018/00601 (EP,US); A61B2018/0063 (EP,US); (+) A61B2018/00702 (EP,US); A61B2018/00726 (EP,US); A61B2018/00791 (EP,US); A61B2018/00827 (EP,US); A61B2018/00875 (EP,US); A61B2018/00892 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting states	DE, ES, FR, GB, IE, IT [2005/29]
Former [2004/45]	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
Title	German:	Regelungssystem zur Durchführung eines elektrochirurgischen Prozesses	[2009/19]
	English:	Control system for performing electrosurgical procedures	[2009/19]
	French:	Système de contrôle pour effectuer une opération électrochirurgicale	[2009/19]
	Former [2004/45]	Regelungsverfahren und System zur Durchführung eines elektrochirurgischen Prozesses
	Former [2004/45]	Method and control system for performing electrosurgical procedures
	Former [2004/45]	Procédé de contrôle et système pour effectuer une opération électrochirurgicale
Examination procedure	14.04.2005	Examination requested [2005/23]
	22.02.2007	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	13.07.2007	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	15.01.2008	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	09.07.2008	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	04.12.2009	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	14.06.2010	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	14.09.2011	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	19.01.2012	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	07.09.2012	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	17.01.2013	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	18.02.2013	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	17.06.2013	Fee for grant paid
	17.06.2013	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)	The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 22.02.2007
Opposition(s)	02.05.2014	No opposition filed within time limit [2014/28]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	26.04.2006	Renewal fee patent year 03
	27.04.2007	Renewal fee patent year 04
	25.04.2008	Renewal fee patent year 05
	29.04.2009	Renewal fee patent year 06
	26.04.2010	Renewal fee patent year 07
	25.04.2011	Renewal fee patent year 08
	25.04.2012	Renewal fee patent year 09
	29.04.2013	Renewal fee patent year 10
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	ES	31.07.2013
	IT	31.07.2013
	[2014/24]
Former [2014/12]	ES	31.07.2013
Documents cited:	Search	[X]US5558671 (YATES DAVID C [US]) [X] 8-10,12-24,26-29,31-34 * column 6, line 33 - line 59 * * column 8, line 8 - column 10, line 18 *;
		[X]US5722975 (EDWARDS STUART D [US], et al) [X] 8-10,12-24,26-34 * column 4, line 14 - line 44 * * column 5, line 66 - column 6, line 18 * * column 6, line 59 - column 7, line 24 * * column 11, line 12 - line 49 *;
		[A]EP0878169 (ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC [US]) [A] 15* column 12, line 18 - line 36 *;
		[X]US2002035363 (EDWARDS STUART D [US], et al) [X] 8-10,12-34 * paragraph [0079] - paragraph [0092]; figure 9 *;
		[DX]US6398779 (BUYSSE STEVEN P [US], et al) [DX] 8-29,31-34 * column 4, line 38 - line 65 * * column 6, line 66 - column 7, line 20 * * column 9, line 54 - column 12, line 53 *
	Examination	WO0232333
	by applicant	WO0232333
		US6398779

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