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EP1862138
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| EP1862138 - Electrosurgical instrument that directs energy delivery and protects adjacent tissue [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 13.07.2012 Database last updated on 22.01.2025 | Most recent event Tooltip | 13.07.2012 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 15.08.2012 [2012/33] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Covidien AG Victor von Bruns-Strasse 19 8212 Neuhausen am Rheinfall / CH | [2007/49] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Couture, Gary M. 51 21st Avenue Unit 36 Longmont CO 80501 / US | 02 /
Sharp, Robert 4138 Amber Street Boulder CO 80304 / US | 03 /
Weinberg, Craig 4132 Decatur Street Denver CO 80211 / US | [2011/36] |
| Former [2007/49] | 01 /
Couture, Gary M. 51 21st Avenue Unit 36 Longmont CO 80501 / US | ||
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Sharp, Robert 4138 Amber Street Boulder CO 80304 / US | |||
| 03 /
Weinberg, Craig 4132 Decatur Street Denver CO 80211 / US | Representative(s) | Hoffmann Eitle Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB Arabellastrasse 30 81925 München / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [2011/36] | HOFFMANN EITLE Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4 81925 München / DE | ||
| Former [2007/49] | HOFFMANN EITLE Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4 81925 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 07010672.9 | 30.05.2007 | [2007/49] | Priority number, date | US20060442849 | 30.05.2006 Original published format: US 442849 | [2007/49] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP1862138 | Date: | 05.12.2007 | Language: | EN | [2007/49] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1862138 | Date: | 07.09.2011 | Language: | EN | [2011/36] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 16.10.2007 | Classification | IPC: | A61B18/14, // A61B18/00 | [2007/49] | CPC: |
A61B18/1442 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00023 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00047 (EP,US);
A61B2018/0063 (EP,US);
A61B2018/146 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, ES, FR, GB, IE, IT [2008/33] |
| Former [2007/49] | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR | Title | German: | Elektrochirurgisches Instrument, das die Energieabgabe regelt und umliegendes Gewebe schützt | [2007/49] | English: | Electrosurgical instrument that directs energy delivery and protects adjacent tissue | [2007/49] | French: | Instrument chirurgical qui dirige l'application d'énergie et protège les tissus adjacents | [2007/49] | Examination procedure | 04.06.2008 | Examination requested [2008/29] | 06.06.2008 | Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s) | 04.07.2008 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 11.07.2008 | Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, FI, GR, HU, IS, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR | 04.11.2008 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 24.11.2008 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 27.03.2009 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 29.04.2009 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 09.11.2009 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 17.03.2011 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 15.07.2011 | Fee for grant paid | 15.07.2011 | 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 04.07.2008 | Opposition(s) | 11.06.2012 | No opposition filed within time limit [2012/33] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 27.05.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 25.05.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 25.05.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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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 | [AY]EP1527747 (SHERWOOD SERV AG [CH]) [A] 1 * paragraph [0018] - paragraph [0023] * * paragraph [0029] - paragraph [0034]; claims 1,6 * * paragraph [0042] - paragraph [0043] * * paragraph [0049] - paragraph [0061] *[Y] 4,6,7; | [XY]US2006052778 (CHAPMAN TROY J [US], et al) [X] 1,2,5,8-11 * paragraphs [0010] , [0048] * * paragraph [0051] - paragraph [0053]; figures 1A-4 * * paragraph [0062] * * paragraph [0071] - paragraph [0072] * * paragraph [0102] * [Y] 3,4,6,7; | [AY]US2006079890 (GUERRA PAUL [US]) [A] 1 * paragraph [0051] - paragraph [0054]; figures 1-4 * * paragraph [0085] - paragraph [0086] * [Y] 3 | by applicant | US2176479 | US4005714 | US4031898 | US4370980 | US4552143 | US5026370 | US5116332 | US5290287 | US5312433 | US5443463 | US5484436 | US5827274 | US5951549 | WO2001US11340 | WO2001US11420 | US20020116824 | US20030369894 |