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EP3679876 - INSTRUMENT USED IN SURGERY AND FLUSHING OF THE INSTRUMENT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  28.04.2023
Database last updated on 24.04.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  22.01.2021
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  12.06.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip19.12.2023New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG
Dr.-Karl-Storz-Straße 34
78532 Tuttlingen / DE
[2020/29]
Inventor(s)01 / Thouément, Yann
14, Rue Claude Couson
78690 Les Essarts-Le-Roi / FR
02 / Kärcher, Daniel
KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG
Dr.-Karl-Storz-Str. 34
78532 Tuttlingen / DE
03 / Besse, Régis
42, Rue de la Foret Verte
78610 Le Perray en Yvelines / FR
 [2020/29]
Application number, filing date19218812.620.12.2019
[2020/29]
Priority number, dateDE20191010060111.01.2019         Original published format: DE102019100601
[2020/29]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3679876
Date:15.07.2020
Language:DE
[2020/29]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP08.04.2020
ClassificationIPC:A61B17/29, A61B17/3201
[2020/29]
CPC:
A61B17/29 (EP); A61B17/3201 (EP); A61B90/70 (EP)
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2021/08]
Former [2020/29]AL,  AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  LV,  MC,  MK,  MT,  NL,  NO,  PL,  PT,  RO,  RS,  SE,  SI,  SK,  SM,  TR 
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:IN DER CHIRURGIE VERWENDETES INSTRUMENT UND SPÜLEN DES INSTRUMENTS[2020/29]
English:INSTRUMENT USED IN SURGERY AND FLUSHING OF THE INSTRUMENT[2020/29]
French:INSTRUMENT UTILISÉ EN CHIRURGIE ET RINÇAGE DE L'INSTRUMENT[2020/29]
Examination procedure14.01.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
14.01.2021Examination requested  [2021/08]
14.01.2021Date on which the examining division has become responsible
28.04.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
14.08.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
16.12.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
20.12.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
19.12.2023Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[A]US4576650  (YABE HISAO [JP], et al) [A] 1-3 * abstract * * column 1, line 51 - line 64 ** column 3, line 42 - column 8, line 4; figures 1-9 *;
 [I]US5408991  (IIDA YOSHIHIRO [JP], et al) [I] 1-3 * abstract * * column 7, line 36 - column 13, line 64; figures 5-6,15-24 *;
 [A]WO0018521  (MINNTECH CORP [US], et al) [A] 1-3 * abstract * * page 4, line 5 - line 8 * * page 10, line 27 - page 24, line 20; figures 3-4,7-8 *;
 [A]US2007112377  (SCHNEITER JAMES A [US]) [A] 1-3 * abstract * * paragraphs [0033] - [0050]; figures 1-6 *;
 [A]US2009287113  (FREEMAN KEN [US]) [A] 1-3 * abstract * * paragraphs [0008] , [0023] - [0027]; figures 1-4 *;
 [A]US2017332891  (YANG SUNGWOOK [US], et al) [A] 1-3 * abstract * * paragraphs [0029] - [0055]; figure 3 *
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