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EP About this file: EP0798985

EP0798985 - SEPARABLE ECONOMICALLY PARTIALLY DISPOSABLE FLEXIBLE BIOPSY FORCEPS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  05.12.2003
Database last updated on 26.03.2025
Most recent event   Tooltip19.01.2004Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): BE		published on 03.03.2004  [2004/10]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
BALLARD MEDICAL PRODUCTS
12050 Lone Peak Parkway
Draper, UT 84020 / US
[1997/41]
Inventor(s)01 / PAULDRACH, Georg
Porschestrasse 22
D-30827 Garbsen / DE
[1997/41]
Representative(s)Davies, Christopher Robert, et al
Dehns
St Bride's House
10 Salisbury Square
London EC4Y 8JD / GB
[N/P]
Former [2001/06]Davies, Christopher Robert, et al
Frank B. Dehn & Co., European Patent Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 4EL / GB
Former [2000/24]Pohlman, Sandra M., et al
Frohwitter Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Possartstrasse 20
81679 München / DE
Former [1997/41]Orr, William McLean, et al
Urquhart-Dykes & Lord, Tower House, Merrion Way
Leeds LS2 8PA / GB
Application number, filing date95939826.408.11.1995
[1997/41]
WO1995US14515
Priority number, dateUS1994036088721.12.1994         Original published format: US 360887
[1997/41]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9619150
Date:27.06.1996
Language:EN
[1996/29]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0798985
Date:08.10.1997
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 27.06.1996 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1997/41]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0798985
Date:29.01.2003
Language:EN
[2003/05]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US27.06.1996
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP04.02.1998
ClassificationIPC:A61B17/28
[1997/41]
CPC:
A61B10/06 (EP,US); A61B17/29 (EP,US); A61B2017/0023 (EP,US);
A61B2017/2905 (EP,US); A61B2017/2931 (EP,US); A61B2090/0813 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [1997/41]
TitleGerman:ÖKONOMISCHE, ZERLEGBARE UND TEILS AUS EINWEGELEMENTEN BESTEHENDE BIOPSIEZANGE[2002/10]
English:SEPARABLE ECONOMICALLY PARTIALLY DISPOSABLE FLEXIBLE BIOPSY FORCEPS[1997/41]
French:FORCEPS POUR BIOPSIE FLEXIBLES, DEMONTABLES, ECONOMIQUES ET PARTIELLEMENT JETABLES[1997/41]
Former [1997/41]ÖKONOMISCHE, ZERLEGBARE UND TEILWEISE VERWERFBARE BIOPSIEZANGE
Entry into regional phase18.11.1996National basic fee paid 
18.11.1996Search fee paid 
18.11.1996Designation fee(s) paid 
18.11.1996Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure28.03.1996Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
18.11.1996Examination requested  [1997/42]
13.10.1999Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M08)
23.06.2000Reply to a communication from the examining division
04.02.2002Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
16.08.2002Communication of intention to grant the patent
18.11.2002Fee for grant paid
18.11.2002Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)30.10.2003No opposition filed within time limit [2004/04]
Fees paidRenewal fee
18.11.1996Renewal fee patent year 03
22.10.1998Renewal fee patent year 04
21.10.1999Renewal fee patent year 05
10.11.2000Renewal fee patent year 06
07.11.2001Renewal fee patent year 07
07.11.2002Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT29.01.2003
BE29.01.2003
CH29.01.2003
GR29.01.2003
LI29.01.2003
DK29.04.2003
PT29.04.2003
SE29.04.2003
ES30.07.2003
[2004/10]
Former [2004/04]AT29.01.2003
CH29.01.2003
GR29.01.2003
LI29.01.2003
DK29.04.2003
PT29.04.2003
SE29.04.2003
ES30.07.2003
Former [2004/02]AT29.01.2003
CH29.01.2003
GR29.01.2003
LI29.01.2003
DK29.04.2003
PT29.04.2003
SE29.04.2003
Former [2003/47]AT29.01.2003
CH29.01.2003
GR29.01.2003
LI29.01.2003
PT29.04.2003
SE29.04.2003
Former [2003/46]CH29.01.2003
GR29.01.2003
LI29.01.2003
PT29.04.2003
SE29.04.2003
Former [2003/43]CH29.01.2003
LI29.01.2003
PT29.04.2003
SE29.04.2003
Former [2003/40]CH29.01.2003
LI29.01.2003
SE29.04.2003
Former [2003/30]SE29.04.2003
Documents cited:Search[A]US4785825  (ROMANIUK PAUL [DD], et al) [A] 1 * column 2, line 14 * * column 2, line 36 - line 45 ** column 2, line 55 - line 57 *
International search[X]EP0225045  (MILL ROSE LAB [US]);
 [Y]US4817630  (SCHINTGEN JEAN-MARIE [FR], et al)
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