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EP0011944
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP0011944 - Programmable implantable medical device [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | Opposition rejected Status updated on 22.09.1988 Database last updated on 09.04.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 05.10.2005 | Change: Appeal number | Applicant(s) | For all designated states MEDTRONIC, INC. 3055 Old Highway Eight P.O. Box 1453 Minneapolis Minnesota 55440 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1980/12] | For all designated states MEDTRONIC, INC. 3055 Old Highway Eight P.O. Box 1453 Minneapolis Minnesota 55440 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
McDonald, Ray S. 2241 Marion Street St. Paul Minnesota 55113 / US | 02 /
Hartlaub, Jerome T. 2133 Erin Court New Brighton Minnesota 55112 / US | [1980/12] | Representative(s) | Tomlinson, Kerry John, et al Dehns St Bride's House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8JD / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1980/12] | Tomlinson, Kerry John, et al Frank B. Dehn & Co. European Patent Attorneys Imperial House 15-19 Kingsway London WC2B 6UZ / GB | Application number, filing date | 79302460.5 | 05.11.1979 | [1980/12] | Priority number, date | US19780957959 | 06.11.1978 Original published format: US 957959 | [1980/12] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0011944 | Date: | 11.06.1980 | Language: | EN | [1980/12] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0011944 | Date: | 07.01.1981 | Language: | EN | [1981/01] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0011944 | Date: | 24.10.1984 | Language: | EN | [1984/43] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 23.10.1980 | Classification | IPC: | A61N1/36 | [1980/12] | CPC: |
A61N1/37211 (EP,US);
A61N1/3706 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | GB, IT, NL, SE [1980/12] | Title | German: | Programmierbare und implantierbare medizinische Vorrichtung | [1980/12] | English: | Programmable implantable medical device | [1980/12] | French: | Dispositif médical implantable et programmable | [1980/12] | Examination procedure | 24.06.1981 | Examination requested [1981/36] | 09.01.1984 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: ) | 17.04.1984 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 03.07.1984 | Fee for grant paid | 03.07.1984 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | Opponent(s) | 01
24.07.1985
22.08.1985
ADMISSIBLE BIOTRONIK Mess- und Therapiegeräte GmbH & Co Sieversufer 8 D-12359 Berlin / DE Opponent's representative Christiansen, Henning Eisenführ, Speiser & Partner Anna-Louise-Karsch-Strasse 2 10178 Berlin / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [1985/40] | |||
| Opponent(s) | 01
24.07.1985
22.08.1985
ADMISSIBLE BIOTRONIK Mess- und Therapiegeräte GmbH & Co Sieversufer 8 D-12359 Berlin / DE Opponent's representative Christiansen, Henning, Dipl.-Ing. Patentanwalt Pacelliallee 43/45 D-14195 Berlin / DE | 23.08.1985 | Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition | 29.04.1986 | Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition | 21.05.1986 | Communication of observations of patent proprietor (Time limit: M02) | 07.07.1986 | Reply of parties involved to observations of patent proprietor | 21.10.1986 | Date of despatch of rejection of opposition | 31.05.1988 | Legal effect of rejection of opposition [1988/45] | Appeal following opposition | 23.12.1986 | Appeal received No. T0013/87 | 23.02.1987 | Statement of grounds filed | 31.05.1988 | Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the opponent withdrawn | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 16.11.1981 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 13.11.1982 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 15.11.1983 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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