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EP1151342 - DEVICE FOR POSITIONING AT LEAST ONE OPTICAL STRUCTURAL PART WITHIN AN ENDOSCOPIC SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  20.08.2004
Database last updated on 19.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip20.08.2004No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 06.10.2004  [2004/41]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
Mittelstrasse 8
78532 Tuttlingen / DE
[N/P]
Former [2001/45]For all designated states
Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
Mittelstrasse 8
78532 Tuttlingen / DE
Inventor(s)01 / KEHR, Ulrich
Asternweg 14
D-70771 Leinfelden-Echterdingen / DE
 [2003/27]
Former [2001/45]01 / KEHR, Ulrich
Im Steinigen Tal 10/20
D-78532 Tuttlingen / DE
Representative(s)Heuckeroth, Volker, et al
Witte, Weller & Partner
Patentanwälte mbB
Postfach 10 54 62
70047 Stuttgart / DE
[N/P]
Former [2001/45]Heuckeroth, Volker, et al
Witte, Weller & Partner, Patentanwälte, Postfach 105462
70047 Stuttgart / DE
Application number, filing date00907485.728.01.2000
[2001/45]
WO2000EP00659
Priority number, dateDE199910343729.01.1999         Original published format: DE 19903437
[2001/45]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO0045210
Date:03.08.2000
Language:DE
[2000/31]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1151342
Date:07.11.2001
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 03.08.2000 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2001/45]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1151342
Date:15.10.2003
Language:DE
[2003/42]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP03.08.2000
ClassificationIPC:G02B23/24
[2001/45]
CPC:
A61B1/00165 (EP,US); A61B1/00183 (EP,US); A61B1/00188 (EP,US);
G02B23/2453 (EP,US); G02B26/007 (EP,US); G02B26/008 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [2003/42]
Former [2001/45]AT,  BE,  CH,  CY,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE 
Extension statesALNot yet paid
LTNot yet paid
LVNot yet paid
MKNot yet paid
RONot yet paid
SINot yet paid
TitleGerman:VORRICHTUNG ZUM POSITIONIEREN ZUMINDEST EINES OPTISCHEN BAUELEMENTS INNERHALB EINES ENDOSKOPISCHEN SYSTEMS[2001/45]
English:DEVICE FOR POSITIONING AT LEAST ONE OPTICAL STRUCTURAL PART WITHIN AN ENDOSCOPIC SYSTEM[2001/45]
French:DISPOSITIF POUR LE POSITIONNEMENT D'AU MOINS UN COMPOSANT OPTIQUE A L'INTERIEUR D'UN SYSTEME ENDOSCOPIQUE[2001/45]
Entry into regional phase27.07.2001National basic fee paid 
27.07.2001Designation fee(s) paid 
27.07.2001Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure20.07.2000Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
27.07.2001Examination requested  [2001/45]
12.11.2001Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
16.05.2002Reply to a communication from the examining division
22.04.2003Communication of intention to grant the patent
14.08.2003Fee for grant paid
14.08.2003Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)16.07.2004No opposition filed within time limit [2004/41]
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.07.2001Renewal fee patent year 03
25.01.2003Renewal fee patent year 04
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Cited inInternational search[X]US4820043  (DIENER JOERG [DE]) [X] 1,2,23 * column 2, line 41 - line 48 * * column 3, line 1 - line 16 *;
 [A]US4565423  (UEDA YASUHIRO [JP]) [A] 1,23 * column 4, line 64 - column 5, line 39; figure 6 *;
 [DA]DE19713276  (STORZ KARL GMBH & CO [DE]) [DA] 1-26 * the whole document *
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