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EP About this file: EP1679040

EP1679040 - EASILY RETRIEVED BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN POUCH [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  16.11.2012
Database last updated on 03.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip16.11.2012Refusal of applicationpublished on 19.12.2012  [2012/51]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Zhou, Xing
Room 601, Building 12
No. 19, Xianlie Southern Road
Guangzhou
Guangdong 510060 / CN
For all designated states
Li, Yanfang
Room 601, Building 12, No. 19, Xianlie Southern Road Guangzhou
Guangdong 510060 / CN
[N/P]
Former [2006/28]For all designated states
Zhou, Xing
Room 601, Building 12, No. 19, Xianlie Southern Road Guangzhou
Guangdong 510060 / CN
For all designated states
Li, Yanfang
Room 601, Building 12, No. 19, Xianlie Southern Road Guangzhou
Guangdong 510060 / CN
Inventor(s)01 / ZHOU, Xing
Room 601, Bldg. 12, No.19, Xianlie Southern Road
Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060 / CN
02 / LI, Yanfang
Room 601, Bldg. 12, No.19, Xianlie Southern Road
Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060 / CN
03 / GUO, Aijun
Room 601, Bldg 12, No.19, Xianlie Southern Road
Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060 / CN
 [2006/28]
Representative(s)Stenborg, Anders Vilhelm, et al
Aros Patent AB P.O. Box 1544
751 45 Uppsala / SE
[N/P]
Former [2006/28]Stenborg, Anders Vilhelm, et al
Aros Patent AB, P.O. Box 1544
751 45 Uppsala / SE
Application number, filing date04789836.615.10.2004
[2006/28]
WO2004CN01174
Priority number, dateCN2003111181417.10.2003         Original published format: CN200310111814
[2006/28]
Filing languageZH
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2005037107
Date:28.04.2005
Language:EN
[2005/17]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1679040
Date:12.07.2006
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 28.04.2005 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2006/28]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:CN28.04.2005
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP08.04.2010
ClassificationIPC:A61B17/00
[2006/28]
CPC:
A61B10/00 (EP,US); A61B17/221 (EP,US); A61B2017/00287 (EP,US);
A61B2017/00867 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HU,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   TR [2006/28]
Extension statesALNot yet paid
HRNot yet paid
LTNot yet paid
LVNot yet paid
MKNot yet paid
TitleGerman:LEICHT ZURÜCKHOLBARER BIOLOGISCHER PROBENBEUTEL[2006/28]
English:EASILY RETRIEVED BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN POUCH[2006/28]
French:POCHE A ECHANTILLON BIOLOGIQUE DE RECUPERATION FACILE[2006/28]
Entry into regional phase27.03.2006Translation filed 
17.05.2006National basic fee paid 
17.05.2006Search fee paid 
17.05.2006Designation fee(s) paid 
17.05.2006Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure17.05.2006Examination requested  [2006/28]
30.06.2010Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
04.10.2010Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
02.02.2011Reply to a communication from the examining division
10.10.2011Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
07.02.2012Reply to a communication from the examining division
24.07.2012Date of oral proceedings
03.08.2012Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2012/51]
03.08.2012Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
13.08.2012Application refused, date of legal effect [2012/51]
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  04.10.2010
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.10.2006Renewal fee patent year 03
31.10.2007Renewal fee patent year 04
31.10.2008Renewal fee patent year 05
02.11.2009Renewal fee patent year 06
02.11.2010Renewal fee patent year 07
31.10.2011Renewal fee patent year 08
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Documents cited:Search[XI]WO9616601  (GORE & ASS [US]) [X] 1,2,4,7,10-12 * page 7, line 14 - page 8, line 10 * * page 9, lines 10-20 * * figures 1,3,6-9,12 * [I] 3,5,6,8,9,13,14;
 [XI]US5735289  (PFEFFER HERBERT G [US], et al) [X] 1,2,4,6,7,11 * column 4, lines 6-14 * * column 7, lines 33-49 * * figure 8 * [I] 3,5,8-10,12-14;
 [XI]US6270505  (YOSHIDA OSAMU [JP], et al) [X] 1,7,10,11 * column 10, line 37 - column 11, line 12; figures 1,2,3a,3b *[I] 2-6,8,9,12-14;
 [XI]US2003009177  (MIDDLEMAN LEE M [US], et al) [X] 1-12 * paragraphs [0206] - [0208] - [0213] - [0218] - [0239]; figures 3_2, 3_3, 3_4, 3_5, 3_9b * [I] 13,14
International search[A]CN1393206  (ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC [US]);
 [A]CN2178119Y  (ZHANG ZHIXING [CN]);
 [A]CN2497733Y  (LIU FENGRU [CN]);
 [A]CN2489726Y  (JIN HAIMING [CN]);
 [AP]CN1524500  (ZHOU XING [CN]);
 [A]US5980544  (VAITEKUNAS JEFFREY J [US]);
 [A]US5647372  (TOVEY H JONATHAN [US], et al);
 [A]US5480404  (KAMMERER GENE W [US], et al)
by applicantUS2003009177
 WO9616601
 US5735289
 US6270505
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