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EP1929969
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| EP1929969 - Electrosurgical instrument [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 14.12.2012 Database last updated on 22.05.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 14.12.2012 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 16.01.2013 [2013/03] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Olympus Medical Systems Corp. 43-2, Hatagaya 2-chome Shibuya-ku Tokyo 151-0072 / JP | [N/P] |
| Former [2008/24] | For all designated states Olympus Medical Systems Corp. 43-2, Hatagaya 2-chome, Shibuya-ku Tokyo 151-0072 / JP | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Wakamatsu, Mai c/o Olympus Medical Systems Corp. 43-2, Hatagaya 2-chome Shibuya-ku Tokyo 151-0072 / JP | 02 /
Takashino, Tomoyuki c/o Olympus Medical Systems Corp. 43-2, Hatagaya 2-chome Shibuya-ku Tokyo 151-0072 / JP | [2012/06] |
| Former [2008/24] | 01 /
Wakamatsu, Mai c/o Olympus Medical Systems Corp. 43-2, Hatagaya 2-chome Shibuya-ku Tokyo 151-0072 / JP | ||
| 02 /
Takashino, Tomoyuki c/o Olympus Medical Systems Corp. 43-2, Hatagaya 2-chome Shibuya-ku Tokyo 151-0072 / JP | Representative(s) | von Hellfeld, Axel Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patentanwälte PartG mbB Schweigerstrasse 2 81541 München / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [2012/06] | von Hellfeld, Axel Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Schweigerstrasse 2 81541 München / DE | ||
| Former [2008/24] | von Hellfeld, Axel Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Schweigerstrasse 2 81541 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 07020655.2 | 22.10.2007 | [2008/24] | Priority number, date | US20060633351 | 04.12.2006 Original published format: US 633351 | [2008/24] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP1929969 | Date: | 11.06.2008 | Language: | EN | [2008/24] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP1929969 | Date: | 25.06.2008 | [2008/26] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1929969 | Date: | 08.02.2012 | Language: | EN | [2012/06] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 27.05.2008 | Classification | IPC: | A61B18/14 | [2008/24] | CPC: |
A61B17/00491 (EP,US);
A61B18/1482 (EP,US);
A61B2017/00504 (EP,US);
A61B2018/1472 (EP,US);
A61B2218/002 (EP,US);
A61B2218/003 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB [2009/10] |
| Former [2008/24] | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR | Title | German: | Elektrochirurgisches Instrument | [2008/24] | English: | Electrosurgical instrument | [2008/24] | French: | Instrument électro-chirurgical | [2008/24] | Examination procedure | 22.10.2007 | Examination requested [2008/24] | 30.12.2008 | Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s) | 29.01.2009 | Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, ES, FI, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR | 06.02.2009 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 16.06.2009 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 10.03.2011 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 11.07.2011 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 20.09.2011 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 27.12.2011 | Fee for grant paid | 27.12.2011 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 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 06.02.2009 | Opposition(s) | 09.11.2012 | No opposition filed within time limit [2013/03] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 19.10.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 19.10.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 19.10.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Documents cited: | Search | [Y]EP0546767 (UNISURGE INC [US]) [Y] 10 * abstract * * columns 3,6-7 * * columns 13-14 *; | [A]JPH07250811 (TOSHIBA CORP) [A] 1-4* the whole document *; | [Y]EP0740926 (BERCHTOLD GMBH & CO GEB [DE]) [Y] 1,2,8-10 * abstract * * columns 2-3 *; | [Y]JP2003070914 (OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO) [Y] 1,2,8-10 * paragraphs [0001] , [0017] , [0039] - [0059]; figures 1,5,8 *; | [A]WO03047696 (EKOS CORP [US]) [A] 7 * the whole document *; | [A]WO03075777 (LITHOTECH MEDICAL LTD [IL], et al) [A] 8 * the whole document *; | [A]US2004116793 (TAIMISTO MIRIAM H [US], et al) [A] 9 * the whole document *; | [Y]WO2006038645 (OLYMPUS CORP [JP], et al) [Y] 8 * abstract * * paragraphs [0018] - [0020] - [0026] , [0033] * | by applicant | EP0740926 |