EP2056915 - REFOLDABLE BALLOON AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME [Right-click to bookmark this link] | |||
Former [2009/20] | REFOLDABLE BALLOON AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME | ||
[2013/49] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 13.03.2015 Database last updated on 24.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 15.07.2016 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): LU, TR | published on 17.08.2016 [2016/33] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Boston Scientific Limited Clarendon House 2 Church Street Hamilton HM11 / BM | [2015/01] |
Former [2009/20] | For all designated states Boston Scientific Limited P.O. Box 1317 Seaston House Hastings Christ Church Barbados, West Indies / BB | Inventor(s) | 01 /
HORN, Daniel J. 291 Poplar Drive Shoreview, Minnesota 55126 / US | 02 /
CHEN, John J. 4725 Terraceview Lane North Plymouth, Minnesota 55446 / US | 03 /
FENN, Calvin 9792 Hart Blvd. Monticello, Minnesota 55362 / US | [2009/20] | Representative(s) | Vossius & Partner Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbB Siebertstrasse 3 81675 München / DE | [N/P] |
Former [2014/45] | Vossius & Partner Siebertstrasse 4 81675 München / DE | ||
Former [2014/19] | Hauck Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Neuer Wall 50 20354 Hamburg / DE | ||
Former [2009/20] | Hauck Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Neuer Wall 50 20354 Hamburg / DE | Application number, filing date | 07794612.7 | 07.05.2007 | [2009/20] | WO2007US11010 | Priority number, date | US20060511156 | 28.08.2006 Original published format: US 511156 | [2009/20] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | WO2008027088 | Date: | 06.03.2008 | Language: | EN | [2008/10] | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP2056915 | Date: | 13.05.2009 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 06.03.2008 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2009/20] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2056915 | Date: | 07.05.2014 | Language: | EN | [2014/19] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 17.04.2008 | Classification | IPC: | A61M25/10 | [2009/20] | CPC: |
A61M25/1029 (EP,US);
A61M2025/1004 (EP,US);
A61M25/1038 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | 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 [2009/20] | Title | German: | WIEDERFALTBARER BALLON UND VERFAHREN ZU SEINER HERSTELLUNG | [2013/49] | English: | REFOLDABLE BALLOON AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME | [2013/49] | French: | BALLONNET REPLIABLE ET SON PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION | [2013/49] |
Former [2009/20] | WIEDERFALTBARER BALLON UND VERFAHREN ZU SEINER HERSTELLUNG UND VERWENDUNG | ||
Former [2009/20] | REFOLDABLE BALLOON AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME | ||
Former [2009/20] | BALLONNET REPLIABLE ET SON PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION ET D'UTILISATION | Entry into regional phase | 05.03.2009 | National basic fee paid | 05.03.2009 | Designation fee(s) paid | 05.03.2009 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 05.03.2009 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 05.03.2009 | Examination requested [2009/20] | 08.04.2011 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 03.08.2011 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 20.11.2013 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 26.02.2014 | Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO | 14.03.2014 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 26.03.2014 | Fee for grant paid | 26.03.2014 | 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 08.04.2011 | Opposition(s) | 10.02.2015 | No opposition filed within time limit [2015/16] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 21.08.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 31.03.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 10.05.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 29.03.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 10.05.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | Penalty fee | Additional fee for renewal fee | 31.05.2009 | 03   M06   Fee paid on   21.08.2009 |
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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. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | HU | 07.05.2007 | AT | 07.05.2014 | BE | 07.05.2014 | BG | 07.05.2014 | CY | 07.05.2014 | CZ | 07.05.2014 | DK | 07.05.2014 | EE | 07.05.2014 | ES | 07.05.2014 | FI | 07.05.2014 | IT | 07.05.2014 | LT | 07.05.2014 | LU | 07.05.2014 | LV | 07.05.2014 | MC | 07.05.2014 | MT | 07.05.2014 | NL | 07.05.2014 | PL | 07.05.2014 | RO | 07.05.2014 | SE | 07.05.2014 | SI | 07.05.2014 | SK | 07.05.2014 | TR | 07.05.2014 | CH | 31.05.2014 | LI | 31.05.2014 | FR | 07.07.2014 | GB | 07.08.2014 | GR | 08.08.2014 | IS | 07.09.2014 | PT | 08.09.2014 | [2016/33] |
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