EP2174603 - Trocar assembly [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 11.10.2019 Database last updated on 24.08.2024 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 03.12.2018 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 05.06.2018 | Most recent event Tooltip | 01.07.2022 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK | published on 03.08.2022 [2022/31] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Covidien LP 15 Hampshire Street Mansfield, MA 02048 / US | [2018/49] |
Former [2012/52] | For all designated states Covidien LP 15 Hampshire Street Mansfield, MA 02048 / US | ||
Former [2010/15] | For all designated states Tyco Healthcare Group LP 60 Middletown Avenue North Haven, CT 06473 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Bettuchi, Michael 40 Blacksmith Drive Middletown, CT 06457 / US | 02 /
Smith, Robert C. 126 Long Hill Road Middletown, CT 06457 / US | 03 /
Davis, Michael 24 Serra Drive Middletown, CT 06457 / US | 04 /
Rockrohr, Brian 380 Hitchcok Road Unit 265 Waterbury, CT 06705 / US | 05 /
Fischvogt, Gregory 178 Towne House Road Hamden, CT 06574 / US | [2018/49] |
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Bettuchi, Michael 40 Blacksmith Drive Middletown, CT 06457 / US | ||
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Smith, Robert C. 126 Long Hill Road Middletown, CT 06457 / US | |||
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Davis, Michael 24 Serra Drive Middletown, CT 06457 / US | |||
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Rockrohr, Brian 380 Hitchcok Road Unit 265 Waterbury, CT 06705 / US | |||
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Fischvogt, Gregory 178 Towne House Road Hamden, CT 06574 / US | Representative(s) | Soames, Candida Jane, et al Maschio & Soames IP Limited 30 Carlton Crescent Southampton SO15 2EW / GB | [2018/49] |
Former [2011/45] | Soames, Candida Jane, et al Edwards Wildman Innovations LLP 10 Carlton Crescent Southampton SO15 2EZ / GB | ||
Former [2010/15] | Soames, Candida Jane Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Innovations LLP 10 Carlton Crescent Southampton SO15 2EZ / GB | Application number, filing date | 09252393.5 | 09.10.2009 | [2010/15] | Priority number, date | US20080104433P | 10.10.2008 Original published format: US 104433 P | US20090573283 | 05.10.2009 Original published format: US 573283 | [2010/15] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2174603 | Date: | 14.04.2010 | Language: | EN | [2010/15] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2174603 | Date: | 05.12.2018 | Language: | EN | [2018/49] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 08.03.2010 | Classification | IPC: | A61B17/34 | [2010/15] | CPC: |
A61B17/3462 (EP,US);
A61B17/3421 (EP,US);
A61B17/3474 (EP,US);
A61B17/3496 (EP,US);
A61B17/3498 (EP,US);
A61M39/06 (US);
A61M39/0606 (US);
A61M39/0613 (US);
A61B2017/3464 (US);
A61M2039/0626 (US);
A61M2039/0633 (US);
A61M2039/064 (US);
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2018/49] |
Former [2010/15] | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR | Extension states | AL | Not yet paid | BA | Not yet paid | RS | Not yet paid | Title | German: | Trokareinheit | [2010/15] | English: | Trocar assembly | [2010/15] | French: | Ensemble de trocart | [2010/15] | Examination procedure | 02.08.2010 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 06.10.2010 | Examination requested [2010/46] | 25.11.2014 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 27.03.2015 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 06.06.2018 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 21.09.2018 | Fee for grant paid | 21.09.2018 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 21.09.2018 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | 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 25.11.2014 | Opposition(s) | 06.09.2019 | No opposition filed within time limit [2019/46] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 25.10.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 25.10.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 28.10.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 23.10.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 26.10.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 25.10.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 23.10.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 26.10.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 10 |
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