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EP2263593 - Multi-component telepresence system [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2010/51]Multi-component telepresence system and method
[2014/43]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  15.01.2016
Database last updated on 24.04.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip07.10.2016Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IE
published on 09.11.2016  [2016/45]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
1266 Kifer Road, Building 101
Sunnyvale CA 94086 / US
[2010/51]
Inventor(s)01 / Cooper, Thomas G.
304 Concord Drive
Menlo Park, CA 94025 / US
 [2015/11]
Former [2010/51]01 / Cooper, Thomas G.
304 Concord Drive
Menlo Park, CA 94025 / US
Representative(s)MacDougall, Alan John Shaw
Mathys & Squire The Shard
32 London Bridge Street
London SE1 9SG / GB
[N/P]
Former [2015/11]MacDougall, Alan John Shaw
Mathys & Squire LLP The Shard
32 London Bridge Street
London SE1 9SG / GB
Former [2010/51]MacDougall, Alan John Shaw
Mathys & Squire LLP 120 Holborn London
EC1N 2SQ / GB
Application number, filing date10182920.810.12.1997
[2010/51]
Priority number, dateUS19960033321P12.12.1996         Original published format: US 33321 P
[2010/51]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP2263593
Date:22.12.2010
Language:EN
[2010/51]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP2263593
Date:13.03.2013
Language:EN
[2013/11]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2263593
Date:11.03.2015
Language:EN
[2015/11]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP11.02.2013
ClassificationIPC:A61B19/00, // A61B19/08
[2014/43]
CPC:
A61B46/13 (EP,US); A61B34/30 (EP,US); A61B34/35 (EP,US);
A61B34/37 (EP,US); A61B34/71 (EP,US); A61B34/76 (EP,US);
A61B2017/00482 (EP,US); A61B2034/305 (EP,US); A61B2090/0803 (EP,US);
A61B2090/0814 (EP,US); A61B2090/506 (EP,US); A61B90/361 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2010/51]A61B19/00
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [2010/51]
TitleGerman:Tele-Anwesenheitsanordnung mit Mehrfachkomponenten[2014/43]
English:Multi-component telepresence system[2014/43]
French:Système de télépresence multicomposant[2014/43]
Former [2010/51]Tele-Anwesenheitsanordnung und -verfahren mit Mehrfachkomponenten
Former [2010/51]Multi-component telepresence system and method
Former [2010/51]Système de télépresence multicomposant et procédé correspondant
Examination procedure13.09.2013Examination requested  [2013/43]
22.10.2013Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the Extended European Search Report/Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority/International Preliminary Examination Report/Supplementary international search report not received in time
24.12.2013Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
07.05.2014Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
12.09.2014Reply to a communication from the examining division
03.10.2014Communication of intention to grant the patent
30.01.2015Fee for grant paid
30.01.2015Fee for publishing/printing paid
30.01.2015Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP97949717.9  / EP1015068
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 (EP19970949717) is  15.07.2008
Opposition(s)14.12.2015No opposition filed within time limit [2016/07]
Request for further processing for:The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the Extended European Search Report/Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority/International Preliminary Examination Report/Supplementary international search report/Supplementary European search report
24.12.2013Request for further processing filed
24.12.2013Full payment received (date of receipt of payment)
Request granted
15.01.2014Decision despatched
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.01.2011Renewal fee patent year 03
27.01.2011Renewal fee patent year 04
27.01.2011Renewal fee patent year 05
27.01.2011Renewal fee patent year 06
27.01.2011Renewal fee patent year 07
27.01.2011Renewal fee patent year 08
27.01.2011Renewal fee patent year 09
27.01.2011Renewal fee patent year 10
27.01.2011Renewal fee patent year 11
27.01.2011Renewal fee patent year 12
27.01.2011Renewal fee patent year 13
23.12.2010Renewal fee patent year 14
23.12.2011Renewal fee patent year 15
19.12.2012Renewal fee patent year 16
27.12.2013Renewal fee patent year 17
22.12.2014Renewal fee patent year 18
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT11.03.2015
BE11.03.2015
DK11.03.2015
ES11.03.2015
FI11.03.2015
MC11.03.2015
SE11.03.2015
GR12.06.2015
PT13.07.2015
IE10.12.2015
LU10.12.2015
[2016/45]
Former [2016/37]AT11.03.2015
BE11.03.2015
DK11.03.2015
ES11.03.2015
FI11.03.2015
MC11.03.2015
SE11.03.2015
GR12.06.2015
PT13.07.2015
LU10.12.2015
Former [2016/34]AT11.03.2015
DK11.03.2015
ES11.03.2015
FI11.03.2015
MC11.03.2015
SE11.03.2015
GR12.06.2015
PT13.07.2015
LU10.12.2015
Former [2016/33]AT11.03.2015
DK11.03.2015
ES11.03.2015
FI11.03.2015
MC11.03.2015
SE11.03.2015
GR12.06.2015
PT13.07.2015
Former [2016/07]AT11.03.2015
DK11.03.2015
ES11.03.2015
FI11.03.2015
SE11.03.2015
GR12.06.2015
PT13.07.2015
Former [2015/51]AT11.03.2015
ES11.03.2015
FI11.03.2015
SE11.03.2015
GR12.06.2015
PT13.07.2015
Former [2015/49]ES11.03.2015
FI11.03.2015
SE11.03.2015
GR12.06.2015
PT13.07.2015
Former [2015/37]ES11.03.2015
FI11.03.2015
SE11.03.2015
GR12.06.2015
Former [2015/36]ES11.03.2015
FI11.03.2015
SE11.03.2015
Former [2015/33]ES11.03.2015
Documents cited:Search[A]WO9220295  (KOIVUKANGAS JOHN [FI]) [A] 1-13 * page 5, line 14 - page 6, line 30; figures 1,3,4 *;
 [A]US5184601  (PUTMAN JOHN M [US]) [A] 1-13 * column 10, line 56 - line 65; figure 7 *;
 [A]WO9403113  (COMPUTER MOTION INC [US]) [A] 1-13* figure 11 *;
 [A]US5400267  (DENEN DENNIS J [US], et al) [A] 1-13 * abstract *;
 [A]US5571110  (MATSEN III FREDERICK A [US], et al) [A] 1-13 * column 14, line 31 - line 64; figures 8-10 *
by applicantUS19940239086
 US19950504301
 US19950517053
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