EP2253279 - Attachable clamp for use with surgical instruments [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 17.05.2013 Database last updated on 22.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 12.10.2018 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): AL | published on 14.11.2018 [2018/46] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Covidien LP 15 Hampshire Street Mansfield, MA 02048 / US | [2012/52] |
Former [2011/44] | For all designated states Tyco Healthcare Group LP Mailstop 8 N-1 555 Long Wharf Drive New Haven, CT 06511 / US | ||
Former [2010/47] | For all designated states Tyco Healthcare Group LP 60 Middletown Avenue North Haven, CT 06473 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Kasvikis, Dino 8221 Town Brooke Middletown, CT 06457 / US | 02 /
O'Donnell, Katelyn 75 Redwood Drive Unit 1104 East Haven, CT 06513 / US | [2012/28] |
Former [2010/47] | 01 /
Kasvikis, Dino 8221 Town Brooke Middletown, CT 06457 / US | ||
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O'Donnell, Katelyn 75 Redwood Drive, Unit 1104 East Haven, CT 06513 / US | Representative(s) | Soames, Candida Jane, et al Maschio & Soames IP Limited 30 Carlton Crescent Southampton SO15 2EW / GB | [N/P] |
Former [2012/28] | Soames, Candida Jane, et al Edwards Wildman Innovations LLP 20 Carlton Crescent Southampton SO15 2ET / GB | ||
Former [2011/45] | Soames, Candida Jane, et al Edwards Wildman Innovations LLP 10 Carlton Crescent Southampton SO15 2EZ / GB | ||
Former [2010/47] | Soames, Candida Jane Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Innovations LLP 10 Carlton Crescent Southampton SO15 2EZ / GB | Application number, filing date | 10250934.6 | 17.05.2010 | [2010/47] | Priority number, date | US20090467324 | 18.05.2009 Original published format: US 467324 | [2010/47] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2253279 | Date: | 24.11.2010 | Language: | EN | [2010/47] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2253279 | Date: | 11.07.2012 | Language: | EN | [2012/28] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 26.08.2010 | Classification | IPC: | A61B17/072 | [2010/47] | CPC: |
A61B1/0014 (EP,US);
A61B17/068 (US);
A61B17/07207 (EP,US);
A61B18/1445 (EP,US);
A61B2017/00296 (EP,US);
A61B2017/07221 (EP,US);
A61B2017/2808 (EP,US);
A61B2017/2923 (EP,US);
A61B2017/2945 (EP,US);
| Designated contracting states | AL, 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 [2010/47] | Title | German: | Anfügbare Klammer zur Verwendung mit chirurgischen Instrumenten | [2010/47] | English: | Attachable clamp for use with surgical instruments | [2010/47] | French: | Pince pouvant être fixée pour une utilisation avec des instruments chirurgicaux | [2010/47] | Examination procedure | 20.05.2011 | Examination requested [2011/26] | 11.08.2011 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 13.12.2011 | Fee for grant paid | 13.12.2011 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Divisional application(s) | EP11005851.8 / EP2380504 | EP11193444.4 / EP2430988 | The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 11.08.2011 | Opposition(s) | 12.04.2013 | No opposition filed within time limit [2013/25] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 25.05.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 03 |
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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 | 17.05.2010 | AL | 11.07.2012 | AT | 11.07.2012 | BE | 11.07.2012 | CY | 11.07.2012 | CZ | 11.07.2012 | DK | 11.07.2012 | EE | 11.07.2012 | FI | 11.07.2012 | HR | 11.07.2012 | IT | 11.07.2012 | LT | 11.07.2012 | LV | 11.07.2012 | MC | 11.07.2012 | MK | 11.07.2012 | MT | 11.07.2012 | NL | 11.07.2012 | PL | 11.07.2012 | RO | 11.07.2012 | SE | 11.07.2012 | SI | 11.07.2012 | SK | 11.07.2012 | SM | 11.07.2012 | TR | 11.07.2012 | BG | 11.10.2012 | NO | 11.10.2012 | GR | 12.10.2012 | ES | 22.10.2012 | IS | 11.11.2012 | PT | 12.11.2012 | [2018/46] |
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Former [2013/07] | AT | 11.07.2012 | Documents cited: | Search | [A]US5928264 (SUGARBAKER DAVID J [US], et al) [A] 1-16 * columns 3,4, lines 59,25 - columns 5,6, lines 25,5; figures 1,2,15-21 *; | [A]EP1550411 (ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC [US]) [A] 1-16* figures 3,8 *; | [A]EP1935354 (OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP [JP]) [A] 1-16 * paragraphs [0008] , [0009] , [0024]; figures 1,10,11 * | by applicant | US6953139 | US7083618 |