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EP2409653
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| EP2409653 - Vessel sealing instrument with electrical cutting mechanism [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 17.02.2017 Database last updated on 13.07.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 17.02.2017 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 22.03.2017 [2017/12] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Covidien AG Victor von Bruns-Strasse 19 8212 Neuhausen am Rheinfall / CH | [2012/04] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
D. Johnson, Kristin 856 Trail Ridge Drive Louisville, CO 80027 / US | 02 /
Couture, Gary M. 51 21st Avenue Unit 36 Longmont, CO 80501 / US | 03 /
Unger, Jeff 1732 Clover Creek Drive Longmont, CO 80503 / US | 04 /
Sharp, Robert 4138 Amber Street Boulder, CO 80304 / US | 05 /
Garrison, David M. 2324 Creekside Drive Longmont, CO 80504 / US | 06 /
Dycus, Sean T. Holderbachweg 28 8046 Zurich / CH | 07 /
Hixson, David 2358 Eagleview Circle Longmont, CO 80504 / US | 08 /
Weinberg, Craig 4132 Decatur Street Denver, CO 80211 / US | [2012/04] | Representative(s) | Soames, Candida Jane, et al Maschio & Soames IP Limited 30 Carlton Crescent Southampton SO15 2EW / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2016/15] | Soames, Candida Jane, et al Maschio & Soames IP Limited 20 Carlton Crescent Southampton, SO15 2ET / GB | ||
| Former [2012/04] | HOFFMANN EITLE Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastraße 4 81925 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 11185582.1 | 04.05.2007 | [2012/04] | Priority number, date | US20060418876 | 05.05.2006 Original published format: US 418876 | [2012/04] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP2409653 | Date: | 25.01.2012 | Language: | EN | [2012/04] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP2409653 | Date: | 21.11.2012 | Language: | EN | [2012/47] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2409653 | Date: | 13.04.2016 | Language: | EN | [2016/15] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 24.10.2012 | Classification | IPC: | A61B17/072, A61B18/14 | [2012/04] | CPC: |
A61B18/1445 (EP,US);
A61B17/07207 (EP,US);
A61B18/1442 (EP,US);
A61B18/18 (EP,US);
A61B2017/00026 (EP,US);
A61B2017/00084 (EP,US);
A61B2017/2945 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00404 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00601 (EP,US);
A61B2018/0063 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00702 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00791 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00875 (EP,US);
A61B2018/1432 (EP,US);
A61B2090/034 (EP,US);
Y10T29/49826 (EP,US)
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| Designated contracting states | DE, ES, FR, GB, IE, IT [2016/15] |
| Former [2012/04] | DE, ES, FR, GB, IE, IT | Title | German: | Gefäßversiegelungsinstrument mit elektrischem Schneidemechanismus | [2012/04] | English: | Vessel sealing instrument with electrical cutting mechanism | [2012/04] | French: | Instrument d'obturation de vaisseaux avec un mécanisme de découpe électrique | [2012/04] | Examination procedure | 19.03.2013 | Examination requested [2013/18] | 21.05.2013 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 17.06.2013 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 22.10.2013 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 06.05.2014 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 12.09.2014 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 18.06.2015 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 07.10.2015 | Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO | 23.10.2015 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 19.02.2016 | Fee for grant paid | 19.02.2016 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 19.02.2016 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Parent application(s) Tooltip | EP07009029.5 / EP1852081 | EP09166831.9 / EP2110093 | Divisional application(s) | EP16155825.9 / EP3078342 | Opposition(s) | 16.01.2017 | No opposition filed within time limit [2017/12] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 18.10.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 18.10.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 18.10.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 25.05.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 28.05.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 27.05.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 04.05.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 09 |
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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 | ES | 13.04.2016 | IT | 13.04.2016 | [2017/04] |
| Former [2016/50] | ES | 13.04.2016 | Documents cited: | Search | [X]US2003078577 (TRUCKAI CSABA [US], et al) [X] 1,3-6,10-14 * paragraphs [0072] - [0076]; figure 16 *; | [A]WO2004098383 (SHERWOOD SERV AG [CH], et al) [A] 1-17 * pages 12-14; figure 2a *; | [A]US2005171535 (TRUCKAI CSABA [US], et al) [A] 1-17 * paragraphs [0077] - [0079]; figure 16 *; | [A]US5755717 (YATES DAVID C [US], et al) [A] 1-17 | Examination | US2005113826 | by applicant | EP1852081 |