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EP2598065 - DEVICE FOR PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2013/23]	DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION
	[2019/37]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 16.10.2020 Database last updated on 15.06.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 08.11.2019
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 22.08.2019
Most recent event Tooltip	08.07.2022	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK	published on 10.08.2022 [2022/32]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Medtronic Cryocath LP 199 Bay Street Suite 5300 Toronto, Ontario M5L 1B9 / CA
	[2013/23]
Inventor(s)	01 / WITTENBERGER, Dan 1967 Chemin du Board-du-Lac L'ile Bizard Québec H9E 1A6 / CA
	02 / DEAC, Ioana Alina 3056 Rue Labelle Vaudreuil-Dorion Québec J7V 8H8 / CA
	03 / LALONDE, Jean-Pierre 19 Adams Candiac Québec J5R 3K5 / CA
	04 / DE ROY, Deborah A. 14 Middleton Dollard-des-Ormeaux Québec H9A 1T2 / CA
	[2013/23]
Representative(s)	FRKelly Waterways House Grand Canal Quay Dublin D02 PD39 / IE
	[N/P]
Former [2019/50]	FRKelly 27 Clyde Road Dublin D04 F838 / IE
Former [2013/23]	Casey, Lindsay Joseph FRKelly 27 Clyde Road Ballsbridge Dublin 4 / IE
Application number, filing date	11811672.2	18.07.2011
	[2019/50]
	WO2011CA00822
Priority number, date	US20100845312	28.07.2010 Original published format: US 845312
	[2013/23]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2012012869
	Date:	02.02.2012
	Language:	EN
	[2012/05]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2598065
	Date:	05.06.2013
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 02.02.2012 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2013/23]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2598065
	Date:	11.12.2019
	Language:	EN
	[2019/50]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	CA	02.02.2012
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	18.01.2017
Classification	IPC:	A61B18/02, A61B18/04, // A61B18/00	[2019/37]
	CPC:	A61B18/02 (EP,US); A61B18/1492 (EP,US); A61B2018/00255 (EP,US); A61B2018/00285 (EP,US); A61B2018/00375 (EP,US); A61B2018/00577 (EP,US); (+) A61B2018/00994 (EP,US); A61B2018/0212 (EP,US); A61B2018/0262 (EP,US) (-)
	Former IPC [2017/02]	A61B18/02, A61B17/94, A61B18/04, A61B5/046, A61F7/12, A61M25/10, A61M25/14, // A61B18/00
	Former IPC [2013/23]	A61B18/02, A61B17/94, A61B18/04, A61B5/046, A61F7/12, A61M25/10, A61M25/14
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, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2013/23]
Title	German:	VORRICHTUNG ZUR LUNGENVENEISOLIERUNG	[2019/37]
	English:	DEVICE FOR PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION	[2019/37]
	French:	DISPOSITIF D'ISOLATION DE VEINE PULMONAIRE	[2019/37]
	Former [2013/23]	VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR LUNGENVENEISOLIERUNG
	Former [2013/23]	DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION
	Former [2013/23]	DISPOSITIF ET PROCÉDÉ D'ISOLATION DE VEINE PULMONAIRE
Entry into regional phase	28.02.2013	National basic fee paid
	28.02.2013	Search fee paid
	28.02.2013	Designation fee(s) paid
	28.02.2013	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	28.02.2013	Examination requested [2013/23]
	19.07.2017	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	23.08.2019	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	25.10.2019	Fee for grant paid
	25.10.2019	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	25.10.2019	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 23.08.2019
Opposition(s)	14.09.2020	No opposition filed within time limit [2020/47]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	29.07.2013	Renewal fee patent year 03
	28.07.2014	Renewal fee patent year 04
	27.07.2015	Renewal fee patent year 05
	27.07.2016	Renewal fee patent year 06
	27.07.2017	Renewal fee patent year 07
	24.07.2018	Renewal fee patent year 08
	22.07.2019	Renewal fee patent year 09
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	18.07.2011
	AL	11.12.2019
	AT	11.12.2019
	CY	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	MK	11.12.2019
	MT	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	TR	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
	GB	18.07.2020
	IE	18.07.2020
	LU	18.07.2020
	BE	31.07.2020
	CH	31.07.2020
	LI	31.07.2020
	[2022/32]
Former [2022/27]	HU	18.07.2011
	AL	11.12.2019
	AT	11.12.2019
	CY	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	MT	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	TR	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
	GB	18.07.2020
	IE	18.07.2020
	LU	18.07.2020
	BE	31.07.2020
	CH	31.07.2020
	LI	31.07.2020
Former [2022/26]	AL	11.12.2019
	AT	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	TR	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
	GB	18.07.2020
	IE	18.07.2020
	LU	18.07.2020
	BE	31.07.2020
	CH	31.07.2020
	LI	31.07.2020
Former [2021/37]	AL	11.12.2019
	AT	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
	GB	18.07.2020
	IE	18.07.2020
	LU	18.07.2020
	BE	31.07.2020
	CH	31.07.2020
	LI	31.07.2020
Former [2021/24]	AL	11.12.2019
	AT	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
	GB	18.07.2020
	LU	18.07.2020
	BE	31.07.2020
	CH	31.07.2020
	LI	31.07.2020
Former [2021/22]	AL	11.12.2019
	AT	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
	GB	18.07.2020
	LU	18.07.2020
	CH	31.07.2020
	LI	31.07.2020
Former [2021/20]	AL	11.12.2019
	AT	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
	LU	18.07.2020
	CH	31.07.2020
	LI	31.07.2020
Former [2021/15]	AL	11.12.2019
	AT	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	MC	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
Former [2021/10]	AL	11.12.2019
	AT	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	IT	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
Former [2020/51]	AL	11.12.2019
	AT	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	PL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SI	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
Former [2020/47]	AL	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	DK	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
Former [2020/40]	AL	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	IS	11.04.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
Former [2020/37]	AL	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	SK	11.12.2019
	SM	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
Former [2020/36]	AL	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	EE	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
	PT	06.05.2020
Former [2020/35]	AL	11.12.2019
	CZ	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	RO	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
Former [2020/32]	AL	11.12.2019
	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	NL	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
Former [2020/26]	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	HR	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	RS	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
Former [2020/23]	ES	11.12.2019
	FI	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	LV	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
	GR	12.03.2020
Former [2020/22]	FI	11.12.2019
	LT	11.12.2019
	SE	11.12.2019
	BG	11.03.2020
	NO	11.03.2020
Former [2020/21]	NO	11.03.2020
Documents cited:	Search	[XI]US2008243111 (GAMMIE JAMES [US], et al) [X] 1-3,5-11 * paragraphs [0045] - [0046] * * paragraphs [0048] - [0051] * * paragraph [0054] * * figure 5 * * figures 6-9 * * figures 14-17 * [I] 4;
		[XI]WO0200128 (CRYOCATH TECHNOLOGIES INC [CA], et al) [X] 1-3,5-9,11 * paragraphs [0043] - [0047] * * figures 4,5 * [I] 10;
		[E]WO2011091509 (MEDTRONIC CRYOCATH LP [CA]) [E] 1-6,8,9,11 * page 5, lines 4-22 * * page 7, line 30 - page 8, line 10; figure 3 *;
		[E]WO2011091507 (MEDTRONIC CRYOCATH LP [CA]) [E] 1-3,5,6,8,9,11 * page 10, line 15 - page 13, line 14 * * figures 14a,14b,15,16,17a,17b *
	International search	[X]CA2666334 (CRYOCATH TECHNOLOGIES INC [CA]);
		[Y]CA2673180 (CRYOCATH TECHNOLOGIES INC [CA])
	Examination	EP2158866
		WO0152781

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