| EP2866679 - SURGICAL TISSUE CONNECTORS FOR THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY [Right-click to bookmark this link] | |||
| Former [2015/19] | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING SURGICAL TISSUE CONNECTORS INTO AN ABDOMINAL CAVITY AND REMOVING THE SURGICAL TISSUE CONNECTORS FROM THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY | ||
| [2018/20] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 13.09.2019 Database last updated on 26.03.2026 | |
| Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 05.10.2018 | ||
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 24.05.2018 | ||
| Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 07.04.2017 | 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 FREEHOLD SURGICAL, INC. 150 Union Square Drive New Hope PA 18938 / US | [2018/45] |
| Former [2015/19] | For all designated states FREEHOLD SURGICAL, INC 150 Union Square Drive New Hope PA 18938 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
SMITH, Jeffrey 10 Via Ricasol No.A416 Irvine, CA 92612 / US | 02 /
SHERMAN, Darren, R. 1216 SE 5th Court Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 / US | [2015/19] | Representative(s) | Mewburn Ellis LLP Aurora Building Counterslip Bristol BS1 6BX / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2018/45] | Webster, Jeremy Mark, et al Mewburn Ellis LLP City Tower 40 Basinghall Street London EC2V 5DE / GB | ||
| Former [2015/19] | Webster, Jeremy Mark, et al Mewburn Ellis LLP 33 Gutter Lane London EC2V 8AS / GB | Application number, filing date | 13809773.8 | 26.06.2013 | [2018/45] | WO2013US47862 | Priority number, date | US201261666380P | 29.06.2012 Original published format: US 201261666380 P | [2015/19] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2014004654 | Date: | 03.01.2014 | Language: | EN | [2014/01] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2866679 | Date: | 06.05.2015 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 03.01.2014 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2015/19] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2866679 | Date: | 07.11.2018 | Language: | EN | [2018/45] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 03.01.2014 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 26.04.2016 | Classification | IPC: | A61B17/04, A61B17/02 | [2016/21] | CPC: |
A61B17/0401 (EP,CN,US);
A61B17/105 (US);
A61B17/00234 (US);
A61B17/0218 (EP,US);
A61B17/0469 (EP,CN,US);
A61B17/08 (US);
A61B17/10 (US);
A61B2017/00362 (US);
A61B2017/0409 (EP,CN,US);
A61B2017/0411 (EP,CN,US);
A61B2017/0414 (EP,CN,US);
A61B2017/0446 (EP,CN,US);
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| Former IPC [2015/19] | A61B17/04 | 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 [2015/19] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Title | German: | CHIRURGISCHER GEWEBEVERBINDER FÜR DIE BAUCHHÖHLE | [2018/20] | English: | SURGICAL TISSUE CONNECTORS FOR THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY | [2018/20] | French: | RACCORDS DE TISSU CHIRURGICAUX POUR LA CAVITÉ ABDOMINALE | [2018/20] |
| Former [2015/19] | VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR ABGABE CHIRURGISCHER GEWEBEVERBINDER IN DIE BAUCHHÖHLE UND ZUR ENTFERNUNG DER CHIRURGISCHEN GEWEBEVERBINDER AUS DER BAUCHHÖHLE | ||
| Former [2015/19] | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING SURGICAL TISSUE CONNECTORS INTO AN ABDOMINAL CAVITY AND REMOVING THE SURGICAL TISSUE CONNECTORS FROM THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY | ||
| Former [2015/19] | APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉ POUR POSER DES RACCORDS DE TISSU CHIRURGICAUX DANS UNE CAVITÉ ABDOMINALE ET RETIRER LES RACCORDS DE TISSU CHIRURGICAUX DE LA CAVITÉ ABDOMINALE | Entry into regional phase | 29.01.2015 | National basic fee paid | 29.01.2015 | Search fee paid | 29.01.2015 | Designation fee(s) paid | 29.01.2015 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 04.12.2013 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 29.01.2015 | Examination requested [2015/19] | 22.11.2016 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 07.04.2017 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 14.09.2017 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 25.05.2018 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 28.09.2018 | Fee for grant paid | 28.09.2018 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 28.09.2018 | 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 07.04.2017 | Opposition(s) | 08.08.2019 | No opposition filed within time limit [2019/42] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 31.03.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 27.06.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 27.06.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 27.06.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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