EP2932918 - FASTENER CARTRIDGE COMPRISING TISSUE CONTROL FEATURES [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 12.04.2019 Database last updated on 02.09.2024 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 04.05.2018 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 07.12.2017 | 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 Ethicon LLC 475 Street C, Suite 401 Los Frailes Industrial Park 00969 Guaynabo / PR | [2018/14] |
Former [2015/43] | For all designated states Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. 4545 Creek Road Cincinnati, OH 45242 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Schellin, Emily A. 11919 Snider Road Cincinnati, OH Ohio 45249 / US | 02 /
Shelton, IV, Frederick E. 245 East Main Street Hillsboro, OH Ohio 45133 / US | 03 /
Harris, Jason L. 5435 Hamilton Road Lebanon, OH Ohio 45036 / US | [2015/43] | Representative(s) | Carpmaels & Ransford LLP One Southampton Row London WC1B 5HA / GB | [2015/43] | Application number, filing date | 15163920.0 | 16.04.2015 | [2015/43] | Priority number, date | US201461980281P | 16.04.2014 Original published format: US 201461980281 P | US201414319002 | 30.06.2014 Original published format: US201414319002 | [2015/43] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2932918 | Date: | 21.10.2015 | Language: | EN | [2015/43] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2932918 | Date: | 06.06.2018 | Language: | EN | [2018/23] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 10.07.2015 | Classification | IPC: | A61B17/072 | [2015/43] | CPC: |
A61B17/07207 (EP,CN,US);
A61B17/0644 (EP,CN,US);
A61B17/105 (US);
A61B17/068 (US);
A61B17/0682 (US);
A61B17/072 (US);
A61B17/07292 (EP,CN,US);
A61B90/03 (EP,US);
G06F11/1425 (EP,US);
A61B2017/00057 (EP,CN,US);
A61B2017/00115 (EP,CN,US);
A61B2017/00398 (EP,CN,US);
A61B2017/0046 (EP,CN,US);
A61B2017/00734 (EP,CN,US);
A61B2017/07214 (US);
A61B2017/07235 (EP,CN,US);
A61B2017/07242 (EP,CN,US);
A61B2017/07257 (EP,CN,US);
A61B2017/07264 (EP,CN,US);
A61B2017/07271 (EP,CN,US);
A61B2017/07278 (EP,CN,US);
A61B2090/034 (EP,US);
A61B2090/038 (EP,US);
A61B2090/0801 (EP,US);
A61B2090/0807 (EP,US);
A61B2090/0811 (EP,US);
A61B2090/306 (EP,US);
A61B2090/309 (EP,US)
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Former [2015/43] | 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 | Title | German: | VERSCHLUSSKARTUSCHE MIT GEWEBESTEUERUNGSFUNKTIONEN | [2015/43] | English: | FASTENER CARTRIDGE COMPRISING TISSUE CONTROL FEATURES | [2015/43] | French: | CARTOUCHE DE FIXATION PRÉSENTANT DES FONCTIONNALITÉS DE CONTRÔLE DE TISSUS | [2015/43] | Examination procedure | 21.04.2016 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 21.04.2016 | Examination requested [2016/22] | 08.12.2017 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 09.02.2018 | Fee for grant paid | 09.02.2018 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 09.02.2018 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Divisional application(s) | EP18176069.5 / EP3400883 | Opposition(s) | 07.03.2019 | No opposition filed within time limit [2019/20] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 10.04.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 11.04.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 04 |
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