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EP3226746
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| EP3226746 - METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COUPLING AN OPTICAL INPUT TO AN ILLUMINATION DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The patent has been granted Status updated on 01.03.2024 Database last updated on 06.07.2024 | |
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 23.10.2023 | ||
| Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 20.09.2023 | ||
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 16.05.2023 | ||
| Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 06.11.2020 | ||
| Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 08.09.2017 | ||
| Former | The international publication has been made Status updated on 28.06.2017 | Most recent event Tooltip | 12.04.2024 | Change - divisional application(s) | published on 15.05.2024 [2024/20] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Invuity, Inc. 444 De Haro Street San Francisco CA 94107 / US | [2024/14] |
| Former [2017/41] | For all designated states Invuity, Inc. 444 De Haro Street San Francisco CA 94107 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
WAYNE, David 690 Calabasas Road Watsonville, CA 95076 / US | 02 /
VAYSER, Alex 22411 Rosebriar Mission Viejo, CA 92692 / US | 03 /
RIMER, Douglas 25620 Deerfield Drive Los Alto Hills, CA 94022 / US | 04 /
BOUTILLETTE, Michael 161 Santa Rosa Avenue San Francisco, CA 94112 / US | 05 /
ERISMANN, Fernando 15 East 26th Street, No.18C New York, NY 10010 / US | 06 /
TUDURY, Gaston 263 Staples Avenue San Francisco, CA 94107 / US | 07 /
WEISS, Aaron 3873 Rhoda Avenue Oakland, CA 94602 / US | 08 /
ZAGATSKY, Vladimir 769 17th Avenue San Francisco, CA 94121 / US | [2024/14] |
| Former [2017/41] | 01 /
WAYNE, David 690 Calabasas Road Watsonville, CA 95076 / US | ||
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VAYSER, Alex 22411 Rosebriar Mission Viejo, CA 92692 / US | |||
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RIMER, Douglas 25620 Deerfield Drive Los Alto Hills, CA 94022 / US | |||
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BOUTILLETTE, Michael 161 Santa Rosa Avenue San Francisco, CA 94112 / US | |||
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ERISMANN, Fernando 15 East 26th Street 18C New York, NY 10010 / US | |||
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TUDURY, Gaston 263 Staples Avenue San Francisco, CA 94107 / US | |||
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WEISS, Aaron 3873 Rhoda Avenue Oakland, CA 94602 / US | |||
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ZAGATSKY, Vladimir 769 17th Avenue San Francisco, CA 94121 / US | Representative(s) | Röthinger, Rainer, et al Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patentanwälte und Rechtsanwalt PartG mbB Schweigerstrasse 2 81541 München / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [2024/14] | Röthinger, Rainer, et al Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patentanwälte und Rechsanwalt PartG mbB Schweigerstrasse 2 81541 München / DE | ||
| Former [2017/41] | Clark, Jane Anne, et al Mathys & Squire LLP The Shard 32 London Bridge Street London SE1 9SG / GB | Application number, filing date | 15865818.7 | 02.12.2015 | [2017/41] | WO2015US63532 | Priority number, date | US201462086653P | 02.12.2014 Original published format: US 201462086653 P | [2017/41] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2016090047 | Date: | 09.06.2016 | Language: | EN | [2016/23] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP3226746 | Date: | 11.10.2017 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 09.06.2016 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2017/41] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP3226746 | Date: | 03.04.2024 | Language: | EN | [2024/14] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 09.06.2016 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 10.01.2018 | Classification | IPC: | A61B17/02, A61B90/30 | [2023/19] | CPC: |
A61B90/30 (EP,KR,US);
A61B17/02 (EP,KR,US);
A61B5/00 (KR,US);
A61B2017/00477 (EP,KR,US);
A61B2090/306 (EP,KR,US)
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| Former IPC [2017/41] | A61B1/06 | 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 [2017/41] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Validation states | MA | Not yet paid | MD | Not yet paid | Title | German: | VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR KOPPLUNG EINER OPTISCHEN EINGABE AN EINER BELEUCHTUNGSVORRICHTUNG | [2017/41] | English: | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COUPLING AN OPTICAL INPUT TO AN ILLUMINATION DEVICE | [2017/41] | French: | PROCÉDÉS ET APPAREIL POUR COUPLER UNE ENTRÉE OPTIQUE À UN DISPOSITIF D'ÉCLAIRAGE | [2017/41] | Entry into regional phase | 27.06.2017 | National basic fee paid | 27.06.2017 | Search fee paid | 27.06.2017 | Designation fee(s) paid | 27.06.2017 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 27.06.2017 | Examination requested [2017/41] | 27.06.2017 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 24.07.2018 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 09.11.2020 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 10.05.2021 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 17.05.2023 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 20.09.2023 | Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO | 24.10.2023 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 22.02.2024 | Fee for grant paid | 22.02.2024 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 22.02.2024 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Divisional application(s) | EP24167284.9 | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 27.12.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 31.12.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 13.12.2019 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 14.12.2020 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 30.11.2021 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 13.10.2022 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 11.10.2023 | Renewal fee patent year 09 |
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