EP3045135 - VESSEL SEALING INSTRUMENT [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The application has been withdrawn Status updated on 27.03.2020 Database last updated on 21.05.2024 | |
Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 22.11.2019 | ||
Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 27.01.2017 | Most recent event Tooltip | 27.03.2020 | Withdrawal of application | published on 29.04.2020 [2020/18] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Covidien LP 15 Hampshire Street Mansfield, MA 02048 / US | [2016/29] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Dickhans, William J. 5 Dartmouth Circle Longmont, CO 80503 / US | 02 /
Artale, Ryan C. 725 Gillaspie Drive Boulder, CO 80305 / US | 03 /
Butcher, Dennis W. 2464 Sunset Drive Longmont, CO 80501 / US | 04 /
MOUA, Tony 13006 Lowell Court Broomfield, CO 80020 / US | 05 /
Roy, Jeffrey M. 585 Hartford Drive Boulder, CO 80305 / US | 06 /
Collins Long, Megan Marie 5175 E. Davies Drive Centennial, CO 80122 / US | 07 /
Waaler, Luke 3473 Larkspur Drive Longmont, CO 80503 / US | 08 /
Joseph, Daniel A. 303 Orion Street Golden, CO 80401 / US | 09 /
Perry, Cynthia M. 15305 W. Maple Avenue Golden, CO 80401 / US | [2016/29] | Representative(s) | Morgan, Marc Maschio & Soames IP Limited 30 Carlton Crescent Southampton SO15 2EW / GB | [2016/29] | Application number, filing date | 16157269.8 | 30.09.2011 | [2016/29] | Priority number, date | US20100897346 | 04.10.2010 Original published format: US 897346 | [2016/29] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP3045135 | Date: | 20.07.2016 | Language: | EN | [2016/29] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 16.06.2016 | Classification | IPC: | A61B18/14, // A61B18/00, A61B34/00, A61B90/00 | [2016/29] | CPC: |
A61B18/1442 (EP,BR,CN,US);
A61B18/12 (KR);
A61B17/28 (KR);
A61B34/76 (EP,BR,US);
A61B90/03 (EP,BR,US);
A61N1/18 (KR);
A61B2018/00309 (EP,BR,CN,US);
A61B2018/00404 (EP,BR,CN,US);
A61B2018/00601 (EP,BR,CN,US);
A61B2018/00607 (BR,US);
A61B2018/0063 (EP,BR,CN,US);
A61B2018/00916 (EP,BR,CN,US);
A61B2018/1412 (EP,BR,CN,US);
A61B2018/1455 (EP,BR,CN,US);
A61B2090/034 (EP,BR,US);
| 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 [2017/09] |
Former [2016/29] | 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: | GEFÄSSVERSIEGELUNGSVORRICHTUNG | [2016/29] | English: | VESSEL SEALING INSTRUMENT | [2016/29] | French: | INSTRUMENT D'OBTURATION DES VAISSEAUX | [2016/29] | Examination procedure | 25.02.2016 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 20.01.2017 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 20.01.2017 | Examination requested [2017/09] | 26.11.2019 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 19.03.2020 | Application withdrawn by applicant [2020/18] | Parent application(s) Tooltip | EP11183476.8 / EP2436330 | EP13182009.4 / EP2671528 | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 25.02.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 25.02.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 25.02.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 23.09.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 22.09.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 21.09.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 19.09.2019 | Renewal fee patent year 09 |
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