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EP3562408 - RIGID AND FLEXIBLE LAPAROSCOPIC MULTIPLE COMPONENT MATERIAL DISPENSING DEVICES AND METHODS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  30.06.2023
Database last updated on 05.10.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  04.10.2019
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  06.07.2018
Formerunknown
Status updated on  03.01.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip05.10.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Ethicon LLC
475 Street C, Suite 401
Los Frailes Industrial Park
Guaynabo 00969 / PR
[2019/45]
Inventor(s)01 / SPIVEY, James T.
920 US Highway 202 S.
Raritan, New Jersey 08869 / US
02 / TREZZA, II, Michael J.
U.S. Route 22
Somerville, New Jersey 08876 / US
03 / GOODMAN, John
3228 Cottontail Court
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103 / US
04 / VENDELY, Michael J.
4545 Creek Road
Cincinnati, Ohio 45242 / US
05 / SETSER, Michael E.
4545 Creek Road
Cincinnati, Ohio 45242 / US
 [2019/45]
Representative(s)Carpmaels & Ransford LLP
One Southampton Row
London WC1B 5HA / GB
[N/P]
Former [2019/45]Tunstall, Christopher Stephen
Carpmaels & Ransford LLP
One Southampton Row
London WC1B 5HA / GB
Application number, filing date17817514.729.11.2017
[2019/45]
WO2017US63619
Priority number, dateUS20161539297028.12.2016         Original published format: US201615392970
[2019/45]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2018125480
Date:05.07.2018
Language:EN
[2018/27]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3562408
Date:06.11.2019
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 05.07.2018 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2019/45]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP05.07.2018
ClassificationIPC:A61B17/00, A61M39/10
[2019/45]
CPC:
A61M39/10 (EP,US); A61M25/0026 (US); A61B17/00234 (EP,US);
A61B17/00491 (EP,US); A61M37/00 (US); A61M5/31596 (EP,US);
A61B2017/00292 (EP,US); A61B2017/00495 (EP,US); A61B2017/00526 (EP,US);
A61M2025/0037 (US); A61M2039/1033 (EP,US); A61M2039/1077 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesAL,   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 [2019/45]
TitleGerman:VORRICHTUNGEN UND VERFAHREN ZUR AUSGABE VON STARREM UND FLEXIBLEM LAPAROSKOPISCHEN MEHRKOMPONENTENMATERIAL[2019/45]
English:RIGID AND FLEXIBLE LAPAROSCOPIC MULTIPLE COMPONENT MATERIAL DISPENSING DEVICES AND METHODS[2019/45]
French:DISPOSITIFS ET PROCÉDÉS DE DISTRIBUTION DE MATÉRIAU À COMPOSANTS MULTIPLES, LAPAROSCOPIQUES ET RIGIDES[2019/45]
Entry into regional phase26.07.2019National basic fee paid 
26.07.2019Designation fee(s) paid 
26.07.2019Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure26.07.2019Examination requested  [2019/45]
26.07.2019Date on which the examining division has become responsible
17.02.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
04.07.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
10.10.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
14.11.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
13.11.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
10.11.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
13.10.2022Renewal fee patent year 06
11.10.2023Renewal fee patent year 07
04.10.2024Renewal fee patent year 08
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Cited inInternational search[XI]US4932942  (MASLANKA HARALD [DE]) [X] 1,3-7,11-14,17,18 * columns 2,3; figures 1,2,4 * [I] 2,8-10,15,16,20;
 [A]US4979942  (WOLF STEPHEN J [US], et al) [A] 1 * column 3 - column 4; figure 2 *;
 [A]DE4223356  (OCTAPHARMA AG GLARUS [CH]) [A] 1* abstract *;
 [A]WO0006216  (FOCAL INC [US], et al) [A] 1 * figure 1 *;
 [A]WO03039375  (BAXTER INT [US], et al) [A] 1 * figures 4,6,11 *;
 [XI]US2008060970  (WHEELER JOHN L [US], et al) [X] 1,3,4,13-15,18,20 * paragraph [0036]; figures 1-2,7-10 * [I] 6,7,16,17;
 [A]WO2009132331  (ZYMOGENETICS INC [US], et al) [A] 1 * paragraphs [0039] , [0051]; figures 7,11 *;
 [A]US2014014213  (HULL LES [US]) [A] 1 * figures 1,4 *;
 [I]WO2014207920  (TERUMO CORP [JP]) [I] 1,3,4,6-18,20 * figures 1-3 *
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