EP3501420 - STAPLING INSTRUMENT COMPRISING A STAPLE FEEDING SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 26.11.2021 Database last updated on 03.09.2024 | |
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Former | The application has been published Status updated on 27.05.2019 | Most recent event Tooltip | 14.06.2024 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): TR | published on 17.07.2024 [2024/29] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Ethicon LLC 475 Street C, Suite 401 Los Frailes Industrial Park Guaynabo 00969 / PR | [2019/26] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
SHELTON, IV, Frederick E. 4545 Creek Road Cincinnati, Ohio 45242 / US | 02 /
HARRIS, Jason L. 4545 Creek Road Cincinnati, Ohio 45242 / US | 03 /
WORTHINGTON, Sarah A. 4545 Creek Road Cincinnati, Ohio 45242 / US | 04 /
WEANER, Lauren S. 4545 Creek Road Cincinnati, Ohio 45242 / US | 05 /
VOLZ, Janna B. 4545 Creek Road Cincinnati, Ohio 45242 / US | 06 /
MORGAN, Jerome R. 4545 Creek Road Cincinnati, Ohio 45242 / US | [2019/26] | Representative(s) | Carpmaels & Ransford LLP One Southampton Row London WC1B 5HA / GB | [2019/26] | Application number, filing date | 18214684.5 | 20.12.2018 | [2019/26] | Priority number, date | US201715850587 | 21.12.2017 Original published format: US201715850587 | [2019/26] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP3501420 | Date: | 26.06.2019 | Language: | EN | [2019/26] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP3501420 | Date: | 07.08.2019 | Language: | EN | [2019/32] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP3501420 | Date: | 20.01.2021 | Language: | EN | [2021/03] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 04.07.2019 | Classification | IPC: | A61B17/072, A61B17/064, A61B17/16, A61B90/00 | [2019/26] | CPC: |
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| 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 [2020/12] |
Former [2019/26] | 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: | KLAMMERVORRICHTUNG MIT EINEM KLAMMERZUFUHRSYSTEM | [2019/26] | English: | STAPLING INSTRUMENT COMPRISING A STAPLE FEEDING SYSTEM | [2019/26] | French: | INSTRUMENT D'AGRAFAGE COMPRENANT UN SYSTÈME D'ALIMENTATION D'AGRAFES | [2019/26] | Examination procedure | 07.02.2020 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 07.02.2020 | Examination requested [2020/12] | 07.02.2020 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 22.09.2020 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 30.11.2020 | Fee for grant paid | 30.11.2020 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 30.11.2020 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Divisional application(s) | EP21152360.0 / EP3868309 | Opposition(s) | 21.10.2021 | No opposition filed within time limit [2021/52] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 14.12.2020 | Renewal fee patent year 03 |
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