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EP3749232 - DEVICES FOR SURGICAL RETRACTION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2020/51]	DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SURGICAL RETRACTION
	[2024/17]
Status	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 24.06.2024 Database last updated on 26.07.2024
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 06.06.2024
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 09.04.2024
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 13.11.2020
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 01.05.2020
Former	The application is deemed to be withdrawn Status updated on 07.02.2020
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 17.09.2018
Most recent event Tooltip	24.06.2024	New entry: Communication of intention to grant a patent
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Medos International Sàrl Chemin Blanc 38 2400 Le Locle / CH
	[2020/51]
Inventor(s)	01 / BUEHLMANN, Eric 325 Paramount Drive Raynham, Massachusetts 02767 / US
	02 / FLOCK, Judith Eimattstrasse 3 4436 Oberdorf / CH
	03 / RICHTER, Joern Eimattstrasse 3 4436 Oberdorf / CH
	04 / KLETT, Jan Eimattstrasse 3 4436 Oberdorf / CH
	05 / THOMMEN, Daniel Eimattstrasse 3 4436 Oberdorf / CH
	06 / WHITE, Michael Eimattstrasse 3 4436 Oberdorf / CH
	07 / GULLY, Stephane Eimattstrasse 3 4436 Oberdorf / CH
	08 / ZOLLMAN, Veronique Christine Eimattstrasse 3 4436 Oberdorf / CH
	09 / KANE, William 33 Technology Drive Irvine, California 92618 / US
	10 / LILIENFELD, Sean 325 Paramount Drive Raynham, Massachusetts 02767 / US
	11 / AMARAL, Joseph 4545 Creek Road Cincinnati, Ohio 45242 / US
	12 / CANADY, John 33 Technology Drive Irvine, California 92618 / US
	13 / GAMACHE, Thomas 325 Paramount Drive Raynham, Massachusetts 02767 / US
	[2020/51]
Representative(s)	Carpmaels & Ransford LLP One Southampton Row London WC1B 5HA / GB
	[2020/51]
Application number, filing date	18764504.9	08.03.2018
	[2020/51]
	WO2018US21466
Priority number, date	US201762468475P	08.03.2017 Original published format: US 201762468475 P
	US201715786846	18.10.2017 Original published format: US201715786846
	[2020/51]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2018165374
	Date:	13.09.2018
	Language:	EN
	[2018/37]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3749232
	Date:	16.12.2020
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 13.09.2018 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2020/51]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	13.09.2018
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	18.03.2022
Classification	IPC:	A61B17/34, // A61B17/00, A61B17/02, A61B17/24, A61B17/70, A61B90/00, A61B1/00, A61B1/06, A61B1/04, A61B1/313	[2022/16]
	CPC:	A61B17/3421 (EP,US); A61B1/00163 (EP,US); A61B1/04 (EP,US); A61B1/06 (EP,US); A61B1/313 (EP); A61B17/0293 (EP); (+) A61B17/3417 (EP); A61B17/3496 (EP); A61B17/7082 (EP); A61B17/24 (EP); A61B17/7035 (EP); A61B2017/00867 (EP); A61B2017/00946 (EP); A61B2017/0256 (EP); A61B2017/0262 (EP); A61B2017/3443 (EP); A61B2017/3492 (EP); A61B2090/08021 (EP) (-)
	Former IPC [2020/51]	A61B17/34
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 [2020/51]
Title	German:	VORRICHTUNGEN ZUR CHIRURGISCHEN RETRAKTION	[2024/17]
	English:	DEVICES FOR SURGICAL RETRACTION	[2024/17]
	French:	DISPOSITIFS DE RÉTRACTION CHIRURGICALE	[2024/17]
	Former [2020/51]	VORRICHTUNGEN UND VERFAHREN ZUR CHIRURGISCHEN RETRAKTION
	Former [2020/51]	DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SURGICAL RETRACTION
	Former [2020/51]	DISPOSITIFS ET PROCÉDÉS DE RÉTRACTION CHIRURGICALE
Entry into regional phase	02.01.2020	National basic fee paid
	14.04.2020	Search fee paid
	14.04.2020	Designation fee(s) paid
	14.04.2020	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	deleted	Deletion: Application withdrawn by applicant [2020/11]
	09.10.2019	Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect [2020/11]
	14.04.2020	Request for decision received: Application is deemed to be withdrawn
	16.11.2020	Result of request for decision (Application is deemed to be withdrawn): Request accepted
	deleted	Deletion: Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect [2020/51]
	22.10.2019	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: filing fee / search fee not paid in time [2020/51]
	14.04.2020	Examination requested [2021/03]
	13.10.2022	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	10.04.2024	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	06.06.2024	Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
	25.06.2024	Communication of intention to grant the patent
Request for further processing for:	The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to non-payment of the search fee
	02.01.2020	Request for further processing filed
	02.01.2020	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	17.11.2020	Decision despatched
	The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to non-payment of the filing fee
	02.01.2020	Request for further processing filed
	02.01.2020	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	17.11.2020	Decision despatched
	The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to non-payment of the examination fee
	02.01.2020	Request for further processing filed
	02.01.2020	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	17.11.2020	Decision despatched
	02.01.2020	Request for further processing filed
	02.01.2020	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	17.11.2020	Decision despatched
	The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to non-payment of designation fees TR, SM, SK, SI, SE, RS, RO, PT, PL, NO, NL, MT, MK, MC, LV, LU, LT, IT, IS, IE, HU, HR, GR, GB, FR, FI, ES, EE, DK, DE, CZ, CY, CH, BG, BE, AT, AL
	02.01.2020	Request for further processing filed
	02.01.2020	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	17.11.2020	Decision despatched
Request for re-establishment of rights:	14.04.2020	Date of receipt
	16.11.2020	Request accepted
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	14.04.2020	Renewal fee patent year 03
	12.03.2021	Renewal fee patent year 04
	17.02.2022	Renewal fee patent year 05
	14.02.2023	Renewal fee patent year 06
	15.02.2024	Renewal fee patent year 07
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	01.04.2020	03 M06 Fee paid on 14.04.2020
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Documents cited:	Search	[XYI]EP0890341 (OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO [JP]);
		[A]US2007270866 (VON JAKO RONALD A [US]);
		[XY]US2014128979 (WOMBLE THOMAS MATTHEW [US], et al)
	International search	[Y]US4318401 (ZIMMERMAN CLARENCE E) [Y] 57 * ; figure 8; column 1, lines 49-57;column 4, lines 43-50 *;
		[Y]US5615690 (GIURTINO JOEL F [US], et al) [Y] 59 * ; figure 3a; column 3, lines 31-25, 42-47 *;
		[A]US2005075644 (DIPOTO GENE [US], et al) [A] 19-26 * ; figures 53, 57; paragraphs [0215], [0226], [0232]-[0233] *;
		[XY]US2008147109 (KAMBIN PARVIZ [US], et al) [X] 1-4, 54-55 * ; figures 3, 6, 9-10; paragraphs [0001], [0017], [0032], [0035], [0037], [0042]-[0044] * [Y] 56-61;
		[Y]US2011056500 (SHIN KYONG-MIN [KR], et al) [Y] 61 * ; abstract *;
		[Y]US2012116170 (VAYSER ALEX [US], et al) [Y] 56, 58, 60 * ; paragraphs [0011], [0035]-[0036] *;
		[A]US2013211202 (PEREZ-CRUET MICK J [US], et al) [A] 19-26* ; abstract; figures 1, 4, 9; paragraphs [0023]-[0024], [0032] *
	by applicant	EP0890341
		US7491168
		US2014128979

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