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EP3593732 - HAND-HELD SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  24.11.2023
Database last updated on 20.05.2024
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  23.07.2023
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  03.06.2022
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  04.09.2020
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  13.12.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip17.05.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): ES, HR, NO, RS, SE
published on 19.06.2024 [2024/25]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Covidien LP
15 Hampshire Street
Mansfield, MA 02048 / US
[2020/03]
Inventor(s)01 / NICHOLAS, David A.
148 Cottage Street
Trumbull, CT Connecticut 06611 / US
02 / PRIBANIC, Russell
181 Bacon Road
Roxbury, CT Connecticut 06783 / US
 [2020/03]
Representative(s)Maschio & Soames IP Ltd
30 Carlton Crescent
Southampton SO15 2EW / GB
[N/P]
Former [2020/03]Maschio, Antonio
Maschio & Soames IP Limited
30 Carlton Crescent
Southampton SO15 2EW / GB
Application number, filing date19185132.809.07.2019
[2020/03]
Priority number, dateUS201862695883P10.07.2018         Original published format: US 201862695883 P
US20191644175014.06.2019         Original published format: US201916441750
[2020/03]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP3593732
Date:15.01.2020
Language:EN
[2020/03]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP3593732
Date:04.03.2020
Language:EN
[2020/10]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3593732
Date:27.12.2023
Language:EN
[2023/52]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP03.02.2020
ClassificationIPC:A61B17/072
[2020/03]
CPC:
A61B17/07207 (EP); A61B17/072 (CN); A61B17/2909 (US);
A61B17/068 (US); A61B90/06 (CN); A61B2017/00017 (EP,US);
A61B2017/00367 (EP,CN); A61B2017/00398 (EP,US); A61B2017/00424 (EP);
A61B2017/0046 (US); A61B2017/00473 (EP); A61B2017/00477 (US);
A61B2017/00734 (EP,US); A61B2017/07214 (CN); A61B2017/2927 (EP);
A61B2090/067 (EP) (-)
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 [2020/41]
Former [2020/03]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 
TitleGerman:HANDHALTBARE CHIRURGISCHE INSTRUMENTE[2020/03]
English:HAND-HELD SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS[2020/03]
French:INSTRUMENTS CHIRURGICAUX PORTATIFS[2020/03]
Examination procedure02.09.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
02.09.2020Examination requested  [2020/41]
02.09.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
07.06.2022Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
30.09.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
24.07.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
22.11.2023Fee for grant paid
22.11.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
22.11.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.07.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
21.07.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
20.07.2023Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipES27.12.2023
FI27.12.2023
HR27.12.2023
LT27.12.2023
RS27.12.2023
SE27.12.2023
BG27.03.2024
NO27.03.2024
GR28.03.2024
[2024/25]
Former [2024/21]FI27.12.2023
LT27.12.2023
BG27.03.2024
GR28.03.2024
Former [2024/20]GR28.03.2024
Documents cited:Search[X]EP2055243  (TYCO HEALTHCARE [US]) [X] 1,7 * figures 1-7,9,10 * * paragraph [0030] * * paragraph [0040] - paragraph [0041] * * paragraph [0049] * * paragraph [0054] - paragraph [0055] *;
 [A]EP2455007  (TYCO HEALTHCARE [US]) [A] 1,8-14 * figure 1A ** paragraph [0049] *;
 [X]EP2777539  (ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC [US]) [X] 1,7,8,11 * figures 150,152,156,164,167B,183-195 * * paragraph [0181] * * paragraph [0232] * * paragraph [0234] * * paragraph [0239] * * paragraph [0150] - paragraph [0151] * * paragraph [0154] - paragraph [0155] * * paragraph [0156] * * paragraph [0166] *;
 [A]US2014303668  (NICHOLAS DAVID A [US], et al) [A] 1,8-14 * figure 2 * * paragraph [0075] - paragraph [0078] *;
 [A]EP3011910  (COVIDIEN LP [US]) [A] 1,8-14 * figures 11,12 * * paragraph [0046] - paragraph [0048] *;
 [A]WO2017123837  (ETHICON LLC [US]) [A] 1,8-14 * figure 46 * * paragraph [0300] - paragraph [0301] *;
 [X]US2017245854  (ZEMLOK MICHAEL A [US], et al) [X] 1,7 * figures 1,4,5 * * paragraph [0085] * * paragraph [0117] - paragraph [0118] * * paragraph [0142] *
by applicantUS7819896
 US2016324514
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