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EP About this file: EP3607886

EP3607886 - PUNCH BIOPSY DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  27.05.2022
Database last updated on 25.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  18.06.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  07.02.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  02.10.2020
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  10.01.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip13.09.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MT		published on 16.10.2024 [2024/42]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Pona, Adrian
405 Oak Park Drive
Tecumseh, Ontario N8N 4N9 / CA
[2020/07]
Inventor(s)01 / see applicant
...
 [2020/07]
Representative(s)Maiwald GmbH
Elisenhof
Elisenstraße 3
80335 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2020/07]Maiwald Patent- und Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
Elisenhof
Elisenstraße 3
80335 München / DE
Application number, filing date19189204.130.07.2019
[2020/07]
Priority number, dateUS201862716622P09.08.2018         Original published format: US 201862716622 P
[2020/07]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP3607886
Date:12.02.2020
Language:EN
[2020/07]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP3607886
Date:01.04.2020
Language:EN
[2020/14]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3607886
Date:21.07.2021
Language:EN
[2021/29]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP28.02.2020
ClassificationIPC:A61B10/02
[2020/07]
CPC:
A61B10/0266 (EP,US); A61B10/0275 (US); A61B10/06 (EP,US);
A61B17/32053 (US); A61B2010/0208 (US); A61B2017/00761 (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 [2020/45]
Former [2020/07]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:STANZBIOPSIEVORRICHTUNG[2020/07]
English:PUNCH BIOPSY DEVICE[2020/07]
French:DISPOSITIF DE BIOPSIE À L'EMPORTE-PIÈCE[2020/07]
Examination procedure25.09.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
25.09.2020Examination requested  [2020/45]
25.09.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
08.02.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
10.06.2021Fee for grant paid
10.06.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
10.06.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)22.04.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/26]
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