EP3656315 - SURGICAL STAPLING SYSTEM COMPRISING A JAW CLOSURE LOCKOUT [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 20.01.2023 Database last updated on 03.09.2024 | |
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Former | The application has been published Status updated on 24.04.2020 | Most recent event Tooltip | 17.05.2024 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): HU | published on 19.06.2024 [2024/25] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Ethicon LLC 475 Street C, Suite 401 Los Frailes Industrial Park Guaynabo 00969 / PR | [2020/22] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
MILLER, Christopher C. 4545 Creek Road Cincinnati, OH 45242 / US | 02 /
SHELTON, IV Frederick E. 4545 Creek Road Cincinnati, OH 45242 / US | 03 /
HARRIS, Jason L. 4545 Creek Road Cincinnati, OH 45242 / US | [2020/22] | Representative(s) | Carpmaels & Ransford LLP One Southampton Row London WC1B 5HA / GB | [2020/22] | Application number, filing date | 20150529.4 | 31.03.2017 | [2020/22] | Priority number, date | US201615089196 | 01.04.2016 Original published format: US201615089196 | [2020/22] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP3656315 | Date: | 27.05.2020 | Language: | EN | [2020/22] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP3656315 | Date: | 16.03.2022 | Language: | EN | [2022/11] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 06.04.2020 | Classification | IPC: | A61B17/11, A61B17/072 | [2020/22] | CPC: |
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Former [2020/22] | 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: | CHIRURGISCHES KLAMMERSYSTEM MIT EINER BACKENSCHLIESSSPERRE | [2020/22] | English: | SURGICAL STAPLING SYSTEM COMPRISING A JAW CLOSURE LOCKOUT | [2020/22] | French: | SYSTÈME D'AGRAFAGE CHIRURGICAL COMPRENANT UNE MÂCHOIRE DE BLOCAGE DE FERMETURE | [2020/22] | Examination procedure | 27.11.2020 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 27.11.2020 | Examination requested [2021/01] | 27.11.2020 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 04.10.2021 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 04.02.2022 | Fee for grant paid | 04.02.2022 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 04.02.2022 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Parent application(s) Tooltip | EP17164394.3 / EP3225199 | Opposition(s) | 19.12.2022 | No opposition filed within time limit [2023/08] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 07.01.2020 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 12.03.2020 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 12.03.2021 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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