EP3741308 - ARTICULATABLE SURGICAL INSTRUMENT COMPRISING A FIRING DRIVE [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The patent has been granted Status updated on 16.02.2024 Database last updated on 11.06.2024 | |
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 12.10.2023 | ||
Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 28.05.2021 | ||
Former | The application has been published Status updated on 23.10.2020 | Most recent event Tooltip | 15.03.2024 | Change - divisional application(s) | published on 17.04.2024 [2024/16] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Ethicon LLC 475 Street C, Suite 401 Los Frailes Industrial Park 00969 Guaynabo / PR | [2020/48] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
KERR, Wendy A. 3641 Brentwood Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio 45208 / US | 02 /
LYTLE, Thomas W., IV 6202 Shawna Court Liberty Township, Ohio 45044 / US | 03 /
OVERMYER, Mark D. 3784 O'Leary Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio 45236 / US | 04 /
SWENSGARD, Brett E. 7936 Orchard Court West Chester, Ohio 45069 / US | 05 /
LEIMBACH, Richard L. 2901 Markbreit Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio 45209 / US | 06 /
SACKETT, Kevin D. 3186 Meadoway Court Independence, Kentucky 41051 / US | [2024/12] |
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KERR, Wendy A. 3641 Brentwood Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio 45208 / US | ||
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LYTLE, Thomas W., IV 6202 Shawna Court Liberty Township, Ohio 45044 / US | |||
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OVERMYER, Mark D. 3784O'Leary Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio 45236 / US | |||
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SWENSGARD, Brett E. 7936 Orchard Court West Chester, Ohio 45069 / US | |||
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LEIMBACH, Richard L. 2901 Markbreit Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio 45209 / US | |||
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SACKETT, Kevin D. 3186 Meadoway Court Independence, Kentucky 41051 / US | Representative(s) | Carpmaels & Ransford LLP One Southampton Row London WC1B 5HA / GB | [2024/12] |
Former [2020/48] | Tunstall, Christopher Stephen Carpmaels & Ransford LLP One Southampton Row London WC1B 5HA / GB | Application number, filing date | 20172896.1 | 31.05.2013 | [2020/48] | Priority number, date | US201213524049 | 15.06.2012 Original published format: US201213524049 | [2020/48] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP3741308 | Date: | 25.11.2020 | Language: | EN | [2020/48] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP3741308 | Date: | 20.03.2024 | Language: | EN | [2024/12] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 09.10.2020 | Classification | IPC: | A61B17/072, A61B17/29, // A61B17/00 | [2020/48] | CPC: |
A61B17/07207 (EP,CN,RU,US);
A61B17/068 (RU,US);
A61B2017/00327 (EP,CN,RU,US);
A61B2017/00398 (EP,CN,US);
A61B2017/2923 (EP,CN,US);
A61B2017/2927 (EP,CN,US)
| 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 [2021/26]
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Former [2020/48] | 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: | BEWEGLICHES CHIRURGISCHES INSTRUMENT MIT ABFEUERUNGSANTRIEB | [2020/48] | English: | ARTICULATABLE SURGICAL INSTRUMENT COMPRISING A FIRING DRIVE | [2020/48] | French: | INSTRUMENT CHIRURGICAL ARTICULÉ COMPRENANT UN ENTRAÎNEMENT DE TIR | [2020/48] | Examination procedure | 20.05.2021 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 20.05.2021 | Examination requested [2021/26] | 20.05.2021 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 13.10.2023 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 12.02.2024 | Fee for grant paid | 12.02.2024 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 12.02.2024 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Parent application(s) Tooltip | EP13733112.0 / EP2861160 | Divisional application(s) | EP24162313.1 | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 05.05.2020 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 05.05.2020 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 05.05.2020 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 05.05.2020 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 05.05.2020 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 05.05.2020 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 13.05.2021 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 16.03.2022 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | 21.03.2023 | Renewal fee patent year 11 |
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