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EP About this file: EP3753502

EP3753502 - CATHETER HAVING CUTTER WITH TORQUE SHAFT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  15.09.2023
Database last updated on 11.06.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  07.10.2022
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  27.06.2022
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  25.06.2021
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  20.11.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip16.02.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): BE		published on 20.03.2024  [2024/12]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Nipro Corporation
3-9-3 Honjo-nishi
Kita-ku
Osaka-shi, Osaka 531-8510 / JP
[2020/52]
Inventor(s)01 / MIYAGAWA, Katsuya
c/o Nipro Corporation, 3-9-3 Honjo-Nishi, Kita-ku
Osaka-shi, Osaka, 531-8510 / JP
02 / MATSUMOTO, Misa
c/o Nipro Corporation, 3-9-3 Honjo-Nishi, Kita-ku
Osaka-shi, Osaka, 531-8510 / JP
03 / NAKAMURA, Tomonori
c/o Nipro Corporation, 3-9-3 Honjo-Nishi, Kita-ku
Osaka-shi, Osaka, 531-8510 / JP
 [2020/52]
Representative(s)Kraus & Lederer PartGmbB
Thomas-Wimmer-Ring 15
80539 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2020/52]Kraus & Weisert Patentanwälte PartGmbB
Thomas-Wimmer-Ring 15
80539 München / DE
Application number, filing date20190111.304.02.2015
[2020/52]
Priority number, dateJP2014002092706.02.2014         Original published format: JP 2014020927
JP2014010448920.05.2014         Original published format: JP 2014104489
[2020/52]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3753502
Date:23.12.2020
Language:EN
[2020/52]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3753502
Date:09.11.2022
Language:EN
[2022/45]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP16.10.2020
ClassificationIPC:A61B17/22, A61B17/3207, A61B8/12, A61B8/00, // A61B90/00
[2022/27]
CPC:
A61B17/320783 (EP,US); A61B17/320758 (EP,US); A61B8/12 (EP,US);
A61B8/445 (EP,US); A61B2017/22069 (EP,US); A61B2017/22071 (EP,US);
A61B2017/320716 (EP,US); A61B2090/3735 (EP,US); A61B2090/3784 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2020/52]A61B17/22, A61B17/3207, A61M25/10, A61M25/14, A61B8/12
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 [2021/30]
Former [2020/52]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:KATHETER MIT SCHNEIDWERKZEUG MIT DREHMOMENTWELLE[2020/52]
English:CATHETER HAVING CUTTER WITH TORQUE SHAFT[2020/52]
French:CATHÉTER AVEC ÉLÉMENT DE COUPE AVEC ARBRE DE TORSION[2020/52]
Examination procedure23.06.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
23.06.2021Examination requested  [2021/30]
23.06.2021Date on which the examining division has become responsible
28.06.2022Communication of intention to grant the patent
29.09.2022Fee for grant paid
29.09.2022Fee for publishing/printing paid
29.09.2022Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP15746921.4  / EP3103403
Opposition(s)10.08.2023No opposition filed within time limit [2023/42]
Fees paidRenewal fee
07.08.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
07.08.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
07.08.2020Renewal fee patent year 05
07.08.2020Renewal fee patent year 06
12.02.2021Renewal fee patent year 07
14.02.2022Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAL09.11.2022
AT09.11.2022
CZ09.11.2022
DK09.11.2022
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MC09.11.2022
NL09.11.2022
PL09.11.2022
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IE04.02.2023
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PT09.03.2023
[2024/12]
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Documents cited:Search[A]US5383460  (JANG YUE-TEH [US], et al) [A] 1 * abstract * * column 9, line 44 - column 10, line 22 *;
 [A]JPH1156752  (OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO) [A] 1* figure 1; claim 1 *;
 [I]US2005187571  (MASCHKE MICHAEL [DE]) [I] 1-7 * paragraph [0022] - paragraph [0023]; figures 1-3 *;
 [A]EP1568324  (MAYO FOUNDATION [US]) [A] 1 * abstract *;
 [I]US2012253186  (SIMPSON JOHN B [US], et al) [I] 1-7 * paragraph [0082] - paragraph [0098]; figures 1-4 *;
 [I]WO2013172970  (AVINGER INC [US]) [I] 1-7 * paragraph [0039] - paragraph [0043]; figures 2a,b * * paragraph [0073]; figure 8b *
by applicantJPH0556984
 JPH0630943
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