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EP About this file: EP3808290

EP3808290 - MEDICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A MEDICAL INSTRUMENT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  16.06.2023
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  08.07.2022
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  27.02.2022
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  22.10.2021
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  19.03.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip19.07.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): BG		published on 21.08.2024  [2024/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Aesculap AG
Am Aesculap-Platz
78532 Tuttlingen / DE
[2021/16]
Inventor(s)01 / Schweitzer, Tom
Altentalstrasse 18
78532 Tuttlingen / DE
02 / Ettwein, Pierre
Zur Ebene 3
78234 Engen / DE
 [2021/16]
Representative(s)Hoeger, Stellrecht & Partner Patentanwälte mbB
Uhlandstrasse 14c
70182 Stuttgart / DE
[2021/16]
Application number, filing date20202275.216.10.2020
[2021/16]
Priority number, dateDE20191012818118.10.2019         Original published format: DE102019128181
[2021/16]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3808290
Date:21.04.2021
Language:DE
[2021/16]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3808290
Date:10.08.2022
Language:DE
[2022/32]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP11.03.2021
ClassificationIPC:A61B17/3201, A61B17/28, // A61B17/00, A61B90/00
[2021/16]
CPC:
A61B17/3201 (EP); A61B17/2816 (EP); A61B2017/00526 (EP);
A61B2090/0813 (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 [2021/47]
Former [2021/16]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:MEDIZINISCHES INSTRUMENT UND VERFAHREN ZUM HERSTELLEN EINES MEDIZINISCHEN INSTRUMENTS[2021/16]
English:MEDICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A MEDICAL INSTRUMENT[2021/16]
French:INSTRUMENT MÉDICAL ET PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION D'UN INSTRUMENT MÉDICAL[2021/16]
Examination procedure19.10.2021Examination requested  [2021/47]
19.10.2021Date on which the examining division has become responsible
28.02.2022Communication of intention to grant the patent
28.06.2022Fee for grant paid
28.06.2022Fee for publishing/printing paid
28.06.2022Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)11.05.2023No opposition filed within time limit [2023/29]
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU16.10.2020
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Documents cited:Search[A]DE3701765  (ETHICON GMBH) [A] 1-15 * paragraphs [0003] - [0006]; figure 1; claim 1 * * abstract *;
 [A]US6193719  (GOURNAY JOSE [FR], et al) [A] 1-15* column 1, lines 24-36; figure 1; claim 6 *;
 [A]DE202011107977U  (INNOVATIONS MEDICAL GMBH [DE]) [A] 1-15 * paragraphs [0001] , [0009] - [0010]; figure 1 *
by applicantDE102004052515
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