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EP4120922 - DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING A FISTULA [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  23.12.2022
Database last updated on 26.07.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  24.09.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip04.04.2024Supplementary search reportpublished on 01.05.2024  [2024/18]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
40 Landsdowne Street
Cambridge, MA 02139 / US
[2023/04]
Inventor(s)01 / LING, Vincent
19 Forsythia Drive
Walpole, Massachusetts 02081 / US
02 / IMAICHI, Sachiko
131 Sewall Avenue, Apt. 61
Brookline, Massachusetts 02446 / US
03 / PHANEUF, Matthew
29 Oak Ridge Lane
Ashland, Massachusetts 01721 / US
04 / LONG, Nathaniel
17 Priest Street
Hudson, Massachusetts 01749 / US
05 / KASSAB, Rayan
267 Winthrop Street
Taunton, Massachusetts 02780 / US
06 / LEFFLER, Daniel
15 Clinton Pl.
Newton, Massachusetts 02459 / US
 [2023/04]
Representative(s)Hoffmann Eitle
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB
Arabellastraße 30
81925 München / DE
[2023/04]
Application number, filing date21771255.318.03.2021
[2023/04]
WO2021US23022
Priority number, dateUS202062991384P18.03.2020         Original published format: US 202062991384 P
[2023/04]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021188827
Date:23.09.2021
Language:EN
[2021/38]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4120922
Date:25.01.2023
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 23.09.2021 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2023/04]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US23.09.2021
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP03.04.2024
ClassificationIPC:A61B17/00, A61B17/08, A61B17/12, A61B17/50, A61F2/02, A61F2/06, A61M27/00, A61L31/06, A61L31/16
[2024/18]
CPC:
A61B17/0057 (EP,US); A61L31/06 (EP); A61L31/16 (EP);
A61B2017/00526 (EP); A61B2017/00641 (EP,US); A61B2017/00893 (EP);
A61L2300/402 (EP); A61L2300/406 (EP); A61L2300/41 (EP);
A61L2300/416 (EP); A61L2300/64 (EP) (-)
C-Set:
A61L31/06, C08L67/02 (EP);
A61L31/06, C08L75/04 (EP)
Former IPC [2023/04]A61B17/00, A61B17/08, A61B17/12, A61B17/50, A61F2/02, A61F2/06, A61M27/00
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 [2023/04]
TitleGerman:VORRICHTUNGEN UND VERFAHREN ZUR BEHANDLUNG EINER FISTEL[2023/04]
English:DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING A FISTULA[2023/04]
French:DISPOSITIFS ET PROCÉDÉS DE TRAITEMENT D'UNE FISTULE[2023/04]
Entry into regional phase14.10.2022National basic fee paid 
14.10.2022Search fee paid 
14.10.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
14.10.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure14.10.2022Examination requested  [2023/04]
21.04.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
Fees paidRenewal fee
21.03.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
20.03.2024Renewal fee patent year 04
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