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EP4393373 - ENDOSCOPE CONNECTING STRUCTURE, ENDOSCOPE HANDLE, AND ENDOSCOPE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The patent has been granted Status updated on 27.06.2025 Database last updated on 28.03.2026
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 16.03.2025
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 31.05.2024
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 28.10.2023
Most recent event Tooltip	20.03.2026	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): RO	published on 22.04.2026 [2026/17]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Hunan Vathin Medical Instrument Co. Ltd YI, Qinghua 1/F, Building 12, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Service Center, No. 9, Chuanqi West Road Jiuhua Economic Development Zone Xiangtan, Hunan 411201 / CN
	[2024/27]
Inventor(s)	01 / ZHOU, Zhenhua Xiamen, Fujian 361000 / CN
	[2024/27]
Representative(s)	Bayramoglu et al. Mira Office Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Boulevard 5387 Street Beytepe, floor 12, no:50 06800 Cankaya, Ankara / TR
	[2024/27]
Application number, filing date	22938233.8	17.10.2022
	[2024/27]
	WO2022CN125754
Priority number, date	CN202210425083	22.04.2022 Original published format: CN202210425083
	[2024/27]
Filing language	ZH
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2023202010
	Date:	26.10.2023
	Language:	ZH
	[2023/43]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP4393373
	Date:	03.07.2024
	Language:	EN
	[2024/27]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP4393373
	Date:	30.07.2025
	Language:	EN
	[2025/31]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	CN	26.10.2023
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	27.09.2024
Classification	IPC:	A61B1/00, A61B1/005	[2024/44]
	CPC:	A61B1/00066 (EP,CN); A61B1/00128 (CN,US); A61B1/0052 (US); A61B1/00105 (US); A61B1/00121 (EP,CN); A61B1/0057 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2024/27]	A61B1/00
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, ME, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2024/27]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
Validation states	KH	Not yet paid
	MA	Not yet paid
	MD	Not yet paid
	TN	Not yet paid
Title	German:	ENDOSKOPVERBINDUNGSSTRUKTUR, ENDOSKOPGRIFF UND ENDOSKOP	[2024/27]
	English:	ENDOSCOPE CONNECTING STRUCTURE, ENDOSCOPE HANDLE, AND ENDOSCOPE	[2024/27]
	French:	STRUCTURE DE RACCORDEMENT D'ENDOSCOPE, POIGNÉE D'ENDOSCOPE ET ENDOSCOPE	[2024/27]
Entry into regional phase	20.03.2024	Translation filed
	20.03.2024	National basic fee paid
	20.03.2024	Search fee paid
	20.03.2024	Designation fee(s) paid
	20.03.2024	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	20.03.2024	Examination requested [2024/27]
	13.12.2024	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	13.12.2024	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	17.03.2025	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	24.06.2025	Fee for grant paid
	24.06.2025	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	24.06.2025	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	30.04.2024	Renewal fee patent year 03
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	30.07.2025
	BG	30.07.2025
	FI	30.07.2025
	HR	30.07.2025
	LV	30.07.2025
	NL	30.07.2025
	PL	30.07.2025
	RO	30.07.2025
	SE	30.07.2025
	NO	30.10.2025
	RS	30.10.2025
	GR	31.10.2025
	IS	30.11.2025
	PT	02.12.2025
	[2026/17]
Former [2026/11]	AT	30.07.2025
	BG	30.07.2025
	FI	30.07.2025
	HR	30.07.2025
	LV	30.07.2025
	NL	30.07.2025
	PL	30.07.2025
	SE	30.07.2025
	NO	30.10.2025
	RS	30.10.2025
	GR	31.10.2025
	IS	30.11.2025
	PT	02.12.2025
Former [2026/09]	AT	30.07.2025
	FI	30.07.2025
	HR	30.07.2025
	LV	30.07.2025
	NL	30.07.2025
	SE	30.07.2025
	NO	30.10.2025
	GR	31.10.2025
	IS	30.11.2025
	PT	02.12.2025
Former [2026/07]	IS	30.11.2025
	PT	02.12.2025
Former [2026/05]	PT	02.12.2025
Documents cited:	Search	[X] US4294233 (TAKAHASHI NAGASHIGE et al.) [X] 1 * figure 1 * * the whole document *
		[A] US2020121169 (LUND JESPER GRØNDAHL et al.) [A] 1-9 * figure 3 * * paragraph [0013] * * paragraph [0045] - paragraph [0050] *
		[E] US2022330790 (KAMBE SHU et al.) [E] 1-9 * figures 13,14 * * paragraph [0191] *
		[E] WO2021145051 (OLYMPUS CORP et al.)

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