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EP0136949
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| EP0136949 - Surgical fastener retainer member assembly [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | Patent maintained as amended Status updated on 22.05.1992 Database last updated on 02.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 30.06.1993 | Change - lapse in a contracting state | published on 18.08.1993 [1993/33] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states United States Surgical Corporation 150 Glover Avenue Norwalk Connecticut 06856 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1985/15] | For all designated states United States Surgical Corporation 150 Glover Avenue Norwalk, Connecticut 06856 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Green, David T. 251 Wolfpit Avenue Norwalk Connecticut 06851 / US | [1985/15] | Representative(s) | Marsh, Roy David, et al Hoffmann Eitle ATTENTION : ADDRESS INACTIVE - USE ASS-NR - CDR / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [1991/47] | Marsh, Roy David, et al Hoffmann Eitle & Partner Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Postfach 81 04 20 D-81904 München / DE | ||
| Former [1990/35] | Marsh, Roy David Urquhart-Dykes & Lord Midsummer House 411C Midsummer Boulevard Central Milton Keynes MK9 3BN / GB | ||
| Former [1988/37] | Harrison, Michael Robert Urquhart-Dykes & Lord 91 Wimpole Street London W1M 8AH / GB | ||
| Former [1985/15] | Martin, Jean-Jacques Cabinet REGIMBEAU 26, Avenue Kléber F-75116 Paris / FR | Application number, filing date | 84401937.2 | 27.09.1984 | [1985/15] | Priority number, date | US19830538988 | 04.10.1983 Original published format: US 538988 | [1985/15] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0136949 | Date: | 10.04.1985 | Language: | EN | [1985/15] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0136949 | Date: | 29.05.1985 | Language: | EN | [1985/22] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0136949 | Date: | 24.06.1987 | Language: | EN | [1987/26] | Type: | B2 New European patent specification | No.: | EP0136949 | Date: | 08.07.1992 | Language: | EN | [1992/28] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 28.03.1985 | Classification | IPC: | A61B17/064, A61B17/072 | [1992/28] | CPC: |
A61B17/072 (EP);
A61B17/0643 (EP)
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| Former IPC [1985/15] | A61B17/08, A61B17/10 | Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, FR, IT, LI, NL, SE [1985/15] | Title | German: | Befestigungsteilmontage für chirurgische Hautklammer | [1985/15] | English: | Surgical fastener retainer member assembly | [1985/15] | French: | Assemblage de retenue pour agraffe chirurgicale | [1985/15] | Examination procedure | 07.10.1985 | Examination requested [1985/51] | 14.10.1986 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: ) | 23.12.1986 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 16.03.1987 | Fee for grant paid | 16.03.1987 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | Opponent(s) | 01
24.03.1988
18.04.1988
ADMISSIBLE Ethicon Inc. U.S. Route 22 Somerville New Jersey 08876 / US Opponent's representative Fisher, Adrian John Carpmaels & Ransford LLP One Southampton Row London WC1B 5HA / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1988/20] | |||
| Opponent(s) | 01
24.03.1988
18.04.1988
ADMISSIBLE Ethicon Inc. U.S. Route 22 Somerville New Jersey 08876 / US Opponent's representative Fisher, Adrian John CARPMAELS & RANSFORD 43 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA / GB | 09.05.1988 | Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition | 14.12.1988 | Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition | 11.01.1989 | Communication of observations of patent proprietor (Time limit: M06) | 13.07.1989 | Reply of parties involved to observations of patent proprietor | 29.01.1991 | Date of oral proceedings | 06.05.1991 | Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M02) | 06.05.1991 | Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings | 01.07.1991 | Reply to a communication from the opposition division | 10.09.1991 | Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition | 20.09.1991 | Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition | 21.01.1992 | Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended | 21.04.1992 | Fee for printing new specification paid | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 22.09.1986 | Renewal fee patent year 03 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | CH | 24.06.1987 | LI | 24.06.1987 | SE | 30.06.1987 | [1993/33] |
| Former [1989/24] | CH | 24.06.1987 | |
| LI | 24.06.1987 | ||
| SE | 30.06.1987 | ||
| Former [1989/18] | SE | 30.06.1987 | Documents cited: | Search | FR2322578 [ ] (UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP [US]); | US4198982 [ ] (FORTNER JOSEPH G [US], et al); | FR2452275 [ ] (ISPYTATELNY INST MED [SU]); | US4304743 [ ] (PARADIS JOSEPH R); | WO8301193 [ ] (UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP [US]) | by applicant | US4402445 | US19820436056 |