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EP About this file: EP0157832

EP0157832 - DEVICE FOR DRAINING BODY FLUIDS AND IRRIGATING SOLUTIONS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  28.12.1991
Database last updated on 17.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip11.02.1993Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): GB
published on 31.03.1993 [1993/13]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Merocel Corporation
P.O. Box 334 880 Flanders Road
Mystic, CT 06355 / US
[1985/42]
Inventor(s)01 / KORTEWEG, Wayne
178 Colonel Ledyard Highway
Ledyard, CT 06339 / US
[1985/42]
Representative(s)Rosenquist, Per Olof, et al
H.W. Barnieske Patentbyra AB
P.O. Box 25
151 21 Södertälje 1 / SE
[N/P]
Former [1988/11]Rosenquist, Per Olof, et al
H.W. Barnieske Patentbyra AB P.O. Box 25
S-151 21 Södertälje 1 / SE
Former [1985/42]Rosenquist, Per Olof
H.W. Barnieske Patentbyra AB P.O. Box 25
S-151 21 Södertälje 1 / SE
Application number, filing date84903597.718.09.1984
[1985/42]
WO1984US01501
Priority number, dateUS1983053322219.09.1983         Original published format: US 533222
[1985/42]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO8501211
Date:28.03.1985
Language:EN
[1985/08]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0157832
Date:16.10.1985
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 28.03.1985 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1985/42]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0157832
Date:27.02.1991
Language:EN
[1991/09]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US28.03.1985
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP12.10.1987
ClassificationIPC:A61M27/00
[1991/09]
CPC:
A61M27/00 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1985/42]A61M5/00
Designated contracting statesBE,   FR,   GB,   NL,   SE [1985/42]
TitleGerman:GERÄT ZUR DRAINAGE VON KÖRPER- UND SPÜLFLÜSSIGKEITEN[1985/42]
English:DEVICE FOR DRAINING BODY FLUIDS AND IRRIGATING SOLUTIONS[1985/42]
French:DISPOSITIF DE DRAINAGE DE FLUIDES SOMATIQUES ET D'IRRIGATION DE SOLUTIONS[1985/42]
File destroyed:12.06.1999
Entry into regional phase17.05.1985National basic fee paid 
17.05.1985Search fee paid 
17.05.1985Designation fee(s) paid 
17.05.1985Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure17.05.1985Examination requested  [1985/42]
21.08.1989Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
18.12.1989Reply to a communication from the examining division
25.01.1990Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
28.04.1990Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.07.1990Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
04.09.1990Communication of intention to grant the patent
18.09.1990Fee for grant paid
18.09.1990Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)28.11.1991No opposition filed within time limit [1992/08]
Fees paidRenewal fee
12.09.1986Renewal fee patent year 03
11.09.1987Renewal fee patent year 04
14.09.1988Renewal fee patent year 05
20.09.1989Renewal fee patent year 06
17.09.1990Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipGB18.09.1991
SE19.09.1991
BE30.09.1991
[1993/13]
Former [1992/37]SE19.09.1991
BE30.09.1991
Former [1992/24]SE19.09.1991
Documents cited:Search[X]US4029097  (LEROY PIERRE L)
International search[X]US4246901  (FROSCH ROBERT A ADMINISTRATOR, et al);
 [Y]US4344432  (PANKAU EDWARD F);
 [A]US2457851  (TAFT IRVING W)
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