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EP About this file: EP0400288

EP0400288 - Bipolar coagulation apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  30.08.1996
Database last updated on 24.04.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip30.11.2007Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT
published on 02.01.2008  [2008/01]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Richard Wolf GmbH
Pforzheimer Strasse 32
75438 Knittlingen / DE
[N/P]
Former [1990/49]For all designated states
Richard Wolf GmbH
Pforzheimer Strasse 32
D-75438 Knittlingen / DE
Inventor(s)01 / Melzer, Andreas
Zugspitzstrasse 15
D-6200 Wiesbaden / DE
02 / Nahrun, Markus
Auf den Rotten 14
D-5253 Lindlar / DE
03 / Kipfmüller, Karl, Dr.
Mittelgasse 34
D-6204 Taunusstein / DE
04 / Reidenbach, H.-D., Prof. Dr.
Dahlerhoferstrasse 68
D-5206 Neunkirchen-Seelscheid 1 / DE
05 / Buess, Gerd, Prof. Dr.
Berliner Strasse 1
D-6501 Nieder-Olm / DE
[1990/49]
Representative(s)Wilcken, Thomas, et al
Patentanwälte Wilcken & Vollmann Bei der Lohmühle 23
23554 Lübeck / DE
[N/P]
Former [1990/49]Wilcken, Thomas, Dipl.-Ing., et al
Patentanwälte Wilcken & Vollmann Musterbahn 1
D-23552 Lübeck / DE
Application number, filing date90105285.221.03.1990
[1990/49]
Priority number, dateDE1989391732827.05.1989         Original published format: DE 3917328
[1990/49]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0400288
Date:05.12.1990
Language:DE
[1990/49]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0400288
Date:10.07.1991
Language:DE
[1991/28]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0400288
Date:25.10.1995
Language:DE
[1995/43]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP22.05.1991
ClassificationIPC:A61B17/39
[1990/49]
CPC:
A61B18/1442 (EP,US); A61B18/1402 (EP,US); A61B2017/3445 (EP,US);
A61B2018/145 (EP,US); A61M3/0279 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesBE,   FR,   GB,   IT [1995/43]
Former [1990/49]BE,  DE,  FR,  GB,  IT 
TitleGerman:Bipolares Koagulationsinstrument[1990/49]
English:Bipolar coagulation apparatus[1990/49]
French:Appareil de coagulation bipolaire[1990/49]
File destroyed:20.04.2002
Examination procedure22.07.1991Examination requested  [1991/38]
22.09.1994Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
27.01.1995Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.02.1995Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
19.04.1995Communication of intention to grant the patent
21.06.1995Fee for grant paid
21.06.1995Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)26.07.1996No opposition filed within time limit [1996/42]
Fees paidRenewal fee
11.02.1992Renewal fee patent year 03
02.03.1993Renewal fee patent year 04
24.03.1994Renewal fee patent year 05
14.03.1995Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipBE25.10.1995
GB25.10.1995
IT25.10.1995
[1999/42]
Former [1996/47]BE25.10.1995
GB25.10.1995
Former [1996/31]BE25.10.1995
Documents cited:Search[A]CH547103  (WULLSCHLEGER & SCHWARZ FA);
 [A]DE2930982  (REIDENBACH HANS DIETER DIPL IN);
 [A]US2011169  (CHARLES WAPPLER FREDERICK);
 [A]US2002594  (CHARLES WAPPLER FREDERICK, et al)
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