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EP0490979 - PHYSIOLOGIC LOW STRESS ANGIOPLASTY [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  19.09.1997
Database last updated on 13.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip19.09.1997No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 05.11.1997 [1997/45]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
One Boston Scientific Place
Natick, MA 01760-1537 / US
[1995/30]
Former [1992/26]For all designated states
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
480 Pleasant Street
Watertown, MA 02172-2407 / US
Inventor(s)01 / ABELE, John, E.
101 Fairhaven Hill
Concord, MA 01742 / US
02 / LENNOX, Charles, D.
523 Foxhollow Drive
Hudson, New Hampshire 03051 / US
[1992/32]
Former [1992/26]01 / ABELE, John, E.
101 Fairhaven Hill
Concord, MA 01742 / US
02 / LENNOX, Charles, D.
75 Ledgewood Hills Drive
Nashua, NH 02062 / US
Representative(s)Deans, Michael John Percy, et al
Marks & Clerk LLP
90 Long Acre
London
WC2E 9RA / GB
[N/P]
Former [1992/26]Deans, Michael John Percy, et al
Lloyd Wise, Tregear & CO. Norman House 105-109 Strand
London WC2R OAE / GB
Application number, filing date90914005.507.09.1990
[1992/26]
WO1990US05070
Priority number, dateUS1989040448308.09.1989         Original published format: US 404483
[1992/26]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9103207
Date:21.03.1991
Language:EN
[1991/07]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0490979
Date:24.06.1992
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 21.03.1991 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1992/26]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0490979
Date:13.11.1996
Language:EN
[1996/46]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US21.03.1991
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP05.06.1992
ClassificationIPC:A61B17/38, A61M29/02
[1992/31]
CPC:
A61B17/22 (EP,US); A61B18/08 (EP,US); A61B18/082 (EP,US);
A61M25/10184 (EP,US); A61M25/10185 (US); A61M25/104 (EP,US);
A61B2017/00022 (EP,US); A61B2017/00084 (EP,US); A61B2017/00088 (EP,US);
A61B2017/00132 (EP,US); A61B2017/00274 (EP,US); A61B2017/00482 (EP,US);
A61B2017/22002 (EP,US); A61B2017/22062 (EP,US); A61B2018/0022 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00547 (EP,US); A61B2018/00559 (EP,US); A61B2018/00577 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00791 (EP,US); A61B2018/044 (EP,US); A61B2090/063 (EP,US);
A61B2090/064 (EP,US); A61M2025/0002 (EP,US); A61M25/10186 (EP,US);
A61M25/10188 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [1992/26]A61B17/36
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   NL,   SE [1992/26]
TitleGerman:ANGIOPLASTIE MIT NIEDRIGEM PHYSIOLOGISCHEN STRESS[1992/26]
English:PHYSIOLOGIC LOW STRESS ANGIOPLASTY[1992/26]
French:ANGIOPLASTIE A FAIBLE CONTRAINTE PHYSIOLOGIQUE[1992/26]
Entry into regional phase10.03.1992National basic fee paid 
10.03.1992Search fee paid 
10.03.1992Designation fee(s) paid 
10.03.1992Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure04.04.1991Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: DE
10.03.1992Examination requested  [1992/26]
25.03.1994Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
29.09.1994Reply to a communication from the examining division
27.01.1995Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
31.07.1995Reply to a communication from the examining division
24.10.1995Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
14.02.1996Communication of intention to grant the patent
25.04.1996Fee for grant paid
25.04.1996Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)14.08.1997No opposition filed within time limit [1997/45]
Fees paidRenewal fee
17.08.1992Renewal fee patent year 03
20.08.1993Renewal fee patent year 04
25.08.1994Renewal fee patent year 05
18.08.1995Renewal fee patent year 06
19.08.1996Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipSE13.02.1997
[1997/39]
Documents cited:Search[A]US4754752  (GINSBURG ROBERT [US], et al);
 [A]EP0205851  ;
 [A]EP0315982  (SOLZBACH ULRICH DR [DE], et al);
 [A]WO8905609  (ZEIHER ANDREAS [DE]);
 [A]US4411648  (DAVIS CHARLES P [US], et al);
 [A]WO8905165  (DEVICES VASCULAR INTERVENTION [US]);
 [AP]WO9004365  (LENNOX CHARLES D [US], et al)
International search[X]EP0182689  (MEDICAL LASER RES & DEV CORP [US]);
 [Y]US4709698  (JOHNSTON JAMES H [US], et al);
 [Y]US4651738  (DEMER LINDA L [US], et al);
 [Y]US612724
 [Y]  - Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty, pgs. 60-72 ZOLLIKOFER, "Results of ... Dilation" 1983 (see fig. 6).
 [Y]  - AJP, ABELE, "Balloon Catheters and Transluminal Dilatation" April 1980 (see fig. 10).
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