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EP About this file: EP0595893

EP0595893 - APPARATUS FOR REMOVING CATARACTOUS-LENS TISSUE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  16.07.1999
Database last updated on 07.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip07.12.2007Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT		published on 09.01.2008  [2008/02]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
L'ESPERANCE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
1 East 71st Street
New York, NY 10021 / US
[1994/19]
Inventor(s)01 / L'ESPERANCE, Francis, A.
255 Oakwood Road
Englewood, NJ 07631 / US
[1994/19]
Representative(s)Milhench, Howard Leslie, et al
R.G.C. Jenkins & Co. 26 Caxton Street
London SW1H 0RJ / GB
[N/P]
Former [1994/19]Milhench, Howard Leslie, et al
R.G.C. Jenkins & Co. 26 Caxton Street
London SW1H 0RJ / GB
Application number, filing date92915556.206.07.1992
[1994/19]
WO1992US05637
Priority number, dateUS1991073280119.07.1991         Original published format: US 732801
[1994/19]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9301757
Date:04.02.1993
Language:EN
[1993/04]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0595893
Date:11.05.1994
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 04.02.1993 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1994/19]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0595893
Date:09.09.1998
Language:EN
[1998/37]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US04.02.1993
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP07.07.1994
ClassificationIPC:A61B17/36, A61F9/00
[1994/31]
CPC:
A61F9/008 (EP,US); A61F9/00763 (EP,US); A61B18/20 (EP,US);
A61F2009/0087 (EP,US); A61F2009/00887 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1994/19]A61B17/36
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   SE [1994/19]
TitleGerman:VORRICHTUNG ZUM ENTFERNEN VON LINSENTRÜBUNGSGEWEBE[1994/19]
English:APPARATUS FOR REMOVING CATARACTOUS-LENS TISSUE[1994/19]
French:DISPOSITIF D'ELIMINATION DE TISSUS DU CRISTALLIN ATTEINT DE CATARACTE[1994/19]
Entry into regional phase16.02.1994National basic fee paid 
16.02.1994Search fee paid 
16.02.1994Designation fee(s) paid 
16.02.1994Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure12.02.1993Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: DE
16.02.1994Examination requested  [1994/19]
31.07.1996Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
10.02.1997Reply to a communication from the examining division
02.10.1997Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
04.02.1998Communication of intention to grant the patent
14.05.1998Fee for grant paid
14.05.1998Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)10.06.1999No opposition filed within time limit [1999/35]
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.07.1994Renewal fee patent year 03
26.07.1995Renewal fee patent year 04
11.07.1996Renewal fee patent year 05
14.07.1997Renewal fee patent year 06
08.07.1998Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT09.09.1998
BE09.09.1998
CH09.09.1998
ES09.09.1998
FR09.09.1998
GR09.09.1998
IT09.09.1998
LI09.09.1998
NL09.09.1998
DK09.12.1998
SE09.12.1998
[2008/02]
Former [2006/14]AT09.09.1998
BE09.09.1998
CH09.09.1998
ES09.09.1998
FR09.09.1998
GR09.09.1998
LI09.09.1998
NL09.09.1998
DK09.12.1998
SE09.12.1998
Former [2003/45]AT09.09.1998
BE09.09.1998
CH09.09.1998
ES09.09.1998
GR09.09.1998
LI09.09.1998
NL09.09.1998
DK09.12.1998
SE09.12.1998
FR05.02.1999
Former [2003/07]AT09.09.1998
BE09.09.1998
CH09.09.1998
ES09.09.1998
GR09.09.1998
LI09.09.1998
NL09.09.1998
SE09.12.1998
FR05.02.1999
Former [2002/25]AT09.09.1998
BE09.09.1998
CH09.09.1998
ES09.09.1998
GR09.09.1998
LI09.09.1998
SE09.12.1998
FR05.02.1999
Former [2001/23]AT09.09.1998
BE09.09.1998
CH09.09.1998
GR09.09.1998
LI09.09.1998
SE09.12.1998
FR05.02.1999
Former [2000/52]AT09.09.1998
BE09.09.1998
CH09.09.1998
LI09.09.1998
SE09.12.1998
FR05.02.1999
Former [2000/50]AT09.09.1998
BE09.09.1998
SE09.12.1998
CH14.12.1998
LI14.12.1998
FR05.02.1999
Former [1999/36]AT09.09.1998
BE09.09.1998
SE09.12.1998
FR05.02.1999
Former [1999/34]AT09.09.1998
BE09.09.1998
SE09.12.1998
Former [1999/32]BE09.09.1998
SE09.12.1998
Former [1999/27]BE09.09.1998
Documents cited:Search[A]DE3630203  (WISAP GMBH [DE]) [A] 1,5,12 * page 6, paragraph 1 *;
 [A]WO8804157  (VASER INC [US]) [A] 1,5,12;
 [A]EP0365228  (PFIZER HOSPITAL PROD [US]);
 [A]US4955882  (HAKKY SAID I) [A] 1,5,12 * abstract *
International search[Y]US3732858  (BANKO A);
 [Y]US4589414  (YOSHIDA YUTAKA [JP], et al);
 [Y]US4760840  (FOURNIER JR GEORGE R [US], et al);
 [Y]US4825865  (ZELMAN JERRY [US]);
 [YP]US5061266  (HAKKY SAID I);
 [YE]US5129896  (HASSON HARRITH M [US])
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