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EP About this file: EP0595507

EP0595507 - Needle stopper and needle removal device [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  12.11.1999
Database last updated on 26.06.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip09.05.2002Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 26.06.2002  [2002/26]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Becton Dickinson and Company
One Becton Drive
Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417-1880 / US
[N/P]
Former [1999/01]For all designated states
Becton, Dickinson and Company
One Becton Drive
Franklin Lakes, New Jersey 07417-1880 / US
Former [1994/18]For all designated states
Becton Dickinson and Company
One Becton Drive
Franklin Lakes, New Jersey 07417-1880 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Benson, Carl L.
107 Harding Road
Wyckoff, New Jersey 07481 / US
02 / Kosinski, Anthony J.
79 Princeton Drive
Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974 / US
[1994/18]
Representative(s)Ruffles, Graham Keith, et al
Marks & Clerk LLP 62-68 Hills Road Cambridge
CB2 1LA / GB
[N/P]
Former [1994/18]Ruffles, Graham Keith, et al
MARKS & CLERK, 57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3LS / GB
Application number, filing date93308233.115.10.1993
[1994/18]
Priority number, dateUS1992096949630.10.1992         Original published format: US 969496
[1994/18]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0595507
Date:04.05.1994
Language:EN
[1994/18]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0595507
Date:07.01.1999
Language:EN
[1999/01]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP25.02.1994
ClassificationIPC:A61M5/32
[1994/18]
CPC:
A61M5/3213 (EP,US); A61M2005/3109 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT [1994/18]
TitleGerman:Nadelstopfen und Vorrichtung zum Entfernen der Nadel[1994/18]
English:Needle stopper and needle removal device[1994/18]
French:Protecteur d'aiguille et dispostif d'enlèvement de l'aiguille[1994/18]
Examination procedure27.10.1994Examination requested  [1994/51]
10.07.1996Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
18.11.1996Reply to a communication from the examining division
20.06.1997Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
11.11.1997Reply to a communication from the examining division
26.05.1998Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
13.07.1998Communication of intention to grant the patent
15.09.1998Fee for grant paid
15.09.1998Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)08.10.1999No opposition filed within time limit [1999/52]
Fees paidRenewal fee
10.10.1995Renewal fee patent year 03
09.10.1996Renewal fee patent year 04
10.10.1997Renewal fee patent year 05
12.10.1998Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipES07.01.1999
[2002/26]
Documents cited:Search[Y]US3876067  (SCHWARZ HELMUT) [Y] 1-9 * column 1, line 57 - column 2, line 60; figures 2-4 *;
 [Y]FR2617719  (CHRISTOPHE DABRIOU MARLYNE [FR]) [Y] 1-9 * figures 1-4; claims 1,2 *;
 [A]EP0315306  (JENSEN HANS SKOVGARD) [A] 1,3,4,6-9 * column 5, line 51 - column 6, line 13 * * column 6, line 43 - line 47; figures 1,2,4,9-11 *;
 [A]US4380292  (CRAMER KATHLEEN J [US]) [A] 1,2 * column 4, line 26 - line 58; figure 1 *
ExaminationUS4248246
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