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EP0649633
European procedure
Extract from the Register of European Patents
EP About this file: EP0649633
| EP0649633 - Surgical suture needle of the taper point type [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 22.10.1999 Database last updated on 19.10.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 22.10.1999 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 08.12.1999 [1999/49] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states ETHICON, INC. U.S. Route 22 West Somerville, NJ 08876 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1998/51] | For all designated states ETHICON, INC. U.S. Route 22 West Somerville, N J 08876 / US | ||
| Former [1995/17] | For all designated states ETHICON, INC. Route 22, West Somerville, N J 08876 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
McGregor, Walter 104 Hoffman Road Flemington, NJ 08822 / US | 02 /
Schaeffer, William 1530 Filo Road Yardley, PA 19067 / US | 03 /
Shchervinsky, Semyon 6 Menlo Drive Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889 / US | [1995/17] | Representative(s) | Fisher, Adrian John, et al Carpmaels & Ransford LLP One Southampton Row London WC1B 5HA / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1995/17] | Fisher, Adrian John, et al CARPMAELS & RANSFORD 43 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA / GB | Application number, filing date | 94307757.8 | 21.10.1994 | [1995/17] | Priority number, date | US19930141448 | 22.10.1993 Original published format: US 141448 | [1995/17] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0649633 | Date: | 26.04.1995 | Language: | EN | [1995/17] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0649633 | Date: | 16.12.1998 | Language: | EN | [1998/51] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 25.01.1995 | Classification | IPC: | A61B17/06 | [1995/17] | CPC: |
A61B17/06066 (EP,US);
A61B2017/06028 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, IT [1995/17] | Title | German: | Chirurgische Nähnadel mit konisch zulaufendem Profil | [1995/17] | English: | Surgical suture needle of the taper point type | [1995/17] | French: | Aiguille de suture chirurgicale coniquement effilée | [1995/17] | Examination procedure | 02.10.1995 | Examination requested [1995/48] | 19.01.1996 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 20.05.1996 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 03.04.1997 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 13.10.1997 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 22.01.1998 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 12.06.1998 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 12.08.1998 | Fee for grant paid | 12.08.1998 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 17.09.1999 | No opposition filed within time limit [1999/49] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 09.10.1996 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 10.10.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 12.10.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Documents cited: | Search | [Y]US5100390 (LUBECK NORMA A [US], et al) [Y] 1-5,11-13 * column 7, line 57 - column 8, line 20; figure 4A *; | [Y]US5100432 (MATSUTANI MASAAKI [JP]) [Y] 1-5,11-13 * the whole document *; | [A]EP0107961 (ETHICON INC [US]); | [A]EP0378095 (BRAUN MELSUNGEN AG [DE]) |