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EP0741996
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP0741996 - Surgical tissue treating device with locking mechanism [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 31.12.2004 Database last updated on 02.09.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 31.12.2004 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 16.02.2005 [2005/07] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC. 4545 Creek Road Cincinnati, OH 45242-2839 / US | [2004/09] |
| Former [1996/46] | For all designated states ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC. 4545 Creek Road Cincinnati, Ohio 45242 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Yates, David C. 7534 Galway Court West Chester, Ohio 45069 / US | 02 /
Williamson, Warren P., IV 101 Southbend Court Loveland, Ohio 45140 / US | [1996/46] | Representative(s) | Mercer, Christopher Paul Carpmaels & Ransford LLP One Southampton Row London WC1B 5HA / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1996/46] | Mercer, Christopher Paul Carpmaels & Ransford 43, Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA / GB | Application number, filing date | 96303149.7 | 07.05.1996 | [1996/46] | Priority number, date | US19950437262 | 08.05.1995 Original published format: US 437262 | [1996/46] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0741996 | Date: | 13.11.1996 | Language: | EN | [1996/46] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0741996 | Date: | 23.04.1997 | [1997/17] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0741996 | Date: | 25.02.2004 | Language: | EN | [2004/09] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 06.03.1997 | Classification | IPC: | A61B17/072, A61B17/32 | [2003/15] | CPC: |
A61B18/1206 (EP,US);
A61B17/07207 (EP,US);
A61B18/1447 (EP,US);
A61B17/115 (EP,US);
A61B17/32 (EP,US);
A61B18/1402 (EP,US);
A61B2017/2923 (EP,US);
A61B2017/2929 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00404 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00601 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00642 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00666 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00672 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00678 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00684 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00702 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00708 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00761 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00875 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00886 (EP,US);
A61B2018/1273 (EP,US);
A61B2090/032 (EP,US)
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| Former IPC [1996/46] | A61B17/072, A61B17/32, A61B17/39 | Designated contracting states | DE, ES, FR, GB, IT [1996/46] | Title | German: | Mit Verriegelungsmechanismus versehene Vorrichtung zur chirurgischen Behandlung von Gewebe | [1996/46] | English: | Surgical tissue treating device with locking mechanism | [1996/46] | French: | Dispositif de traitement chirurgical de tissu, avec mécanisme de verrouillage | [1996/46] | Examination procedure | 30.09.1997 | Examination requested [1997/48] | 30.10.2001 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 04.03.2002 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 05.03.2003 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 08.09.2003 | Fee for grant paid | 08.09.2003 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 26.11.2004 | No opposition filed within time limit [2005/07] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 11.05.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 12.05.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 15.05.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 14.05.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 14.05.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 13.05.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 08 |
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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 | [DY]US5403312 (YATES DAVID C [US], et al) [DY] 1-7 * page 3, paragraph L *; | [Y]US5307976 (OLSON TODD [US], et al) [Y] 1-7 * abstract *; | [A]US5389098 (TSURUTA MINORU [JP], et al) |