EP0957966 - ROTATE-TO-ADVANCE CATHETER SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 14.07.2006 Database last updated on 31.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 14.07.2006 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 16.08.2006 [2006/33] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Frassica, James J. 5 Essex Place Chelmsford, MA 01824 / US | [1999/47] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
see applicant ... | [1999/47] | Representative(s) | Thomson, Paul Anthony Potts, Kerr & Co. 15, Hamilton Square Birkenhead Merseyside CH41 6BR / GB | [N/P] |
Former [1999/47] | Thomson, Paul Anthony Potts, Kerr & Co. 15, Hamilton Square Birkenhead Merseyside L41 6BR / GB | Application number, filing date | 96921334.7 | 06.06.1996 | [1999/47] | WO1996US09274 | Priority number, date | US19960585040 | 11.01.1996 Original published format: US 585040 | US19960012276P | 26.02.1996 Original published format: US 12276 P | [1999/47] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9725090 | Date: | 17.07.1997 | Language: | EN | [1997/31] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0957966 | Date: | 24.11.1999 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 17.07.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1999/47] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0957966 | Date: | 07.09.2005 | Language: | EN | [2005/36] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 17.07.1997 | Classification | IPC: | A61M25/00 | [1999/47] | CPC data not yet available | Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, IT [1999/47] | Title | German: | DURCH DREHUNG VORSCHIEBBARES KATHETERSYSTEM | [1999/47] | English: | ROTATE-TO-ADVANCE CATHETER SYSTEM | [1999/47] | French: | SYSTEME DE CATHETER A AVANCE PAR ROTATION | [1999/47] | Entry into regional phase | 10.08.1998 | National basic fee paid | 10.08.1998 | Designation fee(s) paid | 10.08.1998 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 30.12.1996 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 10.08.1998 | Examination requested [1999/47] | 15.01.2003 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 24.07.2003 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 25.09.2003 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 30.03.2004 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 01.07.2004 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02) | 25.08.2004 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 25.02.2005 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 11.06.2005 | Fee for grant paid | 11.06.2005 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 08.06.2006 | No opposition filed within time limit [2006/33] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 24.09.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 30.06.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 29.06.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 29.06.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 28.06.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 30.06.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 28.06.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 07.06.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | Penalty fee | Additional fee for renewal fee | 01.07.1998 | 03   M06   Fee paid on   24.09.1998 |
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