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EP0871403 - DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT MANIPULATIONS IN THE HUMAN BODY, IN PARTICULAR IN THE UTERUS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  22.11.2002
Database last updated on 19.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip22.11.2002No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 08.01.2003  [2003/02]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
Mittelstrasse 8
78532 Tuttlingen / DE
[N/P]
Former [2000/10]For all designated states
Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
Mittelstrasse 8
78532 Tuttlingen / DE
Former [1998/43]For all designated states
Karl Storz GmbH & Co.
Mittelstrasse 8
78532 Tuttlingen / DE
Inventor(s)01 / SCHIFF, Norman
Steppener Strasse 29/2
D-88709 Meersburg / DE
02 / DITTRICH, Horst
Scheffelstrasse 6
D-78194 Immendingen / DE
[1998/43]
Representative(s)Münich, Wilhelm
Dr. Münich & Kollegen Anwaltskanzlei Wilhelm-Mayr-Strasse 11
80689 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1998/43]Münich, Wilhelm, Dr.
Kanzlei Münich, Rösler, Steinmann Wilhelm-Mayr-Str. 11
80689 München / DE
Application number, filing date96942261.722.11.1996
[1998/43]
WO1996DE02251
Priority number, dateDE199514357622.11.1995         Original published format: DE 19543576
[1998/43]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9718757
Date:29.05.1997
Language:DE
[1997/23]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0871403
Date:21.10.1998
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 29.05.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1998/43]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0871403
Date:16.01.2002
Language:DE
[2002/03]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP29.05.1997
ClassificationIPC:A61B17/00
[1998/43]
CPC:
A61B17/4241 (EP,US); A61B2017/3484 (EP,US); A61B90/30 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [2001/14]
Former [1998/43]AT,  BE,  CH,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE 
TitleGerman:VORRICHTUNG ZUR DURCHFÜHRUNG VON MANIPULATIONEN IM MENSCHLICHEN KÖRPER UND INSBESONDERE IM UTERUS[1998/43]
English:DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT MANIPULATIONS IN THE HUMAN BODY, IN PARTICULAR IN THE UTERUS[1998/43]
French:DISPOSITIF POUR EFFECTUER DES MANIPULATIONS A L'INTERIEUR DU CORPS HUMAIN, NOTAMMENT DE L'UTERUS[1998/43]
Entry into regional phase16.06.1998National basic fee paid 
16.06.1998Designation fee(s) paid 
16.06.1998Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure13.06.1997Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
16.06.1998Examination requested  [1998/43]
02.06.2000Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
11.10.2000Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.03.2001Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
23.05.2001Communication of intention to grant the patent
28.06.2001Fee for grant paid
28.06.2001Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)17.10.2002No opposition filed within time limit [2003/02]
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.11.1998Renewal fee patent year 03
30.11.1999Renewal fee patent year 04
30.11.2000Renewal fee patent year 05
31.10.2001Renewal fee patent year 06
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Cited inInternational search[XAY]US4633869  (SCHMIEDING REINHOLD [DE]) [X] 1 * column 2, line 1 - line 55 * * column 4, line 46 - line 68 * * column 5, line 55 - line 68; figure 3; claim 4 * [A] 3 [Y] 6,7;
 [YD]WO9420034  (STORZ KARL GMBH & CO [DE], et al) [YD] 6,7 * the whole document *
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