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EP1006884 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A REINFORCED SURGICAL FASTENER SUTURE LINE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 29.09.2006 Database last updated on 11.04.2026
Most recent event Tooltip	26.09.2008	Change - representative	published on 29.10.2008 [2008/44]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Synovis Life Technologies, Inc. 2575 University Avenue St. Paul, MN 55114-1024 / US
	[2004/30]
Former [2000/24]	For all designated states BIO-VASCULAR, INC. 2575 University Avenue St. Paul, MN 55114-1024 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / FRANCIS, Ralph, T. 3200 Silver Lake Road St. Anthony, MN 55418 / US
	02 / HUGHES, Mark, E. 31 Oak Leaf Lane Circle Pines, MN 55014 / US
	03 / CLAESON, Anne, E. 4849 Vincent Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55410 / US
	04 / COOPER, Joel 2708 Turnberry Park Lane St. Louis, MO 63131 / US
	[2000/24]
Representative(s)	Gowshall, Jonathan Vallance Forresters IP LLP Skygarden Erika-Mann-Strasse 11 80636 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2008/44]	Gowshall, Jonathan Vallance Forrester & Boehmert Pettenkoferstrasse 20-22 80336 München / DE
Former [2000/24]	Gowshall, Jonathan Vallance FORRESTER & BOEHMERT Franz-Joseph-Strasse 38 80801 München / DE
Application number, filing date	97906585.1	12.02.1997
	[2000/24]
	WO1997US02283
Priority number, date	US19960734113	21.10.1996 Original published format: US 734113
	[2000/24]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9817180
	Date:	30.04.1998
	Language:	EN
	[1998/17]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1006884
	Date:	14.06.2000
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 30.04.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2000/24]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1006884
	Date:	23.11.2005
	Language:	EN
	[2005/47]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	30.04.1998
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	11.12.2000
Classification	IPC:	A61B17/00, A61B17/072	[2001/04]
	CPC:	A61B17/07207 (EP,US); A61B17/00491 (EP,US); A61B17/07292 (EP,US); A61B2017/00004 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2000/24]	A61B17/00
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, IE, IT, LI, NL, PT, SE [2000/24]
Title	German:	VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM HERSTELLEN EINER VERSTÄRKT EN CHIRUEGISCHEN NÄHLINIE	[2000/24]
	English:	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A REINFORCED SURGICAL FASTENER SUTURE LINE	[2000/24]
	French:	APPAREIL ET PROCEDE POUR REALISER UNE LIGNE DE SUTURE RENFORCEE PAR UN DISPOSITIF DE FIXATION CHIRURGICAL	[2000/24]
Entry into regional phase	17.05.1999	National basic fee paid
	17.05.1999	Search fee paid
	17.05.1999	Designation fee(s) paid
	17.05.1999	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	21.05.1998	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	17.05.1999	Examination requested [2000/24]
	11.09.2001	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	21.03.2002	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	09.03.2005	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	19.09.2005	Fee for grant paid
	19.09.2005	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	24.08.2006	No opposition filed within time limit [2006/44]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	17.05.1999	Renewal fee patent year 03
	11.02.2000	Renewal fee patent year 04
	15.02.2001	Renewal fee patent year 05
	13.02.2002	Renewal fee patent year 06
	12.02.2003	Renewal fee patent year 07
	12.02.2004	Renewal fee patent year 08
	14.02.2005	Renewal fee patent year 09
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	23.11.2005
	BE	23.11.2005
	FI	23.11.2005
	IT	23.11.2005
	NL	23.11.2005
	DK	23.02.2006
	SE	23.02.2006
	PT	24.04.2006
	[2008/07]
Former [2006/49]	AT	23.11.2005
	BE	23.11.2005
	FI	23.11.2005
	NL	23.11.2005
	DK	23.02.2006
	SE	23.02.2006
	PT	24.04.2006
Former [2006/36]	AT	23.11.2005
	BE	23.11.2005
	FI	23.11.2005
	NL	23.11.2005
	DK	23.02.2006
	SE	23.02.2006
Former [2006/34]	AT	23.11.2005
	FI	23.11.2005
	NL	23.11.2005
	DK	23.02.2006
	SE	23.02.2006
Former [2006/27]	FI	23.11.2005
	NL	23.11.2005
	SE	23.02.2006
Former [2006/24]	FI	23.11.2005
	NL	23.11.2005
Documents cited:	Search	No further relevant documents disclosed

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