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EP0912142 - SMOOTH-SURFACE ROTARY ELECTRODE FOR HF SURGERY [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 22.08.2003 Database last updated on 28.06.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	22.08.2003	No opposition filed within time limit	published on 08.10.2003 [2003/41]
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 [1999/18]	For all designated states Karl Storz GmbH & Co. Mittelstrasse 8 78532 Tuttlingen / DE
Inventor(s)	01 / IRION, Klaus Heudorfer Strasse 38 D-78576 Liptingen / DE
	02 / SOLINGEN, Simon 2927 Woodwardia Drive Los Angeles, CA 90077 / US
	[1999/18]
Representative(s)	Münich, Wilhelm Anwaltskanzlei Dr. Münich & Kollegen, Wilhelm-Mayr-Strasse 11 80689 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [1999/18]	Münich, Wilhelm, Dr. Anwaltskanzlei Dr. Münich & Kollegen, Wilhelm-Mayr-Strasse 11 80689 München / DE
Application number, filing date	97931647.8	24.06.1997
	[1999/18]
	WO1997DE01310
Priority number, date	DE1996125242	24.06.1996 Original published format: DE 19625242
	[1999/18]
Filing language	DE
Procedural language	DE
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9749346
	Date:	31.12.1997
	Language:	DE
	[1997/57]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0912142
	Date:	06.05.1999
	Language:	DE
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 31.12.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1999/18]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0912142
	Date:	16.10.2002
	Language:	DE
	[2002/42]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	31.12.1997
Classification	IPC:	A61B18/12	[2002/41]
	CPC:	A61B18/149 (EP,US); A61B2018/1861 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [1999/18]	A61B17/39
Designated contracting states	DE, FR, GB, IT [2000/07]
Former [1999/18]	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE
Title	German:	ELEKTRODE MIT GLATTER, DREHBARER OBERFLÄCHE ZUR HF-CHIRURGIE	[1999/18]
	English:	SMOOTH-SURFACE ROTARY ELECTRODE FOR HF SURGERY	[1999/18]
	French:	ELECTRODE ROTATIVE A SURFACE LISSE POUR CHIRURGIE PAR HAUTE FREQUENCE	[1999/18]
Entry into regional phase	02.12.1998	National basic fee paid
	02.12.1998	Designation fee(s) paid
	02.12.1998	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	23.12.1997	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	02.12.1998	Examination requested [1999/18]
	25.01.1999	Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
	16.09.1999	Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, CH, DK, ES, FI, GR, IE, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE
	21.05.2001	Request for accelerated examination filed
	03.07.2001	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	03.07.2001	Decision about request for accelerated examination - accepted: Yes
	05.11.2001	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	27.11.2001	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	09.01.2002	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	31.01.2002	Fee for grant paid
	31.01.2002	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	17.07.2003	No opposition filed within time limit [2003/41]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	17.09.1999	Renewal fee patent year 03
	29.06.2000	Renewal fee patent year 04
	28.06.2001	Renewal fee patent year 05
	28.06.2002	Renewal fee patent year 06
	Penalty fee
	Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973
	02.07.1999	AT M01 Not yet paid
	02.07.1999	BE M01 Not yet paid
	02.07.1999	CH M01 Not yet paid
	02.07.1999	DK M01 Not yet paid
	02.07.1999	ES M01 Not yet paid
	02.07.1999	FI M01 Not yet paid
	02.07.1999	GR M01 Not yet paid
	02.07.1999	IE M01 Not yet paid
	02.07.1999	LU M01 Not yet paid
	02.07.1999	MC M01 Not yet paid
	02.07.1999	NL M01 Not yet paid
	02.07.1999	PT M01 Not yet paid
	02.07.1999	SE M01 Not yet paid
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	30.06.1999	03 M06 Fee paid on 17.09.1999
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Cited in	International search	[DA]DE2222820 (DELMA ELEKTRO MED APP) [DA] 1 * figures 1,2; claim 1 *;
		[DA]DE4242126 (DECKARDT RAINER DR [DE]) [DA] 1 * abstract *;
		[DA]US5395363 (BILLINGS R GAIL [US], et al) [DA] 1 * the whole document *;
		[PA]US5549605 (HAHNEN KEVIN F [US]);
		[PA]DE19514552 (WINTER & IBE OLYMPUS [DE]);
		[AP]US5599349 (D AMELIO FRANK D [US]);
		[AP]US5634924 (TURKEL DAVID [US], et al)
	by applicant	US3460539
		DE2222820
		DE4242126
		US5395363
		DE29511618U

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