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EP0888748
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP0888748 - Electrosurgical trocar comprising inductive adapter [Right-click to bookmark this link] | |||
| Former [1999/01] | Inductively coupled electrosurgical trocar | ||
| [2004/29] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 04.11.2005 Database last updated on 11.05.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 23.03.2007 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state | published on 25.04.2007 [2007/17] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC. 4545 Creek Road Cincinnati, Ohio 45242 / US | [1999/01] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Long, Gary L. 1 Linden Place Cincinnati, Ohio 45227 / US | 02 /
Freeman, Lynetta J. 7686 Kennesaw Drive West Chester, Ohio 45069 / US | 03 /
Knodel, Bryan D. 4015 East Soliere, Apt. No. 268 Flagstaff, AZ 86004 / US | [2004/33] |
| Former [1999/14] | 01 /
Long, Gary L. 1 Linden Place Cincinnati, Ohio 45227 / US | ||
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Freeman, Lynetta J. 7686 Kennesaw Drive West Chester, Ohio 45069 / US | |||
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Knobel, Bryan D. 4015 East Soliere, Apt. No. 268 Flagstaff, AZ 86004 / US | |||
| Former [1999/01] | 01 /
Long, Gary L. 1 Linden Place Cincinnati, Ohio 45227 / US | ||
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Freeman, Lynetta J. 7686 Kennesaw Drive West Chester, Ohio 45069 / US | |||
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Knodel, Bryan D. 3315 Brinton Trail Cincinnati, Ohio 45140 / US | Representative(s) | Mercer, Christopher Paul, et al Carpmaels & Ransford LLP One Southampton Row London WC1B 5HA / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1999/01] | Mercer, Christopher Paul, et al Carpmaels & Ransford 43, Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA / GB | Application number, filing date | 98305112.9 | 29.06.1998 | [1999/01] | Priority number, date | US19970885166 | 30.06.1997 Original published format: US 885166 | [1999/01] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0888748 | Date: | 07.01.1999 | Language: | EN | [1999/01] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0888748 | Date: | 29.12.2004 | Language: | EN | [2004/53] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 12.10.1998 | Classification | IPC: | A61B17/34, A61B18/00 | [2005/01] | CPC: |
A61B18/1487 (EP,US);
A61B17/3476 (EP,US)
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| Former IPC [1999/01] | A61B17/34, A61B17/36 | Designated contracting states | DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, NL [1999/37] |
| Former [1999/01] | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE | Title | German: | Elektrochirurgischer Trokar mit induktivem Adapter | [2004/29] | English: | Electrosurgical trocar comprising inductive adapter | [2004/29] | French: | Trocar electrochirurgical à couplage inductif | [1999/01] |
| Former [1999/01] | Induktiv angekoppelter elektrochirurgischer Trokar | ||
| Former [1999/01] | Inductively coupled electrosurgical trocar | Examination procedure | 17.06.1999 | Examination requested [1999/33] | 05.12.2002 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 15.04.2003 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 05.07.2004 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 21.10.2004 | Fee for grant paid | 21.10.2004 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 30.09.2005 | No opposition filed within time limit [2005/51] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 13.06.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 13.06.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 12.06.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 12.06.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 14.06.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 07 |
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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. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | ES | 29.12.2004 | [2007/17] | Documents cited: | Search | [A]DE3708801 (MEDTRONIC MEDIZINISCH ELEKTRON [DE]) [A] 1,2,4-6,8,9 * claims 3,4 *; | [A]US5599348 (GENTELIA JOHN S [US], et al) [A] 4-6 * column 2, line 60 - column 3, line 11 * | by applicant | US5387197 | US5403312 |