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EP About this file: EP1032316

EP1032316 - CLIP INSERTING TOOL [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  28.01.2005
Database last updated on 24.04.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip22.08.2008Change - applicantpublished on 24.09.2008  [2008/39]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Aesculap AG
Am Aesculap-Platz
78532 Tuttlingen / DE
[2008/39]
Former [2000/36]For all designated states
Aesculap AG & Co. KG
Am Aesculap-Platz
78532 Tuttlingen / DE
Inventor(s)01 / KIENZLE, Karl-Ernst
Leitzenfelderstrasse 16
D-78194 Immendingen / DE
02 / MAYENBERGER, Rupert
Steinerweg 33/6
D-78239 Rielasingen / DE
03 / WEISSHAUPT, Dieter
Bachzimmerer Ösch 10
D-78194 Immendingen / DE
[2000/36]
Representative(s)Boehme, Ulrich, et al
HOEGER, STELLRECHT & PARTNER Patentanwälte
Uhlandstrasse 14 c
70182 Stuttgart / DE
[N/P]
Former [2000/36]Böhme, Ulrich, Dr. Dipl.-Phys., et al
Hoeger, Stellrecht & Partner, Patentanwälte GBR Uhlandstrasse 14c
70182 Stuttgart / DE
Application number, filing date98958909.820.11.1998
[2000/36]
WO1998EP07478
Priority number, dateDE199715233226.11.1997         Original published format: DE 19752332
[2000/36]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9926545
Date:03.06.1999
Language:DE
[1999/22]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1032316
Date:06.09.2000
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 03.06.1999 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2000/36]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1032316
Date:24.03.2004
Language:DE
[2004/13]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP03.06.1999
ClassificationIPC:A61B17/128, A61B17/28
[2000/36]
CPC:
A61B17/2909 (EP,US); A61B17/128 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesES,   FR,   GB,   IT [2000/36]
TitleGerman:CLIPANLEGEGERÄT[2000/36]
English:CLIP INSERTING TOOL[2000/36]
French:APPAREIL POUR LA POSE D'AGRAFES[2000/36]
Entry into regional phase26.11.1999National basic fee paid 
26.11.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
26.11.1999Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure08.05.1999Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
26.11.1999Examination requested  [2000/36]
30.05.2003Communication of intention to grant the patent
26.09.2003Fee for grant paid
26.09.2003Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)28.12.2004No opposition filed within time limit [2005/11]
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.11.2000Renewal fee patent year 03
23.11.2001Renewal fee patent year 04
23.11.2002Renewal fee patent year 05
22.11.2003Renewal fee patent year 06
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Cited inInternational search[A]DE3335986  (AESCULAP WERKE AG) [A] 1 * figure - *;
 [A]US4576165  (GREEN DAVID T [US], et al) [A] 1 * the whole document *;
 [A]EP0621006  (UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP [US]) [A] 1 * column 22, line 51 - column 24, line 30; figures 1-4,42-44 *;
 [A]WO9523557  (MINNESOTA MINING & MFG [US]) [A] 1 * page 9, line 9 - page 16, line 38; figures 1-6 *;
 [A]US5643291  (PIER ARNOLD [DE], et al) [A] * figure 6 *
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