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DE file number : 601 26 544.0 (Status: not pending/lapsed, Query started: April 28, 2025)

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Master data
INID	Criterion	Field	Content
	Type of IP right	SART	Patent
	Status	ST	Not pending/lapsed
21	DE file number	DAKZ	601 26 544.0
96	EP file number	EAKZ	01 30 8349.8
97	EP publication number	EPN	1192957
54	Designation/title	TI	Beschichtung für medizinische Geräte
51	IPC main class	ICM (ICMV)	A61L 31/10 (2006.01)
51	IPC secondary class(es)	ICS (ICSV)	A61L 27/34 (2006.01)
22	DE application date	DAT	Sep 28, 2001
96	EP application date	EAT	Sep 28, 2001
43	Date of first publication	OT	Apr 3, 2002
	Date of publication of grant	PET	Feb 14, 2007
71/73	Applicant/owner	INH	Ethicon Inc., Sommerville, N.J., US
72	Inventor	IN	Llanos, Gerard H., Stewartsville, NJ 08886, US; Roller, Mark B., North Brunswick, New Jersey 08902, US; Scopelianos, Angelo, Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889, US
74	Representative	VTR	Uexküll & Stolberg Partnerschaft von Patent- und Rechtsanwälten mbB, 22607 Hamburg, DE
10	Published DE documents	DEPN	Original document: DE000060126544T2 Searchable text: DE000060126544T2 Original document: DE000060126544T3 Searchable text: DE000060126544T3
	Address for service		Uexküll & Stolberg Partnerschaft von Patent- und Rechtsanwälten mbB, 22607 Hamburg, DE
33 31 32	Foreign priority	PRC PRNA PRDA	US 675882 Sep 29, 2000
	Patent division in charge		44
97	EP language of publication	ELANG	EN - Englisch
84	Designated EP contracting states	EDS	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, TR
	Published EP/WO documents	EPWOPN	Original document: EP000001192957 Searchable text: EP000001192957 Original document: EP000001192957B1 Searchable text: EP000001192957B1
43	Date of first publication	EVT	Apr 3, 2002
	Date of the first transfer into DPMAregister	EREGT	Sep 30, 2012
	Date of the (most recent) update in DPMAregister	REGT	Apr 30, 2022 (Show all update days)(Hide all update days) Apr 30, 2022; Jun 24, 2021; May 18, 2021; Sep 25, 2020; Sep 21, 2019; Sep 22, 2018; Apr 24, 2018; Sep 28, 2017; Aug 3, 2017; Nov 3, 2016; Oct 7, 2016; Sep 28, 2016; Jun 9, 2016; Jun 2, 2016; May 4, 2016; Mar 30, 2016; Mar 25, 2016; Oct 9, 2015; Oct 7, 2015; Mar 31, 2015; Jan 8, 2015; Dec 24, 2014; Dec 16, 2014; Oct 9, 2014; Oct 2, 2014; Oct 9, 2013; Jan 23, 2013; Oct 9, 2012; Oct 6, 2012 Historical data not available for this/these date(s) Sep 30, 2012 Date of the first transfer into DPMAregister

Procedural data
No.	Kind of procedure	Legal status	Date of legal/procedural status	Publication date	Alle Details anzeigen
1	Procedure relating to EP application	EPO 1st publication	Apr 3, 2002		Details anzeigen
2	Publications	Publication of a mention regarding EP 1st publication by DPMA	May 8, 2002	May 8, 2002	Details anzeigen
3	Change of classification	Change of IPC main class	Jan 2, 2004		Details anzeigen
4	Change of classification	Change of IPC main class	Oct 17, 2005		Details anzeigen
5	Procedure relating to EP application	EPO publication of mention regarding patent grant (beginning of opposition period)	Feb 14, 2007		Details anzeigen
6	Publications	Publication by DPMA of mention regarding EP patent grant	Mar 29, 2007	Mar 29, 2007	Details anzeigen
7	Opposition procedure	Opposition to patent filed	Nov 13, 2007	Feb 7, 2008	Details anzeigen
8	Publications	Translation of EP patent specification	Nov 22, 2007	Nov 22, 2007	Details anzeigen
9	Nullity procedure	Action brought for declaration of nullity	Oct 27, 2014	Jan 22, 2015	Details anzeigen
10	Nullity procedure	Case file pending with Federal Patent Court	Oct 27, 2014		Details anzeigen
11	New representative details	New representative details	Jan 7, 2015		Details anzeigen
12	Nullity procedure	Action for declaration of nullity withdrawn/finally dismissed or there is no need to adjudicate in the nullity proceedings	Oct 6, 2015	May 4, 2016	Details anzeigen
13	Opposition procedure	Patent maintained in amended form by EPO	Jun 1, 2016		Details anzeigen
14	Opposition procedure	Decision by EPO to maintain patent in amended form has become final	Jun 1, 2016	Jul 7, 2016	Details anzeigen
15	Publications	Translation of amended EP patent specification	Nov 3, 2016	Nov 3, 2016	Details anzeigen
16	Administrative procedure	Application is deemed to be withdrawn due to non-payment of annual fee/ IP right has lapsed due to non-payment of annual fee	Apr 1, 2021	Jun 24, 2021	Details anzeigen

View procedures Procedure relating to EP application (No.: 1)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Procedure relating to EP application
Legal/procedural status	VST	EPO 1st publication
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Apr 3, 2002

View procedures Publications (No.: 2)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Publications
Legal/procedural status	VST	Publication of a mention regarding EP 1st publication by DPMA
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	May 8, 2002
Issue number	HN	19
Year	PJ	2002
Publication date	VT	May 8, 2002
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data

View procedures Change of classification (No.: 3)
INID	Criterion	Field	Content Close details
	Type of procedure	VART	Change of classification
	Legal/procedural status	VST	Change of IPC main class
	Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Jan 2, 2004
51	IPC main class	ICM (ICMV)	A61L 31/10 (2000.01)
51	Previous IPC main class	ICMF (ICMVF)	A61L 29/08 (2000.01)

View procedures Change of classification (No.: 4)
INID	Criterion	Field	Content Close details
	Type of procedure	VART	Change of classification
	Legal/procedural status	VST	Change of IPC main class
	Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Oct 17, 2005
51	IPC main class	ICM (ICMV)	A61L 31/10 (2006.01)
51	Previous IPC main class	ICMF (ICMVF)	A61L 31/10 (2000.01)

View procedures Procedure relating to EP application (No.: 5)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Procedure relating to EP application
Legal/procedural status	VST	EPO publication of mention regarding patent grant (beginning of opposition period)
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Feb 14, 2007

View procedures Publications (No.: 6)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Publications
Legal/procedural status	VST	Publication by DPMA of mention regarding EP patent grant
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Mar 29, 2007
Issue number	HN	13
Year	PJ	2007
Publication date	VT	Mar 29, 2007
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
Part	HT	Part 5

View procedures Opposition procedure (No.: 7)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Opposition procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Opposition to patent filed
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Nov 13, 2007
Issue number	HN	6
Year	PJ	2008
Publication date	VT	Feb 7, 2008
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
Part	HT	Part 3

View procedures Publications (No.: 8)
INID	Criterion	Field	Content Close details
	Type of procedure	VART	Publications
	Legal/procedural status	VST	Translation of EP patent specification
	Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Nov 22, 2007
	Issue number	HN	47
	Year	PJ	2007
	Publication date	VT	Nov 22, 2007
	Type of publication	PART	Documents
10	Published DE documents	DEPN	Original document: DE000060126544T2 Searchable text: DE000060126544T2

View procedures Nullity procedure (No.: 9)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Nullity procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Action brought for declaration of nullity
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Oct 27, 2014
Issue number	HN	4
Year	PJ	2015
Publication date	VT	Jan 22, 2015
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
Part	HT	Part 3
BPatG (Federal Patent Court) file number		3Ni33/14(EP)

View procedures Nullity procedure (No.: 10)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Nullity procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Case file pending with Federal Patent Court
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Oct 27, 2014
BPatG (Federal Patent Court) file number		3Ni33/14(EP)

View procedures New representative details (No.: 11)
INID	Criterion	Field	Content Close details
	Type of procedure	VART	New representative details
	Legal/procedural status	VST	New representative details
	Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Jan 7, 2015
74	Representative	VTR	Uexküll & Stolberg Partnerschaft von Patent- und Rechtsanwälten mbB, 22607 Hamburg, DE
74	Previous representative	VTRF	BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT Anwaltspartnerschaft mbB - Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte, 28209 Bremen, DE

View procedures Nullity procedure (No.: 12)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Nullity procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Action for declaration of nullity withdrawn/finally dismissed or there is no need to adjudicate in the nullity proceedings
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Oct 6, 2015
Issue number	HN	18
Year	PJ	2016
Publication date	VT	May 4, 2016
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
Part	HT	Part 3
BPatG (Federal Patent Court) file number		3Ni33/14(EP)
Date of update of the procedure	REGT	Sep 25, 2020

View procedures Opposition procedure (No.: 13)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Opposition procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Patent maintained in amended form by EPO
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Jun 1, 2016
Date of update of the procedure	REGT	Apr 30, 2022

View procedures Opposition procedure (No.: 14)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Opposition procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Decision by EPO to maintain patent in amended form has become final
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Jun 1, 2016
Issue number	HN	27
Year	PJ	2016
Publication date	VT	Jul 7, 2016
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
Part	HT	Part 3
Date of update of the procedure	REGT	Apr 30, 2022

View procedures Publications (No.: 15)
INID	Criterion	Field	Content Close details
	Type of procedure	VART	Publications
	Legal/procedural status	VST	Translation of amended EP patent specification
	Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Nov 3, 2016
	Issue number	HN	44
	Year	PJ	2016
	Publication date	VT	Nov 3, 2016
	Type of publication	PART	Documents
10	Published DE documents	DEPN	Original document: DE000060126544T3 Searchable text: DE000060126544T3

View procedures Administrative procedure (No.: 16)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Administrative procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Application is deemed to be withdrawn due to non-payment of annual fee/ IP right has lapsed due to non-payment of annual fee
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Apr 1, 2021
Issue number	HN	25
Year	PJ	2021
Publication date	VT	Jun 24, 2021
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
Part	HT	Part 3
Date of update of the procedure	REGT	Jun 24, 2021