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Find the Legal Status of Patents in a Particular Country?

TOPIC: In this example, you want to obtain the current legal status for the German equivalent of U.S. patent 4733665. INPADOC (File 345) provides legal status information for approximately 22 countries.

 

COMMAND SUMMARY

BEGIN 345
SELECT PN=US 4733665
TYPE S1/3,DE/1


HOW TO...



1. BEGIN in File 345 to see legal status in specific countries.

2. SELECT the U.S. patent number using PN=.

3. TYPE the record using the two-letter code(s) for the countries you want (DE for Germany).


?b 345

[File 345] Inpadoc/Fam.& Legal Stat 1968-2006/UD=200618
(c) 2006 EPO. All rights reserved.

?s pn=us 4733665
S1          1   S PN=US 4733665

?t s1/3,de/1


Note that patent information including patent and application numbers display first, followed by the legal status information Germany.


 1/3,DE/1 
 Inpadoc/Fam.& Legal Stat
(c) 2006 EPO. All rights reserved.

Acc no: 6568378
Basic Patent (No,Kind,Date): EP 221570 A2 19870513
No. of Patents: 031
  EXPANDABLE INTRALUMINAL GRAFT, AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLANTING AN
EXPANDABLE INTRALUMINAL GRAFT (English)
Patent Assignee: PALMAZ JULIO C
Author (Inventor): PALMAZ JULIO C
Designated States :   (National) AT; BE; CH; DE; ES; FR; GB; GR;
IT; LI; LU; NL; SE
IPC: *A61F-002/04;
Derwent WPI Acc No: *G 87-130679;
Language of Document: English
Patent Family:
    Patent No    Kind  Date      Applic No   Kind  Date
    AT 60500        E   19910215    EP 86115473     A   19861107
    AU 8664882      A1  19870514    AU 8664882      A   19861106
    AU 591942       B2  19891221    AU 8664882      A   19861106
    BR 8605658      A   19871215    BR 86U5658      A   19861107
    CA 1281504      A1  19910319    CA 522324       A   19861106
    CA 1281505      A1  19910319    CA 522325       A   19861106
    CA 1338303      B   19960507    CA 616986       A   19950317
    DE 3677321      C0  19910307    EP 86115473     A   19861107
    EP 221570       A2  19870513    EP 86115473     A   19861107(B)
    EP 221570       A3  19871223    EP 86115473     A   19861107
    EP 221570       B1  19910130    EP 86115473     A   19861107
    EP 221570       B2  20001004    EP 86115473     A   19861107
    EP 221570       TD  19871217    EP 86115473     A   19861107
    ES 2020502      T5  20010316    ES 86115473     EP  19861107
    GR 3001410      T3  19920925    GR 400070       A   19910131
    GR 3035143      T3  20010430    GR 2000402831   A   20001227
    JP 4357949      A2  19921210    JP 91225376     A   19910812
    JP 9276302      A2  19971028    JP 96346463     A   19961211
    JP 62231657     A2  19871012    JP 86265419     A   19861107
    JP 2731642      B2  19980325    JP 91225376     A   19910812
    JP 2999731      B2  20000117    JP 96346463     A   19961211
    JP 92006377     B4  19920205    JP 86265419     A   19861107
    US 4733665      A   19880329    US 796009       A   19851107
    US 4739762      A   19880426    US 923798       A   19861103
    US 4776337      A   19881011    US 878821       A   19860626
    US 5102417      A   19920407    US 174246       A   19880328
    US 4733665      B1  19940111    US 90002493     RQ  19911023
    US 4739762      B1  19981027    US 923798       A   19861103
    US 4776337      B1  20001205    US 878821       A   19860626
    US 4733665      C2  20020129    US 796009       A   19851107
    ZA 8608414      A   19870930    ZA 868414       A   19861104
Priority Data (No,Kind,Date):
    EP 86115473 A  19861107
    US 796009 A  19851107
    US 923798 A  19861103
    US 796009 A2 19851107
    US 923798 A2 19861103
    US 90002638 A  19920212
    US 878821 A  19860626

Types of legal status changes are listed for the German family member in English and German.


GERMANY (DE)
    Patent (No,Kind,Date):  DE 3677321   C0  19910307
      AUSBREITBARES INTRALUMINALES GEWEBE UND GERAET ZUM 
IMPLANTIEREN DIESES AUSBREITBAREN INTRALUMINALEN GEWEBES. (German) Patent Assignee: PALMAZ JULIO C (US) Author (Inventor): PALMAZ JULIO C (US) Priority (No,Kind,Date): US 796009 A 19851107 Applic (No,Kind,Date): EP 86115473 A 19861107 IPC: * A61F-002/04 Derwent WPI Acc No: * G 87-130679; G 88-132496;
G 88-306795 Language of Document: German GERMANY (DE) Legal Status (No,Type,Date,Code,Text): DE 3677321 P 19910307 DE REF CORRESPONDS TO (ENTSPRICHT) EP 221570 P 19910307 DE 3677321 P 19920206 DE 8363 OPPOSITION AGAINST THE PATENT (EINSPRUCH GEGEN DAS PATENT ERHOBEN) DE 3677321 P 19961031 DE 8310 ACTION FOR DECLARATION OF ANNULMENT (KLAGE AUF ERKLAERUNG DER NICHTIGKEIT ERHOBEN) DE 3677321 P 19980604 DE 8313 REQUEST FOR INVALIDATION REJECTED/WITHDRAWN (ANTRAG AUF ERKENNUNG DER NICHTIGKEIT ZURUECKGEWIESEN/-GEZOGEN) DE 3677321 P 19980702 DE 8310 ACTION FOR DECLARATION OF ANNULMENT (KLAGE AUF ERKLAERUNG DER NICHTIGKEIT ERHOBEN) DE 3677321 P 20001207 DE 8366 RESTRICTED MAINTAINED AFTER OPPOSITION PROCEEDINGS (NACH DURCHFUEHRUNGD ES EINSPRUCHSVERFAHRENS BESCHRAENKT AUFRECHTERHALTEN) DE 3677321 P 20010104 DE 8327 CHANGE IN THE PERSON/NAME/ADDRESS OF THE PATENT OWNER (AENDERUNG IN PERSON, NAMEN ODER WOHNORT DES PATENTINHABERS) CORDIS MEDIZINISCHE APPARATE GMBH, 42781 HAAN, DE DE 3677321 P 20010104 DE 8381 INVENTOR (NEW SITUATION) (ERFINDER NEUER STAND) PALMAZ, JULIO C., SAN ANTONIO, TEX., US

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