USPatentGranted
S1

Arthroscopic medical instrument

Granted 26 Mar 2019 · 8 office actions

Assignee: Karl Storz

Law firm: Law firm · Log in to unlock

Attorney: Attorney · Log in to unlock

Inventors: Kerstin Lautemann, Tobias Unger, Michael Strobel · Examiner: Eliza Z Bennett-Hattan · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/535,772
filed 10 Aug 2015
Publication
Not published
not published
Patent· this page
US D844141
granted 26 Mar 2019

Life of the patent

2 dated events
⤢ drag to zoomJul 2015Jan 2016Jul 2016Jan 2017Jul 2017Jan 2018Jul 2018Jan 2019Prosecution
Prosecutionhover for detail · click to open

Description

1 parts
›FIG. 1 is a front perspective enlarged partial…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective enlarged partial view of an arthroscopic medical instrument according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front enlarged partial view of the arthroscopic medical instrument of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a rear enlarged partial view of the arthroscopic medical instrument of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 4 is a left side enlarged partial view of the arthroscopic medical instrument of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 5 is a right side enlarged partial view of the arthroscopic medical instrument of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 6 is a top enlarged partial view of the arthroscopic medical instrument of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 7 is a bottom enlarged partial view of the arthroscopic medical instrument of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 8 is a front perspective view of the arthroscopic medical instrument.

The arthroscopic medical instrument is shown with a symbolic break in its length. The appearance of any portion of the article between the break lines forms no part of the claimed design.

The evenly spaced broken lines illustrate environment that does not form part of the claim; the dash-dot-dash lines represent claim boundaries and form no part of the claim.

the grant prints no section headings; every part label below is ours, taken from that part's own first words

Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1
1 granted claims

Classifications

1 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/146

Claim changes

Soon
Coming soonHow the claims changed between publication and grant

See which claims were amended, added or cancelled during examination, with every added and removed word marked.

AmendedAddedCancelledUnchanged

The published claims of this patent are not paired with the granted ones in what we hold.

File wrapper

Pendency
3.6 y
1,324 days filing → grant
Office actions
4
non-final + final
Responses
4
no RCE
Examiner
Eliza Z Bennett-Hattan
art unit 2915 · TC 2900
Citations: 29 back · 0 forward

See the full prosecution history — every USPTO and applicant action on this file, in order.

Log in to unlock

Chain of title

⤢ drag to zoom20162018202020222024202620282030203220342036Owner 1Owner 2
Titlehover for detail · click to open

See the full assignment history — every owner this patent has passed through, with recordation dates and reel/frame numbers.

Log in to unlock

Term & fees

See the term timeline — pendency span, in-force span, the maintenance fees paid and both computed expiry dates.

Log in to unlock

Validity challenges

See the validity challenges on record — reexaminations, IPRs and PGRs, with their institution decisions and outcomes.

Log in to unlock

Citations

See every patent this one cites and every patent that cites it back — publication, assignee, and how each one was found.

Log in to unlock