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High-Precision Material Processing Device - EP2805697

The patent EP2805697 was granted to Carl Zeiss on May 15, 2024. The application was filed on May 28, 2004 under application number EP14176743A. The patent is currently recorded with a legal status of "Patent Maintained As Amended".

EP2805697

CARL ZEISS
Application Number
EP14176743A
Filing Date
May 28, 2004
Status
Patent Maintained As Amended
Apr 12, 2024
Publication Date
May 15, 2024
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CompanyOpposition DateRepresentativeOpposition Status
JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISIONFeb 7, 2022HOFFMANN EITLEWITHDRAWN

Patent Citations (25) New

Patent citations refer to prior patents cited during different phases such as opposition or international search.

Citation PhasePublication Number
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EXAMINATIONUS2002121281
OPPOSITIONDE4235079
OPPOSITIONEP0249329
OPPOSITIONUS2002173778
OPPOSITIONUS2003014042
OPPOSITIONUS2003099264
OPPOSITIONUS4506962
OPPOSITIONUS4764930
OPPOSITIONUS5007729
OPPOSITIONUS5439462
OPPOSITIONUS5782822
OPPOSITIONUS5993438
OPPOSITIONUS6325792
OPPOSITIONUS6482199
OPPOSITIONUSRE37504E
OPPOSITIONWO0195842
OPPOSITIONWO9319395
SEARCHDE19827139
SEARCHEP1281378
SEARCHUS5336215
SEARCHUS5993438
SEARCHWO0154853

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