Patent application 13194580 (US), filed 2011-07-29
Publication number: US20120172843A1
Title: DEVICE HAVING AN ELECTROFORMED PLEATED REGION AND METHOD OF ITS MANUFACTURE
CPC codes: A61M  25/001
B23K  26/389
B23K2101/08
B23K2103/08
A61B  18/1492
A61M  25/0074
A61M  25/008
A61M  25/0133
A61M  25/0141
A61M  25/0147
A61M  25/0155
A61M  25/0158
C23C  28/021
C23C  28/023
C25D   1/00
C25D   1/02
C25D   1/20
C25D   3/48
C25D   3/50
Office action: rejection, dated 2015-10-15
Rejection reasons: anticipation_102
obviousness_103
Prior art cited: ref_id: 6719723
ref_type: patent
severity: novelty_destroying
ref_id: 20050075630
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severity: novelty_destroying
ref_id: 20030055416
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severity: novelty_destroying
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ref_type: patent
severity: novelty_destroying
ref_id: 20050228372
ref_type: patent
severity: novelty_destroying
ref_id: 20030055416
ref_type: patent
severity: novelty_destroying
ref_id: 20050075630
ref_type: patent
severity: novelty_destroying
ref_id: 20070167941
ref_type: patent
severity: novelty_destroying
Final disposition: granted (2015-10-15)