Patent application 13467767 (US), filed 2012-05-09
Publication number: US20130304066A1
Title: Apparatus for Activating an Electrosurgical Vessel Sealing Instrument Having an Electrical Cutting Mechanism
CPC codes: A61B  18/1445
A61B2018/00107
A61B2018/0063
A61B2018/0094
A61B2018/00958
A61B2018/1452
Office action: rejection, dated 2015-10-15
Rejection reasons: obviousness_103
Prior art cited: ref_id: 7276068
ref_type: patent
severity: obviousness
ref_id: 8801710
ref_type: patent
severity: obviousness
ref_id: 20120191091
ref_type: patent
severity: obviousness
ref_id: 6331181
ref_type: patent
severity: obviousness
ref_id: 6273887
ref_type: patent
severity: obviousness
ref_id: 20070173813
ref_type: patent
severity: obviousness
ref_id: 7731713
ref_type: patent
severity: obviousness
Final disposition: rejected (2015-10-15)