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EP1732466 - INSTRUMENT FOR FIXING AN IMPLANT IN A BONE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  11.04.2014
Database last updated on 19.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip11.04.2014No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 14.05.2014  [2014/20]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
Mittelstrasse 8
78532 Tuttlingen / DE
[N/P]
Former [2006/51]For all designated states
Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
Mittelstrasse 8
78532 Tuttlingen / DE
Inventor(s)01 / HIRT, Hubert
Schwimmbadstrasse 2
79100 Freiburg / DE
02 / BERBERICH, Sascha
In Wöhrden 18
78532 Tuttlingen / DE
 [2006/51]
Representative(s)Weller, Wolfgang, et al
Witte, Weller & Partner
Patentanwälte mbB
Postfach 10 54 62
70047 Stuttgart / DE
[N/P]
Former [2006/51]Weller, Wolfgang, et al
Witte, Weller & Partner Patentanwälte Postfach 10 54 62
70047 Stuttgart / DE
Application number, filing date05752569.301.04.2005
[2006/51]
WO2005EP03431
Priority number, dateDE2004101842607.04.2004         Original published format: DE102004018426
[2006/51]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2005096987
Date:20.10.2005
Language:DE
[2005/42]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1732466
Date:20.12.2006
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 20.10.2005 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2006/51]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1732466
Date:05.06.2013
Language:DE
[2013/23]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP20.10.2005
ClassificationIPC:A61F2/00
[2006/51]
CPC:
A61F2/0805 (EP,US); A61F2/0811 (EP,US); A61F2002/0829 (EP,US);
A61F2002/0852 (EP,US); A61F2002/0882 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [2007/28]
Former [2006/51]AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PL,  PT,  RO,  SE,  SI,  SK,  TR 
TitleGerman:INSTRUMENTARIUM ZUM FIXIEREN EINES IMPLANTATES IN EINEM KNOCHEN[2006/51]
English:INSTRUMENT FOR FIXING AN IMPLANT IN A BONE[2006/51]
French:INSTRUMENT POUR FIXER UN IMPLANT DANS UN OS[2006/51]
Entry into regional phase25.10.2006National basic fee paid 
25.10.2006Designation fee(s) paid 
25.10.2006Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure25.10.2006Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
25.10.2006Examination requested  [2006/51]
14.03.2011Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
22.07.2011Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.10.2012Communication of intention to grant the patent
28.02.2013Fee for grant paid
28.02.2013Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  14.03.2011
Opposition(s)06.03.2014No opposition filed within time limit [2014/20]
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.10.2006Renewal fee patent year 03
13.03.2008Renewal fee patent year 04
28.04.2009Renewal fee patent year 05
28.04.2010Renewal fee patent year 06
29.04.2011Renewal fee patent year 07
26.03.2012Renewal fee patent year 08
24.04.2013Renewal fee patent year 09
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Lapses during opposition  Tooltipdeleted
[2014/14]
Former [2014/11]IT01.04.2013
Cited inInternational search[X]US3973277  (SEMPLE JAMES CAMPBELL, et al) [X] 1,3,4 * figures 1,2 * * column 2, line 55 - column 3, line 5 *;
 [X]EP0279129  (CEROL BANDEIRA MARIA DE LOURDE [FR], et al) [X] 1,2,4,6 * figures 1-4 * * abstract *;
 [XY]EP0425140  (PFIZER HOSPITAL PROD [US]) [X] 1,2,4-6,8 * figures 4A,5,6 * * column 5, line 9 - line 32 * [Y] 1-32;
 [X]DE29922088U  (HUBER JAKOB [DE]) [X] 1-4,6 * figure 1 * * abstract *;
 [Y]US6540783  (WHITTAKER GREGORY R [US], et al) [Y] 1-32 * figures 10,11,15,16,19-21,29,36,37 *;
 [DY]US2003065391  (RE PAUL [US], et al) [DY] 1-32 * figures 8,25 ** paragraphs [0037] , [0040] *
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