EP1693009 - Expansible implant for vascular embolization and method of making the same [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 16.03.2012 Database last updated on 03.09.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 03.08.2012 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): GB | published on 05.09.2012 [2012/36] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Microvention, Inc. Suite 160, 66 Argonaut Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 / US | [2006/34] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Greene, George R., Jr. 3019 Java Road Costa Mesa, CA 92626 / US | 02 /
Cox, Brian J. 3 Novilla Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 / US | 03 /
Rosenbluth, Robert F. 24161 Cherry Hills Place Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 / US | [2006/34] | Representative(s) | Plougmann Vingtoft a/s Strandvejen 70 2900 Hellerup / DK | [N/P] |
Former [2008/31] | Plougmann & Vingtoft A/S Sundkrogsgade 9 P.O. Box 831 2100 Copenhagen Ø / DK | ||
Former [2006/34] | Plougmann & Vingtoft A/S Sundkrogsgade 9, P.O. Box 831 2100 Copenhagen / DK | Application number, filing date | 06111123.3 | 02.07.1999 | [2006/34] | Priority number, date | US19980110816 | 06.07.1998 Original published format: US 110816 | [2006/34] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP1693009 | Date: | 23.08.2006 | Language: | EN | [2006/34] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP1693009 | Date: | 17.10.2007 | [2007/42] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1693009 | Date: | 11.05.2011 | Language: | EN | [2011/19] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 17.09.2007 | Classification | IPC: | A61B17/12 | [2006/34] | CPC: |
A61L31/146 (EP,US);
A61B17/12022 (EP,US);
A61B17/12113 (EP,US);
A61B17/12186 (EP,US);
A61B17/1219 (EP,US);
A61B34/10 (EP,US);
A61L31/145 (EP,US);
A61L31/18 (EP,US);
B33Y50/00 (EP,US);
B33Y80/00 (EP,US);
A61B2017/00526 (EP,US);
A61B2017/1205 (EP,US);
A61F2/06 (US);
A61L2430/36 (EP,US);
Y10S623/901 (EP,US);
| Designated contracting states | DE, ES, FR, GB, IT [2008/26] |
Former [2006/34] | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE | Title | German: | Ausdehnbares Implantat zur vaskulären Embolisation, sowie Verfahren zu dessen Herstellung | [2006/34] | English: | Expansible implant for vascular embolization and method of making the same | [2006/34] | French: | Implant expansible pour l'embolisation vasculaire et méthode pour le fabriquer | [2006/34] | Examination procedure | 16.04.2008 | Examination requested [2008/26] | 18.04.2008 | Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s) | 16.06.2008 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 14.07.2008 | Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, CH, CY, DK, FI, GR, IE, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE | 27.10.2008 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 01.03.2010 | Date of oral proceedings | 16.03.2010 | Minutes of oral proceedings despatched | 25.03.2010 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 14.09.2010 | Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: fee for grant / fee for printing not paid in time | 23.11.2010 | Fee for grant paid | 23.11.2010 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Parent application(s) Tooltip | EP99930869.5 / EP1093346 | Divisional application(s) | EP10183530.4 Application withdrawn : 22.03.2011 | Opposition(s) | 14.02.2012 | No opposition filed within time limit [2012/16] | Request for further processing for: | The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to fulfill actions required for granting the patent | 23.11.2010 | Request for further processing filed | 23.11.2010 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted | 03.12.2010 | Decision despatched | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 16.03.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 16.03.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 16.03.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 16.03.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 16.03.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 13.07.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 28.07.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 14.07.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | 10.07.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 11 | 14.07.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 12 |
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Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | IT | 11.05.2011 | FR | 01.08.2011 | GB | 11.08.2011 | ES | 22.08.2011 | DE | 01.02.2012 | [2012/36] |
Former [2012/23] | IT | 11.05.2011 | |
FR | 01.08.2011 | ||
ES | 22.08.2011 | ||
DE | 01.02.2012 | ||
Former [2012/22] | FR | 01.08.2011 | |
ES | 22.08.2011 | ||
Former [2011/51] | ES | 22.08.2011 | Documents cited: | Search | [A]EP0664104 (MICRO THERAPEUTICS INC [US]) [A] 1,8,11* abstract *; | [A]EP0717969 (TARGET THERAPEUTICS INC [US]) [A] 1,8,11 * abstract *; | [XY]WO9804198 (MICRO THERAPEUTICS INC [US], et al) [X] 1-4,6,7,11,13-16 * page 11, line 16 - page 13, line 31; figures 2,6 * [Y] 5,8-10; | [YD]US5750585 (PARK KINAM [US], et al) [YD] 5,8-10 * abstract * | by applicant | US5258042 | US5456693 | WO9804198 | - HORAK ET AL., "Hydrogels in Endovascular Embolization. II. Clinical Use of Spherical Particles", BIOMATERIALS, (198611), vol. 7, pages 467 - 470 | - RAO ET AL., "Hydrolysed Microspheres from Cross- Linked Polymethyl Methacrylate", J. NEURORADIOL., (1991), vol. 18, pages 61 - 69 | - LATCHAW ET AL., "Polyvinyl Foam Embolization of Vascular and Neoplastic Lesions of the Head, Neck, and Spine", RADIOLOGY, (197906), vol. 131, pages 669 - 679 |