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EP About this file: EP2007312

EP2007312 - A SHAPE-BASED APPROACH FOR SCAFFOLDLESS TISSUE ENGINEERING [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application is deemed to be withdrawn
Status updated on  18.12.2015
Database last updated on 17.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip18.12.2015Application deemed to be withdrawnpublished on 20.01.2016  [2016/03]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
William Marsh Rice University
Office Of Technology Transfer MS 705 P.O. Box 1892
Houston TX 77152-1892 / US
[2009/01]
Inventor(s)01 / ATHANASIOU, Kyriacos, A.
2991 MacArthur Street
Houston, TX 77030 / US
02 / HU, Jerry
12038 Sea Shore
Houston, TX 77072 / US
03 / AUFDERHEIDE, Adam
3606 Deal Street
Houston, TX 77025 / US
 [2009/01]
Representative(s)Potter Clarkson
Chapel Quarter
Mount Street
Nottingham NG1 6HQ / GB
[N/P]
Former [2013/37]Potter Clarkson LLP
The Belgrave Centre
Talbot Street
Nottingham
NG1 5GG / GB
Former [2010/15]Pilkington, Stephanie Joan, et al
Potter Clarkson LLP Park View House 58 The Ropewalk Nottingham
NG1 5DD / GB
Former [2009/01]Grubert, Andreas
Baker Botts (UK) LLP 41 Lothbury
London EC2R 7HF / GB
Application number, filing date07760209.205.04.2007
[2009/01]
WO2007US66089
Priority number, dateUS20060789853P05.04.2006         Original published format: US 789853 P
US20060789851P05.04.2006         Original published format: US 789851 P
US20060789855P05.04.2006         Original published format: US 789855 P
[2009/01]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO2007115336
Date:11.10.2007
Language:EN
[2007/41]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP2007312
Date:31.12.2008
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 11.10.2007 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2009/01]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US22.05.2008
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP19.07.2012
ClassificationIPC:A61F2/02, C12N5/00, A61K35/32
[2009/01]
CPC:
A61L27/3895 (EP); A61L27/3817 (EP); A61L27/3843 (EP);
A61L27/3886 (EP); C12N5/0655 (EP); A61K35/12 (EP);
C12N2521/00 (EP); C12N2533/76 (EP) (-)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MT,   NL,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   TR [2009/01]
TitleGerman:FORMBASIERTES VERFAHREN FÜR GERÜSTLOSE GEWEBEZÜCHTUNG[2009/01]
English:A SHAPE-BASED APPROACH FOR SCAFFOLDLESS TISSUE ENGINEERING[2009/01]
French:APPROCHE BASÉE SUR LA FORME POUR INGÉNIÉRIE TISSULAIRE SANS ÉCHAFAUDAGE[2009/01]
Entry into regional phase04.11.2008National basic fee paid 
04.11.2008Search fee paid 
04.11.2008Designation fee(s) paid 
04.11.2008Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure04.11.2008Examination requested  [2009/01]
30.01.2013Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
06.05.2013Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
13.02.2014Reply to a communication from the examining division
27.03.2015Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
07.08.2015Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect  [2016/03]
03.09.2015Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time  [2016/03]
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  06.05.2013
Request for further processing for:The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the examination report
12.02.2014Request for further processing filed
13.02.2014Full payment received (date of receipt of payment)
Request granted
03.03.2014Decision despatched
Fees paidRenewal fee
29.04.2009Renewal fee patent year 03
26.04.2010Renewal fee patent year 04
25.04.2011Renewal fee patent year 05
25.04.2012Renewal fee patent year 06
29.04.2013Renewal fee patent year 07
28.04.2014Renewal fee patent year 08
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Documents cited:Search[XYI]WO2006017176  (UNIV RICE WILLIAM M [US]; ATHANASIOU KYRIACOS A [US]; HU JERRY C [US]) [X] 1,5,6,9-11 * page 2, lines 4-23 * * page 8, lines 16-22 * [Y] 4,8 [I] 1-3,5-7,9-11;
 [Y]US2002106625  (HUNG CLARK T [US] ET AL) [Y] 4 * paragraphs [0001] , [0044] , [0063] - [0074] * * figures 6-13 *;
 [Y]  - C R LEE ET AL, "Modulation of the Contractile and Biosynthetic Activity of Chondroxytes Seeded in Collagen-Glycosaminoglycan Matrices", TISSUE ENGINEERING, (20030101), vol. 9, no. 1, pages 27 - 36, XP055032370 [Y] 8 * the whole document *
International search[X]WO2006017176  ;
 [X]US2004082063  ;
 [X]  - MAINIL-VARLET ET AL., "Articular cartilage repair using a tissue-engineered cartilage-like implant: an animal study", OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE, (2001), vol. 9, pages S6 - S15, XP008130665

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/joca.2001.0438
 [Y]  - HUNG ET AL., "Anatomically shaped osteochrondral constructs for articular cartilage repair", JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS, (2003), vol. 36, no. 12, pages 1853 - 1864, XP002526466

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9290(03)00213-6
 [XP]  - AUFDERHEIDE ET AL., "Assessment of a Bovine Co-culture, Scaffold-Free Method for Growing Meniscus-Shaped Constructs", TISSUE ENGINEERING, (2007), vol. 13, no. 9, pages 2195 - 2205, XP008131020

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/ten.2006.0291
 [XP]  - HU ET AL., "A Self-Assembling Processes in Articular Cartilage Tissue Engineering", TISSUE ENGINEERING, (2006), vol. 12, no. 4, pages 969 - 979, XP008131890
 [A]  - MASUDA ET AL., "A novel two-step method for the formation of tissue-engineered cartilage by mature bovine chondrocytes: the alginate-recovered-chondrocyte (ARC) method", JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH, (2003), vol. 21, no. 1, pages 139 - 148, XP008131016

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0736-0266(02)00109-2
 [AP]  - HOBEN ET AL., "Self-Assembly of Fibrochondrocytes and Chondrocytes for Tissue Engineering of the Knee Meniscus", TISSUE ENGINEERING, 2007, (2007), vol. 13, no. 5, pages 939 - 946, XP008130987

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/ten.2006.0116
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