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EP About this file: EP2011816

EP2011816 - Co-reticulated polysaccharide gel [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusPatent revoked
Status updated on  01.02.2023
Database last updated on 21.01.2025
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  16.12.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip03.02.2023Revocation of patentpublished on 08.03.2023  [2023/10]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Laboratoires Vivacy
44 rue Paul Valéry
75116 Paris / FR
[2019/17]
Former [2016/38]For all designated states
Laboratoires Vivacy
252 rue Douglas Engelbart
Archamps Technopole
74160 Archamps / FR
Former [2013/27]For all designated states
Laboratoires Vivacy
252 Rue Douglas Engelbart
Archamps Technopole
74160 Archamps / FR
Former [2009/36]For all designated states
Laboratoires Vivacy
Chemin de la Plaine Lieudit L'Avuillier
73490 La Ravoire / FR
Former [2009/02]For all designated states
Piron, Estelle
558 Rue Ampère
73540 La Bathe / FR
Inventor(s)01 / Estelle Piron
171 rue Hector Berlioz
73490 La Ravoire / FR
 [2016/30]
Former [2009/36]01 / Estelle Piron
389 route de la Combe
73130 Saint Etienne de Cuines / FR
Former [2009/02]01 / see applicant
...
Representative(s)Tripoz, Inès
Cabinet Tripoz
Le Pôle Sud
22 rue Seguin
69002 Lyon / FR
[2016/38]
Former [2012/21]Tripoz, Inès
CABINET Inès Tripoz 52, rue du Colombier
69007 Lyon / FR
Former [2009/02]Tripoz, Inès, et al
Cabinet Lavoix 62, rue de Bonnel
69448 Lyon Cedex 03 / FR
Application number, filing date08356103.504.07.2008
[2009/02]
Priority number, dateFR2007000486005.07.2007         Original published format: FR 0704860
[2009/02]
Filing languageFR
Procedural languageFR
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2011816
Date:07.01.2009
Language:FR
[2009/02]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2011816
Date:21.09.2016
Language:FR
[2016/38]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP19.09.2008
ClassificationIPC:A61L27/20, A61L27/52, A61L27/50, A61L27/48, C08B37/08, C08J3/075, C08J3/24, C08L5/08
[2016/19]
CPC:
A61L27/52 (EP); A61L27/20 (EP); A61L27/48 (EP);
A61L27/50 (EP); C08B37/0072 (EP); C08J3/075 (EP);
C08J3/246 (EP); C08L5/08 (EP); C08J2305/00 (EP);
C08J2305/08 (EP); C08L2205/22 (EP) (-)
C-Set:
A61L27/20, C08L5/08 (EP);
C08L5/08, C08L2666/26 (EP)
Former IPC [2009/02]C08J3/075, C08J3/24, C08L5/08, A61L27/52, A61L27/50, A61L27/48, C08B37/08
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   TR [2016/38]
Former [2009/02]AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  LV,  MC,  MT,  NL,  NO,  PL,  PT,  RO,  SE,  SI,  SK,  TR 
TitleGerman:Vernetztes Polysaccharidgel[2009/02]
English:Co-reticulated polysaccharide gel[2009/02]
French:Gel co-réticulé de polysaccharides[2009/02]
Examination procedure25.06.2009Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
25.06.2009Examination requested  [2009/33]
22.01.2015Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
01.06.2015Reply to a communication from the examining division
09.09.2015Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
19.01.2016Reply to a communication from the examining division
28.04.2016Communication of intention to grant the patent
11.08.2016Fee for grant paid
11.08.2016Fee for publishing/printing paid
11.08.2016Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
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  22.01.2015
Opposition(s)Opponent(s)01  20.06.2017  26.06.2017  ADMISSIBLE
Aptissen SA
Chemin des Aulx 18
1228 Plan-Les-Ouates / CH
Opponent's representative
Ipsilon, et al, et al
Europarc - Bat B7
3, rue Edouard Nignon
44300 Nantes / FR
 [2020/40]
Former [2017/30]
Opponent(s)01  20.06.2017    ADMISSIBLE
Aptissen SA
Chemin des Aulx 18
1228 Plan-Les-Ouates / CH
Opponent's representative
Le Cloirec, Claudine, et al, et al
Ipsilon
3, rue Edouard Nignon
44300 Nantes / FR
deletedDeletion: Legal effect of rejection of opposition [ N /P ]
26.06.2017Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
04.12.2017Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
23.11.2018Date of oral proceedings
17.12.2018Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
17.12.2018Date of despatch of rejection of opposition
09.12.2022Legal effect of revocation of patent [2023/10]
23.01.2023Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked
Appeal following opposition14.02.2019Appeal received No.  T0525/19
16.04.2019Statement of grounds filed
09.12.2022Result of appeal procedure: revocation of the patent
23.01.2023Despatch of the decision of the Board of Appeal
09.12.2022Date of oral proceedings
Fees paidRenewal fee
12.07.2010Renewal fee patent year 03
19.07.2011Renewal fee patent year 04
01.10.2012Renewal fee patent year 05
27.07.2013Renewal fee patent year 06
31.07.2014Renewal fee patent year 07
23.07.2015Renewal fee patent year 08
18.07.2016Renewal fee patent year 09
Penalty fee
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31.07.201205   M06   Fee paid on   01.10.2012
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU04.07.2008
CY21.09.2016
CZ21.09.2016
DK21.09.2016
EE21.09.2016
FI21.09.2016
HR21.09.2016
LT21.09.2016
LV21.09.2016
MC21.09.2016
MT21.09.2016
SI21.09.2016
SK21.09.2016
BG21.12.2016
NO21.12.2016
IS21.01.2017
IE04.07.2017
LU04.07.2017
RO04.07.2018
BE31.07.2018
PT04.01.2019
GR07.02.2019
[2020/30]
Former [2020/10]HU04.07.2008
CY21.09.2016
CZ21.09.2016
DK21.09.2016
EE21.09.2016
FI21.09.2016
LT21.09.2016
LV21.09.2016
MC21.09.2016
MT21.09.2016
SI21.09.2016
SK21.09.2016
BG21.12.2016
NO21.12.2016
IS21.01.2017
IE04.07.2017
LU04.07.2017
RO04.07.2018
BE31.07.2018
PT04.01.2019
GR07.02.2019
Former [2019/46]HU04.07.2008
CY21.09.2016
CZ21.09.2016
DK21.09.2016
EE21.09.2016
FI21.09.2016
LT21.09.2016
LV21.09.2016
MC21.09.2016
MT21.09.2016
SI21.09.2016
SK21.09.2016
BG21.12.2016
NO21.12.2016
IS21.01.2017
IE04.07.2017
LU04.07.2017
BE31.07.2018
PT04.01.2019
GR07.02.2019
Former [2019/31]HU04.07.2008
CZ21.09.2016
DK21.09.2016
EE21.09.2016
FI21.09.2016
LT21.09.2016
LV21.09.2016
MC21.09.2016
MT21.09.2016
SI21.09.2016
SK21.09.2016
BG21.12.2016
NO21.12.2016
IS21.01.2017
IE04.07.2017
LU04.07.2017
BE31.07.2018
PT04.01.2019
GR07.02.2019
Former [2019/30]CZ21.09.2016
DK21.09.2016
EE21.09.2016
FI21.09.2016
LT21.09.2016
LV21.09.2016
MC21.09.2016
MT21.09.2016
SI21.09.2016
SK21.09.2016
BG21.12.2016
NO21.12.2016
IS21.01.2017
IE04.07.2017
LU04.07.2017
BE31.07.2018
PT04.01.2019
GR07.02.2019
Former [2019/26]CZ21.09.2016
DK21.09.2016
EE21.09.2016
FI21.09.2016
LT21.09.2016
LV21.09.2016
MT21.09.2016
SI21.09.2016
SK21.09.2016
BG21.12.2016
NO21.12.2016
IS21.01.2017
IE04.07.2017
LU04.07.2017
BE31.07.2018
PT04.01.2019
GR07.02.2019
Former [2019/24]CZ21.09.2016
DK21.09.2016
EE21.09.2016
FI21.09.2016
LT21.09.2016
LV21.09.2016
MT21.09.2016
SI21.09.2016
SK21.09.2016
BG21.12.2016
NO21.12.2016
IS21.01.2017
IE04.07.2017
LU04.07.2017
BE31.07.2018
GR07.02.2019
Former [2018/43]CZ21.09.2016
DK21.09.2016
EE21.09.2016
FI21.09.2016
LT21.09.2016
LV21.09.2016
MT21.09.2016
SI21.09.2016
SK21.09.2016
BG21.12.2016
NO21.12.2016
IS21.01.2017
IE04.07.2017
LU04.07.2017
Former [2018/34]CZ21.09.2016
DK21.09.2016
EE21.09.2016
FI21.09.2016
LT21.09.2016
LV21.09.2016
SI21.09.2016
SK21.09.2016
BG21.12.2016
NO21.12.2016
IS21.01.2017
IE04.07.2017
LU04.07.2017
Former [2018/23]CZ21.09.2016
DK21.09.2016
EE21.09.2016
FI21.09.2016
LT21.09.2016
LV21.09.2016
SI21.09.2016
SK21.09.2016
BG21.12.2016
NO21.12.2016
IS21.01.2017
IE04.07.2017
Former [2017/52]CZ21.09.2016
DK21.09.2016
EE21.09.2016
FI21.09.2016
LT21.09.2016
LV21.09.2016
SI21.09.2016
SK21.09.2016
BG21.12.2016
NO21.12.2016
IS21.01.2017
Former [2017/34]CZ21.09.2016
DK21.09.2016
EE21.09.2016
FI21.09.2016
LT21.09.2016
LV21.09.2016
SK21.09.2016
BG21.12.2016
NO21.12.2016
IS21.01.2017
Former [2017/32]CZ21.09.2016
EE21.09.2016
FI21.09.2016
LT21.09.2016
LV21.09.2016
SK21.09.2016
BG21.12.2016
NO21.12.2016
IS21.01.2017
Former [2017/21]FI21.09.2016
LT21.09.2016
LV21.09.2016
NO21.12.2016
Former [2017/09]FI21.09.2016
LT21.09.2016
NO21.12.2016
Former [2017/07]LT21.09.2016
Documents cited:Search[Y]FR2733427  (W K ET ASSOCIES [FR]) [Y] 8-12,15 * page 1, lines 7-10 * * page 2, line 32 - page 3, line 10 * * page 8, lines 25-32 * * page 5, lines 12-36 * * page 7, lines 22-33 * * example 1 * * page 10, lines 5-7 * * page 10, lines 12-22 *;
 [X]WO9704012  (AAGERUP BENGT [SE]) [X] 1-7,13 * page 4, line 2 - page 6, line 36 * * page 7, lines 23-31 *;
 [Y]FR2780730  (CORNEAL IND [FR]) [Y] 8-12,15 * page 14, lines 30-32 * * page 12, lines 25-28 * * page 12, line 29 - page 13, line 3 * * claims 14,15 *;
 [X]US6638538  (HASHIMOTO MASAMICHI [JP], et al) [X] 1-7,13,14 * example 27 *;
 [XA]US2004127698  (TSAI SHIAO-WEN [TW], et al) [X] 1-12 * examples 5-7 * * claims 1,20,24 * * paragraphs [0033] , [0036] , [0040] , [0043] * [A] 13-15;
 [XA]US2005069572  (WILLIAMS CHRISTOPHER G [US], et al) [X] 1-7,13 * claims 1,6 * * paragraphs [0114] - [0117] * * paragraphs [0016] - [0025] * [A] 7-12,14,15;
 [DXY]FR2865737  (ANTEIS SA [CH]) [DX] 1-7,13,14 * page 14, lines 5-8 * * page 9, line 30 - page 10, line 14 * * page 6, lines 20-26 * * page 6, lines 4-17 * * example 4; claim 1 * [Y] 8-12,15;
 [PX]WO2008059058  (BIOMATLANTE [FR], et al) [PX] 1-7,13,14* example 2 *
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