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EP2134277 - FACET FIXATION AND FUSION SCREW AND WASHER ASSEMBLY [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2009/52]	FACET FIXATION AND FUSION SCREW AND WASHER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USE
	[2018/38]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 27.12.2019 Database last updated on 20.12.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 18.01.2019
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 26.09.2018
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 28.11.2016
Most recent event Tooltip	23.07.2021	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MT	published on 25.08.2021 [2021/34]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Depuy Spine, Inc. 325 Paramount Drive Raynham, MA 02767 / US
	[2009/52]
Inventor(s)	01 / MICKIEWICZ, Christopher 479 Plymouth Street Middleborough, MA 02346 / US
	02 / FISHER, Michael, Alan 11 Becca Lane Middleborough, MA 02346 / US
	03 / O'NEIL, Michael 121 Lombard Avenue West Barnstable, MA 02668 / US
	04 / BIRKMEYER, Paul 154 Partridge Brook Circle Marshfield, MA 02050 / US
	05 / SELOVER, Sean, P. 58 Lighthouse Lane Westport, MA 02790 / US
	06 / MAHONEY, Michael 4 Gae Street Middletown, RI 02842 / US
	07 / BRIDEAU, Holly, R. 15 Furbush Road West Roxbury, MA 02132 / US
	08 / HERARD, Katherine 12020 Taliesin PL, Apt. 22 Reston, VA 20190-3341 / US
	[2010/11]
Former [2009/52]	01 / MICKIEWICZ, Christopher 115 Riverview Drive Bridgewater, MA 02324 / US
	02 / FISHER, Michael, Alan 11 Becca Lane Middleborough, MA 02346 / US
	03 / O'NEIL, Michael 121 Lombard Avenue West Barnstable, MA 02668 / US
	04 / BIRKMEYER, Paul 154 Partridge Brook Circle Marshfield, MA 02050 / US
	05 / SELOVER, Sean, P. 58 Lighthouse Lane Westport, MA 02790 / US
	06 / MAHONEY, Michael 4 Gae Street Middletown, RI 02842 / US
	07 / BRIDEAU, Holly, R. 15 Furbush Road West Roxbury, MA 02132 / US
	08 / HERARD, Katherine 11 Burrill Place South Boston, MA 02127 / US
Representative(s)	Orr, Robert Murgitroyd & Company Leeds Arena Point Merrion Way Leeds LS2 8PA / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2019/08]	Orr, Robert Urquhart-Dykes & Lord LLP Arena Point Merrion Way Leeds LS2 8PA / GB
Former [2009/52]	Orr, Robert Urquhart-Dykes & Lord LLP Tower North Central Merrion Way Leeds LS2 8PA / GB
Application number, filing date	08745489.8	10.04.2008
	[2009/52]
	WO2008US59889
Priority number, date	US20070734881	13.04.2007 Original published format: US 734881
	[2009/52]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	WO2008127978
	Date:	23.10.2008
	Language:	EN
	[2008/43]
	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP2134277
	Date:	23.12.2009
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 23.10.2008 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2009/52]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2134277
	Date:	20.02.2019
	Language:	EN
	[2019/08]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	04.12.2008
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	07.11.2011
Classification	IPC:	A61B17/70	[2009/52]
	CPC:	A61B17/7064 (EP,US); A61B2017/00004 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	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 [2019/08]
Former [2009/52]	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
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	BA	Not yet paid
	MK	Not yet paid
	RS	Not yet paid
Title	German:	FACETTENFIXIERUNGS- UND FUSIONSSCHRAUBE SOWIE SCHEIBENANORDNUNG	[2018/38]
	English:	FACET FIXATION AND FUSION SCREW AND WASHER ASSEMBLY	[2018/38]
	French:	ENSEMBLE VIS ET RONDELLE POUR FIXATION FACETTAIRE ET FUSION	[2018/38]
	Former [2009/52]	FACETTENFIXIERUNGS- UND FUSIONSSCHRAUBE SOWIE SCHEIBENANORDNUNG UND VERWENDUNGSVERFAHREN DAFÜR
	Former [2009/52]	FACET FIXATION AND FUSION SCREW AND WASHER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USE
	Former [2009/52]	ENSEMBLE VIS ET RONDELLE POUR FIXATION FACETTAIRE ET FUSION ET PROCEDE D'UTILISATION DE CET ENSEMBLE
Entry into regional phase	28.09.2009	National basic fee paid
	28.09.2009	Search fee paid
	28.09.2009	Designation fee(s) paid
	28.09.2009	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	28.09.2009	Examination requested [2009/52]
	30.05.2012	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	27.03.2014	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	30.09.2014	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	21.04.2016	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	29.11.2016	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time
	20.01.2017	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	27.09.2018	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	07.01.2019	Fee for grant paid
	07.01.2019	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	07.01.2019	Receipt 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 27.03.2014
Opposition(s)	21.11.2019	No opposition filed within time limit [2020/05]
Request for further processing for:	The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the examination report
	20.01.2017	Request for further processing filed
	20.01.2017	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	03.02.2017	Decision despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	25.03.2010	Renewal fee patent year 03
	12.04.2011	Renewal fee patent year 04
	28.03.2012	Renewal fee patent year 05
	12.04.2013	Renewal fee patent year 06
	25.03.2014	Renewal fee patent year 07
	10.04.2015	Renewal fee patent year 08
	11.04.2016	Renewal fee patent year 09
	10.04.2017	Renewal fee patent year 10
	11.04.2018	Renewal fee patent year 11
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	10.04.2008
	AT	20.02.2019
	CY	20.02.2019
	CZ	20.02.2019
	DK	20.02.2019
	EE	20.02.2019
	ES	20.02.2019
	FI	20.02.2019
	HR	20.02.2019
	IT	20.02.2019
	LT	20.02.2019
	LV	20.02.2019
	MC	20.02.2019
	MT	20.02.2019
	NL	20.02.2019
	PL	20.02.2019
	RO	20.02.2019
	SE	20.02.2019
	SI	20.02.2019
	SK	20.02.2019
	TR	20.02.2019
	IE	10.04.2019
	LU	10.04.2019
	FR	20.04.2019
	BE	30.04.2019
	CH	30.04.2019
	LI	30.04.2019
	BG	20.05.2019
	NO	20.05.2019
	GR	21.05.2019
	IS	20.06.2019
	PT	20.06.2019
	[2021/34]
Former [2021/32]	HU	10.04.2008
	AT	20.02.2019
	CY	20.02.2019
	CZ	20.02.2019
	DK	20.02.2019
	EE	20.02.2019
	ES	20.02.2019
	FI	20.02.2019
	HR	20.02.2019
	IT	20.02.2019
	LT	20.02.2019
	LV	20.02.2019
	MC	20.02.2019
	NL	20.02.2019
	PL	20.02.2019
	RO	20.02.2019
	SE	20.02.2019
	SI	20.02.2019
	SK	20.02.2019
	TR	20.02.2019
	IE	10.04.2019
	LU	10.04.2019
	FR	20.04.2019
	BE	30.04.2019
	CH	30.04.2019
	LI	30.04.2019
	BG	20.05.2019
	NO	20.05.2019
	GR	21.05.2019
	IS	20.06.2019
	PT	20.06.2019
Former [2021/26]	AT	20.02.2019
	CY	20.02.2019
	CZ	20.02.2019
	DK	20.02.2019
	EE	20.02.2019
	ES	20.02.2019
	FI	20.02.2019
	HR	20.02.2019
	IT	20.02.2019
	LT	20.02.2019
	LV	20.02.2019
	MC	20.02.2019
	NL	20.02.2019
	PL	20.02.2019
	RO	20.02.2019
	SE	20.02.2019
	SI	20.02.2019
	SK	20.02.2019
	TR	20.02.2019
	IE	10.04.2019
	LU	10.04.2019
	FR	20.04.2019
	BE	30.04.2019
	CH	30.04.2019
	LI	30.04.2019
	BG	20.05.2019
	NO	20.05.2019
	GR	21.05.2019
	IS	20.06.2019
	PT	20.06.2019
Former [2020/21]	AT	20.02.2019
	CZ	20.02.2019
	DK	20.02.2019
	EE	20.02.2019
	ES	20.02.2019
	FI	20.02.2019
	HR	20.02.2019
	IT	20.02.2019
	LT	20.02.2019
	LV	20.02.2019
	MC	20.02.2019
	NL	20.02.2019
	PL	20.02.2019
	RO	20.02.2019
	SE	20.02.2019
	SI	20.02.2019
	SK	20.02.2019
	TR	20.02.2019
	IE	10.04.2019
	LU	10.04.2019
	FR	20.04.2019
	BE	30.04.2019
	CH	30.04.2019
	LI	30.04.2019
	BG	20.05.2019
	NO	20.05.2019
	GR	21.05.2019
	IS	20.06.2019
	PT	20.06.2019
Former [2020/17]	AT	20.02.2019
	CZ	20.02.2019
	DK	20.02.2019
	EE	20.02.2019
	ES	20.02.2019
	FI	20.02.2019
	HR	20.02.2019
	IT	20.02.2019
	LT	20.02.2019
	LV	20.02.2019
	MC	20.02.2019
	NL	20.02.2019
	PL	20.02.2019
	RO	20.02.2019
	SE	20.02.2019
	SI	20.02.2019
	SK	20.02.2019
	TR	20.02.2019
	LU	10.04.2019
	FR	20.04.2019
	BE	30.04.2019
	CH	30.04.2019
	LI	30.04.2019
	BG	20.05.2019
	NO	20.05.2019
	GR	21.05.2019
	IS	20.06.2019
	PT	20.06.2019
Former [2020/11]	AT	20.02.2019
	CZ	20.02.2019
	DK	20.02.2019
	EE	20.02.2019
	ES	20.02.2019
	FI	20.02.2019
	HR	20.02.2019
	IT	20.02.2019
	LT	20.02.2019
	LV	20.02.2019
	MC	20.02.2019
	NL	20.02.2019
	PL	20.02.2019
	RO	20.02.2019
	SE	20.02.2019
	SI	20.02.2019
	SK	20.02.2019
	LU	10.04.2019
	FR	20.04.2019
	BE	30.04.2019
	CH	30.04.2019
	LI	30.04.2019
	BG	20.05.2019
	NO	20.05.2019
	GR	21.05.2019
	IS	20.06.2019
	PT	20.06.2019
Former [2020/04]	AT	20.02.2019
	CZ	20.02.2019
	DK	20.02.2019
	EE	20.02.2019
	ES	20.02.2019
	FI	20.02.2019
	HR	20.02.2019
	IT	20.02.2019
	LT	20.02.2019
	LV	20.02.2019
	MC	20.02.2019
	NL	20.02.2019
	PL	20.02.2019
	RO	20.02.2019
	SE	20.02.2019
	SK	20.02.2019
	LU	10.04.2019
	BG	20.05.2019
	NO	20.05.2019
	GR	21.05.2019
	IS	20.06.2019
	PT	20.06.2019
Former [2020/03]	AT	20.02.2019
	CZ	20.02.2019
	DK	20.02.2019
	EE	20.02.2019
	ES	20.02.2019
	FI	20.02.2019
	HR	20.02.2019
	IT	20.02.2019
	LT	20.02.2019
	LV	20.02.2019
	MC	20.02.2019
	NL	20.02.2019
	PL	20.02.2019
	RO	20.02.2019
	SE	20.02.2019
	SK	20.02.2019
	BG	20.05.2019
	NO	20.05.2019
	GR	21.05.2019
	IS	20.06.2019
	PT	20.06.2019
Former [2020/01]	CZ	20.02.2019
	DK	20.02.2019
	EE	20.02.2019
	ES	20.02.2019
	FI	20.02.2019
	HR	20.02.2019
	IT	20.02.2019
	LT	20.02.2019
	LV	20.02.2019
	MC	20.02.2019
	NL	20.02.2019
	PL	20.02.2019
	RO	20.02.2019
	SE	20.02.2019
	SK	20.02.2019
	BG	20.05.2019
	NO	20.05.2019
	GR	21.05.2019
	IS	20.06.2019
	PT	20.06.2019
Former [2019/49]	CZ	20.02.2019
	DK	20.02.2019
	EE	20.02.2019
	ES	20.02.2019
	FI	20.02.2019
	HR	20.02.2019
	IT	20.02.2019
	LT	20.02.2019
	LV	20.02.2019
	NL	20.02.2019
	RO	20.02.2019
	SE	20.02.2019
	SK	20.02.2019
	BG	20.05.2019
	NO	20.05.2019
	GR	21.05.2019
	IS	20.06.2019
	PT	20.06.2019
Former [2019/48]	DK	20.02.2019
	ES	20.02.2019
	FI	20.02.2019
	HR	20.02.2019
	IT	20.02.2019
	LT	20.02.2019
	LV	20.02.2019
	NL	20.02.2019
	SE	20.02.2019
	BG	20.05.2019
	NO	20.05.2019
	GR	21.05.2019
	IS	20.06.2019
	PT	20.06.2019
Former [2019/47]	ES	20.02.2019
	FI	20.02.2019
	HR	20.02.2019
	IT	20.02.2019
	LT	20.02.2019
	LV	20.02.2019
	NL	20.02.2019
	SE	20.02.2019
	BG	20.05.2019
	NO	20.05.2019
	GR	21.05.2019
	IS	20.06.2019
	PT	20.06.2019
Former [2019/46]	FI	20.02.2019
	HR	20.02.2019
	IT	20.02.2019
	LT	20.02.2019
	LV	20.02.2019
	NL	20.02.2019
	SE	20.02.2019
	BG	20.05.2019
	NO	20.05.2019
	GR	21.05.2019
	IS	20.06.2019
	PT	20.06.2019
Former [2019/39]	FI	20.02.2019
	HR	20.02.2019
	LT	20.02.2019
	LV	20.02.2019
	NL	20.02.2019
	SE	20.02.2019
	BG	20.05.2019
	NO	20.05.2019
	GR	21.05.2019
	IS	20.06.2019
	PT	20.06.2019
Former [2019/38]	FI	20.02.2019
	LT	20.02.2019
	SE	20.02.2019
	BG	20.05.2019
	NO	20.05.2019
	GR	21.05.2019
	PT	20.06.2019
Former [2019/37]	FI	20.02.2019
	LT	20.02.2019
	SE	20.02.2019
	NO	20.05.2019
	GR	21.05.2019
	PT	20.06.2019
Former [2019/34]	FI	20.02.2019
	LT	20.02.2019
	SE	20.02.2019
	NO	20.05.2019
	PT	20.06.2019
Former [2019/33]	FI	20.02.2019
	LT	20.02.2019
	NO	20.05.2019
	PT	20.06.2019
Documents cited:	Search	[X]US5527312 (RAY R CHARLES [US]) [X] 1,8,12-15 * figures 3,4 *;
		[X]US2003032960 (DUDASIK MICHAEL [US]) [X] 1-6,12-15 * paragraph [0043]; figure 8 *;
		[X]US2004127906 (CULBERT BRAD S [US], et al) [X] 1-3,7 * paragraphs [0084] - [0088]; figures 9-13 *;
		[X]US2005234459 (FALAHEE MARK H [US], et al) [X] 1,7,12-15 * paragraphs [0044] , [0045]; figures 4,9,12A *;
		[Y]US2006064099 (PAVLOV PAUL [NL], et al) [Y] 4,5* paragraphs [0047] - [0049] - [0057] - [0058]; figures 1,6 *;
		[XY]US2006241597 (MITCHELL STEVEN T [US], et al) [X] 1-3,6,8-15 * paragraphs [0085] , [0087] , [0088] , [0148] - [0151]; figures 9,11,41A-41C * [Y] 4,5
	International search	[Y]US2004127906 (CULBERT BRAD S [US], et al);
		[Y]US2006064099 (PAVLOV PAUL [NL], et al);
		[X]US2006241597 (MITCHELL STEVEN T [US], et al)
	by applicant	US5527312
		US2003032960
		US2004127906
		US2005234459
		US2006064099
		US2006241597

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