EP2194836 - APPARATUS FOR ASSISTING CARTILAGE DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES [Right-click to bookmark this link] | |||
Former [2010/24] | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ASSISTING CARTILAGE DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES | ||
[2015/16] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 09.09.2016 Database last updated on 22.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 17.08.2018 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): BG | published on 19.09.2018 [2018/38] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Perception Raisonnement Action En Medecine 4, Avenue de l'Obiou 38700 La Tronche / FR | For all designated states Université Joseph Fourier 621 Avenue Centrale Domaine Universitaire B.P. 53 38041 Grenoble Cedex 09 / FR | For all designated states Moreau-Gaudry, Alexandre Marie 12 Rue Ernest Calvat 38000 Grenoble / FR | For all designated states Cinquin, Philippe 266, Chemin De La Touviere 38330 St. Nazaire Les Eymes / FR | For all designated states Plaskos, Christopher 183 Sullivan St. Apt. E5 New York, NY 10012 / US | For all designated states Granchi, Carinne 1072 Sunflower cir Weston, FL 33327 / US | For all designated states Adler, Ronald S. 10 Howell Avenue Larchmont, NY 10538 / US | [2015/21] |
Former [2010/24] | For all designated states Perception Raisonnement Action En Medecine 4, Avenue de l'Obiou 38700 La Tronche / FR | ||
For all designated states Université Joseph Fourier 621 Avenue Centrale Domaine Universitaire B.P. 53 38041 Grenoble Cedex 09 / FR | |||
For all designated states Moreau-Gaudry, Alexandre Marie 12 Rue Ernest Calvat 38000 Grenoble / FR | |||
For all designated states Cinquin, Philippe 266, Chemin De La Touviere 38330 St. Nazaire Les Eymes / FR | |||
For all designated states Plaskos, Christopher 183 Sullivan St. Apt. E5 New York, NY 10012 / US | |||
For all designated states Granchi, Carinne 1520 York Avenue Apt. 29j New York, NY 10028 / US | |||
For all designated states Adler, Ronald S. 10 Howell Avenue Larchmont, NY 10538 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
MOREAU-GAUDRY, Alexandre, Marie 12 Rue Ernest Calvat F-38000 Grenoble / FR | 02 /
CINQUIN, Philippe 266, Chemin De La Touviere F-38330 St. Nazaire Les Eymes / FR | 03 /
PLASKOS, Christopher 183 Sullivan St. Apt. E5 New York, NY 10012 / US | 04 /
GRANCHI, Carinne 1072 Sunflower cir Weston, Florida 33327 / US | 05 /
ADLER, Ronald, S. 10 Howell Avenue Larchmont, NY 10538 / US | [2010/28] |
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MOREAU-GAUDRY, Alexandre, Marie 12 Rue Ernest Calvat F-38000 Grenoble / FR | ||
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CINQUIN, Philippe 266, Chemin De La Touviere F-38330 St. Nazaire Les Eymes / FR | |||
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PLASKOS, Christopher 183 Sullivan St. Apt. E5 New York, NY 10012 / US | |||
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GRANCHI, Carinne 1520 York Avenue Apt. 29j New York, NY 10028 / US | |||
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ADLER, Ronald, S. 10 Howell Avenue Larchmont, NY 10538 / US | Representative(s) | Thibon, Laurent, et al Cabinet Beaumont 4, Place Robert Schuman B.P. 1529 38025 Grenoble Cedex 1 / FR | [N/P] |
Former [2013/18] | Thibon, Laurent, et al Cabinet Beaumont 1, rue Champollion 38000 Grenoble / FR | ||
Former [2010/24] | de Beaumont, Michel 1bis, rue Champollion 38000 Grenoble / FR | Application number, filing date | 08832927.1 | 24.09.2008 | [2010/24] | WO2008US77454 | Priority number, date | US20070974963P | 25.09.2007 Original published format: US 974963 P | [2010/24] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | WO2009042644 | Date: | 02.04.2009 | Language: | EN | [2009/14] | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP2194836 | Date: | 16.06.2010 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 02.04.2009 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2010/24] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2194836 | Date: | 04.11.2015 | Language: | EN | [2015/45] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 28.01.2010 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 29.02.2012 | Classification | IPC: | A61B1/317, G09B23/28 | [2012/13] | CPC: |
A61B8/08 (EP,US);
A61B34/20 (EP,US);
A61B5/0066 (EP,US);
A61B5/064 (EP,US);
A61B5/1127 (EP,US);
A61B5/4514 (EP,US);
A61B5/6852 (EP,US);
A61B6/5247 (EP,US);
A61B8/12 (EP,US);
A61B8/4245 (EP,US);
A61B8/462 (EP,US);
A61B8/5238 (EP,US);
G09B23/28 (EP,US);
A61B2034/105 (EP,US);
A61B2034/2068 (EP);
A61B2090/378 (EP,US);
A61B5/1075 (EP,US);
A61B5/4504 (EP,US);
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Former IPC [2010/24] | A61B1/04 | 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 [2015/45] |
Former [2010/24] | 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 | Title | German: | GERÄT ZUR UNTERSTÜTZUNG VON DIAGNOSTISCHEN UND THERAPEUTISCHEN VERFAHREN IN KNORPEL | [2015/16] | English: | APPARATUS FOR ASSISTING CARTILAGE DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES | [2015/16] | French: | APPAREIL POUR AIDER AU DIAGNOSTIC DE L'ÉTAT DU CARTILAGE ET PROCÉDÉS THÉRAPEUTIQUES | [2015/16] |
Former [2010/24] | VERFAHREN UND GERÄT ZUR UNTERSTÜTZUNG VON DIAGNOSTISCHEN UND THERAPEUTISCHEN VERFAHREN IN KNORPEL | ||
Former [2010/24] | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ASSISTING CARTILAGE DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES | ||
Former [2010/24] | PROCÉDÉS ET APPAREILS POUR AIDER AU DIAGNOSTIC DE L'ÉTAT DU CARTILAGE ET PROCÉDÉS THÉRAPEUTIQUES | Entry into regional phase | 21.04.2010 | National basic fee paid | 21.04.2010 | Search fee paid | 21.04.2010 | Designation fee(s) paid | 21.04.2010 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 21.04.2010 | Examination requested [2010/24] | 04.06.2010 | Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: filing fee / search fee not paid in time | 19.09.2012 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 25.01.2013 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 25.07.2013 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 28.02.2014 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 23.07.2014 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 21.04.2015 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 21.08.2015 | Fee for grant paid | 21.08.2015 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 21.08.2015 | 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 25.01.2013 | Opposition(s) | 05.08.2016 | No opposition filed within time limit [2016/41] | Request for further processing for: | 16.06.2010 | Request for further processing filed | 16.06.2010 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 14.09.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 13.09.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 24.09.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 09.09.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 16.09.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 22.09.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 08 |
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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 | HU | 24.09.2008 | AT | 04.11.2015 | BG | 04.11.2015 | CY | 04.11.2015 | CZ | 04.11.2015 | DK | 04.11.2015 | EE | 04.11.2015 | ES | 04.11.2015 | FI | 04.11.2015 | HR | 04.11.2015 | IT | 04.11.2015 | LT | 04.11.2015 | LV | 04.11.2015 | MC | 04.11.2015 | PL | 04.11.2015 | RO | 04.11.2015 | SE | 04.11.2015 | SI | 04.11.2015 | SK | 04.11.2015 | TR | 04.11.2015 | NO | 04.02.2016 | GR | 05.02.2016 | IS | 04.03.2016 | PT | 04.03.2016 | [2018/38] |
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