EP2168537 - Orthopaedic instrument having drain holes [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 05.10.2012 Database last updated on 02.11.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 03.07.2015 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK | published on 05.08.2015 [2015/32] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states DePuy Products, Inc. 700 Orthopaedic Drive Warsaw, IN 46581 / US | [2010/13] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Thomas, Kyle / 14930 South Harbourside Drive Ft Wayne, IN 46814 / US | [2011/48] |
Former [2010/13] | 01 /
Thomas, Kyle 14930 South Harbourside Drive Ft Wayne, IN 46814 / US | Representative(s) | Belcher, Simon James Urquhart-Dykes & Lord LLP Arena Point Merrion Way Leeds LS2 8PA / GB | [N/P] |
Former [2011/48] | Belcher, Simon James Urquhart-Dykes & Lord LLP Tower North Central Merrion Way Leeds LS2 8PA / GB | ||
Former [2010/13] | Belcher, Simon James Urquhart-Dykes & Lord LLP Tower North Central Merrion Way Leeds LS2 8PA / GB | Application number, filing date | 09168316.9 | 20.08.2009 | [2010/13] | Priority number, date | US20080241764 | 30.09.2008 Original published format: US 241764 | [2010/13] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2168537 | Date: | 31.03.2010 | Language: | EN | [2010/13] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2168537 | Date: | 30.11.2011 | Language: | EN | [2011/48] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 16.12.2009 | Classification | IPC: | A61F2/46 | [2010/13] | CPC: |
A61F2/4684 (EP,US);
A61F2/3859 (US);
A61F2/389 (EP,US);
A61F2/38 (EP,US);
A61F2002/30691 (EP,US);
A61F2002/30772 (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, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2010/13] | Title | German: | Orthopädisches Instrument mit Abflusslöchern | [2010/13] | English: | Orthopaedic instrument having drain holes | [2010/13] | French: | Instrument orthopédique doté d'orifices de vidange | [2010/13] | Examination procedure | 24.08.2010 | Examination requested [2010/39] | 22.09.2010 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 25.02.2011 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 24.06.2011 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 21.10.2011 | Fee for grant paid | 21.10.2011 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 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 22.09.2010 | Opposition(s) | 31.08.2012 | No opposition filed within time limit [2012/45] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 11.08.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 03 |
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NO | 29.02.2012 | Documents cited: | Search | [X]US3605527 (GAMBALE CHARLES E) [X] 1,4,10 * column 5, line 33 - line 54 * * column 5, line 72 - column 6, line 11 * * figures 2,2A,4 *; | [A]US2004039450 (GRINER ADAM M [US], et al) [A] 1 * paragraph [0001] * * figure 4 *; | [A]US2004153086 (SANFORD ADAM H [US]) [A] 1 * paragraph [0030] * * figures 1,2 *; | [A]GB2420715 (UNIV HOSPITAL BIRMINGHAM NHS F [GB]) [A] * page 9, line 18 - page 10, line 2 ** figures 2-4 * | by applicant | US3605527 | US2004039450 |