EP2160983 - Knotless suture anchor for soft tissue repair and method of use [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 22.04.2016 Database last updated on 02.09.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 22.06.2018 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK | published on 25.07.2018 [2018/30] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Howmedica Osteonics Corp. 325 Corporate Drive Mahwah, NJ 07430 / US | [2010/10] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Van den Burg, Erik 16417 Peackock Lane Los Gatos CA 95032 / US | 02 /
Cohen, Nathaniel 231, Rosalie Court Los Gatos CA 95032 / US | 03 /
Feezor, Christopher 1957 Trenton Drive San Jose CA 95124 / US | 04 /
Cheng, Christopher T. 260 West Dana Street Mountain View CA 94041 / US | [2010/10] | Representative(s) | Regimbeau 20, rue de Chazelles 75847 Paris Cedex 17 / FR | [2012/49] |
Former [2010/10] | Le Forestier, Eric, et al Cabinet Régimbeau 20, rue de Chazelles 75847 Paris Cedex 17 / FR | Application number, filing date | 09169742.5 | 08.09.2009 | [2010/10] | Priority number, date | US20080206643 | 08.09.2008 Original published format: US 206643 | [2010/10] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP2160983 | Date: | 10.03.2010 | Language: | EN | [2010/10] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP2160983 | Date: | 28.04.2010 | [2010/17] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2160983 | Date: | 17.06.2015 | Language: | EN | [2015/25] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 31.03.2010 | Classification | IPC: | A61B17/04 | [2010/10] | CPC: |
A61B17/0401 (EP,US);
A61B2017/0404 (EP,US);
A61B2017/0414 (EP,US);
A61B2017/0438 (EP,US);
A61B2017/045 (EP,US);
A61B2017/0451 (EP,US);
A61B2017/0453 (EP,US);
A61B2017/0464 (EP,US);
A61B2050/3015 (EP,US);
Y10T24/2164 (EP,US)
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| 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 [2015/25] |
Former [2010/10] | 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 | Title | German: | Knotenlose Nahtverankerung zur Weichgewebereparatur und Verwendungsverfahren | [2010/10] | English: | Knotless suture anchor for soft tissue repair and method of use | [2010/10] | French: | Ancre de suture sans noeuds pour la réparation de tissus mous et procédé d'utilisation | [2010/10] | Examination procedure | 08.09.2009 | Examination requested [2010/10] | 25.01.2011 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 26.07.2011 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 16.01.2015 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 05.05.2015 | Fee for grant paid | 05.05.2015 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 05.05.2015 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Divisional application(s) | EP10164521.6 / EP2221008 | EP10164525.7 / EP2218405 | EP10164526.5 / EP2218406 | The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 25.01.2011 | Opposition(s) | 18.03.2016 | No opposition filed within time limit [2016/21] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 08.09.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 26.09.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 09.09.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 08.09.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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