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EP2377493 - METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING APHAKIC INTRAOCULAR LENS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Opposition rejected Status updated on 30.06.2023 Database last updated on 09.04.2026
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 03.04.2018
Most recent event Tooltip	30.06.2023	Opposition rejected	published on 02.08.2023 [2023/31]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Carl Zeiss Meditec AG Göschwitzer Strasse 51-52 07745 Jena / DE
	[2014/11]
Former [2011/42]	For all designated states Menicon Co., Ltd. 3-21-19, Aoi Naka-ku Nagoya-shi Aichi 460-0006 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / KOBAYASHI, Atsushi c/o MENICON CO. LTD. 5-1-10 Takamoridai Kasugai-shi Aichi 487-0032 / JP
	02 / SUZUKI, Hiroaki c/o MENICON CO. LTD. 5-1-10 Takamoridai Kasugai-shi Aichi 487-0032 / JP
	03 / ANDO, Ichiro c/o MENICON CO. LTD. 5-1-10 Takamoridai Kasugai-shi Aichi 487-0032 / JP
	[2011/42]
Representative(s)	Samson & Partner Patentanwälte mbB Widenmayerstraße 6 80538 München / DE
	[2015/32]
Former [2014/11]	Samson & Partner Widenmayerstraße 5 80538 München / DE
Former [2011/42]	Lacey, Dean Andrew Serjeants 25 The Crescent King Street Leicester LE1 6RX / GB
Application number, filing date	09837427.5	08.04.2009
	WO2009JP01631
Priority number, date	JP20090001169	06.01.2009 Original published format: JP 2009001169
	[2011/42]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2010079537
	Date:	15.07.2010
	Language:	JA
	[2010/28]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2377493
	Date:	19.10.2011
	Language:	EN
	[2011/42]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2377493
	Date:	05.08.2015
	Language:	EN
	[2015/32]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	15.07.2010
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	13.11.2014
Classification	IPC:	A61F2/16	[2011/42]
	CPC:	A61F2/1654 (EP,US); A61F2/1618 (EP,US); A61F2240/001 (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, TR [2015/32]
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	BA	Not yet paid
	RS	Not yet paid
Title	German:	VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINER APHAKEN INTRAOKULARLINSE	[2011/42]
	English:	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING APHAKIC INTRAOCULAR LENS	[2011/42]
	French:	PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION DE LENTILLE INTRAOCULAIRE APHAQUE	[2011/42]
Entry into regional phase	11.07.2011	Translation filed
	11.07.2011	National basic fee paid
	11.07.2011	Search fee paid
	11.07.2011	Designation fee(s) paid
	11.07.2011	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	11.07.2011	Examination requested [2011/42]
	25.02.2015	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	10.06.2015	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	23.06.2015	Fee for grant paid
	23.06.2015	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	23.06.2015	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 10.06.2015
Opposition(s)	Opponent(s)	01 06.05.2016 ADMISSIBLE VSY Biotechnology B.V./VSY Biyoteknoloji ve Ilaç Sanayi A.S./VSY Varlibaslar Saglik Yatirimlari ve Hizmetleri . . . /VSY Ophta Strawinskylaan 1143/Çetinkaya Sok. Varlibaslar/ Çetinkaya Sok. Varlibaslar/C. de Tarragona 157/4a° 1077XX Amsterdam/Istanbul/Istanbul/08014 Barcelona / NL Opponent's representative Algemeen Octrooi- en Merkenbureau B.V. P.O. Box 645 5600 AP Eindhoven / NL
		[2016/24]
	20.06.2016	Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
	28.10.2016	Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
	23.01.2018	Date of oral proceedings
	29.03.2018	Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
	29.03.2018	Date of despatch of rejection of opposition
	21.01.2019	Legal effect of rejection of opposition [2023/31]
Appeal following opposition	29.05.2018	Appeal received No. T1458/18
	08.08.2018	Statement of grounds filed
	21.01.2019	Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the opponent withdrawn
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	11.07.2011	Renewal fee patent year 03
	30.04.2012	Renewal fee patent year 04
	24.04.2013	Renewal fee patent year 05
	25.03.2014	Renewal fee patent year 06
	21.04.2015	Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	CY	05.08.2015
	EE	05.08.2015
	HR	05.08.2015
	LT	05.08.2015
	LV	05.08.2015
	MK	05.08.2015
	RO	05.08.2015
	GR	06.11.2015
	LU	08.04.2016
	MT	30.04.2016
	[2018/34]
Former [2018/29]	CY	05.08.2015
	EE	05.08.2015
	HR	05.08.2015
	LT	05.08.2015
	LV	05.08.2015
	MK	05.08.2015
	RO	05.08.2015
	GR	06.11.2015
	LU	08.04.2016
Former [2017/04]	EE	05.08.2015
	HR	05.08.2015
	LT	05.08.2015
	LV	05.08.2015
	RO	05.08.2015
	GR	06.11.2015
	LU	08.04.2016
Former [2016/23]	EE	05.08.2015
	HR	05.08.2015
	LT	05.08.2015
	LV	05.08.2015
	RO	05.08.2015
	GR	06.11.2015
Former [2016/11]	HR	05.08.2015
	LT	05.08.2015
	LV	05.08.2015
	GR	06.11.2015
Former [2016/09]	LT	05.08.2015
	LV	05.08.2015
	GR	06.11.2015
Former [2016/07]	LT	05.08.2015
Documents cited:	Search	[XDI] EP0393639 (COHEN ALLEN L et al.)
		[XI] WO2006047698 (ADVANCED MEDICAL OPTICS INC et al.)
		[I] US5122903 (AOYAMA SHIGERU et al.)
	International search	[A] US2007182924 (HONG XIN et al.) [A]
		[A] JP2008043752 (ALCON MFG LTD et al.) [A]
		[A] JP2008517731 [A]
		[A] JPH0335502 [A]
	by applicant	US5121980
		US7188949
		JP2001042112
	Opposition	EP2378319
		EP1279992
		US2006050234
		US5178636
		US7188949
		US5589982

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