EP2277560 - Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene articles and methods od forming ultra high molecular weight polyethylene articles [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | Patent revoked Status updated on 22.04.2016 Database last updated on 24.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 24.06.2022 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): HU, TR | published on 27.07.2022 [2022/30] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Zimmer GmbH Sulzer Allee 8 8404 Winterthur / CH | [2011/04] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Abt, Niels A. Wurmbuhlstrasse 24 8405 Winterthur / CH | 02 /
Schneider-Storrer, Werner Landstrasse 78d 8197 Rafz / CH | [2011/04] | Representative(s) | Mays, Julie Venner Shipley LLP 200 Aldersgate London, EC1A 4HD / GB | [N/P] |
Former [2013/41] | Manitz, Finsterwald & Partner GbR Postfach 31 02 20 80102 München / DE | ||
Former [2011/04] | Manitz, Finsterwald & Partner GbR Postfach 31 02 20 80102 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 10012579.8 | 18.08.2005 | [2011/04] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2277560 | Date: | 26.01.2011 | Language: | EN | [2011/04] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2277560 | Date: | 09.10.2013 | Language: | EN | [2013/41] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 16.12.2010 | Classification | IPC: | A61L27/16, C08L23/06, A61K31/355 | [2011/04] | CPC: |
A61K31/355 (EP,US);
C08J3/28 (US);
A61L27/16 (EP,US);
A61L27/44 (US);
A61L27/505 (EP,US);
C08J3/24 (EP,US);
C08J7/123 (EP,US);
C08K5/1545 (EP,US);
C08L23/06 (EP,US);
C08J2323/06 (EP,US);
C08K5/005 (EP,US);
C08L2205/02 (EP,US);
C08L2207/068 (EP,US);
C08L23/04 (EP,US);
C08L2312/06 (EP,US);
| C-Set: |
A61L27/16, C08L23/06 (EP,US);
C08K5/1545, C08L23/06 (US,EP) | Designated contracting states | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2011/04] | Title | German: | Ultrahochmolekulare Polyethylen-Artikel und Verfahren zur Herstellung von ultrahochmolekularen Polyethylen-Artikeln | [2011/04] | English: | Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene articles and methods od forming ultra high molecular weight polyethylene articles | [2011/04] | French: | Articles de polyéthylène à poids moléculaire très élevé et procédés de formation d'articles de polyéthylène à poids moléculaire très élevé | [2011/04] | Examination procedure | 26.07.2011 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 26.07.2011 | Examination requested [2011/36] | 14.09.2011 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 26.01.2012 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 23.04.2012 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02) | 03.07.2012 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 18.09.2012 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 28.01.2013 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 14.03.2013 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 24.07.2013 | Fee for grant paid | 24.07.2013 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Parent application(s) Tooltip | EP05777319.4 / EP1924299 | EP09013154.1 / EP2172229 | 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 (EP20050777319) is 15.09.2008 | Opposition(s) | Opponent(s) | 01
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ADMISSIBLE Aesculap AG Am Aesculap-Platz 78532 Tuttlingen/Donau / DE Opponent's representative Hoeger, Stellrecht & Partner Patentanwälte mbB Uhlandstrasse 14c 70182 Stuttgart / DE | [N/P] |
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ADMISSIBLE Aesculap AG Am Aesculap-Platz 78532 Tuttlingen/Donau / DE Opponent's representative Hoeger, Stellrecht & Partner Patentanwälte Uhlandstrasse 14c 70182 Stuttgart / DE | 18.08.2014 | Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition | 26.02.2015 | Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition | 19.11.2015 | Date of oral proceedings | 19.11.2015 | Legal effect of revocation of patent [2016/21] | 04.01.2016 | Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings | 04.01.2016 | Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 30.09.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 30.09.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 30.09.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 30.09.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 08.08.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 08.08.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 28.08.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 09 |
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