EP2425798 - Self-ligating orthodontic bracket and method of making same [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The application has been refused Status updated on 05.07.2019 Database last updated on 22.08.2024 | |
Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 14.04.2017 | Most recent event Tooltip | 05.07.2019 | Refusal of application | published on 07.08.2019 [2019/32] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states ORMCO CORPORATION 1717 W. Collins Avenue Orange, CA 92867 / US | [2012/10] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Oda, Todd I. 2603 W. 178th Street Torrance, CA 90504 / US | 02 /
Rodriguez, Andres 1516 West Ramona Road Alhambra, CA 91803 / US | [2012/10] | Representative(s) | Findlay, Alice Rosemary Reddie & Grose LLP The White Chapel Building 10 Whitechapel High Street London E1 8QS / GB | [N/P] |
Former [2012/10] | Findlay, Alice Rosemary Reddie & Grose LLP 16 Theobalds Road London WC1X 8PL / GB | Application number, filing date | 11179834.4 | 02.09.2011 | [2012/10] | Priority number, date | US201113221206 | 30.08.2011 Original published format: US201113221206 | US20100380046P | 03.09.2010 Original published format: US 380046 P | [2013/13] |
Former [2012/10] | US20110221206 | 30.08.2011 | |
US20100380046P | 03.09.2010 | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP2425798 | Date: | 07.03.2012 | Language: | EN | [2012/10] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP2425798 | Date: | 16.12.2015 | Language: | EN | [2015/51] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 18.11.2015 | Classification | IPC: | A61C7/28 | [2012/10] | CPC: |
A61C7/287 (EP,US);
A61C7/34 (US);
A61C7/30 (US)
| Designated contracting states | AL, 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, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2016/29] |
Former [2012/10] | AL, 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, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Title | German: | Selbstbindendes orthodontisches Bracket und dessen Herstellungsverfahren | [2012/10] | English: | Self-ligating orthodontic bracket and method of making same | [2012/10] | French: | Bracket orthodontique à ligature automatique et son procédé de fabrication | [2012/10] | Examination procedure | 14.06.2016 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 14.06.2016 | Examination requested [2016/29] | 13.04.2017 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 23.10.2017 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 21.02.2019 | Application refused, date of legal effect [2019/32] | 21.02.2019 | Date of oral proceedings | 25.03.2019 | Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2019/32] | 25.03.2019 | Minutes of oral proceedings despatched | 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 13.04.2017 | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 27.09.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 29.09.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 28.09.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 27.09.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 27.09.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 27.09.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 08 |
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