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EP About this file: EP2945571

EP2945571 - TENSIONING RINGS FOR ANTERIOR CAPSULES AND ACCOMMODATIVE INTRAOCULAR LENSES FOR USE THEREWITH [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  01.03.2019
Database last updated on 22.08.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  23.03.2018
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  06.12.2017
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  14.04.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip01.07.2022Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 03.08.2022  [2022/31]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
HONIGSBAUM, Richard F.
A-21 Barry Gardens, 245 Passaic Avenue
Passaic, NJ 07055 / US
[2015/48]
Inventor(s)01 / see applicant
...
 [2015/48]
Representative(s)Kramer Barske Schmidtchen Patentanwälte PartG mbB
European Patent Attorneys
Landsberger Strasse 300
80687 München / DE
[2015/48]
Application number, filing date14757553.427.02.2014
[2015/48]
WO2014US19016
Priority number, dateUS201361770446P28.02.2013         Original published format: US 201361770446 P
[2015/48]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2014134302
Date:04.09.2014
Language:EN
[2014/36]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2945571
Date:25.11.2015
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 04.09.2014 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2015/48]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2945571
Date:25.04.2018
Language:EN
[2018/17]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US04.09.2014
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP24.02.2016
ClassificationIPC:A61F2/16
[2015/48]
CPC:
A61F2/1694 (EP,US); A61F2/1624 (EP,US); A61F2/1648 (EP,US);
A61F2002/1681 (US); A61F2002/1689 (EP,US); A61F2210/0014 (EP,US);
A61F2210/0057 (EP,US); A61F2220/0008 (EP,US); A61F2220/0016 (US);
A61F2230/0006 (US); A61F2230/0034 (US); A61F2230/0065 (US) (-)
Designated contracting statesAL,   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 [2015/48]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:SPANNRINGE FÜR VORDERE KAPSELN UND AKKOMMODATIVE INTRAOKULARLINSEN ZUR VERWENDUNG DAMIT[2015/48]
English:TENSIONING RINGS FOR ANTERIOR CAPSULES AND ACCOMMODATIVE INTRAOCULAR LENSES FOR USE THEREWITH[2015/48]
French:ANNEAUX DE TENSION POUR CAPSULES ANTÉRIEURES ET LENTILLES INTRAOCULAIRES ACCOMMODATIVES À UTILISER AVEC CEUX-CI[2015/48]
Entry into regional phase21.08.2015National basic fee paid 
21.08.2015Search fee paid 
21.08.2015Designation fee(s) paid 
21.08.2015Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure21.08.2015Examination requested  [2015/48]
19.09.2016Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
20.04.2017Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
18.08.2017Reply to a communication from the examining division
07.12.2017Communication of intention to grant the patent
13.03.2018Fee for grant paid
13.03.2018Fee for publishing/printing paid
13.03.2018Receipt 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  20.04.2017
Opposition(s)28.01.2019No opposition filed within time limit [2019/14]
Fees paidRenewal fee
23.02.2016Renewal fee patent year 03
22.02.2017Renewal fee patent year 04
20.02.2018Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU27.02.2014
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