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EP3448318 - ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT WITH INTEGRATED CORE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  01.07.2024
Database last updated on 22.08.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  06.05.2022
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  01.02.2019
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  04.11.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip01.07.2024New entry: Communication of intention to grant a patent 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
K2M, Inc.
600 Hope Parkway SE
Leesburg, VA 20175 / US
[2019/10]
Inventor(s)01 / BIRCHALL, Jr., Charles Fredrick
6701 Silvermound Drive
Mentor, Ohio 44060 / US
02 / STRNAD, Lee A.
6701 Silvermound Drive
Mentor, Ohio 44060 / US
 [2019/10]
Representative(s)Regimbeau
20, rue de Chazelles
75847 Paris Cedex 17 / FR
[2019/10]
Application number, filing date17790236.825.04.2017
[2019/10]
WO2017US29316
Priority number, dateUS201662327887P26.04.2016         Original published format: US 201662327887 P
[2019/10]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2017189517
Date:02.11.2017
Language:EN
[2017/44]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3448318
Date:06.03.2019
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 02.11.2017 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2019/10]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:RU02.11.2017
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP31.10.2019
ClassificationIPC:A61F2/44, A61F2/30
[2019/49]
CPC:
A61F2/4465 (EP,US); A61F2/4425 (US); A61F2/30744 (EP,US);
A61F2/442 (US); A61F2002/30014 (EP,US); A61F2002/30069 (US);
A61F2002/30113 (EP,US); A61F2002/30115 (US); A61F2002/302 (EP,US);
A61F2002/30387 (EP,US); A61F2002/30563 (EP,US); A61F2002/30593 (US);
A61F2002/30604 (US); A61F2002/30622 (US); A61F2002/3082 (US);
A61F2002/30836 (EP,US); A61F2002/30838 (EP,US); A61F2002/3084 (EP,US);
A61F2002/30884 (EP,US); A61F2002/30892 (US); A61F2002/30904 (EP,US);
A61F2002/3093 (EP,US); A61F2002/443 (EP,US); A61F2220/0025 (EP);
A61F2310/00023 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2019/10]A61F2/44
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 [2019/10]
TitleGerman:ORTHOPÄDISCHES IMPLANTAT MIT INTEGRIERTEM KERN[2019/10]
English:ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT WITH INTEGRATED CORE[2019/10]
French:IMPLANT ORTHOPÉDIQUE À COEUR INTÉGRÉ[2019/10]
Entry into regional phase19.11.2018National basic fee paid 
19.11.2018Search fee paid 
19.11.2018Designation fee(s) paid 
19.11.2018Examination fee paid 
Examination proceduredeletedDate on which the examining division has become responsible
19.11.2018Examination requested  [2019/10]
29.05.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
06.05.2022Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
16.09.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
02.07.2024Communication of intention to grant the patent
Fees paidRenewal fee
15.04.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
31.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
15.04.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
16.03.2022Renewal fee patent year 06
14.03.2023Renewal fee patent year 07
13.03.2024Renewal fee patent year 08
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Documents cited:Search[IA]US6139579  (STEFFEE ARTHUR D [US], et al);
 [XI]US2004054411  (KELLY AARON [US], et al);
 [XA]US2005197702  (COPPES JUSTIN K [US], et al);
 [XI]US2011319996  (BARRALL BEN [US]);
 [XAI]US2014277482  (GFELLER ANDREAS [CH], et al)
International search[X]US2009118836  (CORDARO NICHOLAS M [US]) [X] 1-20 * , paragraphs [0033], [0036], [0077], [0096], [0099][0100], [0115], claims 33, 52-60, 67, 70, 75, 79, figs. 3, 23, 26-28 *;
 [A]WO2010034287  (TAURUS GMBH & CO KG [DE], et al) [A] 1-20
by applicantUS2004054411
 US2011319996
 US2014277482
 US6139579
 US2005197702
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