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EP3678600 - SEALING MEMBER FOR PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 20.06.2024 Database last updated on 31.08.2024
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 15.12.2023
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 12.06.2020
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 16.03.2019
Most recent event Tooltip	12.07.2024	New entry: Renewal fee paid
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Edwards Lifesciences Corporation One Edwards Way Irvine, CA 92614 / US
	[2020/29]
Inventor(s)	01 / YOHANAN, Ziv Edwards Lifesciences One Edwards Way Legal Deparment Irvine, CA 92614 / US
	02 / LEVI, Tamir, S. Edwards Lifesciences One Edwards Way Legal Department Irvine, CA 92614 / US
	03 / MAIMON, David Edwards Lifesciences One Edwards Way Legal Department Irvine, CA 92614 / US
	04 / VALDEZ, Michael, G. Edwards Lifesciences One Edwards Way Legal Department Irvine, CA 92614 / US
	05 / NGUYEN, Tram, Ngoc Edwards Lifesciences One Edwards Way Legal Department Irvine, CA 92614 / US
	[2024/29]
Former [2020/29]	01 / YOHANAN, Ziv Edwards Lifesciences One Edwards Way Legal Deparment Irvine CA 92614 / US
	02 / LEVI, Tamir, S. Edwards Lifesciences One Edwards Way Legal Department Irvine CA 92614 / US
	03 / MAIMON, David Edwards Lifesciences One Edwards Way Legal Department Irvine CA 92614 / US
	04 / VALDEZ, Michael, G. Edwards Lifesciences One Edwards Way Legal Department Irvine CA 92614 / US
	05 / NGUYEN, Tram, Ngoc Edwards Lifesciences One Edwards Way Legal Department Irvine CA 92614 / US
Representative(s)	Eisenführ Speiser Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB Postfach 31 02 60 80102 München / DE
	[2020/29]
Application number, filing date	18854372.2	07.09.2018
	[2020/29]
	WO2018US49858
Priority number, date	US201762556219P	08.09.2017 Original published format: US 201762556219 P
	US201816121947	05.09.2018 Original published format: US201816121947
	[2020/29]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	WO2019051168
	Date:	14.03.2019
	Language:	EN
	[2019/11]
	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP3678600
	Date:	15.07.2020
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 14.03.2019 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2020/29]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	KR	09.05.2019
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	19.10.2020
Classification	IPC:	A61F2/24	[2020/29]
	CPC:	A61F2/2418 (EP,CN,KR,US); A61F2/2412 (EP,CN,KR); A61F2/2409 (CN,KR); A61F2/2433 (EP,CN,US); A61F2/2436 (EP,CN,US); A61F2/246 (CN,US); (+) A61F2220/0016 (CN,US); A61F2220/005 (CN,US); A61F2220/0075 (EP,CN,US); A61F2250/0039 (EP,CN,US); A61F2250/006 (CN,US); A61F2250/0069 (EP,CN,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 [2020/29]
Title	German:	DICHTUNGSELEMENT FÜR EINE HERZKLAPPENPROTHESE	[2020/29]
	English:	SEALING MEMBER FOR PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE	[2020/29]
	French:	ÉLÉMENT D'ÉTANCHÉITÉ POUR UNE VALVE CARDIAQUE PROTHÉTIQUE	[2020/29]
Entry into regional phase	08.04.2020	National basic fee paid
	08.04.2020	Search fee paid
	08.04.2020	Designation fee(s) paid
	08.04.2020	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	08.04.2020	Examination requested [2020/29]
	10.05.2021	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	18.12.2023	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	18.04.2024	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	21.06.2024	Communication of intention to grant the patent
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	29.06.2020	Renewal fee patent year 03
	13.09.2021	Renewal fee patent year 04
	18.07.2022	Renewal fee patent year 05
	13.07.2023	Renewal fee patent year 06
	11.07.2024	Renewal fee patent year 07
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Documents cited:	Search	[Y]EP2898858 (ST JUDE MEDICAL CARDIOLOGY DIV [US]) [Y] 1-15* paragraphs [0048] - [0061] - [0098] - [0105]; figures 4A-D,10A-11H *;
		[Y]WO2017011697 (EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP [US]) [Y] 1-15 * paragraphs [0041] - [0115]; figures 1-30 *
	International search	[X]US2013190862 (PINTOR RAFAEL [US], et al) [X] 13-17 * See paragraphs [0091]-[0185]; figures 5A-45B. *;
		[A]US2015327996 (FAHIM MINA S [US], et al) [A] 1-4, 13-17, 23-26 ,28-33* See the whole document. *;
		[A]US2016296331 (CHUNG VISITH [US], et al) [A] 1-4, 13-17, 23-26 ,28-33 * See figures 6A-8B. *;
		[XA]US2016324631 (LANE ERNEST [US], et al) [X] 1-4, 23-26, 28-33 * See paragraphs [0076]-[0222]; figures 1-46. * [A] 13-17;
		[X]US2017172739 (CHANG DA-YU [US], et al) [X] 1-4, 28-33 * See paragraphs [0051], [0053], [0059]; figures 1, 2, 4A *
	by applicant	US6730118
		US7393360
		US7510575
		US7993394
		US2012123529
		US2013030519
		EP2898858
		US9393110
		WO2017011697
		US2019000615

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