EP3643271 - ARCH ADJUSTMENT APPLIANCE [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 12.04.2024 Database last updated on 24.08.2024 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 05.05.2023 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 17.01.2023 | ||
Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 07.12.2022 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 01.08.2022 | ||
Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 25.06.2021 | ||
Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 06.11.2020 | ||
Former | The application has been published Status updated on 27.03.2020 | Most recent event Tooltip | 19.07.2024 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): CH | published on 21.08.2024 [2024/34] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Align Technology, Inc. 2820 Orchard Parkway San Jose, CA 95134 / US | [2023/23] |
Former [2020/18] | For all designated states Align Technology, Inc. 2820 Orchard Parkway San Jose, CA 95134 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
KIMURA, Ryan 805 Colleen Drive San Jose, CA California 95123 / US | 02 /
MORTON, John 15191 Camelot Drive San Jose, CA California 95131 / US | 03 /
SHAW, Richard 17030 Holiday Drive Morgan Hill, CA California 95037 / US | 04 /
LI, Chunhua 19688 Vicksburg Drive Cupertino, CA California 95014 / US | [2020/18] | Representative(s) | Hancox, Jonathan Christopher Venner Shipley LLP Windsor House 6-10 Mount Ephraim Road Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 1EE / GB | [2023/23] |
Former [2020/18] | Brookes IP Windsor House 6-10 Mount Ephraim Road Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 1EE / GB | Application number, filing date | 19210368.7 | 17.09.2015 | [2020/18] | Priority number, date | US201462052893P | 19.09.2014 Original published format: US 201462052893 P | [2020/18] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP3643271 | Date: | 29.04.2020 | Language: | EN | [2020/18] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP3643271 | Date: | 07.06.2023 | Language: | EN | [2023/23] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 10.03.2020 | Classification | IPC: | A61C7/08, A61C7/10 | [2020/18] | CPC: |
A61C7/10 (EP,US);
A61C7/002 (EP,US);
A61C7/08 (EP,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 [2020/50]
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Former [2020/18] | 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 | Title | German: | BOGENANPASSUNGSVORRICHTUNG | [2020/18] | English: | ARCH ADJUSTMENT APPLIANCE | [2020/18] | French: | APPAREIL D'AJUSTEMENT D'ARC | [2020/18] | Examination procedure | 29.10.2020 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 29.10.2020 | Examination requested [2020/50] | 29.10.2020 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 25.06.2021 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 22.12.2021 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 02.08.2022 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 07.12.2022 | Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO | 18.01.2023 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 25.04.2023 | Fee for grant paid | 25.04.2023 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 25.04.2023 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Parent application(s) Tooltip | EP15778011.5 / EP3193774 | Divisional application(s) | EP23177420.9 / EP4257076 | Opposition(s) | 08.03.2024 | No opposition filed within time limit [2024/20] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 20.11.2019 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 20.11.2019 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 20.11.2019 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 14.09.2020 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 15.09.2021 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 11.08.2022 | Renewal fee patent year 08 |
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Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | CZ | 07.06.2023 | ES | 07.06.2023 | HR | 07.06.2023 | MC | 07.06.2023 | PL | 07.06.2023 | RO | 07.06.2023 | RS | 07.06.2023 | SK | 07.06.2023 | SM | 07.06.2023 | NO | 07.09.2023 | GR | 08.09.2023 | IE | 17.09.2023 | CH | 30.09.2023 | IS | 07.10.2023 | [2024/34] |
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IE | 17.09.2023 | ||
IS | 07.10.2023 | ||
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Former [2023/46] | ES | 07.06.2023 | Documents cited: | Search | [I]WO0180762 (ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC [US], et al) [I] 1-15 * page 13, lines 3-20 * * page 15, lines 20-29 * * page 3, lines 4-17 * * page 15, line 30 - page 16, line 20 * * page 19, line 18 - page 20, line 4 * * figure 2 * * figures 12,13 * * page 14, line 31 - page 15, line 12 *; | [I]US2005037312 (UCHIDA SHINYA [JP]) [I] 1-15 * paragraph [0173] - paragraph [0193] * * figures 26-38 *; | [A]JP2009000412 (NIPPON DENTAL SUPPORT KK) [A] 1-15* figure - * | Examination | EP0428152 |