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EP4099950 - ENHANCED FLEXIBILITY ANNULOPLASTY BANDS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 28.11.2025 Database last updated on 11.04.2026
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 20.12.2024
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 19.08.2024
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 11.11.2022
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 13.08.2021
Former	unknown Status updated on 03.03.2021
Most recent event Tooltip	23.01.2026	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IE	published on 25.02.2026 [2026/09]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Edwards Lifesciences Corporation One Edwards Way Irvine, CA 92614-5688 / US
	[2022/50]
Inventor(s)	01 / RODRIGUEZ, Rodolfo Edwards Lifesciences One Edwards Way Legal Department Irvine, CA 92614 / US
	02 / CONKLIN, Brian, S. 240 E. Jacaranda Ave. Orange, CA 92867 / US
	03 / CAMPBELL, Louis A. Edwards Lifesciences One Edwards Way Legal Department Irvine, CA 92614 / US
	[2022/50]
Representative(s)	Eisenführ Speiser Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB Postfach 31 02 60 80102 München / DE
	[2022/50]
Application number, filing date	21707582.9	01.02.2021
	[2022/50]
	WO2021US16094
Priority number, date	US202062971139P	06.02.2020 Original published format: US 202062971139 P
	[2022/50]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2021158487
	Date:	12.08.2021
	Language:	EN
	[2021/32]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP4099950
	Date:	14.12.2022
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 12.08.2021 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2022/50]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP4099950
	Date:	22.01.2025
	Language:	EN
	[2025/04]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	12.08.2021
Classification	IPC:	A61F2/24	[2022/50]
	CPC:	A61F2/2448 (EP,US); A61F2210/0014 (EP); A61F2230/0019 (EP); A61F2230/0095 (EP); A61F2240/001 (EP); A61F2250/0018 (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 [2022/50]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Validation states	KH	Not yet paid
	MA	Not yet paid
	MD	Not yet paid
	TN	Not yet paid
Title	German:	ANULOPLASTIEBÄNDER MIT ERHÖHTER FLEXIBILITÄT	[2022/50]
	English:	ENHANCED FLEXIBILITY ANNULOPLASTY BANDS	[2022/50]
	French:	BANDES D'ANNULOPLASTIE À FLEXIBILITÉ AMÉLIORÉE	[2022/50]
Entry into regional phase	06.09.2022	National basic fee paid
	06.09.2022	Designation fee(s) paid
	06.09.2022	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	06.09.2022	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	06.09.2022	Examination requested [2022/50]
	06.09.2022	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	20.08.2024	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	17.12.2024	Fee for grant paid
	17.12.2024	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	17.12.2024	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)	EP25153109.1 / EP4566572
Opposition(s)	23.10.2025	No opposition filed within time limit [2026/01]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	14.12.2022	Renewal fee patent year 03
	14.12.2023	Renewal fee patent year 04
	19.12.2024	Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	CZ	22.01.2025
	ES	22.01.2025
	HR	22.01.2025
	MC	22.01.2025
	PL	22.01.2025
	SK	22.01.2025
	SM	22.01.2025
	IE	01.02.2025
	NO	22.04.2025
	RS	22.04.2025
	GR	23.04.2025
	IS	22.05.2025
	[2026/09]
Former [2025/49]	CZ	22.01.2025
	ES	22.01.2025
	HR	22.01.2025
	MC	22.01.2025
	PL	22.01.2025
	SK	22.01.2025
	SM	22.01.2025
	NO	22.04.2025
	RS	22.04.2025
	GR	23.04.2025
	IS	22.05.2025
Former [2025/48]	CZ	22.01.2025
	ES	22.01.2025
	HR	22.01.2025
	MC	22.01.2025
	PL	22.01.2025
	SM	22.01.2025
	NO	22.04.2025
	RS	22.04.2025
	GR	23.04.2025
	IS	22.05.2025
Former [2025/47]	ES	22.01.2025
	HR	22.01.2025
	MC	22.01.2025
	PL	22.01.2025
	SM	22.01.2025
	NO	22.04.2025
	RS	22.04.2025
	GR	23.04.2025
	IS	22.05.2025
Former [2025/46]	ES	22.01.2025
	HR	22.01.2025
	PL	22.01.2025
	SM	22.01.2025
	NO	22.04.2025
	RS	22.04.2025
	GR	23.04.2025
	IS	22.05.2025
Former [2025/35]	ES	22.01.2025
	HR	22.01.2025
	PL	22.01.2025
	NO	22.04.2025
	RS	22.04.2025
	GR	23.04.2025
	IS	22.05.2025
Former [2025/34]	ES	22.01.2025
	HR	22.01.2025
	PL	22.01.2025
	NO	22.04.2025
	RS	22.04.2025
	IS	22.05.2025
Former [2025/33]	ES	22.01.2025
	PL	22.01.2025
	RS	22.04.2025
Cited in	International search	[XY] US2012136435 (BRUNNETT WILLIAM C et al.)
		[XA] WO2009137776 (EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP et al.)
		[Y] US2009177276 (CARPENTIER ALAIN F et al.)
		[X] US2006100697 (CASANOVA R M et al.)
	by applicant	US5041130
		US5104407
		US5201880
		US5258021
		US5607471
		US6187040
		US6805710
		US6858039
		US7959673
		US10314707

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