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| EP4171455 - INSTRUMENT FOR THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF CATARACT, AIMED AT EXTRACTING THE NUCLEUS OF THE CRYSTALLINE LENS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 17.10.2025 Database last updated on 28.02.2026 | |
| Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 08.11.2024 | ||
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 14.02.2024 | ||
| Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 31.03.2023 | ||
| Former | The international publication has been made Status updated on 31.12.2021 | ||
| Former | unknown Status updated on 06.08.2021 | Most recent event Tooltip | 06.02.2026 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MC | published on 11.03.2026 [2026/11] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states STUDIO OCULISTICO DR.SSA ANTONIETTA CARBONE S.N.C. Via Sebastiano Agati 4 96100 Siracusa / IT | [2023/18] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
MUNNO, Ferdinando 96100 - Siracusa (SR) / IT | [2023/18] | Representative(s) | Randazzo, Luigi Via Asiago, 53 95127 Catania / IT | [2023/18] | Application number, filing date | 21746577.2 | 21.06.2021 | [2023/18] | WO2021IT50192 | Priority number, date | IT20200015139 | 24.06.2020 Original published format: IT202000015139 | [2023/18] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2021260748 | Date: | 30.12.2021 | Language: | EN | [2021/52] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP4171455 | Date: | 03.05.2023 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 30.12.2021 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2023/18] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP4171455 | Date: | 11.12.2024 | Language: | EN | [2024/50] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 30.12.2021 | Classification | IPC: | A61F9/007 | [2023/18] | CPC: |
A61F9/00736 (EP,US);
A61B2017/00287 (US);
A61B2017/00358 (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 [2023/18]
| 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: | INSTRUMENT ZUR CHIRURGISCHEN BEHANDLUNG VON KATARAKT, DAS AUF DIE EXTRAKTION DES KERNS DER KRISTALLINEN LINSE ABZIELT | [2023/18] | English: | INSTRUMENT FOR THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF CATARACT, AIMED AT EXTRACTING THE NUCLEUS OF THE CRYSTALLINE LENS | [2023/18] | French: | INSTRUMENT DESTINÉ AU TRAITEMENT CHIRURGICAL DE LA CATARACTE, VISANT À EXTRAIRE LE NOYAU DU CRISTALLIN | [2023/18] | Entry into regional phase | 28.12.2022 | National basic fee paid | 28.12.2022 | Designation fee(s) paid | 28.12.2022 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 28.12.2022 | Examination requested [2023/18] | 28.12.2022 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 15.02.2024 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 12.06.2024 | Fee for grant paid | 12.06.2024 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 12.06.2024 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Opposition(s) | 12.09.2025 | No opposition filed within time limit [2025/47] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 29.08.2023 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 05.11.2024 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | Penalty fee | Additional fee for renewal fee | 30.06.2023 | 03 M06 Fee paid on 29.08.2023 | 30.06.2024 | 04 M06 Fee paid on 05.11.2024 |
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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 | 11.12.2024 | ES | 11.12.2024 | HR | 11.12.2024 | MC | 11.12.2024 | PL | 11.12.2024 | SK | 11.12.2024 | SM | 11.12.2024 | NO | 11.03.2025 | RS | 11.03.2025 | GR | 12.03.2025 | IS | 11.04.2025 | [2026/11] |
| Former [2025/36] | CZ | 11.12.2024 | |
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| HR | 11.12.2024 | ||
| PL | 11.12.2024 | ||
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| SM | 11.12.2024 | ||
| NO | 11.03.2025 | ||
| RS | 11.03.2025 | ||
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| IS | 11.04.2025 | ||
| Former [2025/34] | ES | 11.12.2024 | |
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| PL | 11.12.2024 | ||
| SM | 11.12.2024 | ||
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| Former [2025/33] | ES | 11.12.2024 | |
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| SM | 11.12.2024 | ||
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| Former [2025/32] | ES | 11.12.2024 | |
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| Former [2025/23] | ES | 11.12.2024 | |
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| NO | 11.03.2025 | ||
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| Former [2025/22] | ES | 11.12.2024 | |
| HR | 11.12.2024 | ||
| NO | 11.03.2025 | ||
| GR | 12.03.2025 | Cited in | International search | [A] US2013131688 (SCHWARTZ JEREMY et al.) [A] 1-8 * paragraphs [0060] , [0069] , [0081] , [0082] , [0084] , [0086] , [0113] , [0116] , [0118]; figures 2B,9,10,12 * | [A] WO2017161062 (IANTECH INC et al.) [A] 1-8 * paragraphs [0002] , [0066] , [0067] , [0089] , [0103] , [0106] , [0109] , [0111] , [0113]; figures 1,26,27 * | [A] WO2017131930 (IANTECH INC et al.) [A] 1-8 * paragraphs [0001] , [0094] - [0104] * |