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EP0419451 - ACCOMMODATING INTRAOCULAR LENS AND LENS SERIES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  06.08.1994
Database last updated on 29.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip06.08.1994No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 28.09.1994 [1994/39]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
VOLK OPTICAL, INC.
7893 Enterprise Drive
Mentor, OH 44060 / US
[1993/03]
Former [1991/14]For all designated states
VOLK, Myron (Co-Executor of VOLK, David (deceased))
18599 Lake Shore Boulevard
Euclid, OH 44119 / US
For all designated states
BAND, Jordan C.(Co-Executor of Volk, David (deaceased))
900 Bond Court Building
Cleveland, OH 44114 / US
Inventor(s)01 / VOLK, David (deceased)
/ US
[1991/14]
Representative(s)Gudel, Diether, et al
Patentanwälte Dr. Weinhold, Dannenberg, Dr. Gudel, Schubert Grosse Eschenheimer Strasse 39
D-60313 Frankfurt / DE
[N/P]
Former [1993/03]Gudel, Diether, Dr., et al
Patentanwälte Dr. Weinhold, Dannenberg, Dr. Gudel, Schubert Grosse Eschenheimer Strasse 39
D-60313 Frankfurt / DE
Former [1991/14]Gudel, Diether, Dr.
Patentanwälte Dr. Weinhold, Dannenberg, Dr. Gudel, Schubert Grosse Eschenheimer Strasse 39
D-60313 Frankfurt / DE
Application number, filing date88900177.224.11.1987
[1991/14]
WO1987US03026
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO8904643
Date:01.06.1989
Language:EN
[1989/12]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0419451
Date:03.04.1991
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 01.06.1989 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1991/14]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0419451
Date:06.10.1993
Language:EN
[1993/40]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US01.06.1989
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP28.03.1991
ClassificationIPC:A61F2/16
[1991/14]
CPC:
A61F2/1613 (EP,US); A61F2/164 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [1991/14]
TitleGerman:INTRAOKULARE ANPASSUNGSLINSE UND LINSENREIHEN[1991/14]
English:ACCOMMODATING INTRAOCULAR LENS AND LENS SERIES[1991/14]
French:LENTILLE INTRAOCULAIRE D'ACCOMODATION ET SERIE DE LENTILLES[1991/14]
Entry into regional phase16.05.1990National basic fee paid 
16.05.1990Search fee paid 
16.05.1990Designation fee(s) paid 
16.05.1990Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure05.06.1989Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: DE
16.05.1990Examination requested  [1991/14]
14.07.1992Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
04.11.1992Reply to a communication from the examining division
04.01.1993Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
31.03.1993Communication of intention to grant the patent
03.07.1993Fee for grant paid
03.07.1993Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)07.07.1994No opposition filed within time limit [1994/39]
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.06.1990Renewal fee patent year 03
15.04.1991Renewal fee patent year 04
12.11.1991Renewal fee patent year 05
20.11.1992Renewal fee patent year 06
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
25.05.199003   M06   Fee paid on   27.06.1990
30.11.199004   M06   Fee paid on   15.04.1991
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Documents cited:Search[A]US4469413  (SHIRAYANAGI MORIYASU [JP])
 [A]  - JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, vol. 2, no. 8, August 1985, pages 1273-1281, Optical Society of America; R. NAVARRO et al.: "Accommodation-dependent model of the human eye with aspherics"
International search[A]US4504982  (BURK PAUL O [US])
 [A]  - American Journal of Optometry and Archives of American Academy of Optometry, Vol. 36, No. 6, issued June 1959, pages 279-288, by JOHN K. DAVIS.
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