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EP About this file: EP0425714

EP0425714 - Process for manufacturing an implantable joint prosthesis [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been withdrawn
Status updated on  26.08.1993
Database last updated on 20.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip26.08.1993Withdrawal of applicationpublished on 13.10.1993 [1993/41]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
METALPRAECIS BERCHEM + SCHABERG GESELLSCHAFT FÜR METALLFORMGEBUNG MBH
Am Dördelmannshof 9-11
D-45886 Gelsenkirchen / DE
[1991/19]
Inventor(s)01 / Berchem, Rütger, Dr.
Wallneyer Strasse 29
D-4300 Essen / DE
02 / Schnitzler, Volkhard, Dipl.-Ing.
Fahrenheitstrasse 34
D-4630 Bochum 5 / DE
[1991/19]
Representative(s)Andrejewski, Walter, et al
Patentanwälte Andrejewski, Honke & Partner Postfach 10 02 54
D-45002 Essen / DE
[N/P]
Former [1991/19]Andrejewski, Walter, Dr., et al
Patentanwälte Andrejewski, Honke & Partner Postfach 10 02 54
D-45002 Essen / DE
Application number, filing date89120072.728.10.1989
[1991/19]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0425714
Date:08.05.1991
Language:DE
[1991/19]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP24.07.1990
ClassificationIPC:A61F2/30
[1991/19]
CPC:
A61F2/30942 (EP,US); A61F2/36 (EP,US); A61F2002/30955 (EP,US);
Y10S623/901 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   CH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   LI,   SE [1991/24]
Former [1991/19]AT,  BE,  CH,  DE,  ES,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IT,  LI,  LU,  NL,  SE 
TitleGerman:Verfahren zur Herstellung einer Implantat-Gelenkprothese[1991/19]
English:Process for manufacturing an implantable joint prosthesis[1991/19]
French:Procédé de fabrication d'une prothèse d'articulation implantable[1991/19]
File destroyed:12.06.1999
Examination procedure28.10.1989Examination requested  [1991/19]
30.10.1990Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
22.01.1991Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) BE, ES, GR, IT, LU, NL
11.11.1992Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
06.02.1993Reply to a communication from the examining division
31.03.1993Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
25.06.1993Reply to a communication from the examining division
19.08.1993Application withdrawn by applicant  [1993/41]
Fees paidRenewal fee
17.08.1991Renewal fee patent year 03
07.10.1992Renewal fee patent year 04
Penalty fee
Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973
23.11.1990BE   M01   Not yet paid
23.11.1990ES   M01   Not yet paid
23.11.1990GR   M01   Not yet paid
23.11.1990IT   M01   Not yet paid
23.11.1990LU   M01   Not yet paid
23.11.1990NL   M01   Not yet paid
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Documents cited:Search[A]EP0038908  (LINK WALDEMAR GMBH CO [DE]);
 [A]EP0144574  (WITZEL ULRICH);
 [A]FR2577697  (CHALMOND BERNARD [FR]);
 [Y]CH663149  (SULZER AG);
 [A]EP0255797  (MECRON MED PROD GMBH [DE]);
 [YD]DE3740438  (BERCHEM & SCHABERG GMBH [DE])
 [X]  - LE NOUVEL AUTOMATISME, Band 30, Nr. 55, Juni 1985, Seiten 50-54, Paris, FR; J.-C. MORETTON et al.: "Problèmes de prothèse, problèmes de CFAO"
 [A]  - JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS, Band 16, Nr. 9, 1983, Seiten 727-742, Pergamon Press Ltd, GB; A. ROHLMANN et al.: "Finite-element-analysis and experimental investigation in a femur with hip endoprosthesis"
 [A]  - ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE, Band 9, Nr. 3, 1980, Seiten 143-146, MEP Ltd; N.L. SVENSSON et al.: "Finite element analysis of a simulated total hip replacement"
 [A]  - MEDICAL & BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING & COMPUTING, Band 24, Nr. 3, Mai 1986, Seiten 267-274, IFMBE, London, GB; D. SIU et al.: "Three-dimensional reconstruction of joint surfaces using a microcomputer"
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