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EP0458867 - FEMORAL PROSTHESIS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  22.07.1995
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip22.07.1995No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 13.09.1995 [1995/37]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
THE FURLONG RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Lister House Wimpole Street
London W1 / GB
[1991/49]
Inventor(s)01 / OSBORN, Johannes, Friedrich
Poppelsdorferallee 56
D-5300 Bonn / DE
02 / FURLONG, Ronald, John
149 Harley Street
London W1N 2DE / GB
[1991/49]
Representative(s)Smith, Philip Antony
REDDIE & GROSE 16 Theobalds Road
London WC1X 8PL / GB
[1991/49]
Application number, filing date90903602.215.02.1990
[1991/49]
WO1990GB00245
Priority number, dateGB1989000346415.02.1989         Original published format: GB 8903464
[1991/49]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9009154
Date:23.08.1990
Language:EN
[1990/20]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0458867
Date:04.12.1991
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 23.08.1990 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1991/49]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0458867
Date:21.09.1994
Language:EN
[1994/38]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP23.08.1990
ClassificationIPC:A61F2/32, A61L27/00
[1991/49]
CPC:
A61L27/58 (EP,US); A61F2/30734 (EP,US); A61F2/30767 (EP,US);
A61F2/3676 (EP,US); A61L27/34 (EP,US); A61F2/36 (EP,US);
A61F2/367 (EP,US); A61F2/4607 (EP,US); A61F2002/30032 (EP,US);
A61F2002/30062 (EP,US); A61F2002/30113 (EP,US); A61F2002/30143 (EP,US);
A61F2002/30224 (EP,US); A61F2002/30738 (EP,US); A61F2002/30797 (EP,US);
A61F2002/30813 (EP,US); A61F2002/30919 (EP,US); A61F2002/3631 (EP,US);
A61F2002/365 (EP,US); A61F2210/0004 (EP,US); A61F2230/0006 (EP,US);
A61F2230/0017 (EP,US); A61F2230/0069 (EP,US); A61F2250/0031 (EP,US);
A61F2310/00017 (EP,US); A61F2310/00023 (EP,US); A61F2310/00796 (EP,US) (-)
C-Set:
A61L27/34, C08L67/04 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesBE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   NL [1991/49]
TitleGerman:HÜFTPROTHESE[1991/49]
English:FEMORAL PROSTHESIS[1991/49]
French:PROTHESE FEMORALE[1991/49]
Entry into regional phase12.08.1991National basic fee paid 
12.08.1991Designation fee(s) paid 
12.08.1991Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure17.09.1990Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: GB
12.08.1991Examination requested  [1991/49]
10.03.1993Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
14.07.1993Reply to a communication from the examining division
16.09.1993Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
23.03.1994Communication of intention to grant the patent
14.06.1994Fee for grant paid
14.06.1994Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)22.06.1995No opposition filed within time limit [1995/37]
Fees paidRenewal fee
26.02.1992Renewal fee patent year 03
19.02.1993Renewal fee patent year 04
28.02.1994Renewal fee patent year 05
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Cited inInternational search[A]US3605123  (HAHN HENRY);
 [A]US3924274  (HEIMKE GUNTHER, et al);
 [X]EP0018496  (MERCK PATENT GMBH [DE]);
 [Y]EP0022724  (ANVAR [FR]);
 [X]EP0176711  (KAMPNER STANLEY L);
 [Y]US4842604  (DORMAN LINNEAUS C [US], et al)
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