| EP0560916 - Method of molding of silicon-containing contact lenses [Right-click to bookmark this link] | |||
| Former [1993/38] | MOLD MATERIALS FOR SILICONE CONTAINING LENS MATERIALS | ||
| [1997/06] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 12.12.1997 Database last updated on 28.03.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 28.12.2002 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): NL | published on 12.02.2003 [2003/07] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states BAUSCH & LOMB INCORPORATED One Lincoln First Square PO Box 54 Rochester New York 14601-0054 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1993/38] | For all designated states BAUSCH & LOMB INCORPORATED One Lincoln First Square PO Box 54 Rochester New York 14601-0054 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
LAI, Yu-Chin 23 Cooper Woods Pittsford, NY 14534 / US | [1993/38] | Representative(s) | Allam, Peter Clerk Lloyd Wise Commonwealth House, 1-19 New Oxford Street London WC1A 1LW / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1993/38] | Allam, Peter Clerk LLOYD WISE, TREGEAR & CO. Norman House 105-109 Strand London WC2R 0AE / GB | Application number, filing date | 92902321.6 | 20.11.1991 | [1993/38] | WO1991US08735 | Priority number, date | US19900618448 | 27.11.1990 Original published format: US 618448 | [1993/38] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | WO9209421 | Date: | 11.06.1992 | [1992/13] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0560916 | Date: | 22.09.1993 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 11.06.1992 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1993/38] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0560916 | Date: | 05.02.1997 | Language: | EN | [1997/06] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 09.07.1992 | Classification | IPC: | B29D11/00, G02B1/04, B29C33/38 | [1993/38] | CPC: |
B29D11/00125 (EP,US);
B29D11/00 (KR);
B29C33/40 (EP,US);
C08G18/61 (EP,US);
G02B1/043 (EP,US);
B29K2063/00 (EP,US);
| C-Set: |
G02B1/043, C08L43/04 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IT, LI, LU, NL, SE [1993/38] | Title | German: | Verfahren zum Formen von Silikon enthaltenden Kontaktlinsen | [1997/06] | English: | Method of molding of silicon-containing contact lenses | [1997/06] | French: | Méthode de moulage de lentilles de contact contenant de la silicone | [1997/06] |
| Former [1993/38] | WERKSTOFFE FÜR FORMEN FÜR DIE HERSTELLUNG VON SILIKONHARZLINZE | ||
| Former [1993/38] | MOLD MATERIALS FOR SILICONE CONTAINING LENS MATERIALS | ||
| Former [1993/38] | MATERIAUX DE MOULAGE POUR LENTILLES DE CONTACT CONTENANT DE LA SILICONE | Entry into regional phase | 10.05.1993 | National basic fee paid | 10.05.1993 | Designation fee(s) paid | 10.05.1993 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 05.06.1992 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: DE | 10.05.1993 | Examination requested [1993/38] | 22.09.1995 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 28.03.1996 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 20.06.1996 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 09.08.1996 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 08.11.1996 | Fee for grant paid | 08.11.1996 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 06.11.1997 | No opposition filed within time limit [1998/05] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 25.04.1994 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 31.10.1994 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 30.10.1995 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 28.10.1996 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | Penalty fee | Additional fee for renewal fee | 30.11.1993 | 03   M06   Fee paid on   25.04.1994 |
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