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EP0688185 - SURGICAL ANCHOR [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1995/52]SURGICAL ANCHOR AND METHOD FOR DEPLOYING THE SAME
[2003/09]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  21.01.2005
Database last updated on 30.03.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip04.01.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT
published on 06.02.2008  [2008/06]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Mitek Surgical Products, Inc.
60 Glacier Drive Westwood
Massachusetts 02090 / US
[N/P]
Former [1995/52]For all designated states
Mitek Surgical Products, Inc.
60 Glacier Drive
Westwood, Massachusetts 02090 / US
Inventor(s)01 / MARTINS, Harold, M.
17 Scribner Park
Newton, MA 02166 / US
[1995/52]
Representative(s)Thomson, Paul Anthony, et al
Potts, Kerr & Co. 15, Hamilton Square Birkenhead
Merseyside CH41 6BR / GB
[N/P]
Former [1995/52]Thomson, Paul Anthony, et al
Potts, Kerr & Co. 15, Hamilton Square
Birkenhead Merseyside L41 6BR / GB
Application number, filing date95908040.910.01.1995
[1995/52]
WO1995US00470
Priority number, dateUS1994018042511.01.1994         Original published format: US 180425
[1995/52]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9518571
Date:13.07.1995
Language:EN
[1995/30]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0688185
Date:27.12.1995
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 13.07.1995 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1995/52]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0688185
Date:17.03.2004
Language:EN
[2004/12]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US13.07.1995
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP30.07.1996
ClassificationIPC:A61B17/04, A61F2/08
[1996/38]
CPC:
A61F2/0811 (EP,US); A61B17/0401 (EP,US); F16G11/00 (EP,US);
A61B2017/00004 (EP,US); A61B2017/0412 (EP,US); A61B2017/0414 (EP,US);
A61B2017/0437 (EP,US); A61B2017/0458 (EP,US); A61F2002/0829 (EP,US);
A61F2002/0852 (EP,US); A61F2002/0882 (EP,US); A61F2002/30092 (EP,US);
A61F2210/0019 (EP,US); Y10S606/907 (EP,US); Y10S606/916 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [1995/52]A61B17/00
Designated contracting statesCH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI [1995/52]
TitleGerman:CHIRURGISCHES BEFESTIGUNGSSYSTEM[2003/09]
English:SURGICAL ANCHOR[2003/09]
French:DISPOSITIF D'ANCRAGE CHIRURGICALE[2003/09]
Former [1995/52]CHIRURGISCHES BEFESTIGUNGSSYSTEM SOWIE VERFAHREN ZUM AUSSPREIZEN DESSELBEN
Former [1995/52]SURGICAL ANCHOR AND METHOD FOR DEPLOYING THE SAME
Former [1995/52]DISPOSITIF D'ANCRAGE CHIRURGICALE ET SON PROCEDE DE DEPLOIEMENT
Entry into regional phase06.09.1995National basic fee paid 
06.09.1995Search fee paid 
06.09.1995Designation fee(s) paid 
12.01.1996Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure12.01.1996Examination requested  [1996/11]
06.02.2002Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
08.08.2002Reply to a communication from the examining division
21.07.2003Communication of intention to grant the patent
19.11.2003Fee for grant paid
19.11.2003Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)20.12.2004No opposition filed within time limit [2005/10]
Fees paidRenewal fee
08.01.1997Renewal fee patent year 03
08.01.1998Renewal fee patent year 04
11.01.1999Renewal fee patent year 05
10.01.2000Renewal fee patent year 06
11.01.2001Renewal fee patent year 07
14.01.2002Renewal fee patent year 08
14.01.2003Renewal fee patent year 09
14.01.2004Renewal fee patent year 10
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipCH17.03.2004
FR17.03.2004
IT17.03.2004
LI17.03.2004
DE18.06.2004
[2008/06]
Former [2006/14]CH17.03.2004
FR17.03.2004
LI17.03.2004
DE18.06.2004
Former [2005/14]CH17.03.2004
LI17.03.2004
DE18.06.2004
Former [2004/44]CH17.03.2004
LI17.03.2004
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