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EP0897293 - PRISMATIC INTRAOCULAR LENSES FOR RESTORING VISION IN PATIENTS WITH CENTRAL FIELD LOSS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1999/08]	PRISMATIC INTRAOCULAR LENSES AND RELATED METHODS OF USING SUCH LENSES TO RESTORE VISION IN PATIENTS WITH CENTRAL FIELD LOSS
	[2001/10]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 31.01.2003 Database last updated on 18.11.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	11.01.2008	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT	published on 13.02.2008 [2008/07]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Prism Ophthalmics, L.L.C. Suite 105, 6701 Peters Creek Road Roanoke, VA 24019 / US
	[1999/08]
Inventor(s)	01 / GUPTA, Amitava 5312 Hampden Lane Bethesda, MD 20814 / US
	02 / MACKOOL, Richard 21 Corrigan Lane Greenwich, CT 06831 / US
	[1999/08]
Representative(s)	Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB Leopoldstrasse 4 80802 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2000/13]	Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät Maximilianstrasse 58 80538 München / DE
Former [1999/08]	Schumann, Klaus, Dr. rer. nat. Patentanwälte Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Partner Maximilianstrasse 58 80538 München / DE
Application number, filing date	96944418.1	20.12.1996
	[1999/08]
	WO1996US20056
Priority number, date	US19960647228	09.05.1996 Original published format: US 647228
	[1999/08]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9741806
	Date:	13.11.1997
	Language:	EN
	[1997/49]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0897293
	Date:	24.02.1999
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 13.11.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1999/08]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0897293
	Date:	27.03.2002
	Language:	EN
	[2002/13]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	13.11.1997
Classification	IPC:	A61F2/16	[1999/08]
	CPC:	A61F2/1648 (EP,US); A61F2/1621 (EP,US); A61F2002/1683 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, DE, ES, FR, GB, IE, IT, NL, SE [1999/08]
Title	German:	PRISMATISCHE INTRAOKULARLINSEN ZUR VERBESSERUNG DER SICHT BEI PATIENTEN MIT VERLUST VOM ZENTRALEN GESICHTSFELD	[2001/10]
	English:	PRISMATIC INTRAOCULAR LENSES FOR RESTORING VISION IN PATIENTS WITH CENTRAL FIELD LOSS	[2001/10]
	French:	LENTILLES INTRAOCULAIRES PRISMATIQUES POUR RESTITUER LA VISION DE PATIENTS PRESENTANT UNE PERTE DU CHAMP CENTRAL	[2001/10]
	Former [1999/08]	PRISMATISCHE INTRAOKULARLINSEN UND VERFAHREN ZUM GEBRAUCH DERER ZUR VERBESSERUNG DER SICHT BEI PATIENTEN MIT VERLUST VOM ZENTRALEN GESICHTSFELD
	Former [1999/08]	PRISMATIC INTRAOCULAR LENSES AND RELATED METHODS OF USING SUCH LENSES TO RESTORE VISION IN PATIENTS WITH CENTRAL FIELD LOSS
	Former [1999/08]	LENTILLES INTRAOCULAIRES PRISMATIQUES ET PROCEDE D'UTILISATION DE CES LENTILLES AFIN DE RESTITUER LA VISION DE PATIENTS PRESENTANT UNE PERTE DU CHAMP CENTRAL
Entry into regional phase	02.11.1998	National basic fee paid
	02.11.1998	Designation fee(s) paid
	02.11.1998	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	02.12.1997	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	02.11.1998	Examination requested [1999/08]
	29.03.2000	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	04.08.2000	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	22.02.2001	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	20.06.2001	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	26.09.2001	Fee for grant paid
	26.09.2001	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	30.12.2002	No opposition filed within time limit [2003/12]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	04.12.1998	Renewal fee patent year 03
	03.04.2000	Renewal fee patent year 04
	07.12.2000	Renewal fee patent year 05
	07.01.2002	Renewal fee patent year 06
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	31.12.1999	04 M06 Fee paid on 03.04.2000
	01.01.2002	06 M06 Fee paid on 07.01.2002
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	27.03.2002
	IT	27.03.2002
	NL	27.03.2002
	SE	27.06.2002
	ES	25.09.2002
	IE	20.12.2002
	[2008/07]
Former [2004/04]	AT	27.03.2002
	NL	27.03.2002
	SE	27.06.2002
	ES	25.09.2002
	IE	20.12.2002
Former [2004/01]	AT	27.03.2002
	NL	27.03.2002
	SE	27.06.2002
	IE	20.12.2002
Former [2003/09]	AT	27.03.2002
	NL	27.03.2002
	SE	27.06.2002
Former [2002/37]	SE	27.06.2002
Cited in	International search	[Y]US4502162 (GERHARD GREGORY J [US], et al) [Y] 9,27 * column 2, line 6 - line 21; figure - *;
		[A]US4504982 (BURK PAUL O [US]) [A] 5* column 29, line 27 - line 34 *;
		[XY]US4581031 (KOZIOL JEFFREY E [US], et al) [X] 20,23 * the whole document * [Y] 1-10,21,22,24-27;
		[Y]US4636212 (POSIN THOMAS [US], et al) [Y] 6,7,21,22,25,26 * abstract *;
		[A]US4648878 (KELMAN CHARLES D [US]) [A] 1,2,8,10,20,23,24,27 * abstract *;
		[Y]EP0362004 (ESSILOR INT [FR]) [Y] 4,5,24-27 * column 5, line 24 - line 28; figure 1 * * column 6, line 28 - line 39 *;
		[Y]EP0563783 (ADATOMED PHARMA & MED [DE]) [Y] 1-10 * abstract *

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