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EP0975286
European procedure
Extract from the Register of European Patents
EP About this file: EP0975286
| EP0975286 - KNEE PROSTHESIS HAVING GUIDE SURFACES FOR CONTROL OF ANTERIOR-POSTERIOR DISPLACEMENT [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 10.06.2005 Database last updated on 18.11.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 12.05.2006 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): NL | published on 14.06.2006 [2006/24] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states WALKER, Peter Stanley 13 Pembroke Road Moor Park Middlesex HA6 2HP / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2000/05] | For all designated states Walker, Peter Stanley 13 Pembroke Road Moor Park, Middlesex HA6 2HP / GB | Inventor(s) | 01 /
see applicant ... | [2000/05] | Representative(s) | Woodcraft, David Charles Brookes Batchellor 102-108 Clerkenwell Road London EC1M 5SA / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2000/05] | Woodcraft, David Charles High Holborn House 52/54 High Holborn London WC1V 6SE / GB | Application number, filing date | 98917370.3 | 15.04.1998 | [2000/05] | WO1998GB01098 | Priority number, date | GB19970007717 | 16.04.1997 Original published format: GB 9707717 | [2000/05] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9846171 | Date: | 22.10.1998 | Language: | EN | [1998/42] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0975286 | Date: | 02.02.2000 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 22.10.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2000/05] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0975286 | Date: | 04.08.2004 | Language: | EN | [2004/32] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 22.10.1998 | Classification | IPC: | A61F2/38 | [2000/05] | CPC: |
A61F2/3886 (EP,US);
A61F2/3859 (EP,US);
A61F2/3868 (EP,US);
A61F2/389 (EP,US);
A61F2002/30943 (EP,US);
A61F2310/00011 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | BE, CH, DE, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL [2004/10] |
| Former [2000/05] | BE, CH, ES, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL | Title | German: | KNIEPROTHESE MIT FÜHRUNGSFLÄCHEN ZUR KONTROLLE DER VORDEREN UND HINTEREN VERSCHIEBUNG | [2000/05] | English: | KNEE PROSTHESIS HAVING GUIDE SURFACES FOR CONTROL OF ANTERIOR-POSTERIOR DISPLACEMENT | [2000/05] | French: | PROTHESE DU GENOU POURVUE DE SURFACES GUIDES PERMETTANT LA COMMANDE D'UN DEPLACEMENT ANTERIEUR-POSTERIEUR | [2000/05] | Entry into regional phase | 01.11.1999 | National basic fee paid | 01.11.1999 | Designation fee(s) paid | 01.11.1999 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 17.10.1998 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP | 01.11.1999 | Examination requested [2000/05] | 31.01.2002 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 08.11.2002 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 21.11.2002 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 08.07.2003 | Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time | 18.09.2003 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 23.01.2004 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 28.05.2004 | Fee for grant paid | 28.05.2004 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Divisional application(s) | EP02079733.8 / EP1285638 | Opposition(s) | 06.05.2005 | No opposition filed within time limit [2005/30] | Request for further processing for: | 18.09.2003 | Request for further processing filed | 18.09.2003 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted | 01.10.2003 | Decision despatched | 08.11.2002 | Request for further processing filed | 08.11.2002 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted | 18.11.2002 | Decision despatched | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 19.04.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 19.04.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 28.03.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 26.04.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 28.04.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 07 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | BE | 04.08.2004 | CH | 04.08.2004 | LI | 04.08.2004 | NL | 04.08.2004 | [2006/24] |
| Former [2005/28] | BE | 04.08.2004 | |
| CH | 04.08.2004 | ||
| LI | 04.08.2004 | ||
| Former [2005/21] | CH | 04.08.2004 | |
| LI | 04.08.2004 | Cited in | International search | [XAY]US4209861 (BORZONE ROCCO [US], et al) [X] 12-14,18 * column 4, line 63 - column 5, line 38 * * column 7, line 58 - column 8, line 17; figures 10A-10F,13 * [A] 1-4,6-11 [Y] 16; | [A]US5147405 (VAN ZILE RICHARD [US], et al) [A] 1,12 * column 6, line 54 - column 8, line 30; figures 6A-6F *; | [A]EP0627203 (JOINT MEDICAL PRODUCTS CORP [US]) [A] 5* abstract *; | [Y]WO9603097 (WALKER PETER S [GB]) [Y] 16 * abstract * |