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EP1094862 - SYSTEM FOR IMPLANTING ARTICLES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2001/18]	METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND KITS FOR IMPLANTING ARTICLES
	[2005/03]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 30.06.2006 Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	05.12.2008	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): CY	published on 07.01.2009 [2009/02]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states InnerDyne, Inc. 1244 Reamwood Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94089 / US
	[2001/18]
Inventor(s)	01 / ORTH, Michael, J. 15875 Walter Breton Drive Morgan Hill, CA 95037 / US
	02 / YANG, Mark, C. 255 Mountain View Avenue Mountain View, CA 94041-1111 / US
	[2001/18]
Representative(s)	Hoffmann Eitle Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB Arabellastraße 30 81925 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2008/31]	HOFFMANN EITLE Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4 81925 München / DE
Former [2004/23]	HOFFMANN EITLE Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4 81925 München / DE
Former [2001/18]	Kazi, Ilya, et al Mathys & Squire, 100 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8AL / GB
Application number, filing date	99932071.6	29.06.1999
	[2001/18]
	WO1999US14761
Priority number, date	US19980112102	08.07.1998 Original published format: US 112102
	[2001/18]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO0002616
	Date:	20.01.2000
	Language:	EN
	[2000/03]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1094862
	Date:	02.05.2001
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 20.01.2000 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2001/18]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1094862
	Date:	24.08.2005
	Language:	EN
	[2005/34]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	20.01.2000
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	14.11.2001
Classification	IPC:	A61M31/00, A61B17/34	[2002/01]
	CPC:	A61M25/0662 (EP,US); A61B17/3431 (EP,US); A61B17/3439 (EP,US); A61B17/3468 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2001/18]	A61M31/00
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [2001/18]
Title	German:	SYSTEM ZUM IMPLANTIEREN VON ARTIKELN	[2005/03]
	English:	SYSTEM FOR IMPLANTING ARTICLES	[2005/03]
	French:	SYSTEME POUR L'IMPLANTATION D'ARTICLES	[2005/03]
	Former [2001/18]	VERFAHREN, SYSTEME UND SET ZUM IMPLANTIEREN VON ARTIKELN
	Former [2001/18]	METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND KITS FOR IMPLANTING ARTICLES
	Former [2001/18]	PROCEDES, SYSTEMES ET KITS POUR L'IMPLANTATION D'ARTICLES
Entry into regional phase	08.02.2001	National basic fee paid
	08.02.2001	Search fee paid
	08.02.2001	Designation fee(s) paid
	08.02.2001	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	07.02.2000	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	08.02.2001	Examination requested [2001/18]
	09.12.2003	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	14.06.2004	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	04.02.2005	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	06.06.2005	Fee for grant paid
	06.06.2005	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	26.05.2006	No opposition filed within time limit [2006/31]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	08.02.2001	Renewal fee patent year 03
	24.06.2002	Renewal fee patent year 04
	23.06.2003	Renewal fee patent year 05
	23.06.2004	Renewal fee patent year 06
	21.06.2005	Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	24.08.2005
	BE	24.08.2005
	CH	24.08.2005
	CY	24.08.2005
	FI	24.08.2005
	LI	24.08.2005
	NL	24.08.2005
	DK	24.11.2005
	GR	24.11.2005
	SE	24.11.2005
	PT	24.01.2006
	[2009/02]
Former [2006/26]	AT	24.08.2005
	BE	24.08.2005
	CH	24.08.2005
	FI	24.08.2005
	LI	24.08.2005
	NL	24.08.2005
	DK	24.11.2005
	GR	24.11.2005
	SE	24.11.2005
	PT	24.01.2006
Former [2006/25]	AT	24.08.2005
	BE	24.08.2005
	CH	24.08.2005
	FI	24.08.2005
	LI	24.08.2005
	NL	24.08.2005
	GR	24.11.2005
	SE	24.11.2005
	PT	24.01.2006
Former [2006/14]	AT	24.08.2005
	CH	24.08.2005
	FI	24.08.2005
	LI	24.08.2005
	NL	24.08.2005
	GR	24.11.2005
	SE	24.11.2005
Former [2006/13]	AT	24.08.2005
	FI	24.08.2005
	SE	24.11.2005
Documents cited:	Search	[A]GB2199247 (FEMCARE LTD) [A] 8 * abstract *;
		[XD]US5183464 (DUBRUL WILLIAM R [US], et al) [XD] 1-8 * column 5, line 54 - column 7, line 20; figures 1-3 *;
		[A]US5279554 (TURLEY ROGER W [GB]) [A] 8* abstract *
	International search	[X]US5183464 (DUBRUL WILLIAM R [US], et al)
	by applicant	US4899729
		US5183464
		US5201756
		US5304119
		US5403278
		US5431676
		US5484403
		US5674240

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