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EP1212015 - INSTRUMENT FOR INSERTING INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANTS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 28.12.2007 Database last updated on 15.07.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	08.01.2010	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): CY, LU	published on 10.02.2010 [2010/06]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Spine Solutions Inc. 1302 Wrights Lane East West Chester, PA 19380 / US
	[2007/24]
Former [2007/07]	For all designated states Spine Solutions Inc. 505 Park Avenue 14th floor New York, NY 10022 / US
Former [2002/24]	For all designated states Spine Solution Inc. 505 Park Avenue 14th Floor New york, NY 10022 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / BEYERSDORFF, Boris Fehrbellinerstr. 38 10119 Berlin / DE
	02 / MARNAY, Thierry 290, rue Valéry Larbaud F-34080 Montpellier / FR
	[2007/42]
Former [2002/24]	01 / BEYERSDORFF, Boris Möhringerstrasse 5 D-78532 Tuttlingen / DE
	02 / MARNAY, Thierry 290, rue Valéry Larbaud F-34080 Montpellier / FR
Representative(s)	Jochem, Bernd, et al Heinrich - Erb - Partner Rechtsanwälte Patentanwälte Hanauer Landstrasse 126-128 60314 Frankfurt am Main / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2002/24]	Jochem, Bernd, Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing, et al Patentanwälte Beyer & Jochem, Klettenbergstrasse 13 60322 Frankfurt/Main / DE
Application number, filing date	99974009.5	14.09.1999
	[2002/24]
	WO1999EP06803
Filing language	DE
Procedural language	DE
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO0119295
	Date:	22.03.2001
	Language:	DE
	[2001/12]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1212015
	Date:	12.06.2002
	Language:	DE
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 22.03.2001 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2002/24]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1212015
	Date:	21.02.2007
	Language:	DE
	[2007/08]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	22.03.2001
Classification	IPC:	A61F2/44, A61F2/46	[2002/24]
	CPC:	A61F2/4611 (EP,US); A61F2/4425 (EP,US); A61B2017/0256 (EP,US); A61F2002/30383 (EP,US); A61F2002/30604 (EP,US); A61F2002/30662 (EP,US); (+) A61F2002/30808 (EP,US); A61F2002/30841 (EP,US); A61F2002/30884 (EP,US); A61F2002/30892 (EP,US); A61F2002/30904 (EP,US); A61F2002/443 (EP,US); A61F2002/4622 (EP,US); A61F2002/4627 (EP,US); A61F2002/4628 (EP,US); A61F2002/4681 (EP,US); A61F2002/4687 (EP,US); A61F2220/0025 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [2002/24]
Extension states	RO	Not yet paid
Title	German:	EINSETZINSTRUMENT FÜR EIN ZWISCHENWIRBELIMPLANTAT	[2002/24]
	English:	INSTRUMENT FOR INSERTING INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANTS	[2002/24]
	French:	INSTRUMENT D'INSERTION POUR IMPLANT INTERVERTEBRAL	[2002/24]
Entry into regional phase	12.03.2002	National basic fee paid
	12.03.2002	Designation fee(s) paid
	12.03.2002	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	24.02.2001	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	12.03.2002	Examination requested [2002/24]
	28.05.2002	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	06.06.2005	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	16.12.2005	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	18.08.2006	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	27.12.2006	Fee for grant paid
	27.12.2006	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)	EP07003422.8 / EP1792586
	EP07003474.9 / EP1792587
	EP07003475.6 / EP1779815
	EP07003476.4 / EP1792588
Opposition(s)	22.11.2007	No opposition filed within time limit [2008/05]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	14.03.2002	Renewal fee patent year 03
	30.09.2002	Renewal fee patent year 04
	11.09.2003	Renewal fee patent year 05
	27.09.2004	Renewal fee patent year 06
	08.07.2005	Renewal fee patent year 07
	13.09.2006	Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	CY	21.02.2007
	DK	21.02.2007
	FI	21.02.2007
	IE	21.02.2007
	NL	21.02.2007
	GR	22.05.2007
	PT	23.07.2007
	LU	14.09.2007
	BE	30.09.2007
	MC	30.09.2007
	[2010/06]
Former [2008/40]	DK	21.02.2007
	FI	21.02.2007
	IE	21.02.2007
	NL	21.02.2007
	GR	22.05.2007
	PT	23.07.2007
	BE	30.09.2007
	MC	30.09.2007
Former [2008/22]	DK	21.02.2007
	FI	21.02.2007
	IE	21.02.2007
	NL	21.02.2007
	GR	22.05.2007
	PT	23.07.2007
	MC	30.09.2007
Former [2008/21]	DK	21.02.2007
	FI	21.02.2007
	IE	21.02.2007
	NL	21.02.2007
	GR	22.05.2007
	PT	23.07.2007
Former [2008/18]	DK	21.02.2007
	FI	21.02.2007
	IE	21.02.2007
	NL	21.02.2007
	PT	23.07.2007
Cited in	International search	[A]EP0333990 (LINK WALDEMAR GMBH CO [DE]) [A] 1,4,7,9,17 * figures 1-7 * * column 6, line 22 - column 7, line 3 * * column 7, line 25 - line 40 *;
		[DA]EP0471821 (JBS SA [FR]) [DA] 1,9,14 * figures 1,2,10,11 * * column 6, lines 7-20 * * column 9, lines 20-32 *;
		[DA]DE4328690 (MAN CERAMICS GMBH [DE]);
		[A]FR2737656 (JBS SA [FR]) [A] 1,4,7,9,12,14-16 * figures 1-4 * * claims 1,2 *;
		[E]DE29916078U (AESCULAP AG & CO KG [DE]) [E] 1-25* claims 1-25 *
	by applicant	EP0471821
		DE4328690

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