| EP3015090 - ARTIFICIAL LIGAMENT WITH FIXATION LOOP [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 09.08.2019 Database last updated on 07.04.2026 | |
| Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 31.08.2018 | ||
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 09.04.2018 | ||
| Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 30.01.2018 | ||
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 17.09.2017 | ||
| Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 11.11.2016 | Most recent event Tooltip | 03.07.2020 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): CY, HU, MK | published on 05.08.2020 [2020/32] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Biomet UK Limited Waterton Industrial Estate Bridgend South Wales CF31 3XA / GB | For all designated states Oxford Joint Analysis Ltd. Quarry Manor 9 Beaumont Road Headington Oxford OX3 8JN / GB | For all designated states Murray, David Wycliffe Cuddesdon House Cuddesdon Oxford OX44 9HB / GB | [2016/18] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
MURRAY, David Wycliffe Cuddesdon House Cuddesdon Oxford, Oxfordshire OX44 9HB / GB | 02 /
LLOYD, Russell 73 Sedgebrook Road Liden Swindon, Wiltshire SN3 6EZ / GB | 03 /
ALINEJAD, Mona 11 Clearwater Place Oxford, Oxfordshire OX2 7NL / GB | 04 /
O'CONNOR, John Joseph Quarry Manor 9 Beaumont Road Headington Oxford, Oxfordshire OX3 8JN / GB | [2016/18] | Representative(s) | Mays, Julie Venner Shipley LLP 200 Aldersgate London, EC1A 4HD / GB | [2016/18] | Application number, filing date | 15189205.6 | 09.10.2015 | [2016/18] | Priority number, date | GB20140019469 | 31.10.2014 Original published format: GB 201419469 | [2016/18] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP3015090 | Date: | 04.05.2016 | Language: | EN | [2016/18] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP3015090 | Date: | 03.10.2018 | Language: | EN | [2018/40] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 11.03.2016 | Classification | IPC: | A61F2/08 | [2016/18] | CPC: |
A61F2/08 (EP,GB,US);
A61F2/0811 (EP,US);
A61F2/3836 (EP,US);
A61F2/3859 (US);
A61F2/3886 (GB);
A61F2/389 (US);
A61F2/4657 (EP,GB,US);
A61F2/4684 (US);
A61F2002/0852 (EP,US);
A61F2002/087 (EP,US);
A61F2002/0888 (EP,US);
A61F2002/30462 (EP,US);
A61F2002/30537 (EP,US);
A61F2002/30566 (EP,US);
A61F2002/4658 (EP,GB,US);
A61F2210/0057 (EP,US)
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| Designated contracting states | AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2016/50] |
| Former [2016/18] | AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR | Title | German: | KÜNSTLICHES BAND MIT BEFESTIGUNGSSCHLAUFE | [2016/18] | English: | ARTIFICIAL LIGAMENT WITH FIXATION LOOP | [2016/18] | French: | TENDON ARTIFICIEL AVEC BOUCLE DE FIXATION | [2016/18] | Examination procedure | 09.10.2015 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 04.11.2016 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 04.11.2016 | Examination requested [2016/50] | 18.09.2017 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 29.01.2018 | Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO | 29.01.2018 | Fee for grant paid | 29.01.2018 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 17.04.2018 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 23.08.2018 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Opposition(s) | 04.07.2019 | No opposition filed within time limit [2019/37] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 11.10.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 03 |
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