EP0762851 - INTERCONDYLAR NOTCH CUTTER FOR POSTERIOR STABILIZED FEMORAL KNEE PROSTHESIS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 18.05.2001 Database last updated on 19.02.2019 | Most recent event Tooltip | 11.01.2003 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): NL State(s) deleted from list of lapses: DE | published on 26.02.2003 [2003/09] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states SULZER ORTHOPEDICS INC. 9900 Spectrum Drive Austin, TX 78717 / US | [N/P] |
Former [2000/07] | For all designated states Sulzer Orthopedics Inc. 9900 Spectrum Drive Austin, TX 78717 / US | ||
Former [1997/12] | For all designated states INTERMEDICS ORTHOPEDICS, INC. 9900 Spectrum Drive Austin, Texas 78717 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
VINCIGUERRA, John, D. 8500-A Mesa Drive Austin, TX 78759 / US | 02 /
PERRONE, Charles, H., Jr. 109 Buck Lane Georgetown, TX 78628 / US | 03 /
MUMME, Charles, W. 13005 Humphrey Drive Austin, TX 78729 / US | 04 /
HIGGINS, Jeffery, C. 3401 Red River, No. 34 Austin, TX 78705 / US | [1997/12] | Representative(s) | Sulzer Management AG Patentabteilung / 0067 Zürcherstrasse 14 8401 Winterthur / CH | [N/P] |
Former [2000/26] | Sulzer Management AG KS/Patente/0007 Zürcherstrasse 14 8401 Winterthur / CH | ||
Former [1997/12] | Hammer, Bruno Dr.
, et al
Sulzer Management AG KS/Patente/0007, Zürcherstrasse 12 8401 Winterthur / CH | Application number, filing date | 95921484.2 | 26.05.1995 | [1997/12] | WO1995US06786 | Priority number, date | US19940252689 | 02.06.1994 Original published format: US 252689 | [1997/12] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9533414 | Date: | 14.12.1995 | Language: | EN | [1995/53] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0762851 | Date: | 19.03.1997 | Language: | EN | The application has been published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 14.12.1995 | [1997/12] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0762851 | Date: | 19.07.2000 | Language: | EN | [2000/29] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 14.12.1995 | Classification | International: | A61B17/17 | [1997/12] | Designated contracting states | DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, NL, SE [1997/12] | Title | German: | SCHNEIDGERÄT FÜR DIE FEMORALE INTERKONDYLÄRE NUT EINER VON HINTEN STABILISIERTEN KNIEPROTHESE | [1999/24] | English: | INTERCONDYLAR NOTCH CUTTER FOR POSTERIOR STABILIZED FEMORAL KNEE PROSTHESIS | [1997/12] | French: | INSTRUMENT SERVANT A PRATIQUER UNE ENTAILLE INTERCONDYLIENNE POUR UNE PROTHESE FEMORALE POSTERIEURE STABILISEE DU GENOU | [1997/12] |
Former [1997/12] | SCHNEIDGERÄT FÜR DIE FEMORALE INTERKONDYLÄRE NUT EINER VON HINTEN STABILISIERTENKNIEPROTHESE | Entry into regional phase | 20.12.1996 | National basic fee paid | 20.12.1996 | Designation fee(s) paid | 20.12.1996 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 22.12.1995 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP | 20.12.1996 | Examination requested [1997/12] | 30.07.1997 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 12.03.1998 | Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time | 15.05.1998 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 14.08.1998 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 20.02.1999 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 15.03.1999 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M01) | 12.04.1999 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 12.05.1999 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 29.11.1999 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 10.02.2000 | Fee for grant paid | 10.02.2000 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 20.04.2001 | No opposition filed within time limit [2001/27] | Request for further processing for: | 15.05.1998 | Request for further processing filed | 15.05.1998 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted | 29.05.1998 | Decision despatched | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 28.04.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 22.04.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 03.05.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 04.05.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | NL | 19.07.2000 | SE | 19.10.2000 | [2003/09] |
Former [2002/13] | SE | 19.10.2000 | |
DE | 20.10.2000 | ||
Former [2001/27] | SE | 19.10.2000 | Cited in | International search | [DX]US5176684 (FERRANTE JOSEPH M [US], et al) [DX] 1-18,22,23 * abstract *; | [DX]US5098436 (FERRANTE JOSEPH M [US], et al) [DX] 1-18,22,23 * column 3, line 4 - line 18; figures 1,5,9 * * column 3, line 50 - line 60 * * column 4, line 61 - column 5, line 9 *; | [A]US4721104 (KAUFMAN MICHAEL E [US], et al) [A] 1,3,10,11,22 * column 7, line 67 - column 8, line 29; figures 1,6,15 *; | [DA]US5100409 (COATES BRADLEY J [US], et al) [DA] 1-18,22,23 * abstract * |