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EP About this file: EP2221008

EP2221008 - Knotless suture anchor for soft tissue repair and method of use [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  27.12.2013
Database last updated on 05.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip17.07.2015Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): HU, LU		published on 19.08.2015  [2015/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
325 Corporate Drive
Mahwah, NJ 07430 / US
[2010/34]
Inventor(s)01 / Van den Burg, Erik
16417 Peacock Lane
Los Gatos, CA 95032 / US
02 / Cohen, Nathaniel
231 Rosalie Court
Los Gatos, CA 95032 / US
03 / Feezor, Christopher
1957 Trenton Drive
San Jose, CA 95124 / US
04 / Cheng, Christopher T.
260 West Dana Street
Mountain View, CA 94041 / US
 [2012/39]
Former [2010/34]01 / Van den Burg, Erik
16417 Peacock Lane
LOS GATOS, CA 95032 / US
02 / Cohen, Nathaniel
231 Rosalie Court
LOS GATOS, CA 95032 / US
03 / Feezor, Christopher
1957 Trenton Drive
SAN JOSE, CA 95124 / US
04 / Cheng, Christopher T.
260 West Dana Street
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94041 / US
Representative(s)Regimbeau
20, rue de Chazelles
75847 Paris Cedex 17 / FR
[2012/49]
Former [2010/34]Le Forestier, Eric, et al
Cabinet Régimbeau 20, rue de Chazelles
75847 Paris Cedex 17 / FR
Application number, filing date10164521.608.09.2009
[2010/34]
Priority number, dateUS2008020664308.09.2008         Original published format: US 206643
[2010/34]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP2221008
Date:25.08.2010
Language:EN
[2010/34]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP2221008
Date:08.09.2010
[2010/36]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2221008
Date:20.02.2013
Language:EN
[2013/08]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP06.08.2010
ClassificationIPC:A61B17/04
[2010/34]
CPC:
A61B17/0401 (EP,US); A61B2017/0404 (EP,US); A61B2017/0414 (EP,US);
A61B2017/0438 (EP,US); A61B2017/045 (EP,US); A61B2017/0451 (EP,US);
A61B2017/0453 (EP,US); A61B2017/0464 (EP,US); A61B2050/3015 (EP,US);
Y10T24/2164 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesAT,   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,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2010/34]
TitleGerman:Knotenlose Nahtverankerung zur Weichgewebereparatur und Verwendungsverfahren[2010/34]
English:Knotless suture anchor for soft tissue repair and method of use[2010/34]
French:Ancre de suture sans noeuds pour la réparation de tissus mous et procédé d'utilisation[2010/34]
Examination procedure04.03.2011Examination requested  [2011/15]
08.03.2011Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
31.08.2012Communication of intention to grant the patent
27.12.2012Fee for grant paid
27.12.2012Fee for publishing/printing paid
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP09169742.5  / EP2160983
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued (EP20090169742) is  25.01.2011
Opposition(s)21.11.2013No opposition filed within time limit [2014/05]
Fees paidRenewal fee
08.09.2011Renewal fee patent year 03
26.09.2012Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU08.09.2009
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