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EP About this file: EP2438869

EP2438869 - Coupling element for an external fixator [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  04.03.2016
Database last updated on 02.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip12.10.2018Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): AL		published on 14.11.2018  [2018/46]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Stryker Trauma SA
Bohnackerweg 1
2545 Selzach / CH
[2012/15]
Inventor(s)01 / Busch, Adam
Speiserstrasse 12
4600 Olten / CH
02 / Dorawa, Klaus
Gürweg 11
2553 Safnern / CH
03 / Gurevich, Vadim
25 Avenue at Port Imperial Apt. 820
West New York NJ 07093 / US
 [2012/15]
Representative(s)Frischknecht, Harry Ralph
Isler & Pedrazzini AG
Giesshübelstrasse 45
Postfach 1772
8027 Zürich / CH
[N/P]
Former [2012/15]Frischknecht, Harry Ralph
Isler & Pedrazzini AG Gotthardstrasse 53 Postfach 1772
8027 Zürich / CH
Application number, filing date10186847.907.10.2010
[2012/15]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2438869
Date:11.04.2012
Language:EN
[2012/15]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2438869
Date:29.04.2015
Language:EN
[2015/18]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP31.01.2011
ClassificationIPC:A61B17/64
[2012/15]
CPC:
A61B17/6466 (EP,US); Y10T403/32163 (EP,US); Y10T403/32893 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAL,   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 [2015/18]
Former [2012/15]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 
TitleGerman:Kupplungselement für einen externen Fixierer[2012/15]
English:Coupling element for an external fixator[2012/15]
French:Élément de couplage pour fixateur externe[2012/15]
Examination procedure02.10.2012Examination requested  [2012/46]
09.10.2012Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
01.07.2013Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
28.10.2013Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.11.2014Communication of intention to grant the patent
18.03.2015Fee for grant paid
18.03.2015Fee for publishing/printing paid
18.03.2015Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
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 is  01.07.2013
Opposition(s)01.02.2016No opposition filed within time limit [2016/14]
Fees paidRenewal fee
17.10.2012Renewal fee patent year 03
14.10.2013Renewal fee patent year 04
14.10.2014Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU07.10.2010
AL29.04.2015
AT29.04.2015
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