EP2590598 - GROUND CONTACT SENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOWER-LIMB ORTHOTIC AND PROSTHETIC DEVICES [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 17.01.2020 Database last updated on 15.08.2024 | |
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Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 25.10.2018 | Most recent event Tooltip | 01.07.2022 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK | published on 03.08.2022 [2022/31] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Össur HF Grjótháls 5 110 Reykjavík / IS | [2018/46] |
Former [2013/20] | For all designated states Össur HF Grjothals 5 110 Reykjavik / IS | Inventor(s) | 01 /
LANGLOIS, David 69 Dion St-jacques-de-Leeds Québec G0N 1J0 / CA | 02 /
LANDRY, David 913 De La Halte St-jean-Chrysostome Québec G6Z 2L1 / CA | 03 /
GILBERT, Benoit 30 Chemin Des Passereaux Lac-beauport Québec G3B 1R8 / CA | [2019/11] |
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LANGLOIS, David 69 Dion St-jacques-de-Leeds Québec G0N1J0 / CA | ||
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LANDRY, David 913 De La Halte St-jean-Chrysostome Québec G6Z 2L1 / CA | |||
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GILBERT, Benoit 30 Chemin Des Passereaux Lac-beauport Québec G3B 1R8 / CA | Representative(s) | Rees, Kerry, et al WP Thompson 138 Fetter Lane London EC4A 1BT / GB | [2019/11] |
Former [2013/20] | Brand, Thomas Louis WP Thompson 55 Drury Lane London WC2B 5SQ / GB | Application number, filing date | 11804364.5 | 07.07.2011 | [2019/11] | WO2011US43246 | Priority number, date | US20100362024P | 07.07.2010 Original published format: US 362024 P | [2013/20] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2012006462 | Date: | 12.01.2012 | Language: | EN | [2012/02] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2590598 | Date: | 15.05.2013 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 12.01.2012 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2013/20] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2590598 | Date: | 13.03.2019 | Language: | EN | [2019/11] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 12.01.2012 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 08.06.2017 | Classification | IPC: | A61F2/64 | [2013/20] | CPC: |
A61F2/64 (EP,US);
A61F2/70 (EP,US);
A61F2002/701 (EP,US);
A61F2002/705 (EP,US);
A61F2002/7625 (EP,US);
A61F2002/763 (EP,US);
| 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 [2013/20] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Title | German: | BODENKONTAKTERKENNUNGSSYSTEME UND -VERFAHREN FÜR ORTHESEN UND PROTHESEN FÜR DIE UNTEREN EXTREMITÄTEN | [2013/20] | English: | GROUND CONTACT SENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOWER-LIMB ORTHOTIC AND PROSTHETIC DEVICES | [2013/20] | French: | PROCÉDÉS ET SYSTÈMES DE DÉTECTION DE CONTACT AU SOL ET DISPOSITIFS ORTHÉTIQUES ET PROTHÉTIQUES DE MEMBRE INFÉRIEUR | [2013/20] | Entry into regional phase | 06.02.2013 | National basic fee paid | 06.02.2013 | Search fee paid | 06.02.2013 | Designation fee(s) paid | 06.02.2013 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 06.02.2013 | Examination requested [2013/20] | 02.01.2018 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 26.10.2018 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 30.01.2019 | Fee for grant paid | 30.01.2019 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 30.01.2019 | Receipt 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 26.10.2018 | Opposition(s) | 16.12.2019 | No opposition filed within time limit [2020/08] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 10.07.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 14.07.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 10.07.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 11.07.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 12.07.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 11.07.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 08 |
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