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EP About this file: EP3544542

EP3544542 - ORTHODONTIC PLANNING METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2019/40]ORTHODONTIC PLANNING SYSTEMS
[2021/26]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  14.10.2022
Database last updated on 28.06.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  05.11.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  09.06.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  30.08.2019
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  30.06.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip14.06.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): TR		published on 17.07.2024 [2024/29]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
ULAB SYSTEMS, INC.
3 Lagoon Drive, Suite 180
Redwood City, CA 94065 / US
[2019/40]
Inventor(s)01 / WEN, Huafeng
2117 Gossamer Avenue
Redwood Shores, California 94065 / US
 [2019/40]
Representative(s)Thoma, Michael
Lorenz Seidler Gossel
Rechtsanwälte Patentanwälte
Partnerschaft mbB
Widenmayerstraße 23
80538 München / DE
[2019/40]
Application number, filing date17882344.919.10.2017
[2019/40]
WO2017US57375
Priority number, dateUS20161538628021.12.2016         Original published format: US201615386280
[2019/40]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2018118200
Date:28.06.2018
Language:EN
[2018/26]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3544542
Date:02.10.2019
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 28.06.2018 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2019/40]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3544542
Date:08.12.2021
Language:EN
[2021/49]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US28.06.2018
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP03.09.2020
ClassificationIPC:A61C7/00, A61C7/08, A61C9/00
[2020/28]
CPC:
A61C7/08 (EP); A61C7/002 (EP); A61C9/0053 (EP);
G16H20/40 (EP); G16H40/63 (EP); G16H50/50 (EP)
Former IPC [2019/40]A61C7/00, A61C7/08, G06F19/00
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 [2019/40]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesMANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TitleGerman:KIEFERORTHOPÄDISCHES PLANUNGSVERFAHREN[2021/26]
English:ORTHODONTIC PLANNING METHOD[2021/26]
French:MÉTHODE DE PLANIFICATION ORTHODONTIQUE[2021/26]
Former [2019/40]KIEFERORTHOPÄDISCHE PLANUNGSSYSTEME
Former [2019/40]ORTHODONTIC PLANNING SYSTEMS
Former [2019/40]SYSTÈMES DE PLANIFICATION ORTHODONTIQUE
Entry into regional phase24.06.2019National basic fee paid 
24.06.2019Search fee paid 
24.06.2019Designation fee(s) paid 
24.06.2019Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure24.06.2019Examination requested  [2019/40]
01.10.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
10.06.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
06.10.2021Fee for grant paid
06.10.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
06.10.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)EP21198587.4  / EP3949894
Opposition(s)09.09.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/46]
Fees paidRenewal fee
28.10.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
27.10.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
27.10.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU19.10.2017
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Documents cited:Search[A]US2010173266  (LU QINGHUI PETER [US], et al) [A] 1-15 * paragraphs [0007] , [00 8] , [0 10] , [0 35] , [0 51] * * figures 9-15 *;
 [XA]US2011039223  (LI CHUNHUA [US], et al) [X] 1,13 * paragraphs [0021] , [0 29] , [0 35] , [0 91] * * claim 21 * [A] 2-12,14,15;
 [XA]US2013095446  (ANDREIKO CRAIG A [US], et al) [X] 1,13 * paragraphs [0035] , [0 38] , [0 41] , [0 42] , [0 52] - [0056] - [0 59] * * claim 25 * [A] 2-12,14,15;
 [XAI]US2014229878  (WEN HUAFENG [US], et al) [X] 1,2,12,13 * paragraphs [0068] , [0 69] , [0 77] , [0 92] , [0 95] , [ 102] , [ 122] , [ 148] * [A] 3-11 [I] 14,15;
 [A]EP2957252  (ORTHOSETUP GMBH [DE]) [A] 1-15 * paragraphs [0049] , [0 55] , [0 56] ** figures 3, 4 *
International search[A]US4068379  (MILLER FRANK R, et al) [A] 27-35 * ; column 2, lines 19-20 *;
 [A]US4889485  (IIDA EIJI [JP]) [A] 27-35 * ; abstract *;
 [A]US5186623  (BREADS PETER R [US], et al) [A] 46-54 * ; column 13, lines 44-45 *;
 [XY]US2002094503  (CHISHTI MUHAMMAD [US], et al) [X] 1, 36-39 * ; figures 1, 3, 13; paragraphs [0015]-[0016], [0022], [0038]-[0039], [0059], [0061]; claim 7 * [Y] 40-45;
 [XY]US6688885  (SACHDEVA ROHIT [US], et al) [X] 1 * ; abstract; column 3, lines 66-67; column 6, lines 36-37; column 7, lines 16-18, 24-26, 36-58; column 8, lines 12-23; column 13, lines 16-20, 24-26 * [Y] 16-26;
 [A]US2006035197  (HISHIMOTO MUNEMITSU [JP]) [A] 46-54 * ; paragraph [0021] *;
 [XY]US2007003907  (CHISHTI MUHAMMAD [US], et al) [X] 1-3, 5-6 * ; figure 3; paragraphs [0014], [0019], [0022], [0056], [0060, [0062], [0097], [0120], [0131]; claim 1 * [Y] 4, 15-28;
 [Y]US2008248438  (DESIMONE JOSEPH M [US], et al) [Y] 45 * ; paragraph [0005] *;
 [Y]US2011039223  (LI CHUNHUA [US], et al) [Y] 41-43 * ; paragraph [0091] *;
 [A]US2014067335  (ANDREIKO CRAIG A [US]) [A] 7-14 * ; claim 36 *;
 [Y]US2014072926  (VALOIR TAMSEN [US]) [Y] 40 * ; paragraphs [0033], [0039] *;
 [A]US2014329194  (SACHDEVA ROHIT [US], et al) [A] 7-14 * ; figures 10A-B; paragraph [00551 *;
 [Y]US2016051348  (BOERJES JOSEPH [US], et al) [Y] 4 * ; paragraphs [0039]-[0040], [0160] *;
 [Y]US2016256240  (SHIVAPUJA PRASANNA-KUMAR [US], et al) [Y] 15, 44 * ; paragraphs [0010]-[0011] *;
 [PX]US2017100214  (WEN HUAFENG [US]) [PX] 1-54* ; entire document *
by applicantUS2010173266
 US2011039223
 US2013095446
 US2014229878
 EP2957252
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