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EP About this file: EP3668424

EP3668424 - ELECTROMAGNETIC INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL SCREW POSITIONING SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  22.05.2020
Database last updated on 24.04.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  22.02.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip18.08.2023New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Austofix Group Limited
18 Kinkaid Avenue
North Plympton, S.A. 5037 / AU
[2020/26]
Inventor(s)01 / INGMAN, Anthony, Mark
c/- 18 Kinkaid Avenue
North Plympton, South Australia 5037 / AU
02 / HENRY, Chris
c/- 18 Kinkaid Avenue
North Plympton, South Australia 5037 / AU
 [2020/26]
Representative(s)Purdylucey Intellectual Property
6-7 Harcourt Terrace
D02 FH73 Dublin 2 / IE
[2020/26]
Application number, filing date18847029.814.08.2018
[2020/26]
WO2018AU00134
Priority number, dateAU2017090327315.08.2017         Original published format: AU 2017903273
[2020/26]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2019033141
Date:21.02.2019
Language:EN
[2019/08]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3668424
Date:24.06.2020
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 21.02.2019 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2020/26]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:AU21.02.2019
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP21.07.2021
ClassificationIPC:A61B17/17, A61B17/72, A61B34/20, A61B90/11, A61B90/90, A61B90/96, // A61B17/00, A61B34/00
[2021/20]
CPC:
A61B90/90 (EP); A61B17/1707 (EP,AU,US); A61B17/1725 (EP,AU,US);
A61B17/7241 (AU,US); A61B34/20 (US); A61B90/11 (EP);
A61B90/94 (US); A61B90/96 (EP,US); A61B2017/00115 (US);
A61B2017/00725 (EP,US); A61B2017/564 (US); A61B2034/2048 (EP,US);
A61B2034/2051 (EP,AU,US); A61B2034/2072 (AU,US); A61B2034/256 (AU);
A61B90/98 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2020/26]A61B17/17, A61B17/72, A61B34/20
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 [2020/26]
TitleGerman:ELEKTROMAGNETISCHES SCHRAUBENSYSTEM ZUR POSITIONIERUNG EINES MARKNAGELS[2020/26]
English:ELECTROMAGNETIC INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL SCREW POSITIONING SYSTEM[2020/26]
French:SYSTÈME DE MISE EN PLACE DE CLOU-VIS INTRAMÉDULLAIRE ÉLECTROMAGNÉTIQUE[2020/26]
Entry into regional phase10.03.2020National basic fee paid 
10.03.2020Search fee paid 
10.03.2020Designation fee(s) paid 
10.03.2020Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure10.03.2020Examination requested  [2020/26]
19.02.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
Fees paidRenewal fee
15.07.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
15.07.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
29.08.2022Renewal fee patent year 05
17.08.2023Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[A]EP0589592  (ORTHOFIX SRL [IT]) [A] 1-9* figures 1,2,7 *;
 [YA]CN2671510Y  (QI JIANYONG [CN]) [Y] 8,9 * page 13, line 21 - line 30 * * figures 1,15 * [A] 1-7;
 [A]US2005261700  (TUMA GREGOR [DE], et al) [A] 1-9 * paragraphs [0028] , [0032] * * figure 2 *;
 [A]WO2010129141  (SMITH & NEPHEW INC [US], et al) [A] 1-9 * figures 4,5,8 *;
 [XYI]WO2012109760  (TRAUMIS SURGICAL SYSTEMS INC [CA], et al) [X] 1,2,5,7 * paragraphs [0002] , [0008] , [0142] , [0144] , [0238] * * figures 1,26 * [Y] 8,9 [I] 3,4,6
International search[A]US5584838  (RONA MEHMET [US], et al) [A] 1-16 * Figure 1, 2, 8, 12 and 13; abstract, column 4 line 44 - 50, column 8 line 21 - 23, and column 14 line 31 - 32 *;
 [A]US2005070916  (HOLLSTIEN DAVID STUART [US], et al) [A] 1-16 * Figure 1 and 5; abstract, and paragraph [0001], [0030] and [0038] *;
 [A]US2005080427  (GOVARI ASSAF [IL], et al) [A] 1-16 * Figure 7, 9 - 11; and paragraph [0032], [0086], [0088], [0094], [0100] and [0102] *;
 [A]US2005261700  (TUMA GREGOR [DE], et al) [A] 1-16 * abstract, and paragraph [0014 - 0015] and [0021] *;
 [A]US2009088756  (ANDERSON PETER [US]) [A] 1-16 * Figure 1 - 7; abstract, and paragraph [0020 - 0021], [0025], [0033], [0038], [0042] and [0045 - 0047] *;
 [A]US2010152573  (RITCHEY NICHOLAS S [US], et al) [A] 1-16 * Figure 25 -29; and paragraph [0134], [0136-0139], [0147 - 0148] and [0150] *;
 [A]WO2012051512  (VIRGINIA TECH INTELL PROP [US], et al) [A] 1-16* Figure 5, 6, 9, 12A, 13 and 15A - 15C; abstract, p 10 line 9 - 14, p 16 line 5 - 7, p 12 line 9 - 12, p 20 line 26 - 28, p 21 line 6 - 9, and p 28 line 21 - 25 *
by applicantAU20170903273
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