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EP3536283 - DEVICES FOR INSERTING AND EXPANDING SPINAL IMPLANTS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 08.10.2021 Database last updated on 12.07.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 30.10.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 15.06.2020
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 09.08.2019
Most recent event Tooltip	03.05.2024	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK	published on 05.06.2024 [2024/23]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states K2M, Inc. 600 Hope Parkway SE Leesburg, VA 20175 / US
	For all designated states Ludwig, Steven 6413 Pratt Ave Baltimore, MD 21212 / US
	For all designated states Dhupar, Scott 1816 Sea Shell Ct. Windsor, CO 80550 / US
	For all designated states Bianco, Sabatino 2801 W. Pleasant Ridge Rd. Arlington, TX 76016 / US
	For all designated states Abbed, Khalid 333 Cedar Street, No.4 New Haven, CT 06510-3206 / US
	For all designated states Doppenberg, Egon 327 E. Sherdan Place Lake Bluff, IL 60044 / US
	For all designated states Donohoe, John 307 Mainline Station Drive Morrisville, NC 27560 / US
	For all designated states Jones, Scott 210 Granview Dr. McMurray, PA 15317 / US
	For all designated states Vinckier, Brad 17386 Dry Mill Rd. Leesburg, VA 20175 / US
	For all designated states Floyd, Jordan 27825 Detroit Rd., Apt. 405F Westlake, OH 44145 / US
	For all designated states Lanford, Gregory 3441 Benham Avenue Nashville, TN 37215 / US
	For all designated states O'Shaughnessy, Brian 708 Enquirer Ave Nashville, TN 37205 / US
	For all designated states Morrison, Thomas 1150 Hammond Drive, Suite 400 Atlanta, GA 30328-5334 / US
	[2019/37]
Inventor(s)	01 / LUDWIG, Steven 6413 Pratt Ave Baltimore, MD 21212 / US
	02 / DHUPAR, Scott 1816 Sea Shell Ct Windsor, CO 80550 / US
	03 / BIANCO, Sabatino 2801 W Pleasant Ridge Rd Arlington, TX 76016 / US
	04 / ABBED, Khalid 333 Cedar Street, Nr 4 New Haven, CT 06510-3206 / US
	05 / DOPPENBERG, Egon 327 E Sheridan Place Lake Bluff, IL 60044 / US
	06 / MOORE, Jennifer 20965 Great Woods Drive Leesburg, VA 20175 / US
	07 / DONOHOE, John 307 Mainline Station Drive Morrisville, NC 27560 / US
	08 / JONES, Scott 210 Grandview Dr Mcmurray, PA 15317 / US
	09 / WALLENSTEIN, Todd 20315 Snowpoint Place Ashburn, VA 20147 / US
	10 / VINCKIER, Brad 17386 Dry Mill Rd. Mcmurray, PA 15317 / US
	11 / FLOYD, Jordan 27825 Detroit Rd, Apt 405F Westlake, OH 44145 / US
	12 / LANFORD, Gregory 3441 Benham Avenue Nashville, TN 37215 / US
	13 / O'SHAUGHNESSY, Brian 708 Enquirer Ave Nashville, TN 37205 / US
	14 / MORRISON, Thomas 1150 Hammond Drive, Suite 400 Atlanta, GA 30328-5334 / US
	[2019/37]
Representative(s)	Regimbeau 20, rue de Chazelles 75847 Paris Cedex 17 / FR
	[2019/37]
Application number, filing date	19161612.7	08.03.2019
	[2019/37]
Priority number, date	US201862640881P	09.03.2018 Original published format: US 201862640881 P
	[2019/37]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3536283
	Date:	11.09.2019
	Language:	EN
	[2019/37]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3536283
	Date:	02.12.2020
	Language:	EN
	[2020/49]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	05.08.2019
Classification	IPC:	A61F2/46, A61F2/44, B25B23/142	[2019/37]
	CPC:	B25B23/142 (EP,US); A61F2/4611 (EP,US); A61B2017/0256 (US); A61F2/4425 (US); A61F2/4455 (US); A61F2/447 (US); (+) A61F2002/30556 (US); A61F2002/30579 (US); A61F2002/4615 (US); A61F2002/4625 (US); A61F2002/4627 (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 [2019/37]
Title	German:	VORRICHTUNGEN ZUM EINSETZEN UND EXPANDIEREN VON WIRBELSÄULENIMPLANTATEN	[2019/37]
	English:	DEVICES FOR INSERTING AND EXPANDING SPINAL IMPLANTS	[2019/37]
	French:	DISPOSITIFS D'INSERTION ET D'EXPANSION D'IMPLANTS VERTÉBRAUX	[2019/37]
Examination procedure	08.03.2019	Examination requested [2019/37]
	11.03.2020	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	16.06.2020	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	26.10.2020	Fee for grant paid
	26.10.2020	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	26.10.2020	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)	03.09.2021	No opposition filed within time limit [2021/45]
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	08.03.2019
	AL	02.12.2020
	AT	02.12.2020
	CY	02.12.2020
	CZ	02.12.2020
	DK	02.12.2020
	EE	02.12.2020
	ES	02.12.2020
	FI	02.12.2020
	HR	02.12.2020
	IT	02.12.2020
	LT	02.12.2020
	LV	02.12.2020
	MC	02.12.2020
	MK	02.12.2020
	NL	02.12.2020
	PL	02.12.2020
	RO	02.12.2020
	RS	02.12.2020
	SE	02.12.2020
	SI	02.12.2020
	SK	02.12.2020
	SM	02.12.2020
	BG	02.03.2021
	NO	02.03.2021
	GR	03.03.2021
	IE	08.03.2021
	LU	08.03.2021
	BE	31.03.2021
	IS	02.04.2021
	PT	05.04.2021
	[2024/23]
Former [2023/33]	HU	08.03.2019
	AL	02.12.2020
	AT	02.12.2020
	CY	02.12.2020
	CZ	02.12.2020
	DK	02.12.2020
	EE	02.12.2020
	ES	02.12.2020
	FI	02.12.2020
	HR	02.12.2020
	IT	02.12.2020
	LT	02.12.2020
	LV	02.12.2020
	MC	02.12.2020
	NL	02.12.2020
	PL	02.12.2020
	RO	02.12.2020
	RS	02.12.2020
	SE	02.12.2020
	SI	02.12.2020
	SK	02.12.2020
	SM	02.12.2020
	BG	02.03.2021
	NO	02.03.2021
	GR	03.03.2021
	IE	08.03.2021
	LU	08.03.2021
	BE	31.03.2021
	IS	02.04.2021
	PT	05.04.2021
Former [2023/30]	AL	02.12.2020
	AT	02.12.2020
	CY	02.12.2020
	CZ	02.12.2020
	DK	02.12.2020
	EE	02.12.2020
	ES	02.12.2020
	FI	02.12.2020
	HR	02.12.2020
	IT	02.12.2020
	LT	02.12.2020
	LV	02.12.2020
	MC	02.12.2020
	NL	02.12.2020
	PL	02.12.2020
	RO	02.12.2020
	RS	02.12.2020
	SE	02.12.2020
	SI	02.12.2020
	SK	02.12.2020
	SM	02.12.2020
	BG	02.03.2021
	NO	02.03.2021
	GR	03.03.2021
	IE	08.03.2021
	LU	08.03.2021
	BE	31.03.2021
	IS	02.04.2021
	PT	05.04.2021
Former [2022/34]	AL	02.12.2020
	AT	02.12.2020
	CZ	02.12.2020
	DK	02.12.2020
	EE	02.12.2020
	ES	02.12.2020
	FI	02.12.2020
	HR	02.12.2020
	IT	02.12.2020
	LT	02.12.2020
	LV	02.12.2020
	MC	02.12.2020
	NL	02.12.2020
	PL	02.12.2020
	RO	02.12.2020
	RS	02.12.2020
	SE	02.12.2020
	SI	02.12.2020
	SK	02.12.2020
	SM	02.12.2020
	BG	02.03.2021
	NO	02.03.2021
	GR	03.03.2021
	IE	08.03.2021
	LU	08.03.2021
	BE	31.03.2021
	IS	02.04.2021
	PT	05.04.2021
Former [2022/23]	AL	02.12.2020
	AT	02.12.2020
	CZ	02.12.2020
	DK	02.12.2020
	EE	02.12.2020
	ES	02.12.2020
	FI	02.12.2020
	HR	02.12.2020
	IT	02.12.2020
	LT	02.12.2020
	LV	02.12.2020
	MC	02.12.2020
	NL	02.12.2020
	PL	02.12.2020
	RO	02.12.2020
	RS	02.12.2020
	SE	02.12.2020
	SI	02.12.2020
	SK	02.12.2020
	SM	02.12.2020
	BG	02.03.2021
	NO	02.03.2021
	GR	03.03.2021
	IE	08.03.2021
	LU	08.03.2021
	IS	02.04.2021
	PT	05.04.2021
Former [2022/10]	AL	02.12.2020
	AT	02.12.2020
	CZ	02.12.2020
	DK	02.12.2020
	EE	02.12.2020
	ES	02.12.2020
	FI	02.12.2020
	HR	02.12.2020
	IT	02.12.2020
	LT	02.12.2020
	LV	02.12.2020
	MC	02.12.2020
	NL	02.12.2020
	PL	02.12.2020
	RO	02.12.2020
	RS	02.12.2020
	SE	02.12.2020
	SI	02.12.2020
	SK	02.12.2020
	SM	02.12.2020
	BG	02.03.2021
	NO	02.03.2021
	GR	03.03.2021
	IE	08.03.2021
	LU	08.03.2021
	PT	05.04.2021
Former [2022/08]	AL	02.12.2020
	AT	02.12.2020
	CZ	02.12.2020
	DK	02.12.2020
	EE	02.12.2020
	ES	02.12.2020
	FI	02.12.2020
	HR	02.12.2020
	IT	02.12.2020
	LT	02.12.2020
	LV	02.12.2020
	MC	02.12.2020
	NL	02.12.2020
	PL	02.12.2020
	RO	02.12.2020
	RS	02.12.2020
	SE	02.12.2020
	SI	02.12.2020
	SK	02.12.2020
	SM	02.12.2020
	BG	02.03.2021
	NO	02.03.2021
	GR	03.03.2021
	IE	08.03.2021
	LU	08.03.2021
	IS	02.04.2021
	PT	05.04.2021
Former [2022/07]	AL	02.12.2020
	AT	02.12.2020
	CZ	02.12.2020
	DK	02.12.2020
	EE	02.12.2020
	FI	02.12.2020
	HR	02.12.2020
	IT	02.12.2020
	LT	02.12.2020
	LV	02.12.2020
	MC	02.12.2020
	NL	02.12.2020
	PL	02.12.2020
	RO	02.12.2020
	RS	02.12.2020
	SE	02.12.2020
	SI	02.12.2020
	SK	02.12.2020
	SM	02.12.2020
	BG	02.03.2021
	NO	02.03.2021
	GR	03.03.2021
	IE	08.03.2021
	IS	02.04.2021
	PT	05.04.2021
Former [2021/49]	AL	02.12.2020
	AT	02.12.2020
	CZ	02.12.2020
	DK	02.12.2020
	EE	02.12.2020
	FI	02.12.2020
	HR	02.12.2020
	IT	02.12.2020
	LT	02.12.2020
	LV	02.12.2020
	MC	02.12.2020
	NL	02.12.2020
	PL	02.12.2020
	RO	02.12.2020
	RS	02.12.2020
	SE	02.12.2020
	SI	02.12.2020
	SK	02.12.2020
	SM	02.12.2020
	BG	02.03.2021
	NO	02.03.2021
	GR	03.03.2021
	IS	02.04.2021
	PT	05.04.2021
Former [2021/48]	AL	02.12.2020
	AT	02.12.2020
	CZ	02.12.2020
	EE	02.12.2020
	FI	02.12.2020
	HR	02.12.2020
	IT	02.12.2020
	LT	02.12.2020
	LV	02.12.2020
	MC	02.12.2020
	NL	02.12.2020
	PL	02.12.2020
	RO	02.12.2020
	RS	02.12.2020
	SE	02.12.2020
	SK	02.12.2020
	SM	02.12.2020
	BG	02.03.2021
	NO	02.03.2021
	GR	03.03.2021
	IS	02.04.2021
	PT	05.04.2021
Former [2021/45]	AL	02.12.2020
	AT	02.12.2020
	CZ	02.12.2020
	EE	02.12.2020
	FI	02.12.2020
	HR	02.12.2020
	LT	02.12.2020
	LV	02.12.2020
	MC	02.12.2020
	NL	02.12.2020
	PL	02.12.2020
	RO	02.12.2020
	RS	02.12.2020
	SE	02.12.2020
	SK	02.12.2020
	SM	02.12.2020
	BG	02.03.2021
	NO	02.03.2021
	GR	03.03.2021
	IS	02.04.2021
	PT	05.04.2021
Former [2021/42]	AT	02.12.2020
	CZ	02.12.2020
	EE	02.12.2020
	FI	02.12.2020
	HR	02.12.2020
	LT	02.12.2020
	LV	02.12.2020
	NL	02.12.2020
	PL	02.12.2020
	RO	02.12.2020
	RS	02.12.2020
	SE	02.12.2020
	SK	02.12.2020
	SM	02.12.2020
	BG	02.03.2021
	NO	02.03.2021
	GR	03.03.2021
	IS	02.04.2021
	PT	05.04.2021
Former [2021/37]	AT	02.12.2020
	CZ	02.12.2020
	EE	02.12.2020
	FI	02.12.2020
	HR	02.12.2020
	LT	02.12.2020
	LV	02.12.2020
	NL	02.12.2020
	PL	02.12.2020
	RO	02.12.2020
	RS	02.12.2020
	SE	02.12.2020
	SK	02.12.2020
	SM	02.12.2020
	BG	02.03.2021
	NO	02.03.2021
	GR	03.03.2021
	PT	05.04.2021
Former [2021/36]	CZ	02.12.2020
	EE	02.12.2020
	FI	02.12.2020
	HR	02.12.2020
	LT	02.12.2020
	LV	02.12.2020
	NL	02.12.2020
	PL	02.12.2020
	RO	02.12.2020
	RS	02.12.2020
	SE	02.12.2020
	SK	02.12.2020
	SM	02.12.2020
	BG	02.03.2021
	NO	02.03.2021
	GR	03.03.2021
	PT	05.04.2021
Former [2021/35]	CZ	02.12.2020
	FI	02.12.2020
	HR	02.12.2020
	LT	02.12.2020
	LV	02.12.2020
	NL	02.12.2020
	PL	02.12.2020
	RO	02.12.2020
	RS	02.12.2020
	SE	02.12.2020
	SK	02.12.2020
	SM	02.12.2020
	BG	02.03.2021
	NO	02.03.2021
	GR	03.03.2021
	PT	05.04.2021
Former [2021/33]	FI	02.12.2020
	HR	02.12.2020
	LT	02.12.2020
	LV	02.12.2020
	NL	02.12.2020
	PL	02.12.2020
	RS	02.12.2020
	SE	02.12.2020
	SM	02.12.2020
	BG	02.03.2021
	NO	02.03.2021
	GR	03.03.2021
	PT	05.04.2021
Former [2021/32]	FI	02.12.2020
	HR	02.12.2020
	LV	02.12.2020
	NL	02.12.2020
	PL	02.12.2020
	RS	02.12.2020
	SE	02.12.2020
	SM	02.12.2020
	BG	02.03.2021
	NO	02.03.2021
	GR	03.03.2021
Former [2021/30]	FI	02.12.2020
	HR	02.12.2020
	LV	02.12.2020
	NL	02.12.2020
	PL	02.12.2020
	RS	02.12.2020
	SE	02.12.2020
	BG	02.03.2021
	NO	02.03.2021
	GR	03.03.2021
Former [2021/28]	FI	02.12.2020
	HR	02.12.2020
	LV	02.12.2020
	PL	02.12.2020
	RS	02.12.2020
	SE	02.12.2020
	BG	02.03.2021
	NO	02.03.2021
	GR	03.03.2021
Former [2021/25]	FI	02.12.2020
	LV	02.12.2020
	PL	02.12.2020
	RS	02.12.2020
	SE	02.12.2020
	BG	02.03.2021
	NO	02.03.2021
	GR	03.03.2021
Former [2021/23]	FI	02.12.2020
	LV	02.12.2020
	RS	02.12.2020
	SE	02.12.2020
	BG	02.03.2021
	NO	02.03.2021
	GR	03.03.2021
Former [2021/22]	FI	02.12.2020
	RS	02.12.2020
	NO	02.03.2021
Former [2021/20]	FI	02.12.2020
Documents cited:	Search	[IA]US2005015097 (MUJWID JAMES R [US], et al) [I] 1 * paragraphs [0042] - [0057]; figures 4,5 * [A] 7;
		[XAI]US2007093850 (HARRIS PETER M [US], et al) [X] 1 * paragraphs [0026] - [0032]; figures 4,5 * [A] 7-12 [I] 2-6;
		[IA]US8438956 (HOLMES RUSSELL P [US], et al) [I] 1 * column 4, line 64 - column 5, line 35; figures 1A-1C * [A] 7;
		[AD]US2016166396 (MCCLINTOCK LARRY [US]) [AD] 1,7* paragraphs [0081] , [0082]; figures 11E-11J *;
		[XAI]US2017258605 (BLAIN JASON [US], et al) [X] 1 * paragraphs [0139] , [0141] , [0145] , [0146]; figure 23 * [A] 7-12 [I] 2-6
	by applicant	US2016166396

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