blank Quick help
blank Maintenance news

Scheduled maintenance

Regular maintenance outages:
between 05.00 and 05.15 hrs CET (Monday to Sunday).

Other outages
Availability
Register Forum

2022.02.11

More...
blank News flashes

News Flashes

New version of the European Patent Register – SPC proceedings information in the Unitary Patent Register.

2024-07-24

More...
blank Related links

Extract from the Register of European Patents

EP About this file: EP3955977

EP3955977 - MEW TISSUE SCAFFOLD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  21.01.2022
Database last updated on 24.08.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  23.10.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip24.04.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
University of Western Australia
35 Stirling Highway
Crawley, Western Australia 6009 / AU
[2022/31]
Former [2022/08]For all designated states
Queensland University Of Technology
Level 4, 88 Musk Avenue
Kelvin Grove, Queensland 4059 / AU
Inventor(s)01 / HUTMACHER, Dietmar
c/- Queensland University of Technology
Level 4, 88 Musk Avenue
Kelvin Grove, Queensland 4059 / AU
02 / JUAN PARDO, Maria Elena
c/- Queensland University of Technology
Level 4, 88 Musk Avenue
Kelvin Grove, Queensland 4059 / AU
03 / BAS, Onur
c/- Queensland University of Technology
Level 4, 88 Musk Avenue
Kelvin Grove, Queensland 4059 / AU
04 / TOOSISAIDY, Navid
c/- Queensland University of Technology
Level 4, 88 Musk Avenue
Kelvin Grove, Queensland 4059 / AU
05 / MELA, Petra
c/- Queensland University of Technology
Level 4, 88 Musk Avenue
Kelvin Grove, Queensland 4059 / AU
 [2022/08]
Representative(s)Tiburzi, Andrea, et al
Barzanò & Zanardo Roma S.p.A. Via Piemonte 26
00187 Roma / IT
[2022/08]
Application number, filing date20790996.117.04.2020
[2022/08]
WO2020AU50383
Priority number, dateAU2019090134418.04.2019         Original published format: AU 2019901344
[2022/08]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2020210877
Date:22.10.2020
Language:EN
[2020/43]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3955977
Date:23.02.2022
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 22.10.2020 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2022/08]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:AU22.10.2020
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP11.05.2023
ClassificationIPC:A61L27/18, A61L27/50, A61L27/52, A61L27/56, A61F2/24, D01F6/62, D01D5/00, D01D5/08
[2023/23]
CPC:
B33Y80/00 (EP,US); A61L27/18 (EP,AU); A61F2/2415 (EP,US);
A61F2/2418 (AU,US); A61K35/34 (AU); A61L27/50 (EP,AU,US);
A61L27/52 (EP,AU); A61L27/56 (EP,AU); B29C64/118 (US);
C12M21/08 (EP); C12M25/14 (EP,AU); C12M33/00 (EP);
C12N5/0062 (AU); C12N5/0068 (AU); C12N5/0661 (AU);
C12N5/0691 (EP); D01D5/0023 (EP,AU); D01D5/0076 (EP);
D01F6/625 (EP,AU); A61F2002/0081 (AU); A61F2210/0076 (EP,AU);
A61F2230/0002 (AU); A61F2230/0069 (AU,US); A61F2240/002 (EP,AU);
A61F2250/0018 (EP,AU); A61F2250/0028 (EP,AU); A61L2430/20 (AU,US);
B33Y10/00 (AU,US); B33Y70/00 (AU); C12N2513/00 (EP);
C12N2533/30 (EP); C12N2533/40 (AU); C12N2533/56 (EP,AU);
C12N2535/00 (AU); C12N2537/10 (EP); D10B2401/062 (AU);
D10B2509/00 (AU) (-)
C-Set:
A61L27/18, C08L67/04 (AU,EP)
Former IPC [2022/08]A61L27/18, A61L27/50, A61L27/52, A61L27/56, A61F2/24, D01F6/62, D01D5/08
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 [2022/08]
TitleGerman:MEW-GEWEBEGERÜST[2022/08]
English:MEW TISSUE SCAFFOLD[2022/08]
French:ÉCHAFAUDAGE DE TISSU PAR ÉLECTROIMPRESSION À CHAUD (MEW)[2022/08]
Entry into regional phase17.11.2021National basic fee paid 
17.11.2021Search fee paid 
17.11.2021Designation fee(s) paid 
17.11.2021Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure17.11.2021Examination requested  [2022/08]
06.12.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.04.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
25.04.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
24.04.2024Renewal fee patent year 05
Opt-out from the exclusive  Tooltip
competence of the Unified
Patent Court
See the Register of the Unified Patent Court for opt-out data
Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court.
Documents cited:Search   [ ] - No further relevant documents disclosed
International search[A]WO2014158444  (GORE & ASS [US]) [A] 1-44 * see [0040], [0041]; Figure 9 *;
 [A]US2015306282  (SCANLON JOHN JAMES [US], et al) [A] 1-44 * see Figures 52 & 99 *;
 [X]  - HOCHLEITNER, G, "Advancing melt electospinning writing for fabrication of biomimetic structures", Dissertation zur Erlangung des naturwissenschaftlichen Doktorgrades der Julius-Maximilians-Universitat Würzburg [Dissertation to obtain the scientific doctoral degree the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg, (20180805), URL: https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/opus4-wuerzburg/frontdoor/deliver/index/docId/16219/file/Hochleitner_Gernot_Melt_Electrospinning_Writing.pdf, (20200610), XP055748932 [X] 1, 3, 4, 12, 14, 23-25, 28, 29, 30, 35-40, 42, 44 * see Figure 52A, Table 6 on page 123 *
 [X]  - Onur Bas, D’angella Davide, Baldwin Jeremy G., Castro Nathan J., Wunner Felix M., Saidy Navid T., Kollmannsberger Stefan, Reali Alessandro, Rank Ernst, De-Juan-Pardo Elena M., Hutmacher Dietmar W., "An Integrated Design, Material, and Fabrication Platform for Engineering Biomechanically and Biologically Functional Soft Tissues", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, (20170000), vol. 9, pages 29430 - 29437, XP055748978 [X] 1-44 * see Abstract; page 29432, 1st column, 1st paragraph; page 29432, 2nd column, 1st paragraph; page 29434; Figures Id, 3c, & 3d *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b08617
 [A]  - JUNGST, T. et al., "Melt electrospinning onto cylinders: effects of rotational velocity and collector diameter on morphology of tubular structures", Polym. Int., (20150000), vol. 64, doi:10.1002/pi.4948, pages 1086 - 1095, XP055204699 [A] 1-44 * see Figures 1, 2, 5c, 5d, 6c, 6d, 8; Conclusions *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pi.4948
 [A]  - Miguel Castilho, Dries Feyen, María Flandes-Iparraguirre, Gernot Hochleitner, Jürgen Groll, Pieter A. F. Doevendans, Tina Vermonden, Keita Ito, Joost P. G. Sluijter,* And Jos Malda, "Melt Electrospinning Writing of Poly-Hydroxymethylglycolide- co-epsilon-Caprolactone-Based Scaffolds for Cardiac Tissue Engineering", Adv. Healthcare Mater., (20170000), vol. 6, no. 18, pages 1700311-1 - 1700311-9, XP055748980 [A] 1-44 * see Introduction; Figures 1 & 3 *
 [A]  - SACKS, M. S. et al., "On the Biomechanics of Heart Valve Function", J. Biomech., (20090000), vol. 42, no. 12, pages 1804 - 1824, XP026446836 [A] 1-44 * see Figures 2 & 9 *
 [A]  - Anwarul Hasan, Kim Ragaert, Wojciech Swieszkowski, Šeila Selimović, Arghya Paul, Gulden Camci-Unal, Mohammad R.K. Mofrad, Ali Khademhosseini, "Biomechanical properties of native and tissue engineered heart valve constructs", J. Biomech., (20140000), vol. 47, pages 1949 - 1963, XP055748984 [A] 1-44 * see § 4.1.1 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.09.023
 [A]  - M. A. Meyers, J. Mckittrick, P.-Y. Chen, "Structural Biological Materials: Critical Mechanics-Materials Connections", Science, (20130000), vol. 339, pages 773 - 779, XP055748987 [A] 1-44 * see Figure 1A *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1220854
 [A]  - Jetze Visser, Ferry P.W. Melchels, June E. Jeon, Erik M. Van Bussel, Laura S. Kimpton, Helen M. Byrne, Wouter J.A. Dhert, Paul D. Dalton, Dietmar W. Hutmacher & Jos Malda, "Reinforcement of hydrogels using three-dimensionally printed microfibres", Nat. Commun., (20150600), vol. 6, pages 1 - 10, XP055748990 [A] 1-44 * see whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7933
by applicant   - European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, vol. 28, no. 6, pages 850 - 855
    - Biointerphases, (20120000), vol. 7, pages 1 - 16
The EPO accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of data originating from other authorities; in particular, it does not guarantee that it is complete, up to date or fit for specific purposes.