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EP4098288 - METHODS OF MAKING POROUS STRUCTURES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  02.06.2023
Database last updated on 03.09.2024
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  04.11.2022
Most recent event   Tooltip03.01.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Smith & Nephew, Inc.
1450 Brooks Road
Memphis, TN 38116 / US
[2022/49]
Inventor(s)01 / SCOTT, Marcus L.
Memphis, 38112 / US
02 / PAWAR, Vivek Devidas
Germantown, 38138 / US
03 / TSAI, Stanley
Portland, 97229 / US
04 / GAN, Lu
Memphis, 38103 / US
 [2022/49]
Representative(s)Appleyard Lees IP LLP
15 Clare Road
Halifax HX1 2HY / GB
[2022/49]
Application number, filing date22182004.620.02.2013
[2022/49]
Priority number, dateUS201261600963P20.02.2012         Original published format: US 201261600963 P
[2022/49]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4098288
Date:07.12.2022
Language:EN
[2022/49]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP08.11.2022
ClassificationIPC:A61L27/56, A61F5/00, A61F2/02, B22F3/105, B28B1/00, B29C67/00
[2022/49]
CPC:
B22F3/1146 (EP,US); A61L27/04 (EP,US); A61L27/56 (EP,US);
B22F10/25 (EP,US); B22F10/28 (EP,US); B22F10/36 (EP,US);
B22F10/64 (EP,US); B22F3/105 (US); B22F3/24 (US);
B29C64/153 (EP,US); B29C66/72 (US); B33Y40/20 (EP,US);
B33Y70/00 (EP,US); C22F1/18 (EP,US); B22F2003/248 (US);
B29K2101/00 (US); B29K2105/04 (US); B33Y80/00 (EP,US);
C04B2235/6026 (EP,US); C04B2235/6584 (EP,US); C04B2235/665 (EP,US);
Y02P10/25 (EP,US) (-)
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 [2023/27]
Former [2022/49]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 
TitleGerman:HERSTELLUNGSVERFAHREN FÜR PORÖSE STRUKTUREN[2022/49]
English:METHODS OF MAKING POROUS STRUCTURES[2022/49]
French:PROCÉDÉS DE FABRICATION POUR STRUCTURES POREUSES[2022/49]
Examination procedure31.05.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
31.05.2023Examination requested  [2023/27]
31.05.2023Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP13751390.9  / EP2817037
Fees paidRenewal fee
29.06.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
29.06.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
29.06.2022Renewal fee patent year 05
29.06.2022Renewal fee patent year 06
29.06.2022Renewal fee patent year 07
29.06.2022Renewal fee patent year 08
29.06.2022Renewal fee patent year 09
29.06.2022Renewal fee patent year 10
03.01.2023Renewal fee patent year 11
03.01.2024Renewal fee patent year 12
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Documents cited:Search[A]US2005100578  (SCHMID STEVEN R [US], et al) [A] 1* the whole document *;
 [A]US2006211802  (ASGARI SOHEIL [DE]) [A] 1 * the whole document * * paragraph [0008] - paragraph [0015] * * paragraph [0022] - paragraph [0031] * * paragraph [0075] - paragraph [0081] *;
 [I]EP1800700  (HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP [US]) [I] 1-12 * paragraph [0006] - paragraph [0008] * * paragraph [0010] - paragraph [0013] * * paragraph [0073] - paragraph [0076] * * paragraph [0081] - paragraph [0082] * * figure -; claim - *;
 [XDI]  - STAMP R ET AL, "The development of a scanning strategy for the manufacture of porous biomaterials by selective laser melting", JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE: MATERIALS IN MEDICINE, KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS, BO, (20090618), vol. 20, no. 9, doi:10.1007/S10856-009-3763-8, ISSN 1573-4838, pages 1839 - 1848, XP019730975 [XD] 1-6,8-12 * page 1839, column R - page 1841, paragraph 2.2 * * page 1842, paragraph 2.4; figure 4 * * page 1843, paragraph 3 - page 1845, paragraph 4; table 3 * [I] 7,13-15

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10856-009-3763-8
by applicantUS2006147332
    - STAMP et al., J Master Sci: Mater. Med, (20090000), vol. 20, pages 1839 - 48
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