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EP4242707 - MULTIFOCAL INTRAOCULAR LENS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  10.05.2024
Database last updated on 14.06.2024
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  11.08.2023
Most recent event   Tooltip10.05.2024The date on which the examining division becomes responsible, has been established 
10.05.2024Request for examination filedpublished on 12.06.2024  [2024/24]
10.05.2024Change - designated statespublished on 12.06.2024  [2024/24]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Hanita Lenses Ltd.
Kibbutz
2288500 Hanita / IL
[2024/03]
Former [2023/37]For all designated states
Hanita Lenses R.C.A.
Kibbutz
2288500 Hanita / IL
Inventor(s)01 / ATTIA, Mickael
7655521 Rehovot / IL
02 / BRODSKY, Alexander
4942108 Petah Tikva / IL
03 / KAPLAN, Natan
7147131 Lod / IL
04 / GROSSINGER, Israel
9979700 Karmei Yossef / IL
 [2023/37]
Representative(s)Amirsehhi, Ramin
Leo Patent Law Office
World Trade Center
Schiphol Boulevard 127
1118 BG Schiphol / NL
[N/P]
Former [2023/37]Stütz, Jan
Unter den Linden 10
10117 Berlin / DE
Application number, filing date23180490.712.09.2019
[2023/37]
Priority number, dateUS201862730769P13.09.2018         Original published format: US 201862730769 P
[2023/37]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP4242707
Date:13.09.2023
Language:EN
[2023/37]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP4242707
Date:08.11.2023
Language:EN
[2023/45]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP10.10.2023
ClassificationIPC:A61F2/16, G02B5/18, G02C7/02, G02B27/00
[2023/45]
CPC:
A61F2/1654 (EP,CN,KR); A61F2/1618 (CN,KR,US); A61F2/1656 (US);
G02B27/0012 (EP); G02B27/4205 (EP,KR); G02B5/1876 (EP,KR,US);
G02C7/028 (EP); G02C7/044 (EP); G02C2202/20 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2023/37]G02B5/18
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 [2024/24]
Former [2023/37]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:MULTIFOKALE INTRAOKULARLINSE[2023/37]
English:MULTIFOCAL INTRAOCULAR LENS[2023/37]
French:LENTILLE INTRAOCULAIRE MULTIFOCALE[2023/37]
Examination procedure03.05.2024Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
03.05.2024Examination requested  [2024/24]
03.05.2024Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP19859290.9  / EP3849470
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.09.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
20.09.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
20.09.2023Renewal fee patent year 05
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0030-4018(98)00518-5
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.20.2.025008
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