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EP0855172
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| EP0855172 - Fastening of a tibial piece on a tibilal tray of a knee prosthesis [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 14.11.2003 Database last updated on 19.10.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 20.06.2008 | Change - representative | published on 23.07.2008 [2008/30] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states CeramTec AG Innovative Ceramic Engineering Fabrikstrasse 23 - 29 73207 Plochingen / DE | [1998/31] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Bädorf, Dirk Waldstrasse 2b 50226 Frechen / DE | 02 /
Pfaff, Hans-Georg Seitenstrasse 8 73760 Ostfildern / DE | [1998/31] | Representative(s) | Scherzberg, Andreas Hans, et al Chemetall GmbH Patente, Marken & Lizenzen Trakehner Strasse 3 60487 Frankfurt am Main / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [2008/30] | Scherzberg, Andreas Hans, et al Chemetall GmbH Patente, Marken & Lizenzen Trakehner Strasse 3 60487 Frankfurt am Main / DE | ||
| Former [1998/31] | Scherzberg, Andreas, Dr., et al c/o DYNAMIT NOBEL AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Patentabteilung 53839 Troisdorf / DE | Application number, filing date | 98100245.4 | 09.01.1998 | [1998/31] | Priority number, date | DE1997101622 | 17.01.1997 Original published format: DE 19701622 | DE1997108375 | 01.03.1997 Original published format: DE 19708375 | [1998/31] | Filing language | DE | Procedural language | DE | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0855172 | Date: | 29.07.1998 | Language: | DE | [1998/31] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0855172 | Date: | 30.12.1998 | [1998/53] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0855172 | Date: | 08.01.2003 | Language: | DE | [2003/02] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 12.11.1998 | Classification | IPC: | A61F2/38 | [1998/31] | CPC: |
A61F2/389 (EP,US);
A61F2002/30131 (EP,US);
A61F2002/30332 (EP,US);
A61F2002/30387 (EP,US);
A61F2002/30433 (EP,US);
A61F2002/30507 (EP,US);
A61F2002/30514 (EP,US);
A61F2002/4641 (EP,US);
A61F2220/0025 (EP,US);
A61F2220/0033 (EP,US);
A61F2220/0041 (EP,US);
A61F2230/0013 (EP,US);
| Designated contracting states | CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, LI [1999/36] |
| Former [1998/31] | AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE | Title | German: | Fixation eines Tibiateils auf einem Tibiaplateau einer Kniegelenkendoprothese | [1998/31] | English: | Fastening of a tibial piece on a tibilal tray of a knee prosthesis | [1998/31] | French: | Fixation d'une pièce tibiale sur le plateau tibial d'une prothèse de genou | [1998/31] | Examination procedure | 30.06.1999 | Examination requested [1999/34] | 04.12.2001 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 27.02.2002 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 29.07.2002 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 08.11.2002 | Fee for grant paid | 08.11.2002 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 09.10.2003 | No opposition filed within time limit [2004/01] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 31.01.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 31.01.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 31.01.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | FR | 08.01.2003 | GB | 08.01.2003 | IT | 08.01.2003 | CH | 31.01.2003 | LI | 31.01.2003 | ES | 30.07.2003 | [2008/08] |
| Former [2004/35] | FR | 08.01.2003 | |
| GB | 08.01.2003 | ||
| CH | 31.01.2003 | ||
| LI | 31.01.2003 | ||
| ES | 30.07.2003 | ||
| Former [2004/22] | GB | 08.01.2003 | |
| CH | 31.01.2003 | ||
| LI | 31.01.2003 | ||
| ES | 30.07.2003 | ||
| Former [2004/04] | CH | 31.01.2003 | |
| LI | 31.01.2003 | ||
| ES | 30.07.2003 | ||
| Former [2004/01] | CH | 31.01.2003 | |
| LI | 31.01.2003 | Documents cited: | Search | [XY]US3958278 (LEE ALAN JOHN CLIVE, et al) [X] 1-6 * figure -; claim - * [Y] 7; | [Y]US5358527 (FORTE MARK R [US]) [Y] 7 * column 34, paragraph 2 *; | [X]US5480446 (GOODFELLOW JOHN W [GB], et al) [X] 1,2 * figure - *; | [X]US4944757 (MARTINEZ DAVID M [US], et al) [X] 1,2 * figure 1 *; | [X]EP0672397 (ALLO PRO AG [CH]) [X] 1,5,6 * column 5, line 10 - line 30; figures 6,7 *; | [X]EP0306744 (S & G IMPLANTS GMBH [DE]) [X] 1,5 * abstract * | by applicant | EP0442330 |