EP2255754B8

Prosthesis for simulating natural kinematics

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Owner: BIOMET UK LTD
Assignee: Biomet UK Limited
Assigned now: ANNA ELIZABETH BURNSIDE
Inventors: Wolfson, David, Bridgend, South Wales CF31 3XA, United Kingdom
Lloyd, Russell, Swindon, Wiltshire SN3 6EZ, United Kingdom
O'Connor, John, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX3 8JN, United Kingdom
Khan, Mohammed Imran, Reading, Berkshire RG1 3PP, United Kingdom
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Murray, David Wycliffe, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX44 9HB, United Kingdom
Dodd, Christopher, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX2 6RR, United Kingdom
Goodfellow, John, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX2 7RU, United Kingdom

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Agent: Robin, Gemma Claire
Filing to grant: 5.5 years

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Cites: 4 earlier patents⁠
Family: 56 members in 7 offices⁠GB15US13EP11JP8ES5AU2WO2

Classification

CPC: A61F2/0811A61F2/08A61F2/3836A61F2/3868A61F2002/30462A61F2220/0075+4 more
IPC: A61F2 38A61F2 08

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US6036694A	Cites	United States of America
US6190411B1	Cites	United States of America
US6905513B1	Cites	United States of America

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GB0721610D0	United Kingdom	D0	2007-12-12
GB0805917D0	United Kingdom	D0	2008-05-07
GB2454251A	United Kingdom	A	2009-05-06
AU2008320661A1	Australia	A1	2009-05-07
WO2009056836A2	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A2	2009-05-07
GB2458918A	United Kingdom	A	2009-10-07
WO2009056836A3	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A3	2009-10-08
GB201001643D0	United Kingdom	D0	2010-03-17
GB201001649D0	United Kingdom	D0	2010-03-17
GB2464639A	United Kingdom	A	2010-04-28
GB2464862A	United Kingdom	A	2010-05-05
EP2211784A2	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	2010-08-04
GB2464639B	United Kingdom	B	2010-10-27
GB2464862B	United Kingdom	B	2010-10-27
EP2255754A1	European Patent Office (EPO)	A1	2010-12-01
EP2255755A1	European Patent Office (EPO)	A1	2010-12-01
EP2255756A1	European Patent Office (EPO)	A1	2010-12-01
JP2011502608A	Japan	A	2011-01-27
GB201101112D0	United Kingdom	D0	2011-03-09
GB2454251B	United Kingdom	B	2011-04-06
GB2474394A	United Kingdom	A	2011-04-13
US2011106265A1	United States of America	A1	2011-05-05
GB2474394B	United Kingdom	B	2011-08-17
GB2458918B	United Kingdom	B	2013-02-20
EP2255755B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2013-03-27
EP2255754B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2013-04-03
EP2255756B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2013-04-24
US8470048B2	United States of America	B2	2013-06-25
ES2413030T3	Spain	T3	2013-07-15
ES2416983T3	Spain	T3	2013-08-05
ES2422584T3	Spain	T3	2013-09-12
AU2008320661B2	Australia	B2	2013-09-19
EP2653135A1	European Patent Office (EPO)	A1	2013-10-23
US2013282130A1	United States of America	A1	2013-10-24
US2013297020A1	United States of America	A1	2013-11-07
JP2014004472A	Japan	A	2014-01-16
JP5425797B2	Japan	B2	2014-02-26
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JP2014100584A	Japan	A	2014-06-05
JP2014111122A	Japan	A	2014-06-19
EP2653135B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2015-02-18
ES2531704T3	Spain	T3	2015-03-18
US8998993B2	United States of America	B2	2015-04-07
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EP2211784B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2015-09-09
ES2548445T3	Spain	T3	2015-10-16
JP5827668B2	Japan	B2	2015-12-02
JP5827670B2	Japan	B2	2015-12-02
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JP6054830B2	Japan	B2	2016-12-27
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US2018185134A9	United States of America	A9	2018-07-05
US10531948B2	United States of America	B2	2020-01-14

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2026-05-01	Application deemed withdrawn, or ip right lapsed, due to non-payment of renewal feeWithdrawnR119	R119	DE
2025-01-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2025-01-31	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
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2025-01-23	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
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2023-07-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2023-07-05	Opt-out of the competence of the unified patent court (upc) registeredP01	P01	EP
2023-06-07	Lapsed because of non-payment of the annual feeLapsedMM	MM	NL
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2014-04-23	No opposition filed (corrected)OppositionR26N	R26N	EP
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2014-03-05	Correction requested after decision to grant or after decision to maintain patent in amended formORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNCDECGRAT	GRAT	EP
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2013-08-15	Deletion acc. to par. 5 (withdrawal of the translation of the ep patent)MK05	MK05	AT
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2013-07-03	Translation filed for an european patent granted for nl, confirming art. 52 par. 1 or 6 of the patents act 1995GrantedT3	T3	NL
2013-05-29	Dpma publication of mentioned ep patent grantGrantedR096	R096	DE
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2013-04-30	New agentNV	NV	CH
2013-04-15	European patent takes effect as a national patent in ch/liEP	EP	CH
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