The patent EP3468517 was granted to Sunrise Medical on Dec 30, 2020. The application was originally filed on Jun 16, 2017 under application number EP17729897A. The patent is currently recorded with a legal status of "Revoked".

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| DESCRIPTION | EP1374819 |
| INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORT | US2011265262 |
| INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORT | US3829159 |
| INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORT | WO2015174855 |
| OPPOSITION | DE102013218863 |
| OPPOSITION | DE19906033 |
| OPPOSITION | GB2459648 |
| OPPOSITION | US1155867 |
| OPPOSITION | US1465912 |
| OPPOSITION | US1946837 |
| OPPOSITION | US2003226237 |
| OPPOSITION | US2005055805 |
| OPPOSITION | US2005273977 |
| OPPOSITION | US2008302938 |
| OPPOSITION | US2009072105 |
| OPPOSITION | US2009224121 |
| OPPOSITION | US2014259532 |
| OPPOSITION | US2014339861 |
| OPPOSITION | US2015335502 |
| OPPOSITION | US2016101006 |
| OPPOSITION | US2097651 |
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| OPPOSITION | US6095611 |
| OPPOSITION | US6568032 |
| OPPOSITION | US6786461 |
| OPPOSITION | US8578560 |
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| Citation Phase | Reference Text |
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| OPPOSITION | - "Adaptive Equipments Systems Product Catalog", Product Catalog, (20150000), pages 1 - 60, URL: https://www.sunrisemedical.com/getattach ment/ab3c622c-5b97-49ba- a933-3432b89d888c/AES-Product-Catalog.aspx |
| OPPOSITION | - Anonymous, "16. Theory of Machines & Machine Design", SSC JJunior Engineers (CPWD/MES) Mechanical engineering, (20190101), pages 1 - 1, XP055853462 |
| OPPOSITION | - Anonymous, "Corpus 3G", Permobil, (20130101), pages 1 - 4, Permobil, URL: https://stealthproducts.com/pdfs/2014/bro_Permobil--Corpus--3G--Seating.pdf, (20211021), XP055853565 |
| OPPOSITION | - Anonymous, "Lateral Pads with Cane Mount", Comfortcompany, (20160101), pages 1 - 2, XP055853570 |
| OPPOSITION | - Anonymous, "LATERAL TRUNK SUPPORTS Attaching Rigid Lateral Pads and Swing Away Lateral Pads", Comfortcompany, (20160101), pages 1 - 2, Comfortcompany, URL: https://www.manualslib.com/download/1986284/Comfort-Company-Lateral-Trunk-Support.html, (20211021), XP055853533 |
| OPPOSITION | - Anonymous, "stirnzahnkupplung", Auslegung von Machineelementen, (20180101), pages 226 - 226, XP055853485 |
| OPPOSITION | - Anonymous, "Swing-Away Lateral Bracket Installation and Adjustment Manual", AEL, (20160101), pages 1 - 6, AEL, URL: https://www.aelseating.com/Images/AEL_Resources/AR-035%20IFU,%20OMNILINK.pdf, (20211021), XP055853526 |
| OPPOSITION | - Anonymous, "Unitrack System", Permobil, (20070101), pages 1 - 4, Permobil, URL: http://countries.permobil.com/Global/USA/PDF/brochures/UniTrack_Web.pdf, (20211021), XP055853562 |
| OPPOSITION | - Anonymous, "Vart nya tillbehörssystem - Uni Track", Permobil, (20070101), pages 1 - 2, XP055853558 |
| OPPOSITION | - Anonymous, "XPanda", R82 Pruduct Guide, (20140101), pages 32 - 32, XP055853517 |
| OPPOSITION | - "Comfort Company complete seating solutions", Comfort Company complete seating solutions, New Berlin, Wisconsin, (20160200), pages 1 - 63 |
| OPPOSITION | - "Comfort Company seating and positioning handbook", Comfort Company seating and positioning handbook, New Berlin, Wisconsin, (20140000), pages 1 - 56 |
| OPPOSITION | - Miller Freeman, "Durable Medical Equipment", Cerebral palsy, (20050101), pages 213 - 220, XP055853575 |
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