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EP1178311 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE TYPE AND/OR CONDITION OF DISEASE AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCREENING DRUG [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been refused Status updated on 16.10.2009 Database last updated on 02.11.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	16.10.2009	Refusal of application	published on 18.11.2009 [2009/47]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Sato, Tomoya 115-32, Aza Okihara, Oaza Usuichi, Nakasatomachi, Kitatsugaru-gun Aomori 037-0302 / JP
	[2002/06]
Inventor(s)	01 / see applicant ...
	[2002/06]
Representative(s)	Daniels, Jeffrey Nicholas, et al Page White & Farrer Limited Bedford House 21A John Street London WC1N 2BF / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2002/06]	Daniels, Jeffrey Nicholas, et al Page White & Farrer 54 Doughty Street London WC1N 2LS / GB
Application number, filing date	00908072.2	14.03.2000
	[2002/06]
	WO2000JP01552
Priority number, date	JP19990128543	10.05.1999 Original published format: JP 12854399
	[2002/06]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO0068683
	Date:	16.11.2000
	Language:	EN
	[2000/46]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1178311
	Date:	06.02.2002
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 16.11.2000 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2002/06]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	16.11.2000
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	21.02.2003
Classification	IPC:	G01N33/15, G01N33/50, G01N33/493, C12Q1/04, A61K45/00, G01N21/35, G01J3/453	[2003/15]
	CPC:	G01N21/35 (EP,US); G01N21/3563 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2002/06]	G01N33/15, G01N33/50, G01N33/493, C12Q1/04, A61K45/00
Designated contracting states	CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, LI [2004/20]
Former [2002/06]	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE
Title	German:	VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR FESTELLUNG DER TYPE UND/ODER DES ZUSTANDES EINER KRANKKEIT, UND VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM SCREENEN VON ARZNEIMITTELN.	[2002/06]
	English:	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE TYPE AND/OR CONDITION OF DISEASE AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCREENING DRUG	[2002/06]
	French:	PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF DE DETERMINATION DU TYPE ET/OU DE L'ETAT D'UNE MALADIE, ET PROCEDE ET APPAREIL DE CRIBLAGE DE MEDICAMENTS	[2002/06]
Entry into regional phase	01.11.2001	Translation filed
	01.11.2001	National basic fee paid
	01.11.2001	Search fee paid
	01.11.2001	Designation fee(s) paid
	01.11.2001	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	14.09.2000	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: JP
	01.11.2001	Examination requested [2002/06]
	18.08.2005	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	20.02.2006	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	23.08.2006	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	20.02.2007	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	08.05.2009	Date of oral proceedings
	10.06.2009	Application refused, date of legal effect [2009/47]
	30.06.2009	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2009/47]
	30.06.2009	Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	22.03.2002	Renewal fee patent year 03
	28.03.2003	Renewal fee patent year 04
	19.03.2004	Renewal fee patent year 05
	07.01.2005	Renewal fee patent year 06
	21.12.2005	Renewal fee patent year 07
	22.01.2007	Renewal fee patent year 08
	02.01.2008	Renewal fee patent year 09
	31.03.2008	Renewal fee patent year 10
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Documents cited:	Search	[X]WO9718566 (BIO RAD LABORATORIES [US], et al) [X] 1-8 * pages 36-38; claim 1 *;
		[X]US5891619 (ZAKIM DAVID S [US], et al) [X] 1-8 * columns 6-7; claims 1-6 *;
		[X]US5596992 (HAALAND DAVID M [US], et al) [X] 1-8 * column 3; claims 1-5 *;
		[X]WO9600892 (WONG PATRICK T T [CA], et al) [X] 1-8 * page 10, line 1 - line 10; claims 1,2 *;
		[X]US5124932 (LODDER ROBERT A [US]) [X] 9-16 * column 1, line 10 - line 30; claim 1 * * column 4, line 45 - line 65 *;
		[X]US5504332 (RICHMOND ERIC W [US], et al) [X] 9-16 * claim 1 *;
		[X]GB1074235 (SCHERICO LTD) [X] 9-16 * claims 1,2 *;
		[A]JPH09286740
		[A] - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, (19980227), vol. 1998, no. 03, & JP09286740 A 19971104 (SATOU TOMOYA;MASAI AKIRA; KODAMA NAMIO; WATANABE TAKESHI; ITO HIROMASA) [A] 9-16 * abstract *
	International search	[X]JPH11502935 ;
		[X]JPH09286740 (SATO TOMOYA, et al);
		[X]JPH09285296 (SATO TOMOYA, et al)

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