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EP1134561 - Optical volume sensor [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 17.03.2017 Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	06.03.2020	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): TR	published on 08.04.2020 [2020/15]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Ascensia Diabetes Care Holdings AG Peter-Merian Strasse 90 4052 Basel / CH
	[2016/36]
Former [2014/03]	For all designated states Bayer HealthCare LLC 100 Bayer Boulevard Whippany, NJ 07981-0915 / US
Former [2001/38]	For all designated states Bayer Corporation 100 Bayer Road Pittsburgh, PA 15205 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / Dosmann, Andrew J. 50607 Cherry Road Granger, IN 46530 / US
	[2001/38]
Representative(s)	Cohausz & Florack Patent- & Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB Postfach 10 18 30 40009 Düsseldorf / DE
	[2016/19]
Former [2013/51]	BIP Patents, et al c/o Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH Creative Campus Monheim Alfred-Nobel-Straße 10 40789 Monheim / DE
Former [2009/51]	Linhart, Angela, et al Bayer HealthCare AG Law and Patents, Patents and Licensing Building Q18 51368 Leverkusen / DE
Former [2009/22]	Linhart, Angela, et al Bayer HealthCare AG Law and Patents, Patents and Licensing 51368 Leverkusen / DE
Former [2001/38]	Burkert, Frank, et al Bayer AG, Konzernbereich RP Patente und Lizenzen 51368 Leverkusen / DE
Application number, filing date	01104494.8	01.03.2001
	[2001/38]
Priority number, date	US20000523716	13.03.2000 Original published format: US 523716
	[2001/38]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP1134561
	Date:	19.09.2001
	Language:	EN
	[2001/38]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP1134561
	Date:	31.07.2002
	[2002/31]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1134561
	Date:	11.05.2016
	Language:	EN
	[2016/19]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	17.06.2002
Classification	IPC:	A61B5/145, A61B5/15, A61B5/1455, G01F17/00	[2015/52]
	CPC:	G01F17/00 (EP,US); A61B5/14532 (EP,US); A61B5/1455 (EP,US); A61B5/150022 (EP,US); A61B5/150358 (EP,US); A61B5/150412 (EP,US); (+) A61B5/150503 (EP,US); A61B5/15186 (EP,US); A61B5/157 (EP,US); G01N21/8483 (EP,US) (-)
	Former IPC [2002/31]	G01F17/00, G01B11/00, A61B5/14, A61B5/00
	Former IPC [2001/38]	G01F17/00
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, TR [2016/19]
Former [2001/38]	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, TR
Title	German:	Optischer Volumenssensor	[2001/38]
	English:	Optical volume sensor	[2001/38]
	French:	Capteur optique de volume	[2001/38]
Examination procedure	30.08.2002	Examination requested [2002/50]
	02.07.2008	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	16.02.2009	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time
	06.04.2009	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	04.02.2011	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	09.08.2011	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	12.11.2015	Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 17.11.2015
	17.11.2015	Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
	03.12.2015	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	23.03.2016	Fee for grant paid
	23.03.2016	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	23.03.2016	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)	EP10181948.0 / EP2293028
	The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 02.07.2008
Opposition(s)	14.02.2017	No opposition filed within time limit [2017/16]
Request for further processing for:	The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the examination report
	06.04.2009	Request for further processing filed
	06.04.2009	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment)
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	24.03.2003	Renewal fee patent year 03
	22.03.2004	Renewal fee patent year 04
	22.03.2005	Renewal fee patent year 05
	29.03.2006	Renewal fee patent year 06
	28.03.2007	Renewal fee patent year 07
	27.03.2008	Renewal fee patent year 08
	26.03.2009	Renewal fee patent year 09
	25.03.2010	Renewal fee patent year 10
	28.03.2011	Renewal fee patent year 11
	26.03.2012	Renewal fee patent year 12
	27.03.2013	Renewal fee patent year 13
	27.03.2014	Renewal fee patent year 14
	27.03.2015	Renewal fee patent year 15
	31.03.2016	Renewal fee patent year 16
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	11.05.2016
	BE	11.05.2016
	CY	11.05.2016
	DK	11.05.2016
	ES	11.05.2016
	FI	11.05.2016
	IT	11.05.2016
	MC	11.05.2016
	NL	11.05.2016
	SE	11.05.2016
	TR	11.05.2016
	GR	12.08.2016
	PT	12.09.2016
	[2020/15]
Former [2019/46]	AT	11.05.2016
	BE	11.05.2016
	CY	11.05.2016
	DK	11.05.2016
	ES	11.05.2016
	FI	11.05.2016
	IT	11.05.2016
	MC	11.05.2016
	NL	11.05.2016
	SE	11.05.2016
	GR	12.08.2016
	PT	12.09.2016
Former [2018/01]	AT	11.05.2016
	BE	11.05.2016
	DK	11.05.2016
	ES	11.05.2016
	FI	11.05.2016
	IT	11.05.2016
	MC	11.05.2016
	NL	11.05.2016
	SE	11.05.2016
	GR	12.08.2016
	PT	12.09.2016
Former [2017/12]	AT	11.05.2016
	BE	11.05.2016
	DK	11.05.2016
	ES	11.05.2016
	FI	11.05.2016
	IT	11.05.2016
	NL	11.05.2016
	SE	11.05.2016
	GR	12.08.2016
	PT	12.09.2016
Former [2017/07]	DK	11.05.2016
	ES	11.05.2016
	FI	11.05.2016
	IT	11.05.2016
	NL	11.05.2016
	SE	11.05.2016
	GR	12.08.2016
	PT	12.09.2016
Former [2017/04]	ES	11.05.2016
	FI	11.05.2016
	IT	11.05.2016
	NL	11.05.2016
	SE	11.05.2016
	GR	12.08.2016
	PT	12.09.2016
Former [2016/52]	ES	11.05.2016
	FI	11.05.2016
	NL	11.05.2016
	SE	11.05.2016
	GR	12.08.2016
	PT	12.09.2016
Former [2016/51]	ES	11.05.2016
	FI	11.05.2016
	NL	11.05.2016
	GR	12.08.2016
	PT	12.09.2016
Former [2016/50]	ES	11.05.2016
	FI	11.05.2016
	NL	11.05.2016
Former [2016/49]	FI	11.05.2016
	NL	11.05.2016
Documents cited:	Search	[XA]GB2087550 (FISH FARM DEV LTD) [X] 1,4,18,21,31,58,71 * page 2 - page 3; figures 1,2 * [A] 45;
		[A]US5279294 (ANDERSON PAUL J [US], et al) [A] 45* abstract *

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