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EP1343916 - NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION METHODS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been refused Status updated on 06.05.2011 Database last updated on 22.01.2025
Most recent event Tooltip	06.05.2011	Refusal of application	published on 08.06.2011 [2011/23]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Hamilton Thorne Biosciences, Inc 100 Cummings Center, Suite 465E Beverly, MA 01915 / US
	[2007/01]
Former [2003/38]	For all designated states Zhang, David Y. 82-84 165th Street Jamaica, NY 11432 / US
	For all designated states Brandwein, Margaret 180-20 Hovenden Road Jamaica Estates, NY 11432 / US
	For all designated states Hsuih, Terence 4-74 48th Avenue 10B Long Island City, NY 11109 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / see applicant ...
	[2003/38]
Representative(s)	Raggers, René John, et al Exter Polak & Charlouis B.V. P.O. Box 3241 2280 GE Rijswijk / NL
	[2010/46]
Former [2003/38]	Wittop Koning, Tom Hugo, et al Exter Polak & Charlouis B.V., P.O. Box 3241 2280 GE Rijswijk / NL
Application number, filing date	01998621.5	03.12.2001
	[2003/38]
	WO2001US45822
Priority number, date	US20000728265	01.12.2000 Original published format: US 728265
	[2003/38]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	WO0244339
	Date:	06.06.2002
	Language:	EN
	[2002/23]
	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP1343916
	Date:	17.09.2003
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 06.06.2002 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2003/38]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	30.05.2003
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	28.12.2004
Classification	IPC:	C12Q1/68, C12P19/34	[2003/38]
	CPC:	C12Q1/682 (EP,US); C12P19/34 (US); C12Q1/6834 (EP,US); C12Q1/6862 (EP,US); Y10T436/143333 (US)
	C-Set:	C12Q1/682, C12Q2537/137, C12Q2533/107, C12Q2531/125 (EP,US); C12Q1/6834, C12Q2563/143, C12Q2537/137, C12Q2533/107 (US,EP)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, TR [2003/38]
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	LT	Not yet paid
	LV	Not yet paid
	MK	Not yet paid
	RO	Not yet paid
	SI	Not yet paid
Title	German:	NUKLEINSÄUREAMPLIFIKATIONSVERFAHREN	[2003/38]
	English:	NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION METHODS	[2003/38]
	French:	PROCEDE D'AMPLIFICATION DE L'ACIDE NUCLEIQUE	[2003/38]
Entry into regional phase	13.06.2003	National basic fee paid
	13.06.2003	Search fee paid
	13.06.2003	Designation fee(s) paid
	13.06.2003	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	01.07.2002	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	13.06.2003	Examination requested [2003/38]
	22.07.2003	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	17.03.2005	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	27.09.2005	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	20.01.2006	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	19.05.2006	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	03.04.2008	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	13.10.2008	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	05.06.2009	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	19.01.2010	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time
	24.03.2010	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	17.01.2011	Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 20.01.2011
	20.01.2011	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2011/23]
	20.01.2011	Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
	30.01.2011	Application refused, date of legal effect [2011/23]
Divisional application(s)	The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 17.03.2005
Request for further processing for:	The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the examination report
	24.03.2010	Request for further processing filed
	24.03.2010	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	01.04.2010	Decision despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	23.12.2003	Renewal fee patent year 03
	07.01.2005	Renewal fee patent year 04
	30.12.2005	Renewal fee patent year 05
	28.12.2006	Renewal fee patent year 06
	20.12.2007	Renewal fee patent year 07
	29.12.2008	Renewal fee patent year 08
	30.12.2009	Renewal fee patent year 09
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	31.12.2004	04 M06 Fee paid on 28.01.2005
	31.12.2010	10 M06 Not yet paid
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Documents cited:	Search	[X]WO9804746 (SINAI SCHOOL MEDICINE [US]) [X] 1-28 * figures 1-19; examples 1-11; claims 1-22 *;
		[X]WO9804745 (SINAI SCHOOL MEDICINE [US]) [X] 1-28 * figures 1-19; examples 1-11; claims 1-20 *;
		[DX]US5942391 (ZHANG DAVID Y [US], et al) [DX] 1-28 * column 17; examples 1-11; claims 1-21 * * column 21, line 55 - line 63 * * column 23, line 38 * * column 25; figures 1-19 *;
		[X] - ZHANG D Y ET AL, "Amplification of target-specific, ligation-dependent circular probe", GENE 12 MAY 1998 NETHERLANDS, (19980512), vol. 211, no. 2, ISSN 0378-1119, pages 277 - 285, XP004120590 [X] 1-14,22,23 * the whole document * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00113-9
		[X] - THOMAS D C ET AL, "AMPLIFICATION OF PADLOCK PROBES FOR DNA DIAGNOSTICS BY CASCADE ROLLING CIRCLE AMPLIFICATION OR THE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION", ARCHIVES OF PATHOLOGY, AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, CHICAGO, IL,, US, (199912), vol. 123, no. 12, ISSN 0003-9985, pages 1170 - 1176, XP008001739 [X] 1-14,22,23 * the whole document *
		[X] - ZHANG D Y ET AL, "Detection of infectious agents by RAM amplification", ABSTRACTS OF THE GENERAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY, & 99TH GENERAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY; CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA; MAY 30-JUNE 3, 1999, (1999), vol. 99, ISSN 1060-2011, pages 203 - 204, XP009040693 [X] 1-14,22,23 * abstract * * page 1174, column R - page 1176 *
		[X] - WU F ET AL, "Detection of cytomegalovirus (CMV) immediate early mRNA in infected cells by novel ligation-dependent PCR assay", ABSTRACTS OF THE GENERAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY, & 97TH GENERAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY; MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, USA; MAY 4-8, 1997, (1997), vol. 97, no. 0, ISSN 1060-2011, page 155, XP009040694 [X] 15-21 * abstract *
		[X] - PUNWANEY R ET AL, "Human papillomavirus may be common within nasopharyngeal carcinoma of Caucasian Americans: Investigation of Epstein-Barr virus and human papillomavirus in eastern and western nasopharyngeal carcinoma using ligation-dependent polymerase chain reaction", HEAD AND NECK 1999 UNITED STATES, (1999), vol. 21, no. 1, ISSN 1043-3074, pages 21 - 29, XP009040696 [X] 15-21 * abstract * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0347(199901)21:1<21::AID-HED3>3.0.CO;2-Z
	International search	[Y]US5854033 (LIZARDI PAUL M [MX]);
		[X]US5942391 (ZHANG DAVID Y [US], et al)
	Examination	- ZHANG D Y ET AL, "THE RAM ASSAY: AN ISOTHERMAL GENE AMPLIFICATION METHOD", LABORATORY INVESTIGATION, NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, US, (19980101), vol. 78, no. 1, ISSN 0023-6837, page 189A,ABSTR.NO.1109, XP009040692
		- UNRAU P ET AL, "NON-CLONING AMPLIFICATION OF SPECIFIC DNA FRAGMENTS FROM WHOLE GENOMIC DNA DIGESTS USING DNA INDEXERS", GENE, ELSEVIER, AMSTERDAM, NL LNKD- DOI:10.1016/0378-1119(94)90001-9, (19940805), vol. 145, no. 2, ISSN 0378-1119, pages 163 - 169, XP002008283 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0378-1119(94)90001-9

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