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EP1531937 - PIPETTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A PIPETTING DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been withdrawn Status updated on 01.07.2011 Database last updated on 05.10.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	01.07.2011	Withdrawal of application	published on 03.08.2011 [2011/31]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Hirschmann Laborgeräte GmbH & Co. KG Hauptstrasse 15 74246 Eberstadt / DE
	[2006/20]
Former [2005/21]	For all designated states Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. Hansastrasse 27c 80636 München / DE
	For all designated states Hirschmann Laborgeräte GmbH & Co. KG Hauptstrasse 7-15 74246 Eberstadt / DE
Inventor(s)	01 / RICHTER, Martin Mondstrasse 9 81543 München / DE
	02 / WACKERLE, Martin Grafinger Strasse 20 83565 Tegernau / DE
	03 / BIGUS, Hans-Jürgen Neuffenstrasse 11 72124 Pliezhausen / DE
	04 / DEBUSMANN, Ralph Nimmerfallstrasse 17 81245 München / DE
	[2007/11]
Former [2005/21]	01 / RICHTER, Martin Brahmsstrasse 6 81677 München / DE
	02 / WACKERLE, Martin Grafinger Strasse 20 83565 Tegernau / DE
	03 / BIGUS, Hans-Jürgen Neuffenstrasse 11 72124 Pliezhausen / DE
	04 / DEBUSMANN, Ralph Nimmerfallstrasse 17 81245 München / DE
Representative(s)	Lenz, Steffen LICHTI - Patentanwälte Postfach 41 07 60 76207 Karlsruhe / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2006/10]	Lenz, Steffen Patentanwälte Lichti, Lempert, Lasch & Lenz Postfach 41 07 60 76207 Karlsruhe / DE
Former [2005/21]	Stöckeler, Ferdinand, Dipl.-Ing., et al Schoppe, Zimmermann, Stöckeler & Zinkler Postfach 246 82043 Pullach bei München / DE
Application number, filing date	03792160.8	17.06.2003
	[2005/21]
	WO2003EP06389
Priority number, date	DE2002138564	22.08.2002 Original published format: DE 10238564
	[2005/21]
Filing language	DE
Procedural language	DE
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2004018103
	Date:	04.03.2004
	Language:	DE
	[2004/10]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1531937
	Date:	25.05.2005
	Language:	DE
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 04.03.2004 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2005/21]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	04.03.2004
Classification	IPC:	B01L3/02, F04B43/04	[2005/21]
	CPC:	F04B43/046 (EP,US); B01L3/02 (EP,US); B01L2300/0681 (EP,US); B01L2400/0439 (EP,US); B01L2400/0622 (EP,US); B01L2400/0638 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	CH, DE, FI, FR, LI [2005/50]
Former [2005/21]	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	LT	Not yet paid
	LV	Not yet paid
	MK	Not yet paid
Title	German:	PIPETIEREINRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM BETREIBEN EINER PIPETIEREINRICHTUNG	[2005/21]
	English:	PIPETTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A PIPETTING DEVICE	[2005/21]
	French:	SYSTEME DE PIPETAGE ET PROCEDE POUR EXPLOITER UN SYSTEME DE PIPETAGE	[2005/21]
Entry into regional phase	17.02.2005	National basic fee paid
	17.02.2005	Designation fee(s) paid
	17.02.2005	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	19.02.2004	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	17.02.2005	Examination requested [2005/21]
	10.03.2011	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	18.06.2011	Application withdrawn by applicant [2011/31]
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 10.03.2011
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	30.03.2005	Renewal fee patent year 03
	20.06.2006	Renewal fee patent year 04
	05.06.2007	Renewal fee patent year 05
	24.06.2008	Renewal fee patent year 06
	05.06.2009	Renewal fee patent year 07
	31.03.2010	Renewal fee patent year 08
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Cited in	International search	[X]EP0949418 (SEIKO INSTR INC [JP]) [X] 1-6,9-12 * paragraphs [0010] - [0012] - [0015] - [0018] * * paragraphs [0069] - [0071] *;
		[X]US5611676 (OOUMI TAKEHARU [JP], et al) [X] 1-6,9-12 * column 1, line 33 - column 1, line 62 * * column 2, line 19 - column 2, line 61 * * column 3, line 8 - column 3, line 28 *;
		[X]JP2001193657 (SEIKO INSTR INC) [X] 1-6,9-12 * the whole document *;
		[PX]US6481984 (SHINOHARA JUN [JP], et al) [PX] 1-6,9-12 * column 1 - column 2 * * example 7 * * figures 7-13 *;
		[A]US2001055812 (MIAN ALEC [US], et al) [A] 7 * paragraph [0160]; figure 6 *;
		[A]US6280148 (ZENGERLE ROLAND [DE], et al) [A] 1-12 * column 9, line 30 - column 9, line 57; figure 4 *;
		[A]EP0993869 (HIRSCHMANN LABORGERAETE GMBH [DE]) [A] 1-12 * the whole document *;
		[A]US5593290 (GREISCH DANNY L [US], et al) [A] 1-12 * the whole document *
		[A] - ZENGERLE R ET AL, "A bidirectional silicon micropump", SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A, ELSEVIER SEQUOIA S.A., LAUSANNE, CH, (199508), vol. 50, no. 1-2, ISSN 0924-4247, pages 81 - 86, XP004303517 [A] 1-12 * the whole document * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0924-4247(96)80088-4

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