EP2166335 - Method and device for simultaneous automatic decomposition of several biological probes [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 14.02.2014 Database last updated on 24.01.2025 | Most recent event Tooltip | 17.07.2015 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): HU, LU | published on 19.08.2015 [2015/34] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Qiagen GmbH Qiagen Strasse 1 40724 Hilden / DE | [2010/12] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Bär, Gerhard Hirtenbergstr. 38 66557, Illingen / DE | 02 /
Mertens, Dennis Gerresheimer Str. 114 40721, Hilden / DE | 03 /
Schäfer, Andreas Lupinenweg 11 51375, Leverkusen / DE | 04 /
Wilmer, Friedericke Drei Birken 14 53639, Königswinter / DE | [2013/15] |
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Bär, Gerhard Hirtenbergstr. 38 66557, Illingen / DE | ||
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Mertens, Dennis Gerresheimer Str. 114 40721, Hilden / DE | |||
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Schäfer, Andreas Lupinenweg 11 51375, Leverkusen / DE | |||
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Wilmer, Friedericke Drei Birken 14 53639, Königswinter / DE | Representative(s) | Gille Hrabal Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB Patentanwälte Brucknerstraße 20 40593 Düsseldorf / DE | [N/P] |
Former [2013/15] | Gille Hrabal Patentanwälte Brucknerstrasse 20 40593 Düsseldorf / DE | ||
Former [2010/12] | Gille Hrabal Struck Neidlein Prop Roos Patentanwälte Brucknerstrasse 20 40593 Düsseldorf / DE | Application number, filing date | 08164548.3 | 18.09.2008 | [2010/12] | Filing language | DE | Procedural language | DE | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2166335 | Date: | 24.03.2010 | Language: | DE | [2010/12] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2166335 | Date: | 10.04.2013 | Language: | DE | [2013/15] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 16.03.2009 | Classification | IPC: | G01N1/28 | [2010/12] | CPC: |
G01N1/286 (EP,US);
B02C17/14 (EP,US);
B02C19/00 (US);
G01N1/42 (EP,US);
G01N2001/2866 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2010/12] | Title | German: | Verfahren und Vorrichtung für das zeitgleiche, automatisierte Aufschließen von mehreren biologischen Proben | [2010/12] | English: | Method and device for simultaneous automatic decomposition of several biological probes | [2010/12] | French: | Procédé et dispositif pour l'ouverture simultanée automatique de plusieurs échantillons biologiques | [2010/12] | Examination procedure | 27.08.2010 | Examination requested [2010/40] | 21.09.2010 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 20.01.2011 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 24.11.2011 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 15.12.2011 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 25.05.2012 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 22.06.2012 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 23.11.2012 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 26.02.2013 | Fee for grant paid | 26.02.2013 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Divisional application(s) | EP12173105.3 / EP2503316 | The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 21.09.2010 | Opposition(s) | 13.01.2014 | No opposition filed within time limit [2014/12] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 27.09.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 22.09.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 20.09.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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Former [2013/37] | SI | 10.04.2013 | Documents cited: | Search | [X]US2004115720 (MCWILLIAMS DIANA R [US], et al) [X] 1-20 * paragraphs [0188] - [0200]; figures 10,13,16 *; | [A]US6235501 (GAUTSCH JAMES W [US], et al) [A] 1-20 * abstract * * column 6, line 5 * * column 7, line 5 - line 25 * * column 16, line 41 - column 17, line 16 *; | [A]US2005178726 (BELLY ROBERT [US], et al) [A] 1-20 * paragraph [0007] * | Examination | US6258930 | WO2004027024 | by applicant | DE10153957 | EP1577011 | DE738286 | DE602005001256T | WO2004082837 | US2004144874 | JP2006051505 | JP2002066366 | JPH03186360 |