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EP2108186 - MASS SPECTROMETER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 19.07.2019 Database last updated on 24.08.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 10.08.2018
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 06.08.2018
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 01.08.2018
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 13.03.2018
Most recent event Tooltip	09.07.2021	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): HU	published on 11.08.2021 [2021/32]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Micromass UK Limited Stamford Avenue Altrincham Road Wilmslow SK9 4AX / GB
	[2014/18]
Former [2009/42]	For all designated states Micromass UK Limited Floats Road Wythenshawe Manchester M23 9LZ / GB
Inventor(s)	01 / PRINGLE, Steven, Derek Linden Cottages Temple Hoddlesden Darwen BB3 3PS / GB
	02 / WILDGOOSE, Jason, Lee 110 Barcicroft Road Heaton Mersey Stockport SK4 3PJ / GB
	[2018/37]
Former [2009/42]	01 / PRINGLE, Steven, Derek Linden Cottages Temple Hoddlesden Darwen BB3 3PS / GB
	02 / WILDGOOSE, Jason, Lee 110 Barcicroft Road Heaton Mersey Stockport SK4 3PJ / GB
Representative(s)	Dehns St. Bride's House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8JD / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2018/37]	Dehns St. Brides House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8JD / GB
Former [2009/42]	Jeffrey, Philip Michael, et al Frank B. Dehn & Co. St Bride's House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8JD / GB
Application number, filing date	08701948.5	25.01.2008
	[2009/42]
	WO2008GB00275
Priority number, date	GB20070001476	25.01.2007 Original published format: GB 0701476
	US20070890714P	20.02.2007 Original published format: US 890714 P
	[2009/42]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	WO2008090365
	Date:	31.07.2008
	Language:	EN
	[2008/31]
	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP2108186
	Date:	14.10.2009
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 31.07.2008 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2009/42]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2108186
	Date:	12.09.2018
	Language:	EN
	[2018/37]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	02.07.2009
Classification	IPC:	H01J49/42	[2018/37]
	CPC:	H01J49/428 (EP,US); H01J49/427 (GB)
	Former IPC [2009/42]	H01J49/00
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2018/20]
Former [2009/42]	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
Title	German:	MASSENSPEKTROMETER	[2009/42]
	English:	MASS SPECTROMETER	[2009/42]
	French:	SPECTROMÈTRE DE MASSE	[2018/37]
	Former [2009/42]	SPECTROMETRE DE MASSE
Entry into regional phase	11.08.2009	National basic fee paid
	11.08.2009	Designation fee(s) paid
	11.08.2009	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	11.08.2009	Examination requested [2009/42]
	12.08.2009	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	08.04.2013	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	19.08.2013	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	17.08.2015	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	29.12.2015	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	14.03.2018	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	24.07.2018	Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
	24.07.2018	Fee for grant paid
	24.07.2018	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	06.08.2018	Information about intention to grant a patent
	06.08.2018	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
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 08.04.2013
Opposition(s)	13.06.2019	No opposition filed within time limit [2019/34]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	25.01.2010	Renewal fee patent year 03
	25.01.2011	Renewal fee patent year 04
	25.01.2012	Renewal fee patent year 05
	25.01.2013	Renewal fee patent year 06
	27.01.2014	Renewal fee patent year 07
	27.01.2015	Renewal fee patent year 08
	27.01.2016	Renewal fee patent year 09
	27.01.2017	Renewal fee patent year 10
	29.01.2018	Renewal fee patent year 11
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	25.01.2008
	AT	12.09.2018
	CY	12.09.2018
	CZ	12.09.2018
	DK	12.09.2018
	EE	12.09.2018
	ES	12.09.2018
	FI	12.09.2018
	HR	12.09.2018
	IT	12.09.2018
	LT	12.09.2018
	LV	12.09.2018
	MC	12.09.2018
	NL	12.09.2018
	PL	12.09.2018
	RO	12.09.2018
	SE	12.09.2018
	SI	12.09.2018
	SK	12.09.2018
	TR	12.09.2018
	BG	12.12.2018
	NO	12.12.2018
	GR	13.12.2018
	IS	12.01.2019
	PT	12.01.2019
	IE	25.01.2019
	LU	25.01.2019
	MT	25.01.2019
	BE	31.01.2019
	CH	31.01.2019
	FR	31.01.2019
	LI	31.01.2019
	[2021/32]
Former [2021/26]	AT	12.09.2018
	CY	12.09.2018
	CZ	12.09.2018
	DK	12.09.2018
	EE	12.09.2018
	ES	12.09.2018
	FI	12.09.2018
	HR	12.09.2018
	IT	12.09.2018
	LT	12.09.2018
	LV	12.09.2018
	MC	12.09.2018
	NL	12.09.2018
	PL	12.09.2018
	RO	12.09.2018
	SE	12.09.2018
	SI	12.09.2018
	SK	12.09.2018
	TR	12.09.2018
	BG	12.12.2018
	NO	12.12.2018
	GR	13.12.2018
	IS	12.01.2019
	PT	12.01.2019
	IE	25.01.2019
	LU	25.01.2019
	MT	25.01.2019
	BE	31.01.2019
	CH	31.01.2019
	FR	31.01.2019
	LI	31.01.2019
Former [2020/29]	AT	12.09.2018
	CZ	12.09.2018
	DK	12.09.2018
	EE	12.09.2018
	ES	12.09.2018
	FI	12.09.2018
	HR	12.09.2018
	IT	12.09.2018
	LT	12.09.2018
	LV	12.09.2018
	MC	12.09.2018
	NL	12.09.2018
	PL	12.09.2018
	RO	12.09.2018
	SE	12.09.2018
	SI	12.09.2018
	SK	12.09.2018
	TR	12.09.2018
	BG	12.12.2018
	NO	12.12.2018
	GR	13.12.2018
	IS	12.01.2019
	PT	12.01.2019
	IE	25.01.2019
	LU	25.01.2019
	MT	25.01.2019
	BE	31.01.2019
	CH	31.01.2019
	FR	31.01.2019
	LI	31.01.2019
Former [2020/17]	AT	12.09.2018
	CZ	12.09.2018
	DK	12.09.2018
	EE	12.09.2018
	ES	12.09.2018
	FI	12.09.2018
	HR	12.09.2018
	IT	12.09.2018
	LT	12.09.2018
	LV	12.09.2018
	MC	12.09.2018
	NL	12.09.2018
	PL	12.09.2018
	RO	12.09.2018
	SE	12.09.2018
	SI	12.09.2018
	SK	12.09.2018
	TR	12.09.2018
	BG	12.12.2018
	NO	12.12.2018
	GR	13.12.2018
	IS	12.01.2019
	PT	12.01.2019
	IE	25.01.2019
	LU	25.01.2019
	BE	31.01.2019
	CH	31.01.2019
	FR	31.01.2019
	LI	31.01.2019
Former [2020/09]	AT	12.09.2018
	CZ	12.09.2018
	DK	12.09.2018
	EE	12.09.2018
	ES	12.09.2018
	FI	12.09.2018
	HR	12.09.2018
	IT	12.09.2018
	LT	12.09.2018
	LV	12.09.2018
	MC	12.09.2018
	NL	12.09.2018
	PL	12.09.2018
	RO	12.09.2018
	SE	12.09.2018
	SI	12.09.2018
	SK	12.09.2018
	BG	12.12.2018
	NO	12.12.2018
	GR	13.12.2018
	IS	12.01.2019
	PT	12.01.2019
	IE	25.01.2019
	LU	25.01.2019
	BE	31.01.2019
	CH	31.01.2019
	FR	31.01.2019
	LI	31.01.2019
Former [2020/04]	AT	12.09.2018
	CZ	12.09.2018
	DK	12.09.2018
	EE	12.09.2018
	ES	12.09.2018
	FI	12.09.2018
	HR	12.09.2018
	IT	12.09.2018
	LT	12.09.2018
	LV	12.09.2018
	MC	12.09.2018
	NL	12.09.2018
	PL	12.09.2018
	RO	12.09.2018
	SE	12.09.2018
	SI	12.09.2018
	SK	12.09.2018
	BG	12.12.2018
	NO	12.12.2018
	GR	13.12.2018
	IS	12.01.2019
	PT	12.01.2019
	LU	25.01.2019
	BE	31.01.2019
	CH	31.01.2019
	FR	31.01.2019
	LI	31.01.2019
Former [2019/51]	AT	12.09.2018
	CZ	12.09.2018
	DK	12.09.2018
	EE	12.09.2018
	ES	12.09.2018
	FI	12.09.2018
	HR	12.09.2018
	IT	12.09.2018
	LT	12.09.2018
	LV	12.09.2018
	MC	12.09.2018
	NL	12.09.2018
	PL	12.09.2018
	RO	12.09.2018
	SE	12.09.2018
	SI	12.09.2018
	SK	12.09.2018
	BG	12.12.2018
	NO	12.12.2018
	GR	13.12.2018
	IS	12.01.2019
	PT	12.01.2019
	LU	25.01.2019
	BE	31.01.2019
	FR	31.01.2019
Former [2019/49]	AT	12.09.2018
	CZ	12.09.2018
	DK	12.09.2018
	EE	12.09.2018
	ES	12.09.2018
	FI	12.09.2018
	HR	12.09.2018
	IT	12.09.2018
	LT	12.09.2018
	LV	12.09.2018
	MC	12.09.2018
	NL	12.09.2018
	PL	12.09.2018
	RO	12.09.2018
	SE	12.09.2018
	SI	12.09.2018
	SK	12.09.2018
	BG	12.12.2018
	NO	12.12.2018
	GR	13.12.2018
	IS	12.01.2019
	PT	12.01.2019
	LU	25.01.2019
	FR	31.01.2019
Former [2019/44]	AT	12.09.2018
	CZ	12.09.2018
	DK	12.09.2018
	EE	12.09.2018
	ES	12.09.2018
	FI	12.09.2018
	HR	12.09.2018
	IT	12.09.2018
	LT	12.09.2018
	LV	12.09.2018
	MC	12.09.2018
	NL	12.09.2018
	PL	12.09.2018
	RO	12.09.2018
	SE	12.09.2018
	SI	12.09.2018
	SK	12.09.2018
	BG	12.12.2018
	NO	12.12.2018
	GR	13.12.2018
	IS	12.01.2019
	PT	12.01.2019
	LU	25.01.2019
Former [2019/40]	AT	12.09.2018
	CZ	12.09.2018
	DK	12.09.2018
	EE	12.09.2018
	ES	12.09.2018
	FI	12.09.2018
	HR	12.09.2018
	IT	12.09.2018
	LT	12.09.2018
	LV	12.09.2018
	MC	12.09.2018
	NL	12.09.2018
	PL	12.09.2018
	RO	12.09.2018
	SE	12.09.2018
	SI	12.09.2018
	SK	12.09.2018
	BG	12.12.2018
	NO	12.12.2018
	GR	13.12.2018
	IS	12.01.2019
	PT	12.01.2019
Former [2019/37]	AT	12.09.2018
	CZ	12.09.2018
	DK	12.09.2018
	EE	12.09.2018
	ES	12.09.2018
	FI	12.09.2018
	HR	12.09.2018
	IT	12.09.2018
	LT	12.09.2018
	LV	12.09.2018
	NL	12.09.2018
	PL	12.09.2018
	RO	12.09.2018
	SE	12.09.2018
	SI	12.09.2018
	SK	12.09.2018
	BG	12.12.2018
	NO	12.12.2018
	GR	13.12.2018
	IS	12.01.2019
	PT	12.01.2019
Former [2019/34]	AT	12.09.2018
	CZ	12.09.2018
	DK	12.09.2018
	EE	12.09.2018
	ES	12.09.2018
	FI	12.09.2018
	HR	12.09.2018
	IT	12.09.2018
	LT	12.09.2018
	LV	12.09.2018
	NL	12.09.2018
	PL	12.09.2018
	RO	12.09.2018
	SE	12.09.2018
	SK	12.09.2018
	BG	12.12.2018
	NO	12.12.2018
	GR	13.12.2018
	IS	12.01.2019
	PT	12.01.2019
Former [2019/26]	AT	12.09.2018
	CZ	12.09.2018
	EE	12.09.2018
	ES	12.09.2018
	FI	12.09.2018
	HR	12.09.2018
	IT	12.09.2018
	LT	12.09.2018
	LV	12.09.2018
	NL	12.09.2018
	PL	12.09.2018
	RO	12.09.2018
	SE	12.09.2018
	SK	12.09.2018
	BG	12.12.2018
	NO	12.12.2018
	GR	13.12.2018
	IS	12.01.2019
	PT	12.01.2019
Former [2019/23]	AT	12.09.2018
	CZ	12.09.2018
	EE	12.09.2018
	ES	12.09.2018
	FI	12.09.2018
	HR	12.09.2018
	IT	12.09.2018
	LT	12.09.2018
	LV	12.09.2018
	NL	12.09.2018
	PL	12.09.2018
	RO	12.09.2018
	SE	12.09.2018
	SK	12.09.2018
	BG	12.12.2018
	NO	12.12.2018
	GR	13.12.2018
	IS	12.01.2019
Former [2019/22]	CZ	12.09.2018
	ES	12.09.2018
	FI	12.09.2018
	HR	12.09.2018
	IT	12.09.2018
	LT	12.09.2018
	LV	12.09.2018
	NL	12.09.2018
	PL	12.09.2018
	RO	12.09.2018
	SE	12.09.2018
	BG	12.12.2018
	NO	12.12.2018
	GR	13.12.2018
	IS	12.01.2019
Former [2019/21]	ES	12.09.2018
	FI	12.09.2018
	HR	12.09.2018
	IT	12.09.2018
	LT	12.09.2018
	LV	12.09.2018
	NL	12.09.2018
	SE	12.09.2018
	BG	12.12.2018
	NO	12.12.2018
	GR	13.12.2018
	IS	12.01.2019
Former [2019/20]	ES	12.09.2018
	FI	12.09.2018
	HR	12.09.2018
	LT	12.09.2018
	LV	12.09.2018
	NL	12.09.2018
	SE	12.09.2018
	BG	12.12.2018
	NO	12.12.2018
	GR	13.12.2018
Former [2019/12]	ES	12.09.2018
	FI	12.09.2018
	HR	12.09.2018
	LT	12.09.2018
	LV	12.09.2018
	SE	12.09.2018
	BG	12.12.2018
	NO	12.12.2018
	GR	13.12.2018
Former [2019/11]	FI	12.09.2018
	HR	12.09.2018
	LT	12.09.2018
	SE	12.09.2018
	BG	12.12.2018
	NO	12.12.2018
	GR	13.12.2018
Former [2019/10]	FI	12.09.2018
	LT	12.09.2018
	SE	12.09.2018
	BG	12.12.2018
	NO	12.12.2018
	GR	13.12.2018
Former [2019/08]	FI	12.09.2018
	LT	12.09.2018
	NO	12.12.2018
Former [2019/07]	LT	12.09.2018
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