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EP2215447 - METHODS FOR DETECTING DIHYDROXYVITAMIN D METABOLITES BY MASS SPECTROMETRY [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 08.11.2019 Database last updated on 03.10.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 30.11.2018
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 23.07.2018
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 09.11.2016
Most recent event Tooltip	23.07.2021	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MT	published on 25.08.2021 [2021/34]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Quest Diagnostics Investments Incorporated 300 Delaware Avenue Wilmington, DE 19899 / US
	[2010/32]
Inventor(s)	01 / HOLMQUIST, Brett 21858 Bahamas Mission Viejo California 92692 / US
	02 / CLARKE, Nigel J. 1689 Avenida Guillermo Oceanside California 92056 / US
	03 / CASTON-BALDERRAMA, Anne 1477 Le Grande Terrace San Pedro California 90732 / US
	04 / REITZ, Richard E. 3710 Calle Fino Calrete San Clemente California 92673 / US
	[2010/42]
Former [2010/32]	01 / HOLMQUIST, Brett 21858 Bahamas Mission Viejo California 92692 / US
	02 / CLARKE, Nigel J. 862 Masters Drive Oceanside California 92057 / US
	03 / CASTON-BALDERRAMA, Anne 1477 Le Grande Terrace San Pedro California 90732 / US
	04 / REITZ, Richard E. 3710 Calle Fino Calrete San Clemente California 92673 / US
Representative(s)	Viering, Jentschura & Partner mbB Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Hamborner Straße 53 40472 Düsseldorf / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2019/01]	Viering, Jentschura & Partner mbB Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Kennedydamm 55 / Roßstrasse 40476 Düsseldorf / DE
Former [2012/33]	Viering, Jentschura & Partner Kennedydamm 55 / Roßstrasse 40476 Düsseldorf / DE
Former [2011/43]	Viering, Hans-Martin Viering, Jentschura & Partner Kennedydamm 55 / Roßstr. 40476 Düsseldorf / DE
Former [2010/32]	Dokter, Eric-Michael Viering, Jentschura & Partner Grillparzerstrasse 14 81675 München / DE
Application number, filing date	08853843.4	25.11.2008
	[2010/32]
	WO2008US84709
Priority number, date	US20070946765	28.11.2007 Original published format: US 946765
	[2010/32]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2009070594
	Date:	04.06.2009
	Language:	EN
	[2009/23]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2215447
	Date:	11.08.2010
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 04.06.2009 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2010/32]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2215447
	Date:	02.01.2019
	Language:	EN
	[2019/01]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	04.06.2009
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	22.12.2010
Classification	IPC:	G01N33/82	[2016/19]
	CPC:	G01N33/82 (EP,US); Y10T436/10 (EP,US); Y10T436/20 (EP,US); Y10T436/203332 (EP,US); Y10T436/24 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2010/32]	G01N1/18
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 [2019/01]
Former [2010/32]	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:	VERFAHREN FÜR DEN NACHWEIS VON DIHYDROXYVITAMIN-D-METABOLITEN MITTELS MASSENSPEKTROMETRIE	[2010/32]
	English:	METHODS FOR DETECTING DIHYDROXYVITAMIN D METABOLITES BY MASS SPECTROMETRY	[2010/32]
	French:	PROCÉDÉS DE DÉTECTION DE MÉTABOLITES DE DIHYDROXYVITAMINE D PAR SPECTROMÉTRIE DE MASSE	[2010/32]
Entry into regional phase	27.05.2010	National basic fee paid
	27.05.2010	Search fee paid
	27.05.2010	Designation fee(s) paid
	27.05.2010	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	27.05.2010	Examination requested [2010/32]
	18.07.2011	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	20.09.2011	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	07.03.2012	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time
	07.05.2012	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	23.05.2012	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	29.10.2012	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	20.11.2012	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	28.01.2013	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	06.05.2014	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	01.09.2014	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	16.09.2014	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	23.01.2015	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	05.02.2015	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	22.05.2015	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	07.04.2016	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	17.10.2016	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	31.10.2016	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	14.02.2017	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	07.07.2017	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	17.01.2018	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	05.02.2018	Invitation to indicate the basis for amendments (Time limit: M01)
	05.03.2018	Reply to an invitation to indicate the basis for amendments
	24.07.2018	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	23.11.2018	Fee for grant paid
	23.11.2018	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	23.11.2018	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)	EP18211011.4 / EP3524958
	EP24188582.1 / EP4421490
	The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 20.09.2011
Opposition(s)	03.10.2019	No opposition filed within time limit [2019/50]
Request for further processing for:	The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the examination report
	07.05.2012	Request for further processing filed
	07.05.2012	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	18.05.2012	Decision despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	23.11.2010	Renewal fee patent year 03
	23.11.2011	Renewal fee patent year 04
	13.11.2012	Renewal fee patent year 05
	18.11.2013	Renewal fee patent year 06
	10.11.2014	Renewal fee patent year 07
	10.11.2015	Renewal fee patent year 08
	10.11.2016	Renewal fee patent year 09
	13.11.2017	Renewal fee patent year 10
	14.11.2018	Renewal fee patent year 11
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	25.11.2008
	AT	02.01.2019
	CY	02.01.2019
	CZ	02.01.2019
	DK	02.01.2019
	EE	02.01.2019
	ES	02.01.2019
	FI	02.01.2019
	HR	02.01.2019
	IT	02.01.2019
	LT	02.01.2019
	LV	02.01.2019
	MC	02.01.2019
	MT	02.01.2019
	NL	02.01.2019
	PL	02.01.2019
	RO	02.01.2019
	SE	02.01.2019
	SI	02.01.2019
	SK	02.01.2019
	TR	02.01.2019
	BG	02.04.2019
	NO	02.04.2019
	GR	03.04.2019
	IS	02.05.2019
	PT	02.05.2019
	[2021/34]
Former [2021/32]	HU	25.11.2008
	AT	02.01.2019
	CY	02.01.2019
	CZ	02.01.2019
	DK	02.01.2019
	EE	02.01.2019
	ES	02.01.2019
	FI	02.01.2019
	HR	02.01.2019
	IT	02.01.2019
	LT	02.01.2019
	LV	02.01.2019
	MC	02.01.2019
	NL	02.01.2019
	PL	02.01.2019
	RO	02.01.2019
	SE	02.01.2019
	SI	02.01.2019
	SK	02.01.2019
	TR	02.01.2019
	BG	02.04.2019
	NO	02.04.2019
	GR	03.04.2019
	IS	02.05.2019
	PT	02.05.2019
Former [2021/26]	AT	02.01.2019
	CY	02.01.2019
	CZ	02.01.2019
	DK	02.01.2019
	EE	02.01.2019
	ES	02.01.2019
	FI	02.01.2019
	HR	02.01.2019
	IT	02.01.2019
	LT	02.01.2019
	LV	02.01.2019
	MC	02.01.2019
	NL	02.01.2019
	PL	02.01.2019
	RO	02.01.2019
	SE	02.01.2019
	SI	02.01.2019
	SK	02.01.2019
	TR	02.01.2019
	BG	02.04.2019
	NO	02.04.2019
	GR	03.04.2019
	IS	02.05.2019
	PT	02.05.2019
Former [2020/36]	AT	02.01.2019
	CZ	02.01.2019
	DK	02.01.2019
	EE	02.01.2019
	ES	02.01.2019
	FI	02.01.2019
	HR	02.01.2019
	IT	02.01.2019
	LT	02.01.2019
	LV	02.01.2019
	MC	02.01.2019
	NL	02.01.2019
	PL	02.01.2019
	RO	02.01.2019
	SE	02.01.2019
	SI	02.01.2019
	SK	02.01.2019
	TR	02.01.2019
	BG	02.04.2019
	NO	02.04.2019
	GR	03.04.2019
	IS	02.05.2019
	PT	02.05.2019
Former [2020/17]	AT	02.01.2019
	CZ	02.01.2019
	DK	02.01.2019
	EE	02.01.2019
	ES	02.01.2019
	FI	02.01.2019
	HR	02.01.2019
	IT	02.01.2019
	LT	02.01.2019
	LV	02.01.2019
	NL	02.01.2019
	PL	02.01.2019
	RO	02.01.2019
	SE	02.01.2019
	SI	02.01.2019
	SK	02.01.2019
	TR	02.01.2019
	BG	02.04.2019
	NO	02.04.2019
	GR	03.04.2019
	IS	02.05.2019
	PT	02.05.2019
Former [2020/13]	AT	02.01.2019
	CZ	02.01.2019
	DK	02.01.2019
	EE	02.01.2019
	ES	02.01.2019
	FI	02.01.2019
	HR	02.01.2019
	IT	02.01.2019
	LT	02.01.2019
	LV	02.01.2019
	NL	02.01.2019
	PL	02.01.2019
	RO	02.01.2019
	SE	02.01.2019
	SI	02.01.2019
	SK	02.01.2019
	BG	02.04.2019
	NO	02.04.2019
	GR	03.04.2019
	IS	02.05.2019
	PT	02.05.2019
Former [2019/49]	AT	02.01.2019
	CZ	02.01.2019
	DK	02.01.2019
	EE	02.01.2019
	ES	02.01.2019
	FI	02.01.2019
	HR	02.01.2019
	IT	02.01.2019
	LT	02.01.2019
	LV	02.01.2019
	NL	02.01.2019
	PL	02.01.2019
	RO	02.01.2019
	SE	02.01.2019
	SK	02.01.2019
	BG	02.04.2019
	NO	02.04.2019
	GR	03.04.2019
	IS	02.05.2019
	PT	02.05.2019
Former [2019/48]	AT	02.01.2019
	DK	02.01.2019
	ES	02.01.2019
	FI	02.01.2019
	HR	02.01.2019
	IT	02.01.2019
	LT	02.01.2019
	LV	02.01.2019
	NL	02.01.2019
	PL	02.01.2019
	SE	02.01.2019
	BG	02.04.2019
	NO	02.04.2019
	GR	03.04.2019
	IS	02.05.2019
	PT	02.05.2019
Former [2019/46]	AT	02.01.2019
	ES	02.01.2019
	FI	02.01.2019
	HR	02.01.2019
	IT	02.01.2019
	LT	02.01.2019
	LV	02.01.2019
	NL	02.01.2019
	PL	02.01.2019
	SE	02.01.2019
	BG	02.04.2019
	NO	02.04.2019
	GR	03.04.2019
	IS	02.05.2019
	PT	02.05.2019
Former [2019/39]	ES	02.01.2019
	FI	02.01.2019
	HR	02.01.2019
	LT	02.01.2019
	LV	02.01.2019
	NL	02.01.2019
	PL	02.01.2019
	SE	02.01.2019
	BG	02.04.2019
	NO	02.04.2019
	GR	03.04.2019
	IS	02.05.2019
	PT	02.05.2019
Former [2019/38]	ES	02.01.2019
	FI	02.01.2019
	LT	02.01.2019
	NL	02.01.2019
	PL	02.01.2019
	SE	02.01.2019
	BG	02.04.2019
	NO	02.04.2019
	GR	03.04.2019
	PT	02.05.2019
Former [2019/37]	ES	02.01.2019
	FI	02.01.2019
	LT	02.01.2019
	NL	02.01.2019
	PL	02.01.2019
	SE	02.01.2019
	NO	02.04.2019
	GR	03.04.2019
	PT	02.05.2019
Former [2019/35]	ES	02.01.2019
	FI	02.01.2019
	LT	02.01.2019
	NL	02.01.2019
	PL	02.01.2019
	SE	02.01.2019
	NO	02.04.2019
	PT	02.05.2019
Former [2019/34]	FI	02.01.2019
	LT	02.01.2019
	NL	02.01.2019
	SE	02.01.2019
	NO	02.04.2019
	PT	02.05.2019
Former [2019/33]	FI	02.01.2019
	LT	02.01.2019
	NL	02.01.2019
	NO	02.04.2019
	PT	02.05.2019
Former [2019/30]	NL	02.01.2019
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