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EP About this file: EP2255180

EP2255180 - ION DETECTOR AND SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  09.10.2015
Database last updated on 22.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip22.06.2018Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 25.07.2018  [2018/30]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
DIONEX CORPORATION
1228 Titan Way
Sunnyvale, CA 94088 / US
For all designated states
Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
201 West 7th Street
Austin, TX 78701 / US
[2010/48]
Inventor(s)01 / DASGUPTA, Purnendu, K.
2415 River Rock Circle
Arlington TX 76006 / US
02 / YANG, Bingcheng
305 Summit Ave. Apt. 4
Arlington TX 76013 / US
03 / SRINIVASAN, Kannan
2101 Cabana Lane
Tracy CA 95377 / US
 [2010/48]
Representative(s)Boult Wade Tennant LLP
Salisbury Square House
8 Salisbury Square
London EC4Y 8AP / GB
[N/P]
Former [2013/51]Boult Wade Tennant
Verulam Gardens
70 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8BT / GB
Former [2010/48]McLeish, Nicholas Alistair Maxwell, et al
Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8BT / GB
Application number, filing date09714244.217.02.2009
[2010/48]
WO2009US34320
Priority number, dateUS2008003969528.02.2008         Original published format: US 39695
[2010/48]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2009108545
Date:03.09.2009
Language:EN
[2009/36]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2255180
Date:01.12.2010
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 03.09.2009 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2010/48]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2255180
Date:03.12.2014
Language:EN
[2014/49]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP03.09.2009
ClassificationIPC:G01N30/64, G01N30/96
[2014/04]
CPC:
G01N30/96 (EP,US); G01N30/64 (EP,US); Y02E60/36 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2010/48]G01N30/96
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   TR [2010/48]
TitleGerman:IONENDETEKTOR UND SYSTEM[2010/48]
English:ION DETECTOR AND SYSTEM[2010/48]
French:DÉTECTEUR D'IONS ET SYSTÈME CORRESPONDANT[2010/48]
Entry into regional phase15.09.2010National basic fee paid 
15.09.2010Designation fee(s) paid 
15.09.2010Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure15.09.2010Examination requested  [2010/48]
29.10.2010Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
08.02.2012Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
23.05.2012Reply to a communication from the examining division
05.02.2014Communication of intention to grant the patent
03.06.2014Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
23.06.2014Communication of intention to grant the patent
22.10.2014Fee for grant paid
22.10.2014Fee for publishing/printing paid
22.10.2014Receipt 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  08.02.2012
Opposition(s)04.09.2015No opposition filed within time limit [2015/46]
Fees paidRenewal fee
23.02.2011Renewal fee patent year 03
20.04.2012Renewal fee patent year 04
21.02.2013Renewal fee patent year 05
20.02.2014Renewal fee patent year 06
Penalty fee
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29.02.201204   M06   Fee paid on   20.04.2012
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU17.02.2009
AT03.12.2014
BE03.12.2014
BG03.12.2014
CY03.12.2014
CZ03.12.2014
DK03.12.2014
EE03.12.2014
ES03.12.2014
FI03.12.2014
HR03.12.2014
IT03.12.2014
LT03.12.2014
LV03.12.2014
MC03.12.2014
MK03.12.2014
MT03.12.2014
NL03.12.2014
PL03.12.2014
RO03.12.2014
SE03.12.2014
SI03.12.2014
SK03.12.2014
TR03.12.2014
IE17.02.2015
LU17.02.2015
FR02.03.2015
NO03.03.2015
GR04.03.2015
IS03.04.2015
PT03.04.2015
[2018/30]
Former [2017/39]HU17.02.2009
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