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EP About this file: EP2318824

EP2318824 - GEMSTONE VIEWER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  07.02.2020
Database last updated on 02.11.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  23.10.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip07.02.2020Refusal of applicationpublished on 11.03.2020  [2020/11]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
De Beers UK Ltd
17 Charterhouse Street
London EC1N 6RA / GB
[2016/42]
Former [2011/19]For all designated states
De Beers Centenary AG
Alpenstrasse 5
6000 Luzern 6 / CH
Inventor(s)01 / GAUKROGER, Michael, Peter
15 Mull Close Oakley Basingstoke
Hampshire RG23 7LQ / GB
02 / ROSE, Peter, Stanley
Beechcroft Lane End High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire HP14 3HD / GB
03 / SMITH, James Gordon Charters
5 Glynswood High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire HP13 5QL / GB
 [2011/19]
Representative(s)Talbot-Ponsonby, Daniel Frederick
Marks & Clerk LLP
2nd Floor, Wytham Court
11 West Way
Oxford OX2 0JB / GB
[N/P]
Former [2011/19]Talbot-Ponsonby, Daniel Frederick
Marks & Clerk LLP 4220 Nash Court Oxford Business Park South Oxford
Oxfordshire OX4 2RU / GB
Application number, filing date09785338.616.07.2009
[2011/19]
WO2009GB50862
Priority number, dateGB2008001365425.07.2008         Original published format: GB 0813654
[2011/19]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2010010375
Date:28.01.2010
Language:EN
[2010/04]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2318824
Date:11.05.2011
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 28.01.2010 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2011/19]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP28.01.2010
ClassificationIPC:G01N21/87
[2011/19]
CPC:
G01N21/87 (EP,CN,GB,US); G01N33/389 (EP,CN,GB,US); G01N21/01 (US)
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,   SM,   TR [2011/19]
TitleGerman:EDELSTEINBETRACHTUNGSGERÄT[2011/19]
English:GEMSTONE VIEWER[2011/19]
French:VISUALISEUR DE GEMME[2011/19]
Entry into regional phase22.02.2011National basic fee paid 
22.02.2011Designation fee(s) paid 
22.02.2011Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure22.02.2011Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
22.02.2011Examination requested  [2011/19]
20.11.2014Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
26.03.2015Reply to a communication from the examining division
11.10.2017Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
19.02.2018Reply to a communication from the examining division
08.10.2019Application refused, date of legal effect [2020/11]
08.10.2019Date of oral proceedings
24.10.2019Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
25.10.2019Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2020/11]
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  20.11.2014
Fees paidRenewal fee
12.07.2011Renewal fee patent year 03
13.07.2012Renewal fee patent year 04
10.07.2013Renewal fee patent year 05
14.07.2014Renewal fee patent year 06
10.07.2015Renewal fee patent year 07
11.07.2016Renewal fee patent year 08
12.07.2017Renewal fee patent year 09
11.07.2018Renewal fee patent year 10
15.07.2019Renewal fee patent year 11
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Cited inInternational search[A]WO03103439  (GERSAN ETS [LI], et al);
 [A]US2005213077  (SASIAN JOSE [US], et al);
 [X]EP1764610  (OVERSEAS DIAMONDS TECHNOLOGIES [BE]);
 [A]US2007109529  (WAGNER RANDALL M [US], et al)
ExaminationBE1017316
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