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| EP2275206 - Microfluidic device for fluid dispersion [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The application has been refused Status updated on 11.03.2022 Database last updated on 16.11.2024 | |
| Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 22.04.2017 | Most recent event Tooltip | 11.03.2022 | Refusal of application | published on 13.04.2022 [2022/15] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states President and Fellows of Harvard College 17 Quincy Street Cambridge, MA 02138 / US | For all designated states THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO Simcoe Hall 27 King's College Circle University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1 / CA | [2012/10] |
| Former [2011/03] | For all designated states The President and Fellows of Harvard College 17 Quincy Street Cambridge, MA 02114 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Stone, Howard A 2 Faculty Road 3Q Magie Apartments Princeton, NJ 08540 / US | 02 /
Anna, Shelly L 6 Rice Street Apt. A Natick, MA 01760 / US | 03 /
Bontoux, Nathalie 106 chemin des collettes F-06800, Cagnes Sur Mer / FR | 04 /
Link, Darren Roy 7132 Lexington Ridge Drive Lexington, MA 02421 / US | 05 /
Weitz, David A 213 Green Road Bolton, MA 01740 / US | 06 /
Gitlin, Irina 162 Fuller Street, 2 Brookline, MA 02446 / US | 07 /
Garstecki, Piotr Domaniew 67 05-840 Brwinow / PL | 08 /
Diluzio, Willow 10 Groton Road, E1 Westfield, MA 01886 / US | 09 /
Whitesides, George M 124 Grasmere Street Newton, MA 02458 / US | 10 /
Kumacheva, Eugenia 382 Ellersile Avenue Toronto Ontario M2R 1B9 / CA | [2012/07] |
| Former [2011/20] | 01 /
Stone, Howard A 2 Faculty Road 3Q Magie Apartments Princeton, NJ 08540 / US | ||
| 02 /
Anna, Shelly L 6 Rice Street Apt. A Natick, MA 01760 / US | |||
| 03 /
Bontoux, Nathalie 106 chemin des collettes F-06800, Cagnes Sur Mer / FR | |||
| 04 /
Link, Darren Roy 7132 Lexington Ridge Drive Lexington, MA 02421 / US | |||
| 05 /
Weitz, David A 213 Green Road Bolton, MA 01740 / US | |||
| 06 /
Gitlin, Irina 162 Fuller Street, 2 Brookline, MA 02446 / US | |||
| 07 /
Garstecki, Piotr 3 Everett Street, 2 Cambridge, MA 02138 / US | |||
| 08 /
Diluzio, Willow 10 Groton Road, E1 Westfield, MA 01886 / US | |||
| 09 /
Whitesides, George M 124 Grasmere Street Newton, MA 02458 / US | |||
| 10 /
Kumacheva, Eugenia 382 Ellersile Avenue Toronto Ontario M2R 1B9 / CA | |||
| Former [2011/03] | 01 /
Stone, Howard A 17B Roberts Road Cambridge, MA 02138 / US | ||
| 02 /
Anna, Shelly L 6 Rice Street Apt. A Natick, MA 01760 / US | |||
| 03 /
Bontoux, Nathalie 106 chemin des collettes F-06800, Cagnes Sur Mer / FR | |||
| 04 /
Link, Darren Roy 286 Pearl Street, 2 Cambridge, MA 02139 / US | |||
| 05 /
Weitz, David A 213 Green Road Bolton, MA 01740 / US | |||
| 06 /
Gitlin, Irina 162 Fuller Street, 2 Brookline, MA 02446 / US | |||
| 07 /
Garstecki, Piotr 3 Everett Street, 2 Cambridge, MA 02138 / US | |||
| 08 /
Diluzio, Willow 10 Groton Road, E1 Westfield, MA 01886 / US | |||
| 09 /
Whitesides, George M 124 Grasmere Street Newton, MA 02458 / US | |||
| 10 /
Kumacheva, Eugenia 382 Ellersile Avenue Toronto Ontario M2R 1B9 / CA | Representative(s) | Dolphin, Kirsty Mairi Venner Shipley LLP 200 Aldersgate London EC1A 4HD / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2011/03] | Cowley, Catherine Mary, et al Venner Shipley LLP, 20 Little Britain London EC1A 7DH / GB | Application number, filing date | 10184514.7 | 30.06.2003 | [2011/03] | Priority number, date | US20020392195P | 28.06.2002 Original published format: US 392195 P | US20020424042P | 05.11.2002 Original published format: US 424042 P | [2011/03] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2275206 | Date: | 19.01.2011 | Language: | EN | [2011/03] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 20.12.2010 | Classification | IPC: | B01L3/00, B05B7/04, B01F13/00 | [2011/03] | CPC: |
B05B7/0408 (EP,US);
B01F23/41 (EP,US);
B01F25/45 (EP,US);
B01F25/4521 (EP,US);
B01F33/3011 (EP,US);
B01L3/5027 (EP,US);
B05B7/0416 (EP,US);
B05B7/0441 (EP,US);
B01F2215/0431 (EP,US);
B01F2215/045 (EP,US);
Y10S516/924 (EP,US);
Y10S516/927 (EP,US);
Y10T137/0324 (EP,US);
Y10T137/0329 (EP,US);
Y10T137/206 (EP,US);
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2011/03] | Title | German: | Mikrofluide Vorrichtung zur Dispersion von Flüssigkeiten | [2011/03] | English: | Microfluidic device for fluid dispersion | [2011/03] | French: | Dispositif microfluidique pour la dispersion des fluides | [2011/03] | Examination procedure | 19.07.2011 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 19.07.2011 | Examination requested [2011/35] | 12.08.2011 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 28.03.2012 | Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time | 07.06.2012 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 25.06.2013 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 07.01.2014 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 13.01.2015 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 28.07.2015 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 12.04.2017 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 07.07.2017 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 04.01.2018 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 14.05.2018 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 19.09.2018 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 28.01.2019 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 10.02.2020 | Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 11.02.2020 | 11.02.2020 | Date of oral proceedings (cancelled) | 30.04.2020 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 28.08.2020 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 15.10.2020 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 22.02.2021 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 12.04.2021 | Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 14.09.2021 | 14.09.2021 | Date of oral proceedings (cancelled) | 21.10.2021 | Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 22.10.2021 | 22.10.2021 | Date of oral proceedings (cancelled) | 22.11.2021 | Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2022/15] | 02.12.2021 | Application refused, date of legal effect [2022/15] | Parent application(s) Tooltip | EP03762228.9 / EP1515803 | 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 (EP20030762228) is 07.07.2005 | Request for further processing for: | The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the examination report | 28.07.2015 | Request for further processing filed | 28.07.2015 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted | 05.08.2015 | Decision despatched | The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the examination report | 07.06.2012 | Request for further processing filed | 07.06.2012 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted | 20.06.2012 | Decision despatched | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 25.11.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 25.11.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 25.11.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 25.11.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 25.11.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 25.11.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 27.06.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 26.06.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | 27.06.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 11 | 30.06.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 12 | 29.06.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 13 | 27.06.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 14 | 27.06.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 15 | 27.06.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 16 | 27.06.2019 | Renewal fee patent year 17 | 29.06.2020 | Renewal fee patent year 18 | 28.06.2021 | Renewal fee patent year 19 |
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