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EP2411808 - DEVICES AND METHODS OF CELL CAPTURE AND ANALYSIS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 16.09.2016 Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	17.08.2018	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): BG	published on 19.09.2018 [2018/38]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Biocept, Inc. 5810 Nancy Ridge Drive San Diego, CA 92121 / US
	[2012/05]
Inventor(s)	01 / MIKOLAJCZYK, Stephen 4052 Conrad Ave. San Diego California 92117 / US
	02 / PIRCHER, Tony 11643 Chippenham Way San Diego, CA 92128 / US
	03 / TSINBERG, Pavel 2356 Caringa Way Unit C Carlsbad, CA 92009 / US
	04 / BISCHOFF, Farideh 3314 N. Briarpark Lane Sugar Land, TX 77479 / US
	[2012/05]
Representative(s)	Hackney, Nigel John, et al Mewburn Ellis LLP City Tower 40 Basinghall Street London EC2V 5DE / GB
	[2015/46]
Former [2012/05]	Hackney, Nigel John, et al Mewburn Ellis LLP 33 Gutter Lane London EC2V 8AS / GB
Application number, filing date	10756790.1	24.03.2010
	[2015/46]
	WO2010US28499
Priority number, date	US20090163009P	24.03.2009 Original published format: US 163009 P
	US20090235615P	20.08.2009 Original published format: US 235615 P
	US20100298871P	27.01.2010 Original published format: US 298871 P
	[2012/05]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	WO2010111388
	Date:	30.09.2010
	Language:	EN
	[2010/39]
	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP2411808
	Date:	01.02.2012
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 30.09.2010 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2012/05]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2411808
	Date:	11.11.2015
	Language:	EN
	[2015/46]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	KR	03.03.2011
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	13.08.2012
Classification	IPC:	G01N33/53, G01N33/574, C12Q1/02	[2012/05]
	CPC:	G01N33/54306 (EP,US); G01N33/536 (US); G01N33/56966 (EP,US); G01N33/56972 (US); G01N33/57492 (US)
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, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2012/05]
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
	RS	Not yet paid
Title	German:	VORRICHTUNGEN UND VERFAHREN FÜR ZELLERFASSUNG UND -ANALYSE	[2012/05]
	English:	DEVICES AND METHODS OF CELL CAPTURE AND ANALYSIS	[2012/05]
	French:	DISPOSITIFS ET PROCÉDÉS DE CAPTURE ET D'ANALYSE DE CELLULES	[2012/05]
Entry into regional phase	05.10.2011	National basic fee paid
	05.10.2011	Search fee paid
	05.10.2011	Designation fee(s) paid
	05.10.2011	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	05.10.2011	Examination requested [2012/05]
	15.05.2013	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	18.06.2013	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	24.01.2014	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time
	31.03.2014	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	12.12.2014	Date of oral proceedings
	16.01.2015	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
	16.01.2015	Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
	04.02.2015	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	19.05.2015	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	29.09.2015	Fee for grant paid
	29.09.2015	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	29.09.2015	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)	EP15188374.1 / EP2995953
	The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 18.06.2013
Opposition(s)	12.08.2016	No opposition filed within time limit [2016/42]
Request for further processing for:	The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the examination report
	31.03.2014	Request for further processing filed
	31.03.2014	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	08.04.2014	Decision despatched
	The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to indicate the wish to proceed further with the application
	15.05.2013	Request for further processing filed
	15.05.2013	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	04.06.2013	Decision despatched
	The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the Extended European Search Report/Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority/International Preliminary Examination Report/Supplementary international search report/Supplementary European search report
	15.05.2013	Request for further processing filed
	15.05.2013	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	04.06.2013	Decision despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	25.07.2012	Renewal fee patent year 03
	26.09.2013	Renewal fee patent year 04
	27.03.2014	Renewal fee patent year 05
	27.03.2015	Renewal fee patent year 06
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	31.03.2012	03 M06 Fee paid on 25.07.2012
	31.03.2013	04 M06 Fee paid on 26.09.2013
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	24.03.2010
	AT	11.11.2015
	BE	11.11.2015
	BG	11.11.2015
	CY	11.11.2015
	CZ	11.11.2015
	DK	11.11.2015
	EE	11.11.2015
	FI	11.11.2015
	HR	11.11.2015
	LT	11.11.2015
	LV	11.11.2015
	MC	11.11.2015
	MK	11.11.2015
	NL	11.11.2015
	PL	11.11.2015
	RO	11.11.2015
	SE	11.11.2015
	SI	11.11.2015
	SK	11.11.2015
	SM	11.11.2015
	TR	11.11.2015
	NO	11.02.2016
	GR	12.02.2016
	IS	11.03.2016
	PT	11.03.2016
	IE	24.03.2016
	LU	24.03.2016
	CH	31.03.2016
	LI	31.03.2016
	MT	31.03.2016
	[2018/38]
Former [2018/31]	HU	24.03.2010
	AT	11.11.2015
	BE	11.11.2015
	CY	11.11.2015
	CZ	11.11.2015
	DK	11.11.2015
	EE	11.11.2015
	FI	11.11.2015
	HR	11.11.2015
	LT	11.11.2015
	LV	11.11.2015
	MC	11.11.2015
	MK	11.11.2015
	NL	11.11.2015
	PL	11.11.2015
	RO	11.11.2015
	SE	11.11.2015
	SI	11.11.2015
	SK	11.11.2015
	SM	11.11.2015
	TR	11.11.2015
	NO	11.02.2016
	GR	12.02.2016
	IS	11.03.2016
	PT	11.03.2016
	IE	24.03.2016
	LU	24.03.2016
	CH	31.03.2016
	LI	31.03.2016
	MT	31.03.2016
Former [2018/30]	HU	24.03.2010
	AT	11.11.2015
	BE	11.11.2015
	CY	11.11.2015
	CZ	11.11.2015
	DK	11.11.2015
	EE	11.11.2015
	FI	11.11.2015
	HR	11.11.2015
	LT	11.11.2015
	LV	11.11.2015
	MC	11.11.2015
	MK	11.11.2015
	MT	11.11.2015
	NL	11.11.2015
	PL	11.11.2015
	RO	11.11.2015
	SE	11.11.2015
	SI	11.11.2015
	SK	11.11.2015
	SM	11.11.2015
	TR	11.11.2015
	NO	11.02.2016
	GR	12.02.2016
	IS	11.03.2016
	PT	11.03.2016
	IE	24.03.2016
	LU	24.03.2016
	CH	31.03.2016
	LI	31.03.2016
Former [2018/28]	HU	24.03.2010
	AT	11.11.2015
	BE	11.11.2015
	CY	11.11.2015
	CZ	11.11.2015
	DK	11.11.2015
	EE	11.11.2015
	FI	11.11.2015
	HR	11.11.2015
	LT	11.11.2015
	LV	11.11.2015
	MC	11.11.2015
	MK	11.11.2015
	MT	11.11.2015
	NL	11.11.2015
	PL	11.11.2015
	RO	11.11.2015
	SE	11.11.2015
	SI	11.11.2015
	SK	11.11.2015
	SM	11.11.2015
	NO	11.02.2016
	GR	12.02.2016
	IS	11.03.2016
	PT	11.03.2016
	IE	24.03.2016
	LU	24.03.2016
	CH	31.03.2016
	LI	31.03.2016
Former [2017/47]	AT	11.11.2015
	BE	11.11.2015
	CZ	11.11.2015
	DK	11.11.2015
	EE	11.11.2015
	FI	11.11.2015
	HR	11.11.2015
	LT	11.11.2015
	LV	11.11.2015
	MC	11.11.2015
	MT	11.11.2015
	NL	11.11.2015
	PL	11.11.2015
	RO	11.11.2015
	SE	11.11.2015
	SI	11.11.2015
	SK	11.11.2015
	SM	11.11.2015
	NO	11.02.2016
	GR	12.02.2016
	IS	11.03.2016
	PT	11.03.2016
	IE	24.03.2016
	LU	24.03.2016
	CH	31.03.2016
	LI	31.03.2016
Former [2017/07]	AT	11.11.2015
	BE	11.11.2015
	CZ	11.11.2015
	DK	11.11.2015
	EE	11.11.2015
	FI	11.11.2015
	HR	11.11.2015
	LT	11.11.2015
	LV	11.11.2015
	MC	11.11.2015
	NL	11.11.2015
	PL	11.11.2015
	RO	11.11.2015
	SE	11.11.2015
	SI	11.11.2015
	SK	11.11.2015
	SM	11.11.2015
	NO	11.02.2016
	GR	12.02.2016
	IS	11.03.2016
	PT	11.03.2016
	IE	24.03.2016
	LU	24.03.2016
	CH	31.03.2016
	LI	31.03.2016
Former [2017/03]	AT	11.11.2015
	BE	11.11.2015
	CZ	11.11.2015
	DK	11.11.2015
	EE	11.11.2015
	FI	11.11.2015
	HR	11.11.2015
	LT	11.11.2015
	LV	11.11.2015
	MC	11.11.2015
	NL	11.11.2015
	PL	11.11.2015
	RO	11.11.2015
	SE	11.11.2015
	SI	11.11.2015
	SK	11.11.2015
	SM	11.11.2015
	NO	11.02.2016
	GR	12.02.2016
	IS	11.03.2016
	PT	11.03.2016
	LU	24.03.2016
Former [2016/49]	AT	11.11.2015
	CZ	11.11.2015
	DK	11.11.2015
	EE	11.11.2015
	FI	11.11.2015
	HR	11.11.2015
	LT	11.11.2015
	LV	11.11.2015
	MC	11.11.2015
	NL	11.11.2015
	PL	11.11.2015
	RO	11.11.2015
	SE	11.11.2015
	SI	11.11.2015
	SK	11.11.2015
	SM	11.11.2015
	NO	11.02.2016
	GR	12.02.2016
	IS	11.03.2016
	PT	11.03.2016
	LU	24.03.2016
	BE	31.03.2016
Former [2016/47]	AT	11.11.2015
	CZ	11.11.2015
	DK	11.11.2015
	EE	11.11.2015
	FI	11.11.2015
	HR	11.11.2015
	LT	11.11.2015
	LV	11.11.2015
	NL	11.11.2015
	PL	11.11.2015
	RO	11.11.2015
	SE	11.11.2015
	SK	11.11.2015
	SM	11.11.2015
	NO	11.02.2016
	GR	12.02.2016
	IS	11.03.2016
	PT	11.03.2016
	LU	24.03.2016
	BE	31.03.2016
Former [2016/39]	AT	11.11.2015
	CZ	11.11.2015
	DK	11.11.2015
	EE	11.11.2015
	FI	11.11.2015
	HR	11.11.2015
	LT	11.11.2015
	LV	11.11.2015
	NL	11.11.2015
	PL	11.11.2015
	RO	11.11.2015
	SE	11.11.2015
	SK	11.11.2015
	SM	11.11.2015
	NO	11.02.2016
	GR	12.02.2016
	IS	11.03.2016
	PT	11.03.2016
	BE	31.03.2016
Former [2016/38]	AT	11.11.2015
	CZ	11.11.2015
	EE	11.11.2015
	FI	11.11.2015
	HR	11.11.2015
	LT	11.11.2015
	LV	11.11.2015
	NL	11.11.2015
	PL	11.11.2015
	RO	11.11.2015
	SE	11.11.2015
	SK	11.11.2015
	SM	11.11.2015
	NO	11.02.2016
	GR	12.02.2016
	IS	11.03.2016
	PT	11.03.2016
	BE	31.03.2016
Former [2016/36]	AT	11.11.2015
	CZ	11.11.2015
	EE	11.11.2015
	FI	11.11.2015
	HR	11.11.2015
	LT	11.11.2015
	LV	11.11.2015
	NL	11.11.2015
	PL	11.11.2015
	RO	11.11.2015
	SE	11.11.2015
	SK	11.11.2015
	NO	11.02.2016
	GR	12.02.2016
	IS	11.03.2016
	PT	11.03.2016
	BE	31.03.2016
Former [2016/34]	AT	11.11.2015
	CZ	11.11.2015
	FI	11.11.2015
	HR	11.11.2015
	LT	11.11.2015
	LV	11.11.2015
	NL	11.11.2015
	PL	11.11.2015
	SE	11.11.2015
	NO	11.02.2016
	GR	12.02.2016
	IS	11.03.2016
	PT	11.03.2016
Former [2016/25]	AT	11.11.2015
	FI	11.11.2015
	HR	11.11.2015
	LT	11.11.2015
	LV	11.11.2015
	NL	11.11.2015
	PL	11.11.2015
	SE	11.11.2015
	NO	11.02.2016
	GR	12.02.2016
	IS	11.03.2016
	PT	11.03.2016
Former [2016/24]	AT	11.11.2015
	FI	11.11.2015
	HR	11.11.2015
	LT	11.11.2015
	NL	11.11.2015
	PL	11.11.2015
	SE	11.11.2015
	NO	11.02.2016
	GR	12.02.2016
	IS	11.03.2016
	PT	11.03.2016
Former [2016/23]	HR	11.11.2015
	LT	11.11.2015
	NL	11.11.2015
	SE	11.11.2015
	NO	11.02.2016
	IS	11.03.2016
Former [2016/22]	LT	11.11.2015
	NL	11.11.2015
	NO	11.02.2016
	IS	11.03.2016
Former [2016/21]	LT	11.11.2015
	NO	11.02.2016
Former [2016/20]	LT	11.11.2015
Documents cited:	Search	[X]WO0000826 (CAMBRIDGE SENSORS LTD [GB], et al) [X] 14 * page 3, lines 28-32; claims 1,3 *;
		[XP]US2009215088 (FORSYTH ALLYN [US], et al) [XP] 1-5,8,9,11,14 * figures 2,7,8; claims 1,6,8 *;
		[T] - Mary Nora Dickson ET AL, "Efficient capture of circulating tumor cells with a novel immunocytochemical microfluidic device", doi:10.1063/1.3623748], (20110822), pages 34119 - 1, URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3364832/pdf/BIOMGB-000005-034119_1.pdf, (20120731), XP055034319 [T] * the whole document * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3623748
	International search	[A]US6368871 (CHRISTEL LEE ALLAN [US], et al);
		[A]US2002172987 (TERSTAPPEN LEON W M M [US], et al);
		[A]US6613525 (NELSON ROBERT J [US], et al);
		[A]US2006000772 (SANO TORU [JP], et al);
		[A]US2006160243 (TANG ZHONGLIANG [US], et al);
		[A]US2007161051 (TSINBERG PAVEL [US], et al)
	Examination	WO8402193
		WO03050537
		US2006160243
	by applicant	WO03050537
		US2006160243
		- NAGRATH ET AL., NATURE, (2007), vol. 450, no. 7173, pages 1235 - 9

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