EP2498738 - FLUID LEVEL DETECTION SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 05.02.2016 Database last updated on 10.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 12.10.2018 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): AL | published on 14.11.2018 [2018/46] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Abbott Medical Optics Inc. 1700 E. St. Andrew Place Santa Ana, CA 92705 / US | [2012/38] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
JACOBSON, Jon, D. 73 Splendor Irvine, CA 92618 / US | 02 /
LYNN, Kyle 1361 El Camino Real, Unit 417 Tustin, CA 92780 / US | [2015/18] |
Former [2012/38] | 01 /
JACOBSON, Jon, D. 226 Cantor Irvine CA 92620 / US | ||
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LYNN, Kyle 2143 Santa Ana Ave. Costa Mesa CA 92627 / US | Representative(s) | Hoffmann Eitle Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB Arabellastraße 30 81925 München / DE | [2015/14] |
Former [2012/38] | HOFFMANN EITLE Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4 81925 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 10779644.3 | 12.11.2010 | WO2010US56436 | Priority number, date | US20090617472 | 12.11.2009 Original published format: US 617472 | [2012/38] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2011060208 | Date: | 19.05.2011 | Language: | EN | [2011/20] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2498738 | Date: | 19.09.2012 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 19.05.2011 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2012/38] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2498738 | Date: | 01.04.2015 | Language: | EN | [2015/14] | Type: | B8 Corrected title page of specification | No.: | EP2498738 | Date: | 06.05.2015 | [2015/19] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 19.05.2011 | Classification | IPC: | A61F9/007 | [2012/38] | CPC: |
A61F9/00736 (EP,US);
A61M5/16804 (US);
A61M5/172 (US);
A61M2205/3306 (US);
A61M2205/3379 (US);
A61M2205/3389 (US);
A61M37/0092 (EP,US);
G01F23/292 (US);
G16H20/17 (US);
Y02A90/10 (EP)
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| Designated contracting states | AL, 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, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2012/38] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Title | German: | SYSTEM ZUR ERFASSUNG DES FLÜSSIGKEITSSTANDES | [2012/38] | English: | FLUID LEVEL DETECTION SYSTEM | [2012/38] | French: | SYSTÈME DE DÉTECTION DE NIVEAU DE FLUIDE | [2012/38] | Entry into regional phase | 11.05.2012 | National basic fee paid | 11.05.2012 | Designation fee(s) paid | 11.05.2012 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 11.05.2012 | Examination requested [2012/38] | 09.01.2013 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 21.05.2013 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 23.09.2013 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 06.12.2013 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 07.04.2014 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 21.10.2014 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 17.02.2015 | Fee for grant paid | 17.02.2015 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 17.02.2015 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Divisional application(s) | EP13157797.5 / EP2601919 | The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 21.05.2013 | Opposition(s) | 05.01.2016 | No opposition filed within time limit [2016/10] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 30.01.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 07.11.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 07.11.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | Penalty fee | Additional fee for renewal fee | 30.11.2012 | 03   M06   Fee paid on   30.01.2013 |
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