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EP2371455 - System and method for titrating fluids [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2011/40]System and method for filtering fluids
[2016/24]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  16.02.2018
Database last updated on 16.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  10.03.2017
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  03.11.2016
Most recent event   Tooltip09.03.2018Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 11.04.2018  [2018/15]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Eppendorf AG
Barkhausenweg 1
22339 Hamburg / DE
[2011/40]
Inventor(s)01 / Köhn, Heinz-Gerhard
Poppenbüttler Chaussee 45a
22397 Hamburg / DE
02 / Andres, Karl-Friedrich
Amselweg 33
22941 Bargteheide / DE
 [2011/40]
Representative(s)Hauck Patentanwaltspartnerschaft mbB
Postfach 11 31 53
20431 Hamburg / DE
[2017/15]
Former [2011/40]Hauck Patent- und Rechtsanwälte
Neuer Wall 50
20354 Hamburg / DE
Application number, filing date11005054.929.12.2006
[2011/40]
Priority number, dateDE2006100981628.02.2006         Original published format: DE102006009816
[2011/40]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP2371455
Date:05.10.2011
Language:DE
[2011/40]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP2371455
Date:25.04.2012
Language:DE
[2012/17]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2371455
Date:12.04.2017
Language:DE
[2017/15]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP26.03.2012
ClassificationIPC:G01N31/16, G01N31/18, B01L3/02
[2016/24]
CPC:
B01L3/0234 (EP,US); G01N31/16 (US); G01N31/18 (EP,US);
B01L2200/023 (EP,US); B01L2200/143 (EP,US); B01L2300/027 (EP,US);
B01L3/0227 (EP,US); Y10T436/2575 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2012/17]B01L3/02, G01N31/18
Former IPC [2011/40]B01L3/02, G01N33/18
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [2017/15]
Former [2011/40]DE,  FR,  GB,  IT 
TitleGerman:System und Verfahren zum Titrieren von Flüssigkeiten[2011/40]
English:System and method for titrating fluids[2016/24]
French:Système et procédé destinés au titrage de liquides[2011/40]
Former [2011/40]System and method for filtering fluids
Examination procedure24.10.2012Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
24.10.2012Examination requested  [2012/49]
15.07.2014Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
23.01.2015Reply to a communication from the examining division
06.05.2015Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
08.09.2015Reply to a communication from the examining division
05.01.2016Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
02.05.2016Reply to a communication from the examining division
10.06.2016Communication of intention to grant the patent
07.10.2016Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
04.11.2016Communication of intention to grant the patent
03.03.2017Fee for grant paid
03.03.2017Fee for publishing/printing paid
03.03.2017Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP06027038.6  / EP1825915
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 (EP20060027038) is  19.06.2009
Opposition(s)15.01.2018No opposition filed within time limit [2018/12]
Fees paidRenewal fee
21.07.2011Renewal fee patent year 03
21.07.2011Renewal fee patent year 04
21.07.2011Renewal fee patent year 05
07.10.2011Renewal fee patent year 06
21.12.2012Renewal fee patent year 07
03.12.2013Renewal fee patent year 08
29.11.2014Renewal fee patent year 09
02.12.2015Renewal fee patent year 10
16.12.2016Renewal fee patent year 11
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipIT12.04.2017
[2018/15]
Documents cited:Search[A]DE2617346  (RADIOMETER AS) [A] 1-15 * page 2, line 4 - page 4, line 14 *;
 [X]US4563907  (JOHNSON JR EDGAR G [US], et al) [X] 1-15 * column 2, line 58 - column 8, line 24; figure alle *;
 [X]US4821586  (SCORDATO RICHARD E [US], et al) [X] 1-15 * column 2, line 43 - column 15, line 44; figure alle *;
 [A]DD267331  (HYDRIERWERK RODLEBEN VEB [DD]) [A] 1-15 * page 3, paragraph 10 *;
 [X]US5002737  (TERVAMAKI JUKKA [FI]) [X] 1-15 * column 2, line 1 - column 3, line 63; figure alle *;
 [X]EP0576967  (LABSYSTEMS OY [FI]) [X] 1-15 * column 1, line 55 - column 6, line 43; figure alle *;
 [Y]EP0657216  (EPPENDORF GERAETEBAU NETHELER [DE]) [Y] 1-9,11-15 * column 2, line 4 - column 8, line 6; figure alle *;
 [Y]EP0691158  (BRAND GMBH & CO [DE]) [Y] 1-9,11-15 * column 2, line 3 - column 9, line 3; figure alle *;
 [A]DE19723852  (SCHOTT GERAETE [DE]) [A] 1-15 * column 1, line 57 - column 2, line 21 ** column 4, line 7 - column 7, line 21 *;
 [Y]US2003099578  (COTE RICHARD [US], et al) [Y] 1-9,11-15 * paragraphs [0015] - [0027]; figure alle *
ExaminationUS2650256
by applicantEP0656229
 EP0657216
 DE20051023203
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