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EP About this file: EP2402755

EP2402755 - Methods and compositions for detecting Herpes simplex virus type 2 [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  05.06.2015
Database last updated on 24.01.2025
Most recent event   Tooltip13.10.2017Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): HU, TR		published on 15.11.2017  [2017/46]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Focus Diagnostics, Inc.
13665 Dulles Technology Drive
Herndon, Virginia 20171 / US
[2012/01]
Inventor(s)01 / Hogrefe, Wayne
5785 Corporate Avenue
Cypress, CA 90630 / US
02 / Kong, Lilly I.
2524 Palomino Place
Covina, CA 91724 / US
03 / Su, Xin
1 Georgia
Irvine, CA 92606 / US
 [2014/10]
Former [2012/01]01 / Hogrefe, Wayne
5785 Corporate Avenue
Cypress, CA California 90630 / US
02 / Kong, Lilly, I.
2524 Palomino Place
Covina, CA California 91724 / US
03 / Su, Xin
1 Georgia
Irvine, CA California 92606 / US
Representative(s)Schiweck Weinzierl Koch Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB
Ganghoferstraße 68 B
80339 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2014/31]Schiweck, Weinzierl & Koch
European Patent Attorneys
Landsberger Straße 98
80339 München / DE
Former [2012/01]Schiweck, Weinzierl & Koch
European Patent Attorneys Landsberger Straße 98
80339 München / DE
Application number, filing date11183017.001.06.2006
[2012/01]
Priority number, dateUS20050693632P24.06.2005         Original published format: US 693632 P
US2005029657106.12.2005         Original published format: US 296571
[2012/01]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2402755
Date:04.01.2012
Language:EN
[2012/01]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2402755
Date:30.07.2014
Language:EN
[2014/31]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP01.12.2011
ClassificationIPC:G01N33/53
[2012/01]
CPC:
C07K14/005 (EP,US); A61P31/22 (EP); G01N33/56994 (EP,US);
C12N2710/16622 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   NL,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   TR [2012/01]
TitleGerman:Verfahren und Zusammensetzungen zur Erkennung von Herpes Simplex Virus Typ 2[2012/01]
English:Methods and compositions for detecting Herpes simplex virus type 2[2012/01]
French:Procédés et compositions pour détecter le virus de l'herpès simplex de type 2[2012/01]
Examination procedure04.07.2012Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
04.07.2012Examination requested  [2012/33]
24.09.2012Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
21.12.2012Reply to a communication from the examining division
10.02.2014Communication of intention to grant the patent
20.06.2014Fee for grant paid
20.06.2014Fee for publishing/printing paid
20.06.2014Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP06772036.7  / EP1894005
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 (EP20060772036) is  29.09.2009
Opposition(s)04.05.2015No opposition filed within time limit [2015/28]
Fees paidRenewal fee
28.09.2011Renewal fee patent year 03
28.09.2011Renewal fee patent year 04
28.09.2011Renewal fee patent year 05
28.09.2011Renewal fee patent year 06
14.06.2012Renewal fee patent year 07
10.06.2013Renewal fee patent year 08
12.06.2014Renewal fee patent year 09
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU01.06.2006
AT30.07.2014
BE30.07.2014
CY30.07.2014
CZ30.07.2014
DK30.07.2014
EE30.07.2014
ES30.07.2014
FI30.07.2014
IT30.07.2014
LT30.07.2014
LV30.07.2014
MC30.07.2014
NL30.07.2014
PL30.07.2014
RO30.07.2014
SE30.07.2014
SI30.07.2014
SK30.07.2014
TR30.07.2014
BG30.10.2014
GR31.10.2014
IS30.11.2014
PT02.12.2014
[2017/40]
Former [2016/32]AT30.07.2014
BE30.07.2014
CY30.07.2014
CZ30.07.2014
DK30.07.2014
EE30.07.2014
ES30.07.2014
FI30.07.2014
IT30.07.2014
LT30.07.2014
LV30.07.2014
MC30.07.2014
NL30.07.2014
PL30.07.2014
RO30.07.2014
SE30.07.2014
SI30.07.2014
SK30.07.2014
BG30.10.2014
GR31.10.2014
IS30.11.2014
PT02.12.2014
Former [2016/09]AT30.07.2014
CY30.07.2014
CZ30.07.2014
DK30.07.2014
EE30.07.2014
ES30.07.2014
FI30.07.2014
IT30.07.2014
LT30.07.2014
LV30.07.2014
MC30.07.2014
NL30.07.2014
PL30.07.2014
RO30.07.2014
SE30.07.2014
SI30.07.2014
SK30.07.2014
BG30.10.2014
GR31.10.2014
IS30.11.2014
PT02.12.2014
Former [2015/50]AT30.07.2014
CY30.07.2014
CZ30.07.2014
DK30.07.2014
EE30.07.2014
ES30.07.2014
FI30.07.2014
IT30.07.2014
LT30.07.2014
LV30.07.2014
NL30.07.2014
PL30.07.2014
RO30.07.2014
SE30.07.2014
SI30.07.2014
SK30.07.2014
BG30.10.2014
GR31.10.2014
IS30.11.2014
PT02.12.2014
Former [2015/23]AT30.07.2014
CY30.07.2014
CZ30.07.2014
DK30.07.2014
EE30.07.2014
ES30.07.2014
FI30.07.2014
IT30.07.2014
LT30.07.2014
LV30.07.2014
NL30.07.2014
PL30.07.2014
RO30.07.2014
SE30.07.2014
SK30.07.2014
BG30.10.2014
GR31.10.2014
IS30.11.2014
PT02.12.2014
Former [2015/22]AT30.07.2014
CY30.07.2014
DK30.07.2014
ES30.07.2014
FI30.07.2014
IT30.07.2014
LT30.07.2014
LV30.07.2014
NL30.07.2014
PL30.07.2014
RO30.07.2014
SE30.07.2014
BG30.10.2014
GR31.10.2014
IS30.11.2014
PT02.12.2014
Former [2015/12]AT30.07.2014
CY30.07.2014
ES30.07.2014
FI30.07.2014
LT30.07.2014
LV30.07.2014
NL30.07.2014
PL30.07.2014
SE30.07.2014
BG30.10.2014
GR31.10.2014
IS30.11.2014
PT02.12.2014
Former [2015/11]CY30.07.2014
ES30.07.2014
FI30.07.2014
LT30.07.2014
PL30.07.2014
SE30.07.2014
BG30.10.2014
GR31.10.2014
PT02.12.2014
Former [2015/10]ES30.07.2014
FI30.07.2014
LT30.07.2014
SE30.07.2014
BG30.10.2014
Former [2015/09]FI30.07.2014
LT30.07.2014
SE30.07.2014
Former [2015/08]LT30.07.2014
Documents cited:Search[X]GB2323360  (MEDICAL RES COUNCIL [GB]) [X] 1-13 * example 1; sequences 42, 43 *;
 [X]WO9013652  (TRITON BIOSCIENCES INC [US]) [X] 1-13 * figure 2; claims 45-50 *;
 [I]WO0142788  (DIAGNOLOGY LTD [GB], et al) [I] 1-13 * example . *;
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