EP2702132 - MULTI-WAY SORTER SYSTEM AND METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 27.09.2019 Database last updated on 03.09.2024 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 19.10.2018 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 04.06.2018 | ||
Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 10.02.2017 | Most recent event Tooltip | 01.07.2022 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK | published on 03.08.2022 [2022/31] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Becton Dickinson and Company One Becton Drive Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417-1880 / US | [2018/47] |
Former [2014/14] | For all designated states Becton, Dickinson and Company 1 Becton Drive, Mail Code 110 Franklin Lakes New Jersey 07417-1880 / US | ||
Former [2014/10] | For all designated states Becton, Dickinson and Company 1 Becton Drive, Mail Code 110 Franklin Lakes New Jersey 07417-1880 / US | ||
For all designated states Petersen, Timothy Wayne 10503 13th Avenue NW Seattle, WA 98177 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
VAN DEN ENGH, Ger 9756 49th Avenue N.E. Seattle, Washington 98115 / US | 02 /
PETERSEN, Timothy, Wayne 10503 13th Avenue NW Seattle, WA 98177 / US | [2014/10] | Representative(s) | Luten, Martin Haaije Arnold & Siedsma Bezuidenhoutseweg 57 2594 AC The Hague / NL | [2018/47] |
Former [2014/10] | Luten, Martin Haaije Arnold & Siedsma Sweelinckplein 1 2517 GK Den Haag / NL | Application number, filing date | 12776129.4 | 26.04.2012 | [2018/47] | WO2012US35233 | Priority number, date | US201161480867P | 29.04.2011 Original published format: US 201161480867 P | [2014/10] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | WO2012149174 | Date: | 01.11.2012 | Language: | EN | [2012/44] | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP2702132 | Date: | 05.03.2014 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 01.11.2012 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2014/10] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2702132 | Date: | 21.11.2018 | Language: | EN | [2018/47] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | KR | 03.01.2013 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 04.09.2014 | Classification | IPC: | C12M1/00, C12M1/24, C12M1/18, C12M1/34, C12Q1/24, G01N15/14 | [2014/41] | CPC: |
B01L3/50853 (EP,CN,US);
G01N15/14 (US);
B01L2200/026 (EP,CN,US);
B01L2300/046 (EP,CN,US);
G01N15/149 (EP,CN,US);
G01N2015/1028 (EP,CN,US)
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Former IPC [2014/10] | C12M1/00, C12M1/24, C12M1/18, C12M1/34, C12Q1/24 | 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 [2014/10] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Title | German: | MEHRWEG-SORTIERSYSTEM UND -VERFAHREN | [2014/10] | English: | MULTI-WAY SORTER SYSTEM AND METHOD | [2014/10] | French: | SYSTÈME ET PROCÉDÉ DE TRIEUR À VOIES MULTIPLES | [2014/10] | Entry into regional phase | 28.10.2013 | National basic fee paid | 28.10.2013 | Search fee paid | 28.10.2013 | Designation fee(s) paid | 28.10.2013 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 28.10.2013 | Examination requested [2014/10] | 06.03.2015 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 14.02.2017 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 23.06.2017 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 05.06.2018 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 17.09.2018 | Fee for grant paid | 17.09.2018 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 04.10.2018 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | 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 is 14.02.2017 | Opposition(s) | 22.08.2019 | No opposition filed within time limit [2019/44] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 28.04.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 27.04.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 25.04.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 25.04.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 25.04.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 07 |
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