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EP About this file: EP2937685

EP2937685 - METHOD FOR GENOTYPIC ANALYSIS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2015/44]DEVICE FOR GENOTYPIC ANALYSIS AND METHOD FOR GENOTYPIC ANALYSIS
[2021/02]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  06.05.2022
Database last updated on 20.07.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  28.05.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  14.01.2021
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  21.12.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip27.04.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 29.05.2024  [2024/22]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
17-1, Toranomon 1-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-6409 / JP
[2020/25]
Former [2015/44]For all designated states
Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
24-14 Nishishimbashi 1-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-8717 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / YOKOYAMA, Toru
c/o Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
17-1, Toranomon 1-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-6409 / JP
02 / YAMAZAKI, Motohiro
c/o Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
17-1, Toranomon 1-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-6409 / JP
 [2021/26]
Former [2015/44]01 / YOKOYAMA, Toru
c/o HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
24-14 Nishi Shimbashi 1-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-8717 / JP
02 / YAMAZAKI, Motohiro
c/o HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
24-14 Nishi Shimbashi 1-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-8717 / JP
Representative(s)Strehl Schübel-Hopf & Partner
Maximilianstrasse 54
80538 München / DE
[2015/44]
Application number, filing date13865484.304.12.2013
[2015/44]
WO2013JP82609
Priority number, dateJP2012027467217.12.2012         Original published format: JP 2012274672
[2015/44]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2014097888
Date:26.06.2014
Language:JA
[2014/26]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2937685
Date:28.10.2015
Language:EN
[2015/44]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2937685
Date:30.06.2021
Language:EN
[2021/26]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP26.06.2014
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP22.09.2016
ClassificationIPC:G01N21/64, G01N27/447, C12Q1/6827, G16B20/00
[2021/01]
CPC:
G16B20/20 (EP,US); C12Q1/68 (US); C12Q1/6827 (EP,US);
G01N21/6428 (EP,US); G01N21/6456 (EP,US); G01N27/447 (EP,US);
G01N27/44726 (EP,US); G16B20/00 (EP,US); G01N2021/6417 (EP,US);
G01N2021/6439 (US); G01N2021/6441 (EP,US) (-)
C-Set:
C12Q1/6827, C12Q2565/629, C12Q2565/634 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2016/43]G01N21/64, G01N27/447
Former IPC [2015/44]G01N21/64, C12M1/00, C12Q1/68, G01N27/447
Designated contracting statesAL,   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 [2015/44]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN FÜR GENOTYPISCHE ANALYSEN[2021/02]
English:METHOD FOR GENOTYPIC ANALYSIS[2021/02]
French:PROCÉDÉ D'ANALYSE GÉNOTYPIQUE[2021/02]
Former [2015/44]VORRICHTUNG FÜR GENOTYPISCHE ANALYSEN UND VERFAHREN FÜR GENOTYPISCHE ANALYSEN
Former [2015/44]DEVICE FOR GENOTYPIC ANALYSIS AND METHOD FOR GENOTYPIC ANALYSIS
Former [2015/44]DISPOSITIF ET PROCÉDÉ D'ANALYSE GÉNOTYPIQUE
Entry into regional phase10.06.2015Translation filed 
15.07.2015National basic fee paid 
15.07.2015Search fee paid 
15.07.2015Designation fee(s) paid 
15.07.2015Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure15.07.2015Examination requested  [2015/44]
16.03.2017Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
20.12.2018Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
29.04.2019Reply to a communication from the examining division
08.10.2019Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
13.12.2019Reply to a communication from the examining division
12.05.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
31.07.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
15.01.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
21.05.2021Fee for grant paid
21.05.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
21.05.2021Receipt 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  20.12.2018
Opposition(s)31.03.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/23]
Fees paidRenewal fee
29.12.2015Renewal fee patent year 03
26.12.2016Renewal fee patent year 04
01.01.2018Renewal fee patent year 05
02.01.2019Renewal fee patent year 06
31.12.2019Renewal fee patent year 07
31.12.2020Renewal fee patent year 08
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