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EP3039404 - IMPROVED MOTORIZED VARIABLE PATH LENGTH CELL FOR SPECTROSCOPY [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 16.08.2019 Database last updated on 03.09.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 07.09.2018
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 22.04.2018
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 09.12.2016
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 Thermo Electron Scientific Instruments LLC 5225 Verona Road Madison WI 53711 / US
	[2016/27]
Inventor(s)	01 / COFFIN, John Magie 3245 North Road Blue Mounds, WI 53517 / US
	[2016/27]
Representative(s)	Boult Wade Tennant LLP Salisbury Square House 8 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8AP / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2018/41]	Boult Wade Tennant LLP Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB
Former [2016/27]	Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB
Application number, filing date	14802524.0	04.08.2014
	[2016/27]
	WO2014US49534
Priority number, date	US201313975693	26.08.2013 Original published format: US201313975693
	[2016/27]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2015030995
	Date:	05.03.2015
	Language:	EN
	[2015/09]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3039404
	Date:	06.07.2016
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 05.03.2015 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2016/27]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3039404
	Date:	10.10.2018
	Language:	EN
	[2018/41]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	05.03.2015
Classification	IPC:	G01N21/03, G01N21/15, G01N21/35, G01J3/02	[2018/17]
	CPC:	G01N21/0303 (EP,US); G01N21/35 (US); G01J3/0237 (US); G01N21/15 (EP,US); G01N2201/0668 (US)
	Former IPC [2016/27]	G01N21/03, G01N21/15
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 [2016/27]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Title	German:	VERBESSERTE MOTORISIERTE ZELLE FÜR SPEKTROSKOPIE MIT VARIABLER WEGLÄNGE	[2016/27]
	English:	IMPROVED MOTORIZED VARIABLE PATH LENGTH CELL FOR SPECTROSCOPY	[2016/27]
	French:	CELLULE À LONGUEUR DE TRAJET VARIABLE MOTORISÉE AMÉLIORÉE POUR SPECTROSCOPIE	[2016/27]
Entry into regional phase	09.03.2016	National basic fee paid
	09.03.2016	Designation fee(s) paid
	09.03.2016	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	09.03.2016	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	09.03.2016	Examination requested [2016/27]
	08.12.2016	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	16.06.2017	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	22.03.2018	Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 09.04.2018
	09.04.2018	Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
	23.04.2018	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	31.08.2018	Fee for grant paid
	31.08.2018	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	31.08.2018	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)	11.07.2019	No opposition filed within time limit [2019/38]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	11.08.2016	Renewal fee patent year 03
	14.08.2017	Renewal fee patent year 04
	10.08.2018	Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	04.08.2014
	AL	10.10.2018
	AT	10.10.2018
	CY	10.10.2018
	CZ	10.10.2018
	DK	10.10.2018
	EE	10.10.2018
	ES	10.10.2018
	FI	10.10.2018
	HR	10.10.2018
	IT	10.10.2018
	LT	10.10.2018
	LV	10.10.2018
	MC	10.10.2018
	MK	10.10.2018
	MT	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	PL	10.10.2018
	RO	10.10.2018
	RS	10.10.2018
	SE	10.10.2018
	SI	10.10.2018
	SK	10.10.2018
	SM	10.10.2018
	TR	10.10.2018
	BG	10.01.2019
	NO	10.01.2019
	GR	11.01.2019
	IS	10.02.2019
	PT	10.02.2019
	[2022/31]
Former [2021/34]	HU	04.08.2014
	AL	10.10.2018
	AT	10.10.2018
	CY	10.10.2018
	CZ	10.10.2018
	DK	10.10.2018
	EE	10.10.2018
	ES	10.10.2018
	FI	10.10.2018
	HR	10.10.2018
	IT	10.10.2018
	LT	10.10.2018
	LV	10.10.2018
	MC	10.10.2018
	MT	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	PL	10.10.2018
	RO	10.10.2018
	RS	10.10.2018
	SE	10.10.2018
	SI	10.10.2018
	SK	10.10.2018
	SM	10.10.2018
	TR	10.10.2018
	BG	10.01.2019
	NO	10.01.2019
	GR	11.01.2019
	IS	10.02.2019
	PT	10.02.2019
Former [2021/32]	HU	04.08.2014
	AL	10.10.2018
	AT	10.10.2018
	CY	10.10.2018
	CZ	10.10.2018
	DK	10.10.2018
	EE	10.10.2018
	ES	10.10.2018
	FI	10.10.2018
	HR	10.10.2018
	IT	10.10.2018
	LT	10.10.2018
	LV	10.10.2018
	MC	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	PL	10.10.2018
	RO	10.10.2018
	RS	10.10.2018
	SE	10.10.2018
	SI	10.10.2018
	SK	10.10.2018
	SM	10.10.2018
	TR	10.10.2018
	BG	10.01.2019
	NO	10.01.2019
	GR	11.01.2019
	IS	10.02.2019
	PT	10.02.2019
Former [2021/26]	AL	10.10.2018
	AT	10.10.2018
	CY	10.10.2018
	CZ	10.10.2018
	DK	10.10.2018
	EE	10.10.2018
	ES	10.10.2018
	FI	10.10.2018
	HR	10.10.2018
	IT	10.10.2018
	LT	10.10.2018
	LV	10.10.2018
	MC	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	PL	10.10.2018
	RO	10.10.2018
	RS	10.10.2018
	SE	10.10.2018
	SI	10.10.2018
	SK	10.10.2018
	SM	10.10.2018
	TR	10.10.2018
	BG	10.01.2019
	NO	10.01.2019
	GR	11.01.2019
	IS	10.02.2019
	PT	10.02.2019
Former [2020/25]	AL	10.10.2018
	AT	10.10.2018
	CZ	10.10.2018
	DK	10.10.2018
	EE	10.10.2018
	ES	10.10.2018
	FI	10.10.2018
	HR	10.10.2018
	IT	10.10.2018
	LT	10.10.2018
	LV	10.10.2018
	MC	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	PL	10.10.2018
	RO	10.10.2018
	RS	10.10.2018
	SE	10.10.2018
	SI	10.10.2018
	SK	10.10.2018
	SM	10.10.2018
	TR	10.10.2018
	BG	10.01.2019
	NO	10.01.2019
	GR	11.01.2019
	IS	10.02.2019
	PT	10.02.2019
Former [2020/17]	AL	10.10.2018
	AT	10.10.2018
	CZ	10.10.2018
	DK	10.10.2018
	EE	10.10.2018
	ES	10.10.2018
	FI	10.10.2018
	HR	10.10.2018
	IT	10.10.2018
	LT	10.10.2018
	LV	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	PL	10.10.2018
	RO	10.10.2018
	RS	10.10.2018
	SE	10.10.2018
	SI	10.10.2018
	SK	10.10.2018
	SM	10.10.2018
	TR	10.10.2018
	BG	10.01.2019
	NO	10.01.2019
	GR	11.01.2019
	IS	10.02.2019
	PT	10.02.2019
Former [2019/50]	AL	10.10.2018
	AT	10.10.2018
	CZ	10.10.2018
	DK	10.10.2018
	EE	10.10.2018
	ES	10.10.2018
	FI	10.10.2018
	HR	10.10.2018
	IT	10.10.2018
	LT	10.10.2018
	LV	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	PL	10.10.2018
	RO	10.10.2018
	RS	10.10.2018
	SE	10.10.2018
	SI	10.10.2018
	SK	10.10.2018
	SM	10.10.2018
	BG	10.01.2019
	NO	10.01.2019
	GR	11.01.2019
	IS	10.02.2019
	PT	10.02.2019
Former [2019/40]	AL	10.10.2018
	AT	10.10.2018
	CZ	10.10.2018
	DK	10.10.2018
	EE	10.10.2018
	ES	10.10.2018
	FI	10.10.2018
	HR	10.10.2018
	IT	10.10.2018
	LT	10.10.2018
	LV	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	PL	10.10.2018
	RO	10.10.2018
	RS	10.10.2018
	SE	10.10.2018
	SK	10.10.2018
	SM	10.10.2018
	BG	10.01.2019
	NO	10.01.2019
	GR	11.01.2019
	IS	10.02.2019
	PT	10.02.2019
Former [2019/37]	AL	10.10.2018
	AT	10.10.2018
	CZ	10.10.2018
	DK	10.10.2018
	EE	10.10.2018
	ES	10.10.2018
	FI	10.10.2018
	HR	10.10.2018
	IT	10.10.2018
	LT	10.10.2018
	LV	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	PL	10.10.2018
	RO	10.10.2018
	RS	10.10.2018
	SE	10.10.2018
	SM	10.10.2018
	BG	10.01.2019
	NO	10.01.2019
	GR	11.01.2019
	IS	10.02.2019
	PT	10.02.2019
Former [2019/35]	AL	10.10.2018
	AT	10.10.2018
	CZ	10.10.2018
	DK	10.10.2018
	ES	10.10.2018
	FI	10.10.2018
	HR	10.10.2018
	IT	10.10.2018
	LT	10.10.2018
	LV	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	PL	10.10.2018
	RS	10.10.2018
	SE	10.10.2018
	BG	10.01.2019
	NO	10.01.2019
	GR	11.01.2019
	IS	10.02.2019
	PT	10.02.2019
Former [2019/34]	AL	10.10.2018
	AT	10.10.2018
	DK	10.10.2018
	ES	10.10.2018
	FI	10.10.2018
	HR	10.10.2018
	IT	10.10.2018
	LT	10.10.2018
	LV	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	PL	10.10.2018
	RS	10.10.2018
	SE	10.10.2018
	BG	10.01.2019
	NO	10.01.2019
	GR	11.01.2019
	IS	10.02.2019
	PT	10.02.2019
Former [2019/26]	AL	10.10.2018
	AT	10.10.2018
	ES	10.10.2018
	FI	10.10.2018
	HR	10.10.2018
	LT	10.10.2018
	LV	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	PL	10.10.2018
	RS	10.10.2018
	SE	10.10.2018
	BG	10.01.2019
	NO	10.01.2019
	GR	11.01.2019
	IS	10.02.2019
	PT	10.02.2019
Former [2019/25]	AT	10.10.2018
	ES	10.10.2018
	FI	10.10.2018
	HR	10.10.2018
	LT	10.10.2018
	LV	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	PL	10.10.2018
	RS	10.10.2018
	SE	10.10.2018
	BG	10.01.2019
	NO	10.01.2019
	GR	11.01.2019
	IS	10.02.2019
Former [2019/24]	AT	10.10.2018
	ES	10.10.2018
	FI	10.10.2018
	HR	10.10.2018
	LT	10.10.2018
	LV	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	PL	10.10.2018
	SE	10.10.2018
	BG	10.01.2019
	NO	10.01.2019
	GR	11.01.2019
	IS	10.02.2019
Former [2019/23]	AT	10.10.2018
	ES	10.10.2018
	FI	10.10.2018
	HR	10.10.2018
	LT	10.10.2018
	LV	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	PL	10.10.2018
	BG	10.01.2019
	NO	10.01.2019
	IS	10.02.2019
Former [2019/22]	FI	10.10.2018
	LT	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	PL	10.10.2018
	BG	10.01.2019
	NO	10.01.2019
	IS	10.02.2019
Former [2019/21]	FI	10.10.2018
	LT	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	NO	10.01.2019
	IS	10.02.2019
Former [2019/20]	LT	10.10.2018
	NL	10.10.2018
	NO	10.01.2019
Former [2019/17]	NL	10.10.2018
Cited in	International search	[Y]US5347358 (NEBE WOLFGANG [DE], et al) [Y] 13,14 * figures 1-2 *;
		[A]WO0049390 (ON LINE INSTRUMENTATION INC [US]) [A] 1-14 * figure 5C *;
		[Y]US6603555 (NANAMI MASAYA [JP], et al) [Y] 1,4,7,13,14 * figure 11 *;
		[Y]US2008017799 (STING DONALD W [US], et al) [Y] 1,8,10 * [0048];; figures 8a-8b *;
		[YD]US7365852 (SCHLEIFER ARTHUR [US]) [YD] 1,9,11,12 * figures 1a-1b, 2 *;
		[A]US2009290153 (JUHL HENRIK V [DK]) [A] 1-14 * [0043], [0046];; figure 1 *;
		[Y]US2012127470 (CHUMACHENKO NATALIYA [US], et al) [Y] 13,14* figures 1,6 *;
		[YP]WO2014011409 (THERMO ELECTRON SCIENT INSTR [US]) [YP] 1,4,7-14 * figures 1-2 *;
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	by applicant	US6628382
		US6809826
		EP1792653
		US7365852
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