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EP3095739 - METHOD OF OPERATING A LABORATORY SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, LABORATORY SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND LABORATORY AUTOMATION SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been refused Status updated on 03.04.2021 Database last updated on 28.03.2026
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 15.06.2018
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 02.06.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	03.04.2021	Refusal of application	published on 05.05.2021 [2021/18]
Applicant(s)	For:DE Roche Diagnostics GmbH Sandhofer Straße 116 68305 Mannheim / DE
	For:AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ 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 F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG Grenzacherstraße 124 4070 Basel / CH
	[2016/47]
Inventor(s)	01 / Huber, Tobias Oskar_Kreibich-Weg 4 71522 Backnang / DE
	02 / Sinz, Achim Max-Eyth-Straße 3 71332 Waiblingen / DE
	03 / Mallikarjunaiah, Namitha Eastleighstraße 30 70806 Kornwestheim / DE
	04 / Denninger, Oliver Sophienstraße 154 76135 Karlsruhe / DE
	05 / Mahmudimanesh, Mohammadreza Guttenbrunnstraße 39 64347 Griesheim / DE
	06 / Fleischmann, Timo Hainbachstraße 9 73730 Esslingen / DE
	07 / Jenz, Domenic Rosenstraße 1 73733 Esslingen / DE
	[2016/47]
Representative(s)	Patentanwälte Ruff, Wilhelm, Beier, Dauster & Partner mbB Kronenstraße 30 70174 Stuttgart / DE
	[2016/47]
Application number, filing date	15168780.3	22.05.2015
	[2016/47]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3095739
	Date:	23.11.2016
	Language:	EN
	[2016/47]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	09.11.2015
Classification	IPC:	B65G51/03, B65G54/02, G01N35/00, // G01N35/04	[2016/47]
	CPC:	G01N35/00584 (EP,CN,US); G01N35/0092 (US); B65G43/00 (US); G01N35/04 (EP,CN,US); G01N2035/0406 (EP,US); G01N2035/0418 (CN); (+) G01N2035/046 (CN); G01N2035/0462 (EP,US); G01N2035/0477 (EP,US) (-)
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 [2017/27]
Former [2016/47]	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
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Validation states	MA	Not yet paid
Title	German:	VERFAHREN ZUM BETRIEB EINES LABORPROBENVERTEILUNGSSYSTEMS, LABORPROBENVERTEILUNGSSYSTEM UND LABORAUTOMATISIERUNGSSYSTEM	[2016/47]
	English:	METHOD OF OPERATING A LABORATORY SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, LABORATORY SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND LABORATORY AUTOMATION SYSTEM	[2016/47]
	French:	PROCÉDÉ DE FONCTIONNEMENT D'UN SYSTÈME DE DISTRIBUTION D'ÉCHANTILLONS DE LABORATOIRE, SYSTÈME DE DISTRIBUTION D'ÉCHANTILLONS DE LABORATOIRE ET SYSTÈME D'AUTOMATISATION DE LABORATOIRE	[2016/47]
Examination procedure	22.05.2015	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	22.05.2017	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	22.05.2017	Examination requested [2017/27]
	13.06.2018	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	13.12.2018	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	25.06.2019	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2021/18]
	26.03.2021	Application refused, date of legal effect [2021/18]
Appeal following examination	13.08.2019	Appeal received No. T2997/19
	28.10.2019	Statement of grounds filed
	26.03.2021	Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the applicant withdrawn
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	08.05.2017	Renewal fee patent year 03
	07.05.2018	Renewal fee patent year 04
	08.05.2019	Renewal fee patent year 05
	30.03.2020	Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:	Search	[XI] US2014231217 (DENNINGER OLIVER et al.)
		[XI] US2014234978 (HEISE MICHAEL et al.) [X] 1,13-15 * paragraphs [0063] - [0077]; figure 1 *[I] 2-12
	by applicant	EP2589968

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