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EP3215971 - EXPORTING MEASUREMENTS OF NANOPORE ARRAYS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  05.01.2024
Database last updated on 03.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  27.01.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  02.11.2022
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  24.01.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  11.08.2017
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  13.05.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip19.07.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): LU		published on 21.08.2024  [2024/34]
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
[2017/37]
Inventor(s)01 / CHEN, Roger J. A.
325 East Middlefield Road
Mountain View, CA 94043 / US
02 / TIAN, Hui
325 East Middlefield Road
Mountain View, CA 94043 / US
03 / FERNANDEZ-GOMEZ, Santiago
325 East Middlefield Road
Mountain View, CA 94043 / US
 [2017/37]
Representative(s)Burger, Alexander
Roche Diagnostics GmbH
Patentabteilung
Nonnenwald 2
82377 Penzberg / DE
[2023/09]
Former [2017/37]Burger, Alexander
Roche Diagnostics GmbH Patent Department (LPP.....6164) P.O.Box 11 52
82372 Penzberg / DE
Application number, filing date15857563.901.11.2015
[2017/37]
WO2015US58531
Priority number, dateUS20141453404205.11.2014         Original published format: US201414534042
[2017/37]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2016073318
Date:12.05.2016
Language:EN
[2016/19]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3215971
Date:13.09.2017
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 12.05.2016 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2017/37]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3215971
Date:01.03.2023
Language:EN
[2023/09]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US12.05.2016
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP13.07.2018
ClassificationIPC:G01N33/487, // B82Y15/00
[2022/46]
CPC:
G01N33/48721 (EP,US); C12Q1/6869 (US); B82Y15/00 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2018/33]G01N33/487, G06F19/22, // B82Y15/00
Former IPC [2017/37]G06F19/22
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 [2017/37]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesMANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TitleGerman:EXPORTIEREN VON MESSUNGEN VON NANOPORENARRAYS[2017/37]
English:EXPORTING MEASUREMENTS OF NANOPORE ARRAYS[2017/37]
French:EXPORTATION DES MESURES D'ENSEMBLES DE NANOPORES[2017/37]
Entry into regional phase06.06.2017National basic fee paid 
06.06.2017Search fee paid 
06.06.2017Designation fee(s) paid 
06.06.2017Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure12.05.2017Date on which the examining division has become responsible
06.06.2017Examination requested  [2017/37]
01.03.2019Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
28.01.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
28.05.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
19.08.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
20.12.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
03.11.2022Communication of intention to grant the patent
17.01.2023Fee for grant paid
17.01.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
17.01.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)04.12.2023No opposition filed within time limit [2024/06]
Request for further processing for:The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to indicate the wish to proceed further with the application
01.03.2019Request for further processing filed
01.03.2019Full payment received (date of receipt of payment)
Request granted
20.03.2019Decision despatched
The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the Extended European Search Report/Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority/International Preliminary Examination Report/Supplementary international search report/Supplementary European search report
01.03.2019Request for further processing filed
01.03.2019Full payment received (date of receipt of payment)
Request granted
20.03.2019Decision despatched
Fees paidRenewal fee
08.11.2017Renewal fee patent year 03
08.11.2018Renewal fee patent year 04
14.11.2019Renewal fee patent year 05
10.11.2020Renewal fee patent year 06
08.11.2021Renewal fee patent year 07
10.11.2022Renewal fee patent year 08
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