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EP3481551 - MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  17.01.2020
Database last updated on 14.11.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  12.04.2019
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  12.01.2018
Formerunknown
Status updated on  25.07.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip07.09.2024New entry: Reply to examination report 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc
Gosling Building
Edmund Halley Road
Oxford Science Park
Oxford OX4 4DQ / GB
[2022/04]
Former [2019/20]For all designated states
Oxford Nanopore Technologies Limited
Edmund Cartwright House
4 Robert Robinson Avenue
Oxford Science Park
Oxford OX4 4GA / GB
Inventor(s)01 / WATERMAN, David
c/o OXFORD NANOPORE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Edmund Cartwright House
4 Robert Robinson Avenue
Oxford Science Park
Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 4GA / GB
 [2019/20]
Representative(s)EIP
Fairfax House
15 Fulwood Place
London WC1V 6HU / GB
[N/P]
Former [2019/20]J A Kemp
14 South Square
Gray's Inn
London WC1R 5JJ / GB
Application number, filing date17739663.706.07.2017
[2019/20]
WO2017GB51991
Priority number, dateGB2016001177006.07.2016         Original published format: GB 201611770
[2019/20]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2018007819
Date:11.01.2018
Language:EN
[2018/02]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3481551
Date:15.05.2019
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 11.01.2018 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2019/20]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP11.01.2018
ClassificationIPC:B01L3/00
[2019/20]
CPC:
B01L3/502715 (EP,CN,US); B01L3/502738 (EP,CN,US); B01L3/502746 (EP,CN,US);
B01L2200/0621 (EP,CN,US); B01L2200/0684 (EP,CN,US); B01L2300/0636 (EP,CN,US);
B01L2300/0645 (EP,CN,US); B01L2300/0816 (EP,CN,US); B01L2300/087 (EP,CN,US);
B01L2300/14 (EP,CN,US); B01L2300/161 (EP,CN,US); B01L2300/165 (CN,US);
B01L2400/0406 (EP,CN,US); B01L2400/0644 (EP,CN,US) (-)
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 [2019/20]
TitleGerman:MIKROFLUIDISCHE VORRICHTUNG[2019/20]
English:MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE[2019/20]
French:DISPOSITIF MICROFLUIDIQUE[2019/20]
Entry into regional phase19.12.2018National basic fee paid 
19.12.2018Designation fee(s) paid 
19.12.2018Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure19.12.2018Examination requested  [2019/20]
19.12.2018Date on which the examining division has become responsible
09.05.2019Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
21.01.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
23.03.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
03.07.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
08.01.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
20.09.2021Observations by third parties
20.12.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
27.04.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
31.08.2022Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
08.03.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
14.06.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
11.12.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
07.03.2024Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
05.09.2024Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
29.07.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
27.07.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
27.07.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
27.07.2022Renewal fee patent year 06
27.07.2023Renewal fee patent year 07
29.07.2024Renewal fee patent year 08
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Cited inInternational search[A]EP1110084  (QUALISYS DIAGNOSTICS INC [US]) [A] 1-7,25-31* paragraphs [0013] - [0015] - [0 25] , [0 27] - [0030] - [0 33] - [0034] - [0 39] , [0 42] - [0044] - [0 57]; figures 1-5; claims 1, 5-10 *;
 [A]US2003224523  (THORNBERG JOHN HERBERT [US], et al) [A] 1-7,9,10,14,20,25 * paragraphs [0001] , [00 5] - [0007] - [0 31] - [0035] - [0 41] - [0043] - [0 81]; figures 1, 3-4, 11-15 *;
 [A]EP1535667  (SYSMEX CORP [JP]) [A] 1-7,10,25,28 * paragraphs [0016] - [0020] - [0 29] - [0032] - [0 46] - [0054]; figures 2-3 *;
 [XI]US2006257941  (MCDEVITT JOHN T [US], et al) [X] 1,4-9,11,12,14,24-27,29,30 * paragraphs [0007] - [0008] - [ 116] , [ 128] - [0149] - [ 159] , [ 315] , [ 321] , [ 330] - [0333]; figures 1-4, 31A * [I] 10,15,23,28;
 [A]US2011318774  (LARSEN ULRIK DARLING [DK]) [A] 1-7,25 * paragraphs [0008] , [0 18] , [ 105] - [0111] - [ 121] , [ 124] - [0136] - [ 148] , [ 156]; figures 1-12 *;
 [XI]US2013217106  (JONES ANTHONY [GB]) [X] 1-9,11-13,16-22,24-27,29-31 * paragraphs [0001] - [0005] - [0 10] - [0014] - [0 20] - [0025] - [0 33] , [0 83] - [0096] - [0 99] , [ 140] - [0153] - [ 185]; figures 1, 3-4, 11-15 * [I] 10,15,23,28
ExaminationEP1110084
 US2015198611
otherEP1419818
 US2005133101
 WO2008137008
 WO2009077734
 CN100571871C
 WO2012042226
 CN103370617
 WO2015193076
 CN106457247
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