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EP About this file: EP3504507

EP3504507 - METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPTICAL SURFACE MEASUREMENT BY MEANS OF A CHROMATICALLY CONFOCAL SENSOR [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  15.07.2022
Database last updated on 30.07.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  06.08.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  12.04.2021
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  20.03.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  31.05.2019
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  03.03.2018
Formerunknown
Status updated on  18.08.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip14.06.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): TR		published on 17.07.2024  [2024/29]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
NanoFocus AG
Max-Planck-Ring 48
46049 Oberhausen / DE
[2021/46]
Former [2019/27]For all designated states
Nanofocus AG
Max-Planck-Ring 48
46049 Oberhausen / DE
Inventor(s)01 / FRANK, Johannes
Guilleaumestrasse 9
51065 Köln / DE
 [2019/27]
Representative(s)Schneiders & Behrendt Bochum
Gerard-Mortier-Platz 6
44793 Bochum / DE
[N/P]
Former [2021/36]Schneiders & Behrendt Bochum
Huestraße 23
44787 Bochum / DE
Former [2019/27]Schneiders & Behrendt PartmbB Rechtsanwälte - Patentanwälte
Huestraße 23
44787 Bochum / DE
Application number, filing date17749612.212.07.2017
[2019/27]
WO2017EP67565
Priority number, dateDE20161011582725.08.2016         Original published format: DE102016115827
[2019/27]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2018036715
Date:01.03.2018
Language:DE
[2018/09]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3504507
Date:03.07.2019
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 01.03.2018 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2019/27]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3504507
Date:08.09.2021
Language:DE
[2021/36]
Type: B8 Corrected title page of specification 
No.:EP3504507
Date:01.12.2021
[2021/48]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP01.03.2018
ClassificationIPC:G01B11/02, G01B11/24, G01B11/06
[2021/15]
CPC:
G01B11/24 (EP,KR,US); G01B11/026 (EP,KR,US); G01B11/0608 (EP);
G01B2210/50 (EP,KR,US)
Former IPC [2019/27]G01B11/02, G01B11/24
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 [2019/27]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesMANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR OPTISCHEN OBERFLÄCHENMESSUNG MIT HILFE EINES CHROMATISCH KONFOKALEN SENSORS[2019/27]
English:METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPTICAL SURFACE MEASUREMENT BY MEANS OF A CHROMATICALLY CONFOCAL SENSOR[2019/27]
French:PROCÉDÉ ET DISPOSITIF DE MESURE OPTIQUE DE SURFACE À L'AIDE D'UN CAPTEUR CONFOCAL CHROMATIQUE[2019/27]
Entry into regional phase25.03.2019National basic fee paid 
25.03.2019Designation fee(s) paid 
25.03.2019Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure25.03.2019Examination requested  [2019/27]
25.03.2019Date on which the examining division has become responsible
14.10.2019Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
24.03.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
05.10.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
13.04.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
30.07.2021Fee for grant paid
30.07.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
30.07.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
02.09.2021Request for correction of the decision to grant filed
Opposition(s)09.06.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/33]
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.07.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
23.07.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
26.07.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU12.07.2017
AL08.09.2021
CY08.09.2021
CZ08.09.2021
DK08.09.2021
EE08.09.2021
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FI08.09.2021
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LV08.09.2021
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TR08.09.2021
BG08.12.2021
NO08.12.2021
GR09.12.2021
IS08.01.2022
PT10.01.2022
[2024/29]
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Cited inInternational search[A]DE102008029459  (MEL MIKROELEKTRONIK GMBH [DE]) [A] 1-14* the whole document *;
 [XI]GB2497792  (TAYLOR HOBSON LTD [GB]) [X] 1,5,9,12,13 * page 1, line 27; figure 1 * * page 2, lines 8-17 * * page 3, line 34 - line 39 * * page 5, line 7 - line 18 * [I] 2-4,6-8,10,11,14;
 [XI]DE102012111008  (PRECITEC OPTRONIK GMBH [DE]) [X] 1-3,5-7,9,12,13 * paragraphs [0001] , [0007] , [0012] , [0013] , [0036] , [0077] , [0079] , [0081]; figure 4 * [I] 4,8,10,11,14;
 [XI]DE102013016368  (ZEISS CARL MICROSCOPY GMBH [DE]) [X] 1,5,9 * the whole document * [I] 4,6,10,11,14
ExaminationUS3452278
by applicantDE102016100261
    - CHEN D. LU; MARTIN F. KRAUS; BENJAMIN POTSAID; JONATHAN J. LIU; WOOJHON CHOI; VIJAYSEKHAR JAYARAMAN; ALEX E. CABLE; JOACHIM HORNEG, "Handheld ultrahigh speed swept source optical coherence tomography instrument using a MEMS scanning mirror", BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS, (20131220), vol. 293
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