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EP3676599 - PHOTONIC INTERFEROMETER BASED SENSING [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  24.12.2021
Database last updated on 08.10.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  05.06.2020
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  08.03.2019
Formerunknown
Status updated on  17.09.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip16.09.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
MEEP BV
Tweekapellenstraat 54
9050 Gentbrugge / BE
[2023/34]
Former [2020/28]For all designated states
ANTELOPE DX BV
Industriepark Zwijnaarde 7C
9052 Zwijnaarde / BE
Inventor(s)01 / HOSTE, Jan-Willem
Tweekapellenstraat 54
9050 Gentbrugge / BE
 [2020/28]
Representative(s)Winger
Mouterij 16 bus 101
3190 Boortmeerbeek / BE
[N/P]
Former [2020/28]DenK iP
Leuvensesteenweg 203
3190 Boortmeerbeek / BE
Application number, filing date18765091.601.09.2018
[2020/28]
WO2018EP73552
Priority number, dateEP2017018901801.09.2017         Original published format: EP 17189018
[2020/28]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2019043207
Date:07.03.2019
Language:EN
[2019/10]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3676599
Date:08.07.2020
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 07.03.2019 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2020/28]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP07.03.2019
ClassificationIPC:G01N21/77, G01N21/45, G01J9/02, G02B6/12, G02B6/293
[2020/28]
CPC:
G01N21/7703 (EP,US); G01N21/45 (EP,US); G01N2021/7709 (EP,US);
G01N2021/7736 (EP,US); G01N2021/7779 (EP,US); G01N2021/7793 (EP);
G01N2201/06113 (US); G01N2201/08 (US); G02B2006/12159 (EP,US);
G02B6/29352 (EP,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 [2020/28]
TitleGerman:AUF PHOTONISCHEM INTERFEROMETER BASIERENDE MESSUNG[2020/28]
English:PHOTONIC INTERFEROMETER BASED SENSING[2020/28]
French:DÉTECTION BASÉE SUR UN INTERFÉROMÈTRE PHOTONIQUE[2020/28]
Entry into regional phase12.03.2020National basic fee paid 
12.03.2020Designation fee(s) paid 
12.03.2020Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure01.07.2019Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
12.03.2020Examination requested  [2020/28]
12.03.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
19.10.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
05.01.2022Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
12.05.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
31.10.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
08.03.2024Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
24.09.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
22.09.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
27.09.2022Renewal fee patent year 05
26.09.2023Renewal fee patent year 06
16.09.2024Renewal fee patent year 07
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Cited inInternational search[Y]US2004257579  (SHIRAI MASATAKA [JP], et al) [Y] 1-4,6,8,14 * paragraphs [0002] , [0025] , [0034] , [0038] , [0095] * * figures 8,12,13 *;
 [A]EP2214049  (OPTISENSE B V [NL]) [A] 1-14 * figure 2 *;
 [Y]US2011102804  (LIPSON MICHAL [US], et al) [Y] 7 * paragraph [0035] * * figure 1 *;
 [XY]US2012214707  (YMETI AUREL [NL], et al) [X] 1-4,6,8,10-14 * paragraphs [0001] , [0045] , [0058] , [0085] , [0103] , [0104] , [0105] , [0151] * * claims 1,2,18,19 * * figures 2A,4,7 * [Y] 7;
 [Y]US2014176957  (BIENSTMAN PETER [BE], et al) [Y] 1,14 * paragraphs [0001] , [0009] , [0010] , [0016] , [0019] , [0021] , [0023] , [0024] , [0057] ** figures 4, 5 *;
 [I]US2016265898  (SCHREUDER FREDERIK [NL], et al) [I] 1,2,5,6,8,9,14 * paragraphs [0007] , [0009] , [0028] , [0037] , [0054] , [0061] , [0062] * * figures 2,5A *;
 [Y]  - MARIA KITSARA ET AL, "Integrated optical frequency-resolved Mach-Zehnder interferometers for label-free affinity sensing", OPTICS EXPRESS, (20100402), vol. 18, no. 8, doi:10.1364/OE.18.008193, page 8193, XP055451540 [Y] 1-4,6,8,14 * page 8196, paragraph 4 * * page 8197, paragraphs 3,4 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.008193
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    - HEIDEMAN; LAMBECK, Sensors Actuators B Chem, (19990000), pages 100 - 127
    - BROSINGER, Sensors Actuators B Chem, (19970000), pages 350 - 355
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