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EP About this file: EP3649529

EP3649529 - ELECTRON MICROSCOPE SAMPLE HOLDER FLUID HANDLING WITH INDEPENDENT PRESSURE AND FLOW CONTROL [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  03.11.2023
Database last updated on 26.07.2024
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  26.06.2023
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  10.04.2020
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  12.01.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip26.07.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): CZ, RO		published on 28.08.2024 [2024/35]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Protochips, Inc.
3800 Gateway Centre Boulevard
Suite 306
Morrisville, North Carolina 27560 / US
[2020/20]
Inventor(s)01 / WALDEN, II, Franklin Stampley
3800 Gateway Centre Blvd.
Suite 306
Morrisville, North Carolina 27560 / US
02 / DAMIANO, JR., John
3800 Gateway Centre Blvd.
Suite 306
Morrisville, North Carolina 27560 / US
03 / GARDINER, Daniel Stephen
3800 Gateway Centre Blvd.
Suite 306
Morrisville, North Carolina 27560 / US
04 / CARPENTER, William Bradford
3800 Gateway Centre Blvd.
Suite 306
Morrisville, North Carolina 27560 / US
 [2020/20]
Representative(s)Serjeants LLP
Dock
75 Exploration Drive
Leicester, LE4 5NU / GB
[2020/20]
Application number, filing date18827985.506.07.2018
[2020/20]
WO2018US41048
Priority number, dateUS201762529195P06.07.2017         Original published format: US 201762529195 P
[2020/20]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2019010390
Date:10.01.2019
Language:EN
[2019/02]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3649529
Date:13.05.2020
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 10.01.2019 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2020/20]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3649529
Date:06.12.2023
Language:EN
[2023/49]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:KR10.01.2019
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP05.03.2021
ClassificationIPC:G05D7/06, G05D16/20, G01F25/00, G01F1/76, G01F1/34, H01J37/20
[2021/14]
CPC:
G05D7/0635 (EP,US); H01J37/20 (EP,US); G01F1/34 (EP,US);
G01F1/76 (EP); G01F25/00 (EP); H01J2237/006 (EP,US);
H01J2237/2003 (EP); H01J2237/26 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2020/20]G05D7/06, G05D16/20, G01F25/00, G01F1/76
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 [2020/20]  
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:FLÜSSIGKEITSHANDHABUNG EINES ELEKTRONENMIKROSKOPPROBENHALTERS MIT UNABHÄNGIGER DRUCK- UND DURCHFLUSSREGELUNG[2020/20]
English:ELECTRON MICROSCOPE SAMPLE HOLDER FLUID HANDLING WITH INDEPENDENT PRESSURE AND FLOW CONTROL[2020/20]
French:GESTION DE FLUIDE DE PORTE-ÉCHANTILLON DE MICROSCOPE ÉLECTRONIQUE À COMMANDE DE PRESSION ET DE DÉBIT INDÉPENDANTE[2020/20]
Entry into regional phase24.01.2020National basic fee paid 
24.01.2020Search fee paid 
24.01.2020Designation fee(s) paid 
24.01.2020Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure24.01.2020Examination requested  [2020/20]
20.09.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
27.06.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
24.10.2023Fee for grant paid
24.10.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
24.10.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Fees paidRenewal fee
08.01.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
26.07.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
08.07.2022Renewal fee patent year 05
28.07.2023Renewal fee patent year 06
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
31.07.202003   M06   Fee paid on   08.01.2021
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipCZ06.12.2023
ES06.12.2023
HR06.12.2023
RO06.12.2023
RS06.12.2023
SM06.12.2023
NO06.03.2024
GR07.03.2024
IS06.04.2024
[2024/35]
Former [2024/33]ES06.12.2023
HR06.12.2023
RS06.12.2023
SM06.12.2023
NO06.03.2024
GR07.03.2024
IS06.04.2024
Former [2024/32]ES06.12.2023
HR06.12.2023
RS06.12.2023
NO06.03.2024
GR07.03.2024
IS06.04.2024
Former [2024/24]ES06.12.2023
HR06.12.2023
RS06.12.2023
NO06.03.2024
GR07.03.2024
Former [2024/20]GR07.03.2024
Documents cited:Search[XI]  - AKATAY M. CEM ET AL, "Gas mixing system for imaging of nanomaterials under dynamic environments by environmental transmission electron microscopy", REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, US, vol. 85, no. 3, doi:10.1063/1.4867903, ISSN 0034-6748, (20140318), pages 033704 - 1, URL: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.4867903, (20210222), XP055778327 [X] 1-5,7-10,12 * pages 033704-3, column l; figures 2,3,5 * * pages 033704-2, column r * * column r * [I] 6,11,13

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4867903
International search[A]US5367171  (AOYAMA TAKASHI [JP], et al) [A] 1-13 * See column 1, line 61 - column 2, line 59; and claims 1-7. *;
 [A]US2012298883  (GROGAN JOSEPH M [US], et al) [A] 1-13 * See abstract; paragraphs [0005]-[0007]; and figure 1. *;
 [A]US2012305769  (YAGUCHI TOSHIE [JP], et al) [A] 1-13 * See paragraphs [0028]-[0032]; claims 1-6; and figure 3. *;
 [X]US2016033355  (GARDINER DANIEL S [US], et al) [X] 1-13 * See paragraphs [0001], [0013], [0015]-[0017], [0042], [0044], [0046], [0053], [0064]; claim 1; and figures 3d, 3g. *;
 [A]WO2016047829  (KOREA BASIC SCIENCE INST [KR]) [A] 1-13* See abstract; claims 1-5; and figures 1, 7. *
by applicant   - AKATAY M. CEM et al., "Gas mixing system for imaging of nanomaterials under dynamic environments by environmental transmission electron microscopy", Review of Scientific Instruments, (20140318), vol. 85, no. 3, doi:10.1063/1.4867903, ISSN 0034-6748, pages 033704 - 1, XP055778327

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4867903
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