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EP3498709 - OPLOPHORUS-DERIVED LUCIFERASES, NOVEL COELENTERAZINE SUBSTRATES, AND METHODS OF USE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  31.07.2020
Database last updated on 29.06.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  17.05.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip27.11.2023New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Promega Corporation
2800 Woods Hollow Road
Madison, WI 53711-5399 / US
[2019/25]
Inventor(s)01 / Binkowski, Brock
E9121 State Road 60
Sauk City, WI 53583 / US
02 / Encell, Lance P.
5637 Kinsale Drive
Fitchburg, WI 53711 / US
03 / Hall, Mary P.
504 Skyview Drive
Waunakee, WI 53597 / US
04 / Robers, Matthew B.
13 Oak Glen Court
Madison, WI 53717 / US
05 / Slater, Michael R.
2806 Marshall Court
Madison, WI 53704 / US
06 / Wood, Keith V.
8380 Swan Road
Mount Horeb, WI 53572 / US
07 / Wood, Monika G.
8380 Swan Road
Mount Horeb, WI 53572 / US
08 / Klaubert, Dieter
250 Blue Sky Drive
Arroyo Grande, CA 93420 / US
09 / Meisenheimer, Poncho
1155 Palm Street Nº5
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 / US
10 / Unch, James
257 Ruth Ann Way
Arroyo Grande, CA 93420 / US
11 / Valley, Michael P.
5463 Shale Road
Fitchburg, WI 53711 / US
 [2019/25]
Representative(s)Hoffmann Eitle
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB
Arabellastraße 30
81925 München / DE
[2019/25]
Application number, filing date19150036.202.11.2011
[2019/25]
Priority number, dateUS201040942210P02.11.2010         Original published format: US 40942210 P
[2019/25]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3498709
Date:19.06.2019
Language:EN
[2019/25]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP13.03.2019
ClassificationIPC:C07D487/04, C12Q1/66
[2019/25]
CPC:
C12Q1/66 (EP,CN,IL,US); C12N15/52 (EP,IL,KR,US); C12N9/0069 (EP,CN,IL,US);
C07D487/04 (EP,IL,US); C07K14/435 (IL,KR); C07K19/00 (IL,KR);
C12N15/1086 (CN,IL); C12N9/0004 (EP,IL,KR,US); C12Y113/12005 (EP,CN,IL,US);
C12Y113/12007 (EP,CN,IL,US); C12Y113/12013 (CN,IL); A01K2217/072 (IL,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 [2019/25]
TitleGerman:AUS OPLOPHORUS GEWONNENE LUCIFERASEN, NEUARTIGE COELENTERAZINSUBSTRATE UND VERFAHREN ZUR VERWENDUNG[2019/25]
English:OPLOPHORUS-DERIVED LUCIFERASES, NOVEL COELENTERAZINE SUBSTRATES, AND METHODS OF USE[2019/25]
French:LUCIFÉRASES ISSUES D'OPLOPHORUS NOUVEAUX SUBSTRATS DE COÉLENTÉRAZINE ET LEURS PROCÉDÉS D'UTILISATION[2019/25]
Examination procedure02.01.2019Examination requested  [2019/25]
11.11.2019Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
30.07.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
09.02.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
09.12.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
20.06.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP11785534.6  / EP2635595
Fees paidRenewal fee
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02.01.2019Renewal fee patent year 04
02.01.2019Renewal fee patent year 05
02.01.2019Renewal fee patent year 06
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02.01.2019Renewal fee patent year 08
27.11.2019Renewal fee patent year 09
27.11.2020Renewal fee patent year 10
29.11.2021Renewal fee patent year 11
28.11.2022Renewal fee patent year 12
27.11.2023Renewal fee patent year 13
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