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EP About this file: EP3730216

EP3730216 - HOLDER AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AN ANALYTE IN DRIED BLOOD SPOTS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  19.09.2024
Database last updated on 11.04.2026
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  13.10.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  14.06.2023
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  03.02.2023
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  03.04.2021
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  28.09.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip03.10.2025Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): FI		published on 05.11.2025  [2025/45]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
EUROIMMUN Medizinische Labordiagnostika AG
Seekamp 31
23560 Lübeck / DE
[N/P]
Former [2020/44]For all designated states
Euroimmun Medizinische Labordiagnostika AG
Seekamp 31
23560 Lübeck / DE
Inventor(s)01 / SEISMANN, Henning
Rögen 8
23863 Nienwohld / DE
02 / WICHNER, Birgit
Schönböckener Hauptstr. 13
23556 Lübeck / DE
03 / WEIMANN, Alf
Langelandring 14
23560 Lübeck / DE
04 / HERBST, Victor
Am Ring 46
23628 Krummesse / DE
05 / STÖCKER, Winfried
Am Sonnenberg 9
23627 Groß Grönau / DE
 [2020/44]
Application number, filing date20170994.623.04.2020
[2020/44]
Priority number, dateEP2019017122625.04.2019         Original published format: EP 19171226
[2020/44]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3730216
Date:28.10.2020
Language:DE
[2020/44]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3730216
Date:15.11.2023
Language:DE
[2023/46]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP04.06.2020
ClassificationIPC:B01L3/00, G01N33/543, G01N33/68
[2020/44]
CPC:
B01L3/505 (EP); G01N33/6854 (US); G01N33/49 (US);
G01N33/686 (EP); B01L2200/16 (EP); B01L2300/021 (EP);
B01L2300/0816 (EP); B01L2300/123 (EP); B01L2300/126 (EP);
C08L23/12 (US); G01N2800/24 (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 [2021/18]
Former [2020/44]AL,  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 
TitleGerman:TRÄGER UND VERFAHREN ZUM NACHWEIS EINES ANALYTEN IN DRIED BLOOD SPOTS[2020/44]
English:HOLDER AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AN ANALYTE IN DRIED BLOOD SPOTS[2020/44]
French:SUPPORT ET PROCÉDÉ DE DÉTECTION D'UN ANALYTE DANS LES TACHES DE SANG SÉCHÉES[2020/44]
Examination procedure25.03.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
25.03.2021Examination requested  [2021/18]
25.03.2021Date on which the examining division has become responsible
02.02.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
24.04.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
15.06.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
06.10.2023Fee for grant paid
06.10.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
06.10.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)19.08.2024No opposition filed within time limit [2024/43]
Fees paidRenewal fee
24.03.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
22.03.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
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