Deutsch English Français

Contact

EP4191234

European procedure

Quick help

Maintenance news

Scheduled maintenance

Regular maintenance outages:
between 05.00 and 05.15 hrs CET (Monday to Sunday).

Other outages
Availability
Register Forum

2022.02.11

More...

News flashes

News flashes

New version of the European Patent Register - SPC information for Unitary Patents.

2024-03-06

More...

Extract from the Register of European Patents

EP About this file: EP4191234

EP4191234 - METHOD OF ANALYSING A MIXED FLUORESCENCE RESPONSE OF A PLURALITY OF FLUOROPHORES, FLUORESCENCE ANALYSER, FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Request for examination was made Status updated on 08.12.2023 Database last updated on 06.07.2024
Former	The application has been published Status updated on 05.05.2023
Most recent event Tooltip	12.04.2024	Change - representative
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH Ernst-Leitz-Strasse 17-37 35578 Wetzlar / DE
	[2023/23]
Inventor(s)	01 / DEISSLER, Benjamin 35510 Butzbach / DE
	02 / SCHUMANN, Christian 35423 Lich / DE
	03 / RITSCHEL, Kai 35452 Heuchelheim / DE
	04 / BELJAN, Mate 61440 Oberursel / DE
	05 / FOUQUET, Wernher 68167 Mannheim / DE
	06 / COJOC, Gheorghe 01277 Dresden / DE
	[2023/23]
Representative(s)	Schaumburg und Partner Patentanwälte mbB Mauerkircherstraße 31 81679 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2023/23]	DehnsGermany Partnerschaft von Patentanwälten Theresienstraße 6-8 80333 München / DE
Application number, filing date	21212550.4	06.12.2021
	[2023/23]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP4191234
	Date:	07.06.2023
	Language:	EN
	[2023/23]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	13.05.2022
Classification	IPC:	G01N21/64, G01J3/44, G02B21/16	[2023/23]
	CPC:	G01N21/6458 (EP); G01N21/64 (CN,US); G01J3/4406 (EP); G01N21/6428 (EP); G01N2021/6441 (EP); G01N2201/127 (US); (+) G02B21/16 (EP); G02B21/367 (EP) (-)
Designated contracting states	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 [2024/02]
Former [2023/23]	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
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Validation states	KH	Not yet paid
	MA	Not yet paid
	MD	Not yet paid
	TN	Not yet paid
Title	German:	VERFAHREN ZUR ANALYSE EINER GEMISCHTEN FLUORESZENZANTWORT MEHRERER FLUOROPHORE, FLUORESZENZANALYSATOR, FLUORESZENZMIKROSKOP UND COMPUTERPROGRAMM	[2023/23]
	English:	METHOD OF ANALYSING A MIXED FLUORESCENCE RESPONSE OF A PLURALITY OF FLUOROPHORES, FLUORESCENCE ANALYSER, FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM	[2023/23]
	French:	PROCÉDÉ D'ANALYSE D'UNE RÉPONSE DE FLUORESCENCE MIXTE D'UNE PLURALITÉ DE FLUOROPHORES, ANALYSEUR DE FLUORESCENCE, MICROSCOPE À FLUORESCENCE ET PROGRAMME INFORMATIQUE	[2023/23]
Examination procedure	15.11.2023	Observations by third parties
	06.12.2023	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	06.12.2023	Examination requested [2024/02]
	06.12.2023	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	26.12.2023	Renewal fee patent year 03
Opt-out from the exclusive Tooltip competence of the Unified Patent Court	See the Register of the Unified Patent Court for opt-out data
	Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court.
Documents cited:	Search	[A]US6687000 (WHITE JOHN G [US]) [A] 1-16 * figures 1-2 *;
		[X]US2005243313 (NEHER ERWIN [DE], et al) [X] 1,3,4,6-10,12-16 * [0001]-[0002], [0010], [0013], [0015], [0022], [0026]-[0027], [0048], [0051], [0054]-[0055];; figure 1 *;
		[A]US2021208076 (CHANG JAE-BYUM [KR], et al) [A] 1-16 * [0047]-[0048], [0062] *;
		[X] - Mcrae Tristan D. ET AL, "Robust blind spectral unmixing for fluorescence microscopy using unsupervised learning", bioRxiv, doi:10.1101/797993, (20191009), URL: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/797993v1.full.pdf, (20220117), XP055879880 [X] 1-9,11-16 * figures 2-6 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/797993
		[A] - HUANG SHAOSEN ET AL, "Nonnegative matrix factorization using target-to-background contrast for fluorescence unmixing", 2013 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MEDICAL IMAGING PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING, IEEE, (20131019), doi:10.1109/ICMIPE.2013.6864553, pages 287 - 292, XP032625511 [A] 1-16 * Section 3 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICMIPE.2013.6864553
		[A] - MURAD MEGJHANI ET AL, "Morphologically constrained spectral unmixing by dictionary learning for multiplex fluorescence microscopy", BIOINFORMATICS, GB, (20170715), vol. 33, no. 14, doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btx108, ISSN 1367-4803, pages 2182 - 2190, XP055589656 [A] 1-16 * Sections 2-3;; figures 1-3 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btx108
		[A] - PU YANG ET AL, "Evaluation of algorithm methods for fluorescence spectra of cancerous and normal human tissues", PROGRESS IN BIOMEDICAL OPTICS AND IMAGING, SPIE - INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR OPTICAL ENGINEERING, BELLINGHAM, WA, US, (20160307), vol. 9703, doi:10.1117/12.2205628, ISSN 1605-7422, ISBN 978-1-5106-0027-0, pages 97031M - 97031M, XP060065021 [A] 1-16 * Section 2.2 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2205628
		[A] - JERILYN A. TIMLIN, "Imaging multiple endogenous and exogenous fluorescent species in cells and tissues", PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE, VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS AND IMAGE PROCESSING 2005, Visual Communications and Image Processing 2005, 2005, Beijing, China, (20060101), vol. 6088, doi:10.1117/12.647228, ISSN 0277-786X, page 608805, XP055013152 [A] 1-16 * figure 1 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.647228
		[A] - JAMES R. MANSFIELD ET AL, "Autofluorescence removal, multiplexing, and automated analysis methods for in-vivo fluorescence imaging", JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS, 1000 20th St. Bellingham WA 98225-6705 USA, (20050101), vol. 10, no. 4, doi:10.1117/1.2032458, ISSN 1083-3668, page 041207, XP055269855 [A] 1-16 * Section 3.1 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.2032458
	by applicant	EP3721279
		WO2021185557
		- T. ZIMMERMANN, "Spectral Imaging and Linear Unmixing in Light Microscopy", Adv. Biochem. Eng. Biotechnol., (20050000), vol. 95, doi:10.1007/b102216, pages 245 - 265, XP055589696 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b102216

The EPO accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of data originating from other authorities; in particular, it does not guarantee that it is complete, up to date or fit for specific purposes.

Legal notice
Terms of use
24.1.24; 35p