| EP4365572 - BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE ANALYSIS DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The patent has been granted Status updated on 20.03.2026 Database last updated on 08.04.2026 | |
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| Former | The international publication has been made Status updated on 06.01.2023 | Most recent event Tooltip | 20.03.2026 | (Expected) grant | published on 22.04.2026 [2026/17] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Sony Group Corporation 1-7-1, Konan Minato-ku Tokyo 108-0075 / JP | [2024/19] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
TAHARA Katsutoshi Tokyo 108-0075 / JP | [2024/19] | Representative(s) | D Young & Co LLP 3 Noble Street London EC2V 7BQ / GB | [2024/19] | Application number, filing date | 22832435.6 | 28.02.2022 | [2024/19] | WO2022JP08132 | Priority number, date | JP20210108449 | 30.06.2021 Original published format: JP 2021108449 | [2024/19] | Filing language | JA | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2023276269 | Date: | 05.01.2023 | Language: | JA | [2023/01] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP4365572 | Date: | 08.05.2024 | Language: | EN | [2024/19] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP4365572 | Date: | 22.04.2026 | Language: | EN | [2026/17] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | JP | 05.01.2023 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 11.12.2024 | Classification | IPC: | G01N15/14, G01N21/64 | [2024/19] | CPC: |
G01N15/1429 (EP,US);
G01N15/1434 (EP,US);
G01N15/01 (EP,US);
G01N15/1459 (EP);
G01N15/149 (EP,US);
G01N21/64 (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 [2024/19] | 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: | VORRICHTUNG ZUR ANALYSE BIOLOGISCHER PROBEN | [2024/19] | English: | BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE ANALYSIS DEVICE | [2024/19] | French: | DISPOSITIF D'ANALYSE D'ÉCHANTILLONS BIOLOGIQUES | [2024/19] | Entry into regional phase | 08.01.2024 | Translation filed | 09.01.2024 | National basic fee paid | 09.01.2024 | Search fee paid | 09.01.2024 | Designation fee(s) paid | 09.01.2024 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 09.01.2024 | Examination requested [2024/19] | 26.06.2025 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 26.06.2025 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 27.11.2025 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 16.03.2026 | Fee for grant paid | 16.03.2026 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 16.03.2026 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 09.01.2024 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 18.02.2025 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 19.02.2026 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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| 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 | [XI] US2016161393 (TAHARA KATSUTOSHI et al.) [X] 1 * paragraph [0014] - paragraph [0016]; figure 1 *[I] 2-8 | [XI] WO2018014013 (ACEA BIOSCIENCES INC et al.) [X] 1 * page 20, line 29 - page 21, line 6; figures 7A-8 *[I] 2-8 | [XI] US2010314557 (HAYASHI HIRONORI et al.) [X] 1 * paragraph [0098] *[I] 2-8 | International search | [YX] JPS61128140 (CANON KK et al.) [Y] 2-8 [X] 1 | [Y] JP2002243624 (HORIBA LTD et al.) [Y] 2-7 * paragraphs [0045]-[0046] * | [Y] JP2020027094 (YAMAMOTO TAKASHI et al.) [Y] 8 * paragraph [0020] * | [Y] JP2012021863 (HITACHI HIGH TECH CORP et al.) [Y] 9-17 * claim 1, paragraphs [0016]-[0057] * | [Y] JP2021063664 (SONY CORP et al.) [Y] 9-17 * paragraph [0007] * | [Y] JP2019528680 (ビオメリューBIOMERIEUX) [Y] 12-13 * paragraph [0042] * | [Y] WO2021100622 (SONY GROUP CORP et al.) [Y] 17 * paragraph [0055] * | by applicant | JP2016217789 | JP2011232259 | JP2020076736 |