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EP4399326 - DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING NUCLEIC ACIDS IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  14.06.2024
Database last updated on 11.04.2026
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  01.12.2023
Most recent event   Tooltip20.03.2026New entry: Application deemed to be withdrawn: despatch of communication + time limit 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Definitive Biotechnologies LLC
6810 Deerpath Road Suite 405
Elkridge, MD 21075 / US
[2024/29]
Inventor(s)01 / ALCORN, Timothy
Raleigh, NC 27612 / US
02 / ALTAVELA, Robert
Webster, NY 14580 / US
03 / CARLOTTA, Michael
Lilburn, GA 30047 / US
04 / CIGNA, David
Rochester, NY 14626 / US
05 / DETTER, John, C.
Melbourne Beach, FL 32951 / US
06 / DIETL, Steven
Ontario, NY 14519 / US
07 / FACCHINI, Charles
Webster, NY 14580 / US
08 / HARAN, Todd
Bloomfield, NY 14469 / US
09 / MARKHAM, Roger
Webster, NY 14580 / US
10 / MURRAY, Michael
Bloomfield, NY 14469 / US
11 / ROSEBROUGH, Scott
Avon, NY 14414 / US
12 / SERBICKI, Jeffrey
Holley, NY 14470 / US
13 / YANG, Qing
Pittsford, NY 14534 / US
 [2024/29]
Representative(s)Patentanwälte Bauer Vorberg Kayser
Partnerschaft mbB
Goltsteinstraße 87
50968 Köln / DE
[2024/29]
Application number, filing date22944007.809.09.2022
[2024/29]
WO2022US43137
Priority number, dateUS202163243005P10.09.2021         Original published format: US 202163243005 P
[2024/29]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO2023229625
Date:30.11.2023
Language:EN
[2023/48]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP4399326
Date:17.07.2024
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 30.11.2023 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2024/29]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US22.02.2024
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP18.08.2025
ClassificationIPC:C12Q1/68, B01L3/00, G01N33/53
[2025/38]
CPC:
C12Q1/6816 (EP); B01L3/502753 (EP,US); B01L3/502715 (EP,US);
B01L3/502723 (EP,US); B01L3/502738 (EP,US); B01L3/5029 (US);
B01L7/52 (US); C12Q1/6806 (EP,US); B01L2200/04 (EP,US);
B01L2200/0652 (US); B01L2200/0684 (US); B01L2200/0689 (US);
B01L2200/085 (US); B01L2200/10 (EP,US); B01L2200/16 (EP);
B01L2300/044 (US); B01L2300/06 (US); B01L2300/0816 (EP);
B01L2300/0867 (EP); B01L2300/087 (EP); B01L2300/165 (US);
B01L2300/168 (US); B01L2400/0481 (EP); B01L2400/0487 (US);
B01L2400/0683 (EP); B01L2400/0688 (EP); B01L2400/0694 (EP,US);
B01L7/00 (EP) (-)
C-Set:
C12Q1/6816, C12Q2565/519, C12Q2565/629 (EP)
Former IPC [2024/29]C12Q1/68, B01L7/00, G01N33/53
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 [2024/29]
TitleGerman:VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM NACHWEIS VON NUKLEINSÄUREN IN BIOLOGISCHEN PROBEN[2024/29]
English:DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING NUCLEIC ACIDS IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES[2024/29]
French:DISPOSITIF ET PROCÉDÉ POUR DÉTECTER DES ACIDES NUCLÉIQUES DANS DES ÉCHANTILLONS BIOLOGIQUES[2024/29]
Entry into regional phase22.03.2024National basic fee paid 
22.03.2024Search fee paid 
22.03.2024Designation fee(s) paid 
22.03.2024Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure22.03.2024Examination requested  [2024/29]
17.10.2024Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
19.03.2026Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.11.2024Renewal fee patent year 03
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
30.09.202403   M06   Fee paid on   27.11.2024
30.09.202504   M06   Not yet paid
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