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EP About this file: EP0285116

EP0285116 - Apparatus and process for testing the sterility of liquids and substances transferred in a liquid phase by the membrane filtering method [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application is deemed to be withdrawn
Status updated on  28.07.1993
Database last updated on 24.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip28.07.1993Application deemed to be withdrawnpublished on 15.09.1993 [1993/37]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
SARTORIUS AG
Weender Landstrasse 94-108
37075 Göttingen / DE
[N/P]
Former [1991/15]For all designated states
SARTORIUS AG
Weender Landstrasse 94-108
D-37070 Göttingen / DE
Former [1988/40]For all designated states
Sartorius GmbH.
Weender Landstrasse 94-108
D-3400 Göttingen / DE
Inventor(s)01 / Sonzogni, Giovanni B.
Via Ronco Alto 15
IT-24018 Villa D'Alme Bergamo / IT
02 / Thormann, Detlef
Dresdnerstrasse 11
D-3406 Bovenden / DE
03 / Pradel, Günter
Minkowskiweg 30
D-3400 Göttingen / DE
04 / Reulecke, Fritz
Burkhardtstrasse 18
D-3404 Adelebsen / DE
05 / Bosse, Klaus
Uslarerstrasse 12A
D-3417 Bodenfelde / DE
[1988/40]
Representative(s)Köhler, Rudolf
c/o Sartorius AG Weender Landstrasse 94-108
37070 Göttingen / DE
[N/P]
Former [1991/15]Köhler, Rudolf
c/o Sartorius AG Weender Landstrasse 94-108
D-37070 Göttingen / DE
Former [1988/40]Köhler, Rudolf
c/o Sartorius GmbH Weender Landstrasse 94-108
D-37070 Göttingen / DE
Application number, filing date88105134.630.03.1988
[1988/40]
Priority number, dateDE1987371084801.04.1987         Original published format: DE 3710848
[1988/40]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0285116
Date:05.10.1988
Language:DE
[1988/40]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0285116
Date:04.07.1990
Language:DE
[1990/27]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP14.05.1990
ClassificationIPC:A61L2/24, A61L2/26, C12Q1/22
[1988/40]
CPC:
C12Q1/22 (EP); A61L2/28 (EP); B01D61/18 (EP)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   NL,   SE [1988/40]
TitleGerman:Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Sterilitätsprüfung von Flüssigkeiten und von in eine Flüssigphase überführten Stoffen nach der Membranfiltermethode[1988/40]
English:Apparatus and process for testing the sterility of liquids and substances transferred in a liquid phase by the membrane filtering method[1988/40]
French:Appareil et procédé pour tester la stérilité de liquides et de substances transférées en une phase liquide d'après la méthode de filtration par membrane[1988/40]
File destroyed:12.06.1999
Examination procedure16.06.1990Examination requested  [1990/33]
11.08.1992Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
11.12.1992Communication of intention to grant the patent
23.03.1993Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect  [1993/37]
22.04.1993Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: fee for grant / fee for printing not paid in time  [1993/37]
Fees paidRenewal fee
09.04.1990Renewal fee patent year 03
11.06.1991Renewal fee patent year 04
18.01.1992Renewal fee patent year 05
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
02.04.199003   M06   Fee paid on   16.06.1990
02.04.199104   M06   Fee paid on   11.06.1991
31.03.199306   M06   Not yet paid
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Documents cited:Search[AD]EP0118601  ;
 [AD]US4292405  ;
 [A]DE3012085
 [A]  - PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY, August 1986, Seite 42; B. ZLOTNICK: "A robotic system for the sterility testing of injectables"
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