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EP0386048 - BLOOD PURIFICATION APPARATUS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  22.07.1995
Database last updated on 25.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip23.12.1999Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): LU
published on 09.02.2000 [2000/06]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
3i RESEARCH EXPLOITATION LIMITED
91 Waterloo Road
London SE1 8XP / GB
[1990/37]
Inventor(s)01 / GREENWOOD, Roger, Newton
Garden Flat 155 Goldhurst Terrace South Hampstead
London NW6 3EU / GB
02 / ALDRIDGE, Colin
14 Epping Way North Chingford
London E4 7PB / GB
03 / TATTERSALL, James, Erskine
1 Bruce Hall Mews Franciscan Road
London SW17 8DF / GB
04 / BARRETT, Rodney, Valentine
18 Fernbank Road Redland
Bristol BS6 6PZ / GB
[1990/37]
Representative(s)March, Gary Clifford, et al
Batchellor, Kirk & Co.
102-108 Clerkenwell Road
London EC1M 5SA / GB
[N/P]
Former [1990/37]March, Gary Clifford, et al
Batchellor, Kirk & Co. 2 Pear Tree Court Farringdon Road
London EC1R 0DS / GB
Application number, filing date88909333.221.10.1988
[1990/37]
WO1988GB00920
Priority number, dateGB1987002491423.10.1987         Original published format: GB 8724914
[1990/37]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO8903696
Date:05.05.1989
Language:EN
[1989/10]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0386048
Date:12.09.1990
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 05.05.1989 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1990/37]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0386048
Date:21.09.1994
Language:EN
[1994/38]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP05.05.1989
ClassificationIPC:A61M1/30, A61M1/34
[1990/37]
CPC:
A61M1/30 (EP,US); A61M1/303 (EP,US); A61M1/308 (EP,US);
A61M1/3434 (EP,US); A61M1/3437 (EP,US); A61M1/3604 (EP,US);
A61M60/258 (EP,US); A61M60/37 (EP,US); A61M60/427 (EP,US);
A61M60/432 (EP,US); A61M60/515 (EP,US); A61M60/538 (EP,US);
A61M1/1698 (EP,US); A61M1/3679 (EP,US); A61M5/1486 (EP,US);
A61M60/113 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   LU,   NL,   SE [1990/37]
TitleGerman:BLUTREINIGUNGSVORRICHTUNG[1990/37]
English:BLOOD PURIFICATION APPARATUS[1990/37]
French:APPPAREIL D'EPURATION DU SANG[1990/37]
Entry into regional phase12.04.1990National basic fee paid 
12.04.1990Designation fee(s) paid 
12.04.1990Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure12.05.1989Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: DE
12.04.1990Examination requested  [1990/37]
05.11.1991Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
14.05.1992Reply to a communication from the examining division
01.03.1993Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
12.07.1993Reply to a communication from the examining division
09.09.1993Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
22.03.1994Communication of intention to grant the patent
14.06.1994Fee for grant paid
14.06.1994Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)22.06.1995No opposition filed within time limit [1995/37]
Fees paidRenewal fee
11.09.1990Renewal fee patent year 03
11.10.1991Renewal fee patent year 04
11.09.1992Renewal fee patent year 05
01.10.1993Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT21.09.1994
BE21.09.1994
NL21.09.1994
LU31.10.1994
SE21.12.1994
[2000/06]
Former [1995/35]AT21.09.1994
BE21.09.1994
NL21.09.1994
SE21.12.1994
Former [1995/29]AT21.09.1994
BE21.09.1994
SE21.12.1994
Former [1995/27]BE21.09.1994
Cited inInternational searchUS4331540  [ ] (WITSOE DAVID A);
 EP0105845  [ ] (HAEMOTRONIC SRL [IT]);
 EP0114698  [ ] (LYSAGHT MICHAEL J [US], et al);
 EP0132210  [ ] (RHONE POULENC SA [FR])
 [X]  - A.S.A.I.O. Transactions, volume 33, no. 3, September 1987, (Hagerstown, MD, US), R.R. Stromberg et al.: "Development of a novel membrane apheresis system for plasma collection at mobile sites", pages 614-620
Examination   - A. S. A. I. O. Transactions, volume 33, no. 3, September 1987, ( Hagerstown, MD, US), R. R. Stromberg et al.: "Development of a novel membrane apheresis system for plasma collection at mobile sites", pages 614 - 620 see page 614, column 2, lines 8 - 28; page 615, figure 1; page 617, column 1, line 28 - coulmn 2, line 12; page 618, figure 5, column 1, lines 1 - 9
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