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EP0406306
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| EP0406306 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING AND DETECTING MICROORGANISMS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 23.03.1995 Database last updated on 13.07.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 30.11.2007 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state Updated state(s): FR | published on 02.01.2008 [2008/01] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company 1007 Market Street Wilmington, DE 19898 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1991/02] | For all designated states E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 1007 Market Street Wilmington Delaware 19898 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
EBERSOLE, Richard, Calvin 2412 Dacia Drive Wilmington, DE 19810 / US | 02 /
GELORMINI, Frank, Thomas 825 Mullen Avenue Gibbstown, NJ 08027 / US | 03 /
TATNALL, Robert, Emmett 543-D McCarthy Road Chadds Ford, PA 19317 / US | [1991/02] | Representative(s) | Jones, Alan John, et al CARPMAELS & RANSFORD 43 Bloomsbury Square London, WC1A 2RA / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1991/02] | Jones, Alan John, et al CARPMAELS & RANSFORD 43 Bloomsbury Square London, WC1A 2RA / GB | Application number, filing date | 89904393.9 | 20.03.1989 | [1991/02] | WO1989US01069 | Priority number, date | US19880169718 | 21.03.1988 Original published format: US 169718 | [1991/02] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO8909279 | Date: | 05.10.1989 | Language: | EN | [1989/24] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0406306 | Date: | 09.01.1991 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 05.10.1989 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1991/02] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0406306 | Date: | 18.05.1994 | Language: | EN | [1994/20] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 05.10.1989 | Classification | IPC: | C12Q1/04, C12Q1/24, C12M1/26, G01N33/569 | [1991/02] | CPC: |
G01N33/56911 (EP,US);
C12Q1/04 (KR);
C12M33/14 (EP,US);
C12M47/02 (EP,US);
C12Q1/24 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, IT, NL, SE [1991/02] | Title | German: | VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM SAMMELN UND NACHWEISEN VON MIKROORGANISMEN | [1991/02] | English: | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING AND DETECTING MICROORGANISMS | [1991/02] | French: | PROCEDE ET APPAREIL POUR RASSEMBLER ET DETECTER DES MICRO-ORGANISMES | [1991/02] | Entry into regional phase | 10.09.1990 | National basic fee paid | 10.09.1990 | Designation fee(s) paid | 10.09.1990 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 26.09.1989 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: FR | 10.09.1990 | Examination requested [1991/02] | 02.04.1992 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 09.10.1992 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 29.06.1993 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 03.11.1993 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 25.11.1993 | Fee for grant paid | 25.11.1993 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 21.02.1995 | No opposition filed within time limit [1995/19] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 17.12.1990 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 13.03.1992 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 09.03.1993 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 09.03.1994 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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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. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | DE | 18.05.1994 | FR | 18.05.1994 | IT | 18.05.1994 | NL | 18.05.1994 | SE | 18.05.1994 | [2006/14] |
| Former [2002/23] | DE | 18.05.1994 | |
| IT | 18.05.1994 | ||
| NL | 18.05.1994 | ||
| SE | 18.05.1994 | ||
| FR | 14.10.1994 | ||
| Former [1999/42] | DE | 18.05.1994 | |
| IT | 18.05.1994 | ||
| NL | 18.05.1994 | ||
| FR | 14.10.1994 | ||
| Former [1995/24] | DE | 18.05.1994 | |
| NL | 18.05.1994 | ||
| FR | 14.10.1994 | ||
| Former [1995/12] | DE | 18.05.1994 | |
| NL | 18.05.1994 | ||
| Former [1995/03] | DE | 18.05.1994 | Cited in | International search | EP0198413 [ ] (DU PONT [US]); | EP0272916 [ ] (CONOCO INC [US]); | WO8700199 [ ] (CLYDE ROBERT A [US]) |