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EP0502998 - EXPLOSIVE DETECTION SCREENING SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 26.05.2000 Database last updated on 13.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	06.08.2004	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): LU	published on 22.09.2004 [2004/39]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states RESEARCH CORPORATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 101 N. Wilmot Road, Suite 600 Tucson Arizona 85711 / US
	[N/P]
Former [1994/06]	For all designated states RESEARCH CORPORATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 101 N. Wilmot Road, Suite 600 Tucson Arizona 85711 / US
Former [1992/38]	For all designated states RESEARCH CORPORATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6840 East Broadway Boulevard Tucson Arizona 85710-2815 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / CORRIGAN, Colin, D. Suite 1101 151 Bay Street Ottawa, Canada K1R 7T2 / CA
	02 / HALEY, Lawrence, V. 1 Manju Street Ottawa, Ontario K1G 4T7 / CA
	[1999/28]
Former [1999/01]	01 / CORRIGAN, Colin, D. 530 Laurier Avenue Ottawa, Ontario K1R 7T1 / CA
	02 / HALEY, Lawrence, V. 1 Manju Street Ottawa, Ontario K1G 4T7 / CA
Former [1992/38]	01 / CORRIGAN, Colin, D. 11 Tristan Court, Unit D Nepean, Ontario K2E 8B9 / CA
	02 / HALEY, Lawrence, V. 11 Tristan Court, Unit D Nepean, Ontario K2E 8D9 / CA
Representative(s)	von Fischern, Bernhard, et al Hoffmann - Eitle Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4 81925 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [1992/38]	Ritter und Edler von Fischern, Bernhard, Dipl.-Ing., et al Hoffmann, Eitle & Partner, Patentanwälte, Postfach 81 04 20 D-81904 München / DE
Application number, filing date	91901611.3	10.12.1990
	[1992/38]
	WO1990US07269
Priority number, date	US19890447724	08.12.1989 Original published format: US 447724
	US19900608496	02.11.1990 Original published format: US 608496
	[1992/38]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9109307
	Date:	27.06.1991
	Language:	EN
	[1991/14]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0502998
	Date:	16.09.1992
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 27.06.1991 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1992/38]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0502998
	Date:	21.07.1999
	Language:	EN
	[1999/29]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	27.06.1991
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	05.03.1993
Classification	IPC:	G01N30/00, G01N1/24, G01V9/00, G01N30/70, G01N33/22, G01N27/62	[1994/30]
	CPC:	G01N27/622 (EP,US); G01N1/2214 (EP,US); G01N33/0081 (EP,US); G01V9/007 (EP,US); G01N1/24 (EP,US); G01N2001/024 (EP,US); (+) G01N2001/028 (EP,US); G01N2001/2285 (EP,US); G01N2030/025 (EP,US) (-)
	Former IPC [1992/38]	G01N30/00
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IT, LI, LU, NL, SE [1992/38]
Title	German:	NACHWEISSYSTEM FÜR EXPLOSIFSTOFFE	[1992/38]
	English:	EXPLOSIVE DETECTION SCREENING SYSTEM	[1992/38]
	French:	SYSTEME DE DETECTION D'EXPLOSIFS	[1992/38]
Entry into regional phase	15.06.1992	National basic fee paid
	15.06.1992	Search fee paid
	15.06.1992	Designation fee(s) paid
	15.06.1992	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	03.07.1991	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: DE
	15.06.1992	Examination requested [1992/38]
	19.03.1996	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	29.07.1996	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	29.08.1996	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	07.03.1997	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	20.01.1998	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
	04.08.1998	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	11.12.1998	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
	11.12.1998	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	25.01.1999	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	22.04.1999	Fee for grant paid
	22.04.1999	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)	EP98113501.5 / EP0881479
	EP98113514.8 / EP0881482
	EP98113528.8 / EP0881480
	EP98123024.6 / EP0905501
Opposition(s)	26.04.2000	No opposition filed within time limit [2000/28]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	09.10.1992	Renewal fee patent year 03
	13.12.1993	Renewal fee patent year 04
	07.12.1994	Renewal fee patent year 05
	08.12.1995	Renewal fee patent year 06
	11.12.1996	Renewal fee patent year 07
	24.11.1997	Renewal fee patent year 08
	20.11.1998	Renewal fee patent year 09
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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	GR	21.07.1999
	LU	10.12.1999
	[2004/39]
Former [2001/23]	GR	21.07.1999
Documents cited:	Search	[A]US4013888 (MACIAS EDWARD S, et al);
		[A]US4391151 (NELSON JOHN W, et al);
		[A]GB2169078 (ANALYTICAL INSTR LTD);
		[A]GB2176008 (ANALYTICAL INSTR LTD);
		[ED]EP0401861 (RES CORP TECHNOLOGIES INC [US])
		[A] - INTERNATIONAL LABORATORY. vol. 14, no. 1, January 1984, FAIRFIELD CT US pages 10 - 23 G.A.JUNK ET AL. 'sampling methods for organic compound in stacks'
		[A] - NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS vol. 181, no. 1-3, March 1981, AMSTERDAM NL pages 481 - 485 KEMP ET AL. 'two stage discrete streaker'
	International search	[A]US3748905 (FLETCHER J);
		[A]US3988101 (ASPIN FRANK METCALF);
		[A]GB2088055 (SECR DEFENCE);
		[A]US4580440 (REID NEIL M [CA], et al);
		[A]US4718268 (REID NEIL M [CA], et al);
		[A]US4818870 (GRIFFITHS FRANK K [GB]);
		[A]US4819477 (FISHER WILLIAM H [CA], et al);
		[AP]US4909089 (ACHTER EUGENE K [US], et al);
		[AP]US4909090 (MCGOWN JAMES B [US], et al);
		[AP]US4964309 (JENKINS ANTHONY [US])

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