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EP0591436 - SYSTEM FOR GROWING AND MANIPULATING TISSUE CULTURES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  11.12.1998
Database last updated on 16.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip11.12.1998No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 27.01.1999 [1999/04]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Costar Corporation
One Alewife Center Cambridge
Massachusetts 02140 / US
[N/P]
Former [1994/15]For all designated states
COSTAR CORPORATION
One Alewife Center
Cambridge Massachusetts 02140 / US
Inventor(s)01 / ROOT, David
Allen Street
Lexington, MA 02173 / US
[1994/15]
Representative(s)Jump, Timothy John Simon, et al
Venner Shipley LLP
200 Aldersgate
London EC1A 4HD / GB
[N/P]
Former [1994/15]Jump, Timothy John Simon, et al
Venner Shipley & Co. 20 Little Britain
London EC1A 7DH / GB
Application number, filing date92914993.822.06.1992
[1994/15]
WO1992US05296
Priority number, dateUS1991072125026.06.1991         Original published format: US 721250
[1994/15]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9300420
Date:07.01.1993
Language:EN
[1993/02]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0591436
Date:13.04.1994
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 07.01.1993 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1994/15]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0591436
Date:04.02.1998
Language:EN
[1998/06]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP07.01.1993
ClassificationIPC:C12M1/20, B01L3/00
[1994/15]
CPC:
B01L3/50853 (EP,US); B01L3/5085 (EP,US); C12M23/12 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [1994/15]
TitleGerman:VORRICHTUNG ZUR KULTIVIERUNG UND MANIPULIERUNG VON ZELLEN[1994/15]
English:SYSTEM FOR GROWING AND MANIPULATING TISSUE CULTURES[1994/15]
French:SYSTEME PERMETTANT LA CROISSANCE ET LA MANIPULATION DE CULTURES DE TISSU[1994/15]
Entry into regional phase22.12.1993National basic fee paid 
22.12.1993Designation fee(s) paid 
22.12.1993Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure22.01.1993Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: DE
24.12.1993Examination requested  [1994/22]
18.07.1996Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
27.01.1997Reply to a communication from the examining division
21.04.1997Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
08.08.1997Communication of intention to grant the patent
13.11.1997Fee for grant paid
13.11.1997Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)05.11.1998No opposition filed within time limit [1999/04]
Fees paidRenewal fee
18.05.1994Renewal fee patent year 03
09.06.1995Renewal fee patent year 04
07.06.1996Renewal fee patent year 05
05.06.1997Renewal fee patent year 06
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Cited inInternational search[A]AT170898B  (TALERT TALALMANYOKAT ERTEKESIT);
 [A]CH370873  (ANKH LAB INC [US]);
 [A]GB2155948  (SANDOZ LTD);
 [A]EP0183973  (BECTON DICKINSON CO [US]);
 [A]WO8705533  (BECKMAN INSTRUMENTS INC [US])
ExaminationUS5026649
    - Culture of Animal Cells, A manual of basic technique, R.Ian Freshney, Pub. Alan Liss Inc. NY.
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