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EP About this file: EP0634000

EP0634000 - BLOOD SAMPLING DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  04.07.1997
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip04.01.2003Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 19.02.2003  [2003/08]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
OWEN MUMFORD LIMITED
Brook Hill
Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1TU / GB
[N/P]
Former [1995/03]For all designated states
OWEN MUMFORD LIMITED
Brook Hill
Woodstock, Oxford OX20 1TU / GB
Inventor(s)01 / MARSHALL, Jeremy
16 Cranham Street
Jericho, Oxford OX2 6DD / GB
02 / CROSSMAN, David Danvers
The Tower
Christmas Common, Oxford OX9 5HL / GB
[1995/03]
Representative(s)Lainé, Simon James, et al
Wynne-Jones, Lainé & James 22, Rodney Road Cheltenham
Gloucestershire GL50 1JJ / GB
[N/P]
Former [1995/03]Lainé, Simon James, et al
Wynne-Jones, Lainé & James 22, Rodney Road
Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1JJ / GB
Application number, filing date93907943.030.03.1993
[1995/03]
WO1993GB00650
Priority number, dateGB1992000712001.04.1992         Original published format: GB 9207120
[1995/03]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9319671
Date:14.10.1993
Language:EN
[1993/25]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0634000
Date:18.01.1995
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 14.10.1993 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1995/03]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0634000
Date:28.08.1996
Language:EN
[1996/35]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP14.10.1993
ClassificationIPC:A61B5/14
[1996/35]
CPC:
A61B5/15117 (EP,KR,US); A61B5/150412 (EP,KR,US); A61B5/150022 (EP,KR,US);
A61B5/150549 (EP,KR,US); A61B5/150618 (EP,KR,US); A61B5/150717 (EP,KR,US);
A61B5/15113 (EP,KR,US); A61B5/15142 (EP,KR,US); A61B2090/034 (EP,KR,US);
A61B2560/04 (KR) (-)
Former IPC [1995/03]G01B1/00
Designated contracting statesDE,   DK,   FR,   GB,   IE,   IT,   NL,   SE [1995/03]
TitleGerman:BLUTABNAHME VORRICHTUNG[1995/03]
English:BLOOD SAMPLING DEVICE[1995/03]
French:DISPOSITIF DE PRELEVEMENT D'ECHANTILLONS DE SANG[1995/03]
Entry into regional phase28.10.1994National basic fee paid 
28.10.1994Designation fee(s) paid 
28.10.1994Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure28.10.1993Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
31.10.1994Examination requested  [1995/03]
03.08.1995Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
14.08.1995Reply to a communication from the examining division
25.10.1995Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
01.03.1996Communication of intention to grant the patent
30.05.1996Fee for grant paid
30.05.1996Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)29.05.1997No opposition filed within time limit [1997/34]
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.03.1995Renewal fee patent year 03
25.03.1996Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipNL28.08.1996
[2003/08]
Cited inInternational search[A]FR771890  ;
 [A]US4539988  (SHIRLEY GAYLORD R [US], et al);
 [A]EP0255338  (GLYME VALLEY TECHN LTD [GB]);
 [X]EP0427406  (OWEN MUMFORD LTD [GB]);
 [Y]EP0433050  (OWEN MUMFORD LTD [GB]);
 [Y]EP0458451  (RYDER INT CORP [US], et al)
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