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EP0789843 - APPARATUS FOR PUMPING AND DIRECTING FLUIDS FOR HEMATOLOGY TESTING [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 07.03.2008 Database last updated on 19.07.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	03.06.2011	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT	published on 06.07.2011 [2011/27]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states CDC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. One Great Hill Road Oxford, CT 06478 / US
	[1997/34]
Inventor(s)	01 / CARVER, Edward, Lawrence, Jr. 18 Lisa Drive Oxford, CT 06478 / US
	02 / DECAVA, David, Charles 35 Sioux Drive Oxford, CT 06478 / US
	[1997/34]
Representative(s)	Gerbaulet, Hannes, et al RGTH Patentanwälte PartGmbB Neuer Wall 10 20354 Hamburg / DE
	[N/P]
Former [1997/34]	Gerbaulet, Hannes, et al Patentanwälte Richter, Werdermann & Gerbaulet Neuer Wall 10 20354 Hamburg / DE
Application number, filing date	95906633.3	06.09.1994
	[1997/34]
	WO1994US14372
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9607903
	Date:	14.03.1996
	Language:	EN
	[1996/12]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0789843
	Date:	20.08.1997
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 14.03.1996 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1997/34]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0789843
	Date:	02.05.2007
	Language:	EN
	[2007/18]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	14.03.1996
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	14.11.2000
Classification	IPC:	G01N33/49, G01N33/00, G01N15/14	[2000/52]
	CPC data not yet available
	Former IPC [1997/34]	G01N33/49, G01N33/00
Designated contracting states	DE, ES, FR, IT [1997/34]
Title	German:	VORRICHTUNG ZUM PUMPEN UND FÜHREN VON FLÜSSIGKEITEN IM ZUSAMMENHANG MIT HÄMATOLOGISCHEN PRÜFUNGEN	[1997/34]
	English:	APPARATUS FOR PUMPING AND DIRECTING FLUIDS FOR HEMATOLOGY TESTING	[1997/34]
	French:	APPAREIL PERMETTANT DE POMPER ET DE DIRIGER DES FLUIDES EN VUE D'EFFECTUER UN TEST D'HEMATOLOGIE	[1997/34]
Entry into regional phase	04.04.1997	National basic fee paid
	10.06.1997	Search fee paid
	04.04.1997	Designation fee(s) paid
	04.04.1997	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	03.04.1996	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	04.04.1997	Examination requested [1997/34]
	06.11.2001	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M08)
	07.06.2002	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	31.01.2003	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	31.07.2003	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	30.09.2004	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M08)
	03.06.2005	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	22.06.2005	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	06.10.2005	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	13.06.2006	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	12.10.2006	Fee for grant paid
	12.10.2006	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	05.02.2008	No opposition filed within time limit [2008/15]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	04.06.1997	Renewal fee patent year 03
	29.09.1997	Renewal fee patent year 04
	18.08.1998	Renewal fee patent year 05
	14.09.1999	Renewal fee patent year 06
	15.09.2000	Renewal fee patent year 07
	27.02.2002	Renewal fee patent year 08
	09.09.2002	Renewal fee patent year 09
	25.09.2003	Renewal fee patent year 10
	30.09.2004	Renewal fee patent year 11
	23.09.2005	Renewal fee patent year 12
	22.03.2007	Renewal fee patent year 13
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	07.04.1997	03 M06 Fee paid on 04.06.1997
	30.09.2001	08 M06 Fee paid on 27.02.2002
	30.09.2006	13 M06 Fee paid on 22.03.2007
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	DE	03.08.2007
	ES	13.08.2007
	IT	30.09.2007
	FR	28.12.2007
	[2011/27]
Former [2008/24]	DE	03.08.2007
	ES	13.08.2007
	FR	28.12.2007
Former [2008/06]	ES	13.08.2007
Documents cited:	Search	[A]US4606631 (ANNO GOUSUKE ET AL) [A] 2 * column A; figure 4 *;
		[A]US4428669 (BESSIS MARCEL) [A] 2 * column A; figures 1,3 *
	International search	[Y]US4030888 (YAMAMOTO HIROSHI, et al);
		[A]US4503385 (HAYNES JOHN L [US]);
		[X]US4683212 (UFFENHEIMER KENNETH F [US]);
		[X]US4695431 (FARRELL GREGORY A [US]);
		[A]US4948565 (BEMIS WILLIAM G [US], et al);
		[X]US5030002 (NORTH HOWARD L JR [US]);
		[Y]US5316725 (CARVER JR EDWARD L [US], et al);
		[XE]US5380491 (CARVER JR EDWARD L [US], et al)
		[Y] - THE HENLEY GROUP INC, Published 1986, "The CELLECT Hematology Systems from Instrumentation Laboratory".
		[Y] - FISHER SCIENTIFIC CATALOG, Published 1988, pages 1402-1403.
		[A] - AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY, Vol. 88, issued 1987, PAYNE et al., "Evaluation of the TOA e-5000 Automated Hematology Analyzer", pages 51-57.
		[A] - AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY, Vol. 96, isued 1991, HALLAWELL et al., "An Evaluation of the Sysmex NE-8000 Hematology Analyzer", pages 594-601.

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