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EP0829065
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP0829065 - METHOD FOR ASSESSING SLIDE AND SPECIMEN PREPARATION QUALITY [Right-click to bookmark this link] | |||
| Former [1998/12] | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSESSING SLIDE AND SPECIMEN PREPARATION QUALITY | ||
| [2002/21] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 04.06.2004 Database last updated on 24.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 11.06.2004 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): PT | published on 28.07.2004 [2004/31] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Tri-Path Imaging, Inc. 1111 Huffman Mill Road Burlington, NC 27215 / US | [2003/31] |
| Former [2003/12] | For all designated states Tri-Path Imaging, Inc. 8271 - 154th Avenue N.E. Redmond, WA 98052-3878 / US | ||
| Former [1998/12] | For all designated states NEOPATH, INC. 8271 - 154th AvenueN.E. Redmond, WA 98052 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
WILHELM, Paul, S. 8217 122nd Avenue N.E. Kirkland, WA 98033 / US | 02 /
LEE, Shih-Jong, J. 14116 Southeast 46th Street Bellevue, WA 98006 / US | [1998/12] | Representative(s) | MacGregor, Gordon, et al Eric Potter Clarkson LLP Park View House 58 The Ropewalk Nottingham NG1 5DD / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1998/12] | MacGregor, Gordon, et al ERIC POTTER CLARKSON St. Mary's Court St. Mary's Gate Nottingham, NG1 1LE / GB | Application number, filing date | 96920554.1 | 29.05.1996 | [1998/12] | WO1996US07916 | Priority number, date | US19950455182 | 31.05.1995 Original published format: US 455182 | [1998/12] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9638809 | Date: | 05.12.1996 | Language: | EN | [1996/53] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0829065 | Date: | 18.03.1998 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 05.12.1996 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1998/12] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0829065 | Date: | 30.07.2003 | Language: | EN | [2003/31] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 05.12.1996 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 17.08.1998 | Classification | IPC: | G06K9/00, G01N33/483 | [1998/34] | CPC: |
G06T1/0007 (EP,US);
G06V20/69 (EP,US)
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| Former IPC [1998/12] | G06K9/00 | Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [1998/12] | Title | German: | VERFAHREN ZUM FESTSTELLEN DER PREPARATIONSGÜTE VON OBJEKTTRÄGERN UND PROBEN | [2002/21] | English: | METHOD FOR ASSESSING SLIDE AND SPECIMEN PREPARATION QUALITY | [2002/21] | French: | PROCEDE POUR EVALUER LA QUALITE DE LA PREPARATION DE LAMES ET D'ECHANTILLONS | [2002/21] |
| Former [1998/12] | VERFAHREN UND APPARAT ZUM FESTSTELLEN DER PREPARATIONSGÜTE VON OBJEKTTRÄGERN UND MUSTERN | ||
| Former [1998/12] | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSESSING SLIDE AND SPECIMEN PREPARATION QUALITY | ||
| Former [1998/12] | PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF PERMETTANT D'EVALUER LA QUALITE DE LA PREPARATION DE LAMES ET D'ECHANTILLONS | Entry into regional phase | 14.11.1997 | National basic fee paid | 14.11.1997 | Search fee paid | 14.11.1997 | Designation fee(s) paid | 14.11.1997 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 19.12.1996 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 14.11.1997 | Examination requested [1998/12] | 09.05.2001 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 07.09.2001 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 23.10.2001 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 25.03.2002 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 28.06.2002 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 02.01.2003 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 10.04.2003 | Fee for grant paid | 10.04.2003 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 04.05.2004 | No opposition filed within time limit [2004/30] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 30.05.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 26.05.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 25.05.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 14.05.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 28.05.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 28.05.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 08 |
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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 | FI | 30.07.2003 | GR | 30.10.2003 | SE | 30.10.2003 | PT | 30.12.2003 | [2004/31] |
| Former [2004/16] | FI | 30.07.2003 | |
| GR | 30.10.2003 | ||
| SE | 30.10.2003 | ||
| Former [2004/14] | FI | 30.07.2003 | |
| GR | 30.10.2003 | ||
| Former [2004/12] | FI | 30.07.2003 | Documents cited: | Search | [ ] - No further relevant documents disclosed | International search | [Y]WO8300931 (EASTMAN KODAK CO [US]); | [X]US4667335 (DEINDOERFER FRED H [US]); | [Y]US4702595 (MUTSCHLER CARL E [US], et al); | [Y]US5051901 (ENDO HIROTOSHI [JP]); | [YP]US5449622 (YABE RYOHEI [JP], et al) | Examination | US4700298 |