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EP0853770 - DETECTOR AND METHOD FOR AUTORADIOGRAPHY [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  05.10.2001
Database last updated on 19.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip19.11.2004Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): GR
published on 05.01.2005  [2005/01]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER
University Road Leicester
Leicestershire LE1 7RH / GB
[N/P]
Former [2000/48]For all designated states
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER
University Road
Leicester, Leicestershire LE1 7RH / GB
Former [1998/30]For all designated states
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER
University Road
Leicester, LE1 7RH / GB
Inventor(s)01 / FRASER, George, William
50 Broadway Road
Leicester LE5 5TA / GB
02 / LEES, John, Ernest
59 Lorne Road
Leicester LE2 1YH / GB
[1998/30]
Representative(s)McNeight, David Leslie, et al
Marks & Clerk LLP Sussex House 83-85 Mosley Street Manchester
M2 3LG / GB
[N/P]
Former [1998/30]McNeight, David Leslie, et al
McNeight & Lawrence Regent House Heaton Lane
Stockport Cheshire SK4 1BS / GB
Application number, filing date96930247.010.09.1996
[1998/30]
WO1996GB02238
Priority number, dateGB1995002038406.10.1995         Original published format: GB 9520384
[1998/30]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9714061
Date:17.04.1997
Language:EN
[1997/17]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0853770
Date:22.07.1998
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 17.04.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1998/30]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0853770
Date:29.11.2000
Language:EN
[2000/48]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP17.04.1997
ClassificationIPC:G01T1/28, G01T1/29
[1998/30]
CPC:
G01T1/28 (EP,US); G01T1/2942 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [1998/30]
TitleGerman:DETEKTOR UND METHODE FÜR AUTORADIOGRAPHIE[1998/30]
English:DETECTOR AND METHOD FOR AUTORADIOGRAPHY[1998/30]
French:DETECTEUR ET PROCEDE D'AUTORADIOGRAPHIE[1998/30]
Entry into regional phase14.04.1998National basic fee paid 
14.04.1998Designation fee(s) paid 
14.04.1998Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure15.04.1997Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
14.04.1998Examination requested  [1998/30]
28.09.1999Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
10.04.2000Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
08.06.2000Communication of intention to grant the patent
11.08.2000Fee for grant paid
11.08.2000Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)30.08.2001No opposition filed within time limit [2001/47]
Fees paidRenewal fee
17.08.1998Renewal fee patent year 03
22.10.1999Renewal fee patent year 04
11.08.2000Renewal fee patent year 05
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
01.10.199904   M06   Fee paid on   22.10.1999
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipES29.11.2000
PT28.02.2001
GR02.03.2001
[2005/01]
Former [2002/27]ES29.11.2000
PT28.02.2001
Former [2002/11]PT28.02.2001
Cited inInternational search[A]WO9306470  (EUROP ECONOMIC COMMUNITY [LU]) [A] 1,4,7,9 * abstract * * page 3, line 7 - page 4, line 4 * * page 5, line 7 - line 17 * * page 7, line 31 - page 8, line 24 * * figure - *;
 [A]US5225670  (SHE YANGZHENG [US], et al) [A] 1,9 * column A * * column 2, line 3 - line 44 * * column 3, line 23 - column 4, line 36 * * figure - *;
 [A]  - BONAZZOLA, G C & ROPOLO, R, "CHARGED COUPLED DEVICES AS AUTOGRAPHY IMAGES", IEEE TRANS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE, NEW YORK USA, (198502), vol. NS32, no. 1, pages 567 - 570, XP002023971 [A] 1,9 * SEE THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TNS.1985.4336897
 [A]  - LOCKETT S J ET AL, "PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF A MULTIWIRE CAMERA FOR QUANTITATIVE AUTORADIOGRAPHY OF TRITIUM-LABELLED SUBSTANCES", PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY, (198605), vol. 31, no. 5, pages 535 - 542, XP000046838 [A] 1,8,9 * SEE THE ENTIRE TEXT *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/31/5/006
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