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EP0852007 - BORATE STORAGE BUFFER AND SAMPLE DILUENT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  20.05.2005
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip04.01.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): PT
published on 06.02.2008  [2008/06]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Beckman Coulter, Inc.
4300 N Harbor Boulevard, PO Box 3100
Fullerton, CA 92834-3100 / US
[N/P]
Former [2004/29]For all designated states
Beckman Coulter, Inc.
4300 N Harbor Boulevard, PO Box 3100
Fullerton, CA 92834-3100 / US
Former [1998/35]For all designated states
Beckman Coulter, Inc.
4300 N Harbor Boulevard, PO Box 3100
Fullerton, CA 92834-3100 / US
Former [1998/28]For all designated states
BECKMAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.
2500 Harbor Boulevard Box 3100
Fullerton California 92834-3100 / US
Inventor(s)01 / ALTER, Stephen, C.
18001 Biglow Park
Tustin, CA 92680 / US
02 / KIM, Elsie, H.
159 Greenfield
Irvine, CA 92714 / US
[1998/28]
Representative(s)Ede, Eric
Fitzpatricks
1 Blythswood Square
Glasgow G2 4AD / GB
[N/P]
Former [1998/28]Ede, Eric
Fitzpatricks, 4 West Regent Street
Glasgow G2 1RS / GB
Application number, filing date96932238.716.09.1996
[1998/28]
WO1996US14848
Priority number, dateUS1995053095720.09.1995         Original published format: US 530957
[1998/28]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9711363
Date:27.03.1997
Language:EN
[1997/14]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0852007
Date:08.07.1998
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 27.03.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1998/28]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0852007
Date:14.07.2004
Language:EN
[2004/29]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP27.03.1997
ClassificationIPC:G01N27/447, G01N33/50
[1998/28]
CPC:
G01N27/44747 (EP,US); G01N27/44704 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [1998/28]
TitleGerman:BORATHALTIGE SPEICHERPUFFER UND PROBENVERDÜNNER[2004/10]
English:BORATE STORAGE BUFFER AND SAMPLE DILUENT[1998/28]
French:TAMPON DE STOCKAGE DE BORATE ET DILUANT D'ECHANTILLON[1998/28]
Former [1998/28]BORATHALTIGE SPEICHERPUFFER UND PROBEVERDÜNNER
Entry into regional phase07.04.1998National basic fee paid 
07.04.1998Designation fee(s) paid 
07.04.1998Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure16.04.1997Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
07.04.1998Examination requested  [1998/28]
02.04.2001Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
27.07.2001Reply to a communication from the examining division
02.04.2002Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
24.09.2002Reply to a communication from the examining division
28.07.2003Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
24.10.2003Reply to a communication from the examining division
22.01.2004Communication of intention to grant the patent
12.05.2004Fee for grant paid
12.05.2004Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)15.04.2005No opposition filed within time limit [2005/27]
Fees paidRenewal fee
04.09.1998Renewal fee patent year 03
03.09.1999Renewal fee patent year 04
13.09.2000Renewal fee patent year 05
03.09.2001Renewal fee patent year 06
05.09.2002Renewal fee patent year 07
04.09.2003Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT14.07.2004
BE14.07.2004
FI14.07.2004
IE16.09.2004
LU16.09.2004
MC30.09.2004
DK14.10.2004
GR14.10.2004
SE14.10.2004
PT14.12.2004
NL01.04.2005
[2008/06]
Former [2007/16]AT14.07.2004
BE14.07.2004
FI14.07.2004
IE16.09.2004
LU16.09.2004
MC30.09.2004
DK14.10.2004
GR14.10.2004
SE14.10.2004
NL01.04.2005
Former [2006/14]AT14.07.2004
BE14.07.2004
FI14.07.2004
IE16.09.2004
MC30.09.2004
DK14.10.2004
GR14.10.2004
SE14.10.2004
NL01.04.2005
Former [2005/46]AT14.07.2004
BE14.07.2004
FI14.07.2004
IE16.09.2004
MC30.09.2004
DK14.10.2004
GR14.10.2004
SE14.10.2004
Former [2005/28]AT14.07.2004
BE14.07.2004
FI14.07.2004
MC30.09.2004
DK14.10.2004
GR14.10.2004
SE14.10.2004
Former [2005/22]AT14.07.2004
FI14.07.2004
MC30.09.2004
DK14.10.2004
GR14.10.2004
SE14.10.2004
Former [2005/18]AT14.07.2004
FI14.07.2004
GR14.10.2004
SE14.10.2004
Former [2005/13]AT14.07.2004
FI14.07.2004
SE14.10.2004
Former [2005/11]FI14.07.2004
SE14.10.2004
Former [2005/10]SE14.10.2004
Cited inInternational search[A]EP0135278  (OISHI MICHIO [JP]) [A] 9,11 * the whole document *;
 [DA]US5120413  (CHEN FU-TAI A [US], et al) [DA] 1-33 * the whole document *;
 [A]EP0494544  (SUPELCO INC [US]) [A] 1,2,7,8,12-18,21,28-33 * page 5, line 26 - line 39 * * claim 12 *;
 [X]US5431793  (WANG HANN-PING [US], et al) [X] 1,2,4,12-16,22-26,28-33 * column 3, line 47 - line 59 * * column 4, line 24 - line 47 *;
 [A]  - LANDERS J P ET AL, "HIGH-PERFORMANCE CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS OF GLYCOPROTEINS: THE USE OF MODIFIERS OF ELECTROOSMOTIC FLOW FOR ANALYSIS OF MICROHETEROGENEITY", ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY, (19920815), vol. 205, no. 1, pages 115 - 124, XP000294455 [A] 1-33 * page 116, column R, paragraph 2; figure 4 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0003-2697(92)90587-W
 [DA]  - CHEN F T A, "CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS-A NEW CLINICAL TOOL", CLINICAL CHEMISTRY, (19910101), vol. 37, no. 1, pages 14 - 19, XP000368715 [DA] 1-33
 [A]  - NORBERTO A. GUZMAN ET AL., "Effect of buffer constituents on the determination of therapeutic proteins by cappillary electrophoresis", JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY, (1992), vol. 608, no. 1-2, pages 197 - 204, XP000616742 [A] 1-33 * page 199, column R *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0021-9673(92)87124-Q
 [A]  - SABRINA HOFFSTETTER-KUHN ET AL., "Influence of borate complexation on the electrophoretic behavior of carbohydrates in capillary electrophoresis", ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, (1991), vol. 63, no. 15, pages 1541 - 1547, XP000616743 [A] 1-33 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ac00015a009
Examination   - Affidavit of S.C. Alter, Inventor, 14.1.1997
    - SEGEL IH: "Biochemical Calculations", 1976, JOHN WILEY & CO, NEW YORK, US
    - WEAST R.C. (ED): "Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 53rd Edition", 1972, THE CHEMICAL RUBBER COMPANY, CLEVELAND, US
    - WEAST, R.C. (ED): "Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 59th Edition", 1978, THE CHEMICAL RUBBER COMPANY, CLEVELAND, US
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