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EP0901827
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
EP About this file: EP0901827
| EP0901827 - Ball and socket closure for specimen collection container [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 21.10.2005 Database last updated on 10.05.2025 | Most recent event Tooltip | 21.10.2005 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 07.12.2005 [2005/49] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Becton Dickinson and Company One Becton Drive Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417-1880 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [2004/51] | For all designated states Becton Dickinson and Company One Becton Drive Franklin Lakes, New Jersey 07417-1880 / US | ||
| Former [1999/11] | For all designated states Becton, Dickinson and Company One Becton Drive Franklin Lakes, New Jersey 07417-1880 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Niermann, Volker 196B Main Street Little Falls, NJ 07424 / US | 02 /
Carano, Don 5 Kennedy Drive Flanders, NJ 07836 / US | 03 /
Savitz, Steve 1300 Alicia Avenue Teaneck, NJ 07666 / US | 04 /
Birkland, Katherine 44 Nimitz Road Wayne, NJ 07470 / US | 05 /
Gottlieb, Robert 1 Surrey Lane Mahwah, NJ 07430 / US | [1999/11] | Representative(s) | Nash, David Allan, et al Haseltine Lake LLP Redcliff Quay 120 Redcliff Street Bristol BS1 6HU / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2000/28] | Nash, David Allan, et al Haseltine Lake & Co., Imperial House, 15-19 Kingsway London WC2B 6UD / GB | ||
| Former [2000/27] | Nash, David Allan, et al Haseltine Lake & Co. Redcliff Quay 120 Redcliff Street Bristol BS1 6HU / GB | ||
| Former [1999/11] | Jones, Michael Raymond, et al Haseltine Lake & Co., Imperial House, 15-19 Kingsway London WC2B 6UD / GB | Application number, filing date | 98307062.4 | 02.09.1998 | [1999/11] | Priority number, date | US19970928064 | 12.09.1997 Original published format: US 928064 | [1999/11] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0901827 | Date: | 17.03.1999 | Language: | EN | [1999/11] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0901827 | Date: | 19.01.2000 | [2000/03] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0901827 | Date: | 15.12.2004 | Language: | EN | [2004/51] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 03.12.1999 | Classification | IPC: | B01L3/14, B65D47/30, F16K5/20 | [2004/50] | CPC: |
B01L3/50825 (EP,US)
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| Former IPC [2000/03] | B01L3/14, B65D47/30, F16K5/20, // A61B5/14 | ||
| Former IPC [1999/11] | B01L3/14, // A61B5/14 | Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, IT [2000/39] |
| Former [1999/11] | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE | Title | German: | Kugelgelenkverschluss für Probenaufnahmebehälter | [1999/11] | English: | Ball and socket closure for specimen collection container | [1999/11] | French: | Fermeture à rotule pour récipient de collection d'échantillons | [1999/11] | Examination procedure | 13.03.2000 | Examination requested [2000/19] | 20.07.2000 | Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s) | 27.10.2000 | Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, CH, CY, DK, ES, FI, GR, IE, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE | 23.12.2002 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 23.06.2003 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 04.07.2003 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 08.01.2004 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 01.03.2004 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 25.08.2004 | Fee for grant paid | 25.08.2004 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 16.09.2005 | No opposition filed within time limit [2005/49] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 28.08.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 24.09.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 23.09.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 24.09.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 23.09.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | Penalty fee | Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973 | 16.08.2000 | AT M01 Not yet paid | 16.08.2000 | BE M01 Not yet paid | 16.08.2000 | CH M01 Not yet paid | 16.08.2000 | CY M01 Not yet paid | 16.08.2000 | DK M01 Not yet paid | 16.08.2000 | ES M01 Not yet paid | 16.08.2000 | FI M01 Not yet paid | 16.08.2000 | GR M01 Not yet paid | 16.08.2000 | IE M01 Not yet paid | 16.08.2000 | LU M01 Not yet paid | 16.08.2000 | MC M01 Not yet paid | 16.08.2000 | NL M01 Not yet paid | 16.08.2000 | PT M01 Not yet paid | 16.08.2000 | SE M01 Not yet paid |
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