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EP0981734 - FLUORESCENCE SENSING DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2000/09]IMPROVED FLUORESCENCE SENSING DEVICE
[2002/26]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  04.06.2004
Database last updated on 20.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip04.06.2004No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 21.07.2004  [2004/30]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Colvin, Arthur E., Jr.
12321 Middlebrook Road
Germantown, MD 20874 / US
[2000/09]
Inventor(s)01 / see applicant
...
[2000/09]
Representative(s)Marchant, James Ian, et al
Elkington and Fife LLP Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road
Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB
[N/P]
Former [2000/09]Marchant, James Ian, et al
Elkington and Fife, Prospect House, 8 Pembroke Road
Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB
Application number, filing date98922205.412.05.1998
[2000/09]
WO1998US09589
Priority number, dateUS1997085523613.05.1997         Original published format: US 855236
[2000/09]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9852023
Date:19.11.1998
Language:EN
[1998/46]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0981734
Date:01.03.2000
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 19.11.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2000/09]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0981734
Date:30.07.2003
Language:EN
[2003/31]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP19.11.1998
ClassificationIPC:G01N21/64, G01N21/77
[2000/09]
CPC:
G01N21/6454 (EP,US); G01N21/64 (KR); G01N21/6428 (EP,US);
G01N21/7703 (EP,US); G01N2021/6484 (EP,US); G01N2201/0833 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   CY,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [2000/09]
TitleGerman:VORRICHTUNG FÜR FLUORESZENZNACHWEIS[2002/26]
English:FLUORESCENCE SENSING DEVICE[2002/26]
French:DISPOSITIF CAPTEUR A FLUORESCENCE[2002/26]
Former [2000/09]VERBESSERTE VORRICHTUNG FÜR FLUORESZENZNACHWEIS
Former [2000/09]IMPROVED FLUORESCENCE SENSING DEVICE
Former [2000/09]DISPOSITIF CAPTEUR A FLUORESCENCE AMELIORE
Entry into regional phase13.12.1999National basic fee paid 
13.12.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
13.12.1999Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure08.12.1998Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
13.12.1999Examination requested  [2000/09]
01.02.2001Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
09.08.2001Reply to a communication from the examining division
04.06.2002Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
29.11.2002Communication of intention to grant the patent
26.02.2003Fee for grant paid
26.02.2003Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)04.05.2004No opposition filed within time limit [2004/30]
Fees paidRenewal fee
15.05.2000Renewal fee patent year 03
14.05.2001Renewal fee patent year 04
14.05.2002Renewal fee patent year 05
26.05.2003Renewal fee patent year 06
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Cited inInternational search[Y]US4389670  (DAVIDSON JACKSON B, et al) [Y] 1,4-7,10,12-16,19* column 6, line 28 - line 68; figure 3 *;
 [DY]US5517313  (COLVIN ARTHUR E JR [US]) [DY] 1,4-7,10,12-16,19 * the whole document *;
 [DYA]  - COLVIN A E JR ET AL, "A novel solid-state oxygen sensor", JOHNS HOPKINS APL TECHNICAL DIGEST, OCT.-DEC. 1996, JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV. APPL. PHYS. LAB, USA, ISSN 0270-5214, vol. 17, no. 4, pages 377 - 385, XP002071761 [DY] 1,4-7,10,12-16 * page 398, column L, paragraph 2 * * page 379, column L, paragraph 2 - page 380, column L, paragraph 2; figures 2,3 * [A] 19
Examination   - TRIGG G.L., Encyclopedia of Applied Physics, Volume 6, WEINHEIM, VCH, (1993), ICS
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