| EP1049921 - MICROMACHINED GAS-FILLED CHAMBERS AND METHOD OF MICROFABRICATION [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 25.01.2008 Database last updated on 30.03.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 21.11.2008 | Change - lapse in a contracting state Updated state(s): FR | published on 24.12.2008 [2008/52] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states INSTRUMENTARIUM CORPORATION Kuortaneenkatu 2 00670 Helsinki / FI | [2007/12] |
| Former [2000/45] | For all designated states Instrumentarium Corporation Kuortaneenkatu 2 00670 Helsinki / FI | Inventor(s) | 01 /
STEMME, Göran Ruddammsvägen 31B S-114 21 Stockholm / SE | 02 /
KÄLVESTEN, Edvard Edelcrantzv. 20 S-129 38 Hägersten / SE | [2001/07] |
| Former [2000/45] | 01 /
STEMME, Göran Ruddammsvägen 31B S-114 21 Stockholm / SE | ||
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KÄLVESTEN, Edvard Ivar Vidfamnes gata 3 S-126 52 Hägersten / SE | Representative(s) | Charlton, Peter John Elkington and Fife LLP Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2000/45] | Charlton, Peter John Elkington and Fife Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB | Application number, filing date | 99900269.4 | 23.01.1999 | [2000/45] | WO1999IB00129 | Priority number, date | US19980012660 | 23.01.1998 Original published format: US 12660 | [2000/45] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9937995 | Date: | 29.07.1999 | Language: | EN | [1999/30] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP1049921 | Date: | 08.11.2000 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 29.07.1999 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2000/45] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP1049921 | Date: | 21.03.2007 | Language: | EN | [2007/12] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 29.07.1999 | Classification | IPC: | G01N21/17, G01N21/35 | [2006/43] | CPC: |
G02B5/202 (EP,US)
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| Former IPC [2000/45] | G01N21/17, // G01N21:35 | Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, NL, SE [2000/45] | Title | German: | MIKROGEFERTIGTE KAMMER GEFÜLT MIT GAS UND DEREN MIKROHERSTELLUNGSVERFAHREN | [2000/45] | English: | MICROMACHINED GAS-FILLED CHAMBERS AND METHOD OF MICROFABRICATION | [2000/45] | French: | ALVEOLES MICRO-USINEES REMPLIES DE GAZ ET LEUR PROCEDE DE FABRICATION | [2000/45] | Entry into regional phase | 23.08.2000 | National basic fee paid | 23.08.2000 | Designation fee(s) paid | 23.08.2000 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 30.07.1999 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP | 23.08.2000 | Examination requested [2000/45] | 06.02.2004 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 20.09.2004 | Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time | 23.11.2004 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 19.07.2005 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 19.01.2006 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 06.10.2006 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 05.02.2007 | Fee for grant paid | 05.02.2007 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 27.12.2007 | No opposition filed within time limit [2008/09] | Request for further processing for: | 23.11.2004 | Request for further processing filed | 19.11.2004 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted | 03.12.2003 | Decision despatched | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 04.01.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 21.01.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 20.01.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 26.01.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 24.03.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 09.01.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 05.01.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | Penalty fee | Additional fee for renewal fee | 31.01.2005 | 07   M06   Fee paid on   24.03.2005 |
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| Former [2008/24] | NL | 21.03.2007 | |
| FR | 23.11.2007 | ||
| Former [2008/17] | NL | 21.03.2007 | Cited in | International search | [A] JPH0989773 | [A] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 097, no. 008 29 August 1997 (1997-08-29) [A] 47-81 * abstract * | [XP] HUIKU M ET AL: "New CO2 filters fabricated by anodic bonding at overpressure in CO2 atmosphere", SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A, vol. 69, no. 2, 15 August 1998 (1998-08-15), pages 166-171, XP004140037 [XP] 1-81 * the whole document * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0924-4247(98)00091-0 |