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EP2964784 - POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION DETECTION SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  26.02.2021
Database last updated on 23.04.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  20.03.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  08.10.2019
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  31.07.2019
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  08.04.2019
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  10.11.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip08.10.2021Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MC
published on 10.11.2021  [2021/45]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
LGC Genomics Limited
Queens Road
Teddington
Middlesex TW11 0LY / GB
[2016/02]
Inventor(s)01 / JAIN, Nisha
LGC Genomics Limited
Units 1 & 2
Trident Industrial Estate
Pindar Road
Hoddesdon Hertfordshire EN11 0WZ / GB
02 / HOLME, John Edmond
LGC Genomics Limited
Units 1 & 2
Trident Industrial Estate
Pindar Road
Hoddesdon Hertfordshire EN11 0WZ / GB
 [2016/02]
Representative(s)Potter Clarkson
Chapel Quarter
Mount Street
Nottingham NG1 6HQ / GB
[N/P]
Former [2020/17]Potter Clarkson
The Belgrave Centre
Talbot Street
Nottingham NG1 5GG / GB
Former [2016/02]Potter Clarkson LLP
The Belgrave Centre
Talbot Street
Nottingham NG1 5GG / GB
Application number, filing date14717167.205.03.2014
[2016/02]
WO2014GB50650
Priority number, dateGB2013000403006.03.2013         Original published format: GB 201304030
[2016/02]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2014135872
Date:12.09.2014
Language:EN
[2014/37]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2964784
Date:13.01.2016
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 12.09.2014 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2016/02]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2964784
Date:22.04.2020
Language:EN
[2020/17]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP12.09.2014
ClassificationIPC:C12Q1/6858
[2019/14]
CPC:
C12Q1/6858 (EP,US); C12Q1/6818 (GB,US); C12N15/11 (GB);
C12Q1/686 (GB); C12Q2527/107 (GB); C12Q2549/00 (GB);
C12Q2563/107 (GB); C12Q2565/101 (GB) (-)
C-Set:
C12Q1/6858, C12Q2527/107, C12Q2565/101 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2016/02]C12Q1/68
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2016/02]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:DETEKTIONSSYSTEM FÜR POLYMERASEKETTENREAKTION[2019/14]
English:POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION DETECTION SYSTEM[2016/02]
French:SYSTÈME DE DÉTECTION POUR LA RÉACTION EN CHAÎNE PAR POLYMÉRASE[2019/14]
Former [2016/02]DETEKTIONSSYSTEM FÜR POLYMERASE-KETTENREAKTIONEN
Former [2016/02]SYSTÈME DE DÉTECTION DE RÉACTION EN CHAÎNE DE LA POLYMÉRASE
Entry into regional phase03.09.2015National basic fee paid 
03.09.2015Designation fee(s) paid 
03.09.2015Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure03.09.2015Examination requested  [2016/02]
19.04.2016Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
10.11.2017Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
10.01.2018Reply to a communication from the examining division
04.05.2018Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M08)
12.12.2018Reply to a communication from the examining division
09.04.2019Communication of intention to grant the patent
29.07.2019Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
09.10.2019Communication of intention to grant the patent
04.02.2020Fee for grant paid
04.02.2020Fee for publishing/printing paid
04.02.2020Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  10.11.2017
Opposition(s)25.01.2021No opposition filed within time limit [2021/13]
Fees paidRenewal fee
26.02.2016Renewal fee patent year 03
07.03.2017Renewal fee patent year 04
08.03.2018Renewal fee patent year 05
08.03.2019Renewal fee patent year 06
12.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAL22.04.2020
MC22.04.2020
SM22.04.2020
[2021/45]
Former [2021/09]AL22.04.2020
SM22.04.2020
Former [2021/04]AL22.04.2020
Cited inInternational search[XI]WO9949293  (BOSTON PROBES INC [US], et al) [X] 1,3-6,8,10-15,20,21 * the whole document * * Figs. 1A, 2; p. 26, l. 30-33; p. 25, l. 5-26; examples 15-17 * [I] 1-21;
 [A]EP1666609  (QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INVEST INC [US]) [A] 9,19 * the whole document *;
 [XI]WO2006119326  (STRATAGENE CALIFORNIA [US], et al) [X] 1-6,8,10-15,20 * the whole document * * Fig. 2; p. 20, l. 11-22;. p. 12, l. 19-27; p. 23, l. 5-14; p. 13, l. 22-24 * [I] 1-21;
 [AD]EP1726664  (KBIOSCIENCES LTD [GB]) [AD] 7 * the whole document *;
 [ADP]WO2013140107  (LGC GENOMICS LTD [GB], et al) [ADP] 1-21 * the whole document *;
 [A]  - NORONHA DE C M C ET AL, "AMPLIMERS WITH 3'-TERMINAL PHOSPHOROTHIOATE LINKAGES RESIST DEGRADATION BY VENT POLYMERASE AND REDUCE TAQ POLYMERASE MISPRIMING", PCR METHODS & APPLICATIONS, COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY PRESS, US, (19921101), vol. 2, no. 2, ISSN 1054-9803, pages 131 - 136, XP000600686 [A] 16,17 * the whole document *
ExaminationWO2012154876
by applicantWO0142505
 WO0186001
 EP1726664
    - MORETTI, T. ET AL., "Enhancement of PCR amplification yield and specificity using AmpliTaq Gold DNA polymerase", BIOTECHNIQUES, (1998), vol. 25, pages 716 - 22
    - "Hot Start PCR with heat-activatable primers: a novel approach for improved PCR performance", NUCLEIC ACIDS RES, (2008), vol. 36, no. 20, page E131
    - BRAITHWAITE; ITO, NUCLEIC ACIDS RES., (1993), vol. 21, pages 787 - 802
    - PROC. NATL. ACAD. SCI USA, (1994), vol. 91, pages 2216 - 2220
 WO2012GB50645
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