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EP About this file: EP1412727

EP1412727 - METHOD FOR INTERPRETING TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY DATA FOR CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  29.06.2012
Database last updated on 19.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip27.09.2013Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): TR		published on 30.10.2013  [2013/44]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
PerkinElmer Genetics, Inc.
P.O. Box 219
Bridgeville, PA 15017 / US
[2008/43]
Former [2004/18]For all designated states
Pediatrix Screening, Inc.
P.O. Box 219
Bridgeville, PA 15017 / US
Inventor(s)01 / CHACE, Donald, H.
1212 Rolling Meadow Rd.
Upper St. Clair, PA 15241 / US
 [2004/18]
Representative(s)Williams, Gareth Owen, et al
Marks & Clerk LLP
62-68 Hills Road
Cambridge CB2 1LA / GB
[N/P]
Former [2009/50]Williams, Gareth Owen, et al
Marks & Clerk LLP 62-68 Hills Road Cambridge
CB2 1LA / GB
Former [2008/31]Fleck, Barbara
Marks & Clerk 62-68 Hills Road
Cambridge CB2 1LA / GB
Former [2008/30]Williams, Gareth Owen
Marks & Clerk 62-68 Hills Road
Cambridge CB2 1LA / GB
Former [2006/39]Cornish, Kristina Victoria Joy
Kilburn & Strode, 20 Red Lion Street
London WC1R 4PJ / GB
Former [2005/19]King, James Bertram, et al
ip21 Limited, Central Formalities Dept. Norwich Research Park
Colney, Norwich NR4 7UT / GB
Former [2004/18]King, James Bertram
Kings Patent Agency Limited, 73 Farringdon Road
London EC1M 3JQ / GB
Application number, filing date00986356.412.12.2000
[2004/18]
WO2000US33790
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO0248697
Date:20.06.2002
Language:EN
[2002/25]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1412727
Date:28.04.2004
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 20.06.2002 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2004/18]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1412727
Date:24.08.2011
Language:EN
[2011/34]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US20.06.2002
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP08.11.2004
ClassificationIPC:G01N33/68
[2011/08]
CPC:
G01N33/68 (EP); G01N33/49 (KR); G01N33/48 (EP)
Former IPC [2004/34]G06F19/00, G06F17/00, G01N33/68
Former IPC [2004/18]G01N24/00
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   CY,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE,   TR [2004/18]
Extension statesALNot yet paid
LTNot yet paid
LVNot yet paid
MKNot yet paid
RONot yet paid
SINot yet paid
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUM INTERPRETIEREN VON TANDEM-MASSENSPEKTROMETERDATEN ZUR KLINISCHEN DIAGNOSE[2004/18]
English:METHOD FOR INTERPRETING TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY DATA FOR CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS[2004/18]
French:PROCEDE D'INTERPRETATION DE DONNEES DE SPECTROMETRIE DE MASSE EN TANDEM A DES FINS DE DIAGNOSTIC CLINIQUE[2004/18]
Entry into regional phase14.07.2003National basic fee paid 
14.07.2003Search fee paid 
14.07.2003Designation fee(s) paid 
14.07.2003Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure02.07.2002Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
14.07.2003Examination requested  [2004/31]
06.08.2003Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: filing fee / search fee not paid in time
17.10.2006Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
20.02.2008Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
28.08.2008Reply to a communication from the examining division
03.02.2010Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
10.06.2010Reply to a communication from the examining division
30.07.2010Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
08.12.2010Reply to a communication from the examining division
04.03.2011Communication of intention to grant the patent
11.07.2011Fee for grant paid
11.07.2011Fee for publishing/printing paid
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  20.02.2008
Opposition(s)25.05.2012No opposition filed within time limit [2012/31]
Fees paidRenewal fee
14.07.2003Renewal fee patent year 03
18.11.2003Renewal fee patent year 04
07.12.2004Renewal fee patent year 05
20.12.2005Renewal fee patent year 06
27.12.2006Renewal fee patent year 07
24.12.2007Renewal fee patent year 08
24.12.2008Renewal fee patent year 09
28.12.2009Renewal fee patent year 10
27.12.2010Renewal fee patent year 11
Penalty fee
Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973
19.09.2003AT   M01   Fee paid on   19.09.2003
19.09.2003BE   M01   Fee paid on   19.09.2003
19.09.2003CH   M01   Fee paid on   19.09.2003
19.09.2003CY   M01   Fee paid on   19.09.2003
19.09.2003DE   M01   Fee paid on   19.09.2003
19.09.2003DK   M01   Fee paid on   19.09.2003
19.09.2003ES   M01   Fee paid on   19.09.2003
19.09.2003FI   M01   Fee paid on   19.09.2003
19.09.2003FR   M01   Fee paid on   19.09.2003
19.09.2003GB   M01   Fee paid on   19.09.2003
19.09.2003GR   M01   Fee paid on   19.09.2003
19.09.2003IE   M01   Fee paid on   19.09.2003
19.09.2003IT   M01   Fee paid on   19.09.2003
19.09.2003LU   M01   Fee paid on   19.09.2003
19.09.2003MC   M01   Fee paid on   19.09.2003
19.09.2003NL   M01   Fee paid on   19.09.2003
19.09.2003PT   M01   Fee paid on   19.09.2003
19.09.2003SE   M01   Fee paid on   19.09.2003
19.09.2003TR   M01   Fee paid on   19.09.2003
Penalty fee Rule 85b EPC 1973
19.09.2003M01   Fee paid on   19.09.2003
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT24.08.2011
BE24.08.2011
CY24.08.2011
DK24.08.2011
FI24.08.2011
IT24.08.2011
NL24.08.2011
SE24.08.2011
TR24.08.2011
GR25.11.2011
ES05.12.2011
IE12.12.2011
LU12.12.2011
PT26.12.2011
CH31.12.2011
LI31.12.2011
MC31.12.2011
[2013/44]
Former [2013/25]AT24.08.2011
BE24.08.2011
CY24.08.2011
DK24.08.2011
FI24.08.2011
IT24.08.2011
NL24.08.2011
SE24.08.2011
GR25.11.2011
ES05.12.2011
IE12.12.2011
LU12.12.2011
PT26.12.2011
CH31.12.2011
LI31.12.2011
MC31.12.2011
Former [2013/22]AT24.08.2011
BE24.08.2011
CY24.08.2011
DK24.08.2011
FI24.08.2011
IT24.08.2011
NL24.08.2011
SE24.08.2011
GR25.11.2011
ES05.12.2011
IE12.12.2011
PT26.12.2011
CH31.12.2011
LI31.12.2011
MC31.12.2011
Former [2012/49]AT24.08.2011
BE24.08.2011
CY24.08.2011
DK24.08.2011
FI24.08.2011
IT24.08.2011
NL24.08.2011
SE24.08.2011
GR25.11.2011
IE12.12.2011
PT26.12.2011
CH31.12.2011
LI31.12.2011
MC31.12.2011
Former [2012/47]AT24.08.2011
BE24.08.2011
CY24.08.2011
DK24.08.2011
FI24.08.2011
IT24.08.2011
NL24.08.2011
SE24.08.2011
GR25.11.2011
IE12.12.2011
PT26.12.2011
MC31.12.2011
Former [2012/33]AT24.08.2011
BE24.08.2011
CY24.08.2011
DK24.08.2011
FI24.08.2011
IT24.08.2011
NL24.08.2011
SE24.08.2011
GR25.11.2011
PT26.12.2011
MC31.12.2011
Former [2012/32]AT24.08.2011
BE24.08.2011
CY24.08.2011
DK24.08.2011
FI24.08.2011
IT24.08.2011
NL24.08.2011
SE24.08.2011
GR25.11.2011
PT26.12.2011
Former [2012/23]AT24.08.2011
BE24.08.2011
CY24.08.2011
FI24.08.2011
IT24.08.2011
NL24.08.2011
SE24.08.2011
GR25.11.2011
PT26.12.2011
Former [2012/17]AT24.08.2011
BE24.08.2011
CY24.08.2011
FI24.08.2011
NL24.08.2011
SE24.08.2011
GR25.11.2011
PT26.12.2011
Former [2012/12]AT24.08.2011
CY24.08.2011
FI24.08.2011
NL24.08.2011
SE24.08.2011
GR25.11.2011
PT26.12.2011
Former [2012/11]AT24.08.2011
FI24.08.2011
NL24.08.2011
SE24.08.2011
GR25.11.2011
PT26.12.2011
Former [2012/10]FI24.08.2011
NL24.08.2011
SE24.08.2011
GR25.11.2011
PT26.12.2011
Former [2012/09]FI24.08.2011
NL24.08.2011
PT26.12.2011
Former [2012/08]NL24.08.2011
Documents cited:Search[A]  - CHACE D H ET AL, "USE OF PHENYLALANINE-TO-TYROSINE RATIO DETERMINED BY TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY TO IMPROVE NEWBORN SCREENING FOR PHENYLKETONURIA OF EARLY DISCHARGE SPECIMENS COLLECTED IN THE FIRST 24 HOURS", CLINICAL CHEMISTRY, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CLINICAL CHEMISTRY. WINSTON, US, (1998), vol. 44, no. 12, ISSN 0009-9147, pages 2405 - 2409, XP002938787 [A] 1,2 * the whole document *
 [X]  - RASHED MOHAMED S ET AL, "Screening blood spots for inborn errors of metabolism by electrospray tandem mass spectrometry with a microplate batch process and a computer algorithm for automated flagging of abnormal profiles", CLINICAL CHEMISTRY, (1997), vol. 43, no. 7, ISSN 0009-9147, pages 1129 - 1141, XP002283467 [X] 1,2 * the whole document *
International search[A]US5072115  (ZHOU XIAO-GUANG [US]);
 [A]US5251126  (KAHN MICHAEL G [US], et al);
 [A]US5365426  (SIEGEL JOHN H [US], et al);
 [A]US5453613  (GRAY ZACHARY A [US], et al);
 [A]US5545895  (WRIGHT LARRY G [US], et al);
 [A]US5878746  (LEMELSON JEROME H [US], et al);
 [Y]  - CHACE DONALD, "Use of phenylalanine to tyrosine ratio determined by tandem mass spectrometry...in the first 24 hours", CLINICAL CHEMISTRY, (1998), vol. 44, no. 12, pages 2405 - 2409, XP002938787
by applicantUS5545895
    - CHACE D H ET AL., CLINICAL CHEMISTRY, (1998), vol. 44, page 12
    - RASHED M S ET AL., CLINICAL CHEMISTRY, (1997), vol. 43, page 7
 US19990277119
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