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EP2022843 - CELL SELECTION APPARATUS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 02.12.2016 Database last updated on 28.05.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	02.12.2016	No opposition filed within time limit	published on 04.01.2017 [2017/01]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1126-1, Ichino-cho Hamamatsu City Shizuoka 435-8558 / JP
	[2015/32]
Former [2009/07]	For all designated states HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1126-1, Ichino-cho Hamamatsu City Shizuoka 435-8558 / JP
	For all designated states National University Corporation Hamamatsu University School of Medicine 20-1 Handayama 1 chome Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka 431-3192 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / HIRUMA, Teruo@c/o Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 1126-1, Ichino-cho, Higashi-ku Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka 4358558 / JP
	02 / IWAI, Hidenao@c/o Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 1126-1, Ichino-cho, Higashi-ku Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka 4358558 / JP
	03 / TERAKAWA, Susumu@c/o NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE 20-1, Handayama 1-chome Higashi-ku Hamamatsu-shi Shizuoka 431-3192 / JP
	[2016/04]
Former [2009/07]	01 / HIRUMA, Teruo c/o Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 1126-1, Ichino-cho, Higashi-ku Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka 4358558 / JP
	02 / IWAI, Hidenao c/o Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 1126-1, Ichino-cho, Higashi-ku Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka 4358558 / JP
	03 / TERAKAWA, Susumu c/o NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE 20-1, Handayama 1-chome Higashi-ku Hamamatsu-shi Shizuoka 431-3192 / JP
Representative(s)	Boult Wade Tennant LLP Salisbury Square House 8 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8AP / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2013/51]	Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB
Former [2009/07]	Frost, Alex John Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB
Application number, filing date	07743384.5	15.05.2007
	[2009/07]
	WO2007JP59949
Priority number, date	JP20060141796	22.05.2006 Original published format: JP 2006141796
	[2009/07]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2007135896
	Date:	29.11.2007
	Language:	JA
	[2007/48]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2022843
	Date:	11.02.2009
	Language:	EN
	[2009/07]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2022843
	Date:	27.01.2016
	Language:	EN
	[2016/04]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	29.11.2007
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	19.02.2014
Classification	IPC:	A61M1/36, G01N33/49	[2014/12]
	CPC:	A61M1/36 (EP,US); A61M1/3678 (EP,US); G01N33/491 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2009/07]	C12M1/34, A61M1/36, G01N33/49
Designated contracting states	DE, FR, GB [2016/04]
Former [2009/24]	DE, FR, GB
Former [2009/07]	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	BA	Not yet paid
	HR	Not yet paid
	MK	Not yet paid
	RS	Not yet paid
Title	German:	ZELLSELEKTIONSVORRICHTUNG	[2009/07]
	English:	CELL SELECTION APPARATUS	[2009/07]
	French:	APPAREIL DE SÉLECTION DE CELLULES	[2009/07]
Entry into regional phase	28.11.2008	Translation filed
	28.11.2008	National basic fee paid
	28.11.2008	Search fee paid
	28.11.2008	Designation fee(s) paid
	28.11.2008	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	21.03.2008	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: JP
	28.11.2008	Examination requested [2009/07]
	23.12.2008	Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
	28.01.2009	Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, ES, FI, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
	14.03.2014	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	09.09.2014	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	21.07.2015	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	30.11.2015	Fee for grant paid
	30.11.2015	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	30.11.2015	Receipt 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 14.03.2014
Opposition(s)	28.10.2016	No opposition filed within time limit [2017/01]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	26.05.2009	Renewal fee patent year 03
	29.03.2010	Renewal fee patent year 04
	24.05.2011	Renewal fee patent year 05
	29.03.2012	Renewal fee patent year 06
	24.05.2013	Renewal fee patent year 07
	31.03.2014	Renewal fee patent year 08
	26.05.2015	Renewal fee patent year 09
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		[Y]DE10216744 (FOSS PIERRE [DE]) [Y] 1-8 * abstract * * paragraphs [0052] - [0054] *;
		[Y]WO2005108963 (UNIV NANYANG [SG], et al) [Y] 1-8 * abstract * * page 13, line 27 - page 18, line 14 *
	International search	[Y]JPH07270302 (TOA MEDICAL ELECTRONICS);
		[Y]JP2003250882 (NARUSE KATSUTOSHI);
		[Y]JP2005515781
	by applicant	JPS57500995
		JPH0661360
		JPH073419
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