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EP About this file: EP2069749

EP2069749 - APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS AND METHOD FOR LASER DISSECTION OF BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  19.04.2019
Database last updated on 09.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  11.05.2018
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  21.02.2018
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  20.01.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip05.06.2020Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): HU, PT		published on 08.07.2020  [2020/28]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH
CPTD
Ernst-Leitz-Strasse 17-37
35578 Wetzlar / DE
[2018/24]
Former [2009/25]For all designated states
Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH
Ernst-Leitz-Strasse 17-37
35578 Wetzlar / DE
Inventor(s)01 / FASULKA, Robert
25 Berkeley Avenue
Westwood, New Jersey 07675 / US
 [2009/25]
Representative(s)Schaumburg und Partner Patentanwälte mbB
Mauerkircherstraße 31
81679 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2018/24]Schaumburg und Partner Patentanwälte mbB
Postfach 86 07 48
81634 München / DE
Former [2009/25]Schaumburg, Thoenes, Thurn, Landskron, Eckert
Patentanwälte Postfach 86 07 48
81634 München / DE
Application number, filing date07803554.018.09.2007
[2009/25]
WO2007EP59863
Priority number, dateUS2006053284118.09.2006         Original published format: US 532841
[2009/25]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO2008034833
Date:27.03.2008
Language:EN
[2008/13]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP2069749
Date:17.06.2009
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 27.03.2008 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2009/25]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2069749
Date:13.06.2018
Language:EN
[2018/24]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP03.07.2008
ClassificationIPC:G01N1/28, B01L3/00, G02B21/34
[2018/09]
CPC:
G01N1/2813 (EP,US); B01L3/5025 (EP,US); G02B21/34 (EP,US);
B01L2300/04 (EP,US); B01L2300/0654 (EP,US); B01L2300/0819 (EP,US);
B01L2300/18 (EP,US); B01L2400/0457 (EP,US); G01N2001/2886 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2009/25]G01N1/28, B01L3/00
Designated contracting statesAT,   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 [2018/24]
Former [2009/25]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 statesALNot yet paid
BANot yet paid
HRNot yet paid
MKNot yet paid
RSNot yet paid
TitleGerman:VORRICHTUNG ZUR AUFNAHME BIOLOGISCHER PRÄPARATE UND VERFAHREN ZUR LASERPRÄPARATION BIOLOGISCHER PRÄPARATE[2009/25]
English:APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS AND METHOD FOR LASER DISSECTION OF BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS[2009/25]
French:APPAREIL DESTINÉ À RECEVOIR DES ÉCHANTILLONS BIOLOGIQUES ET PROCÉDÉ POUR LEUR DISSECTION AU LASER[2009/25]
Entry into regional phase16.04.2009National basic fee paid 
16.04.2009Designation fee(s) paid 
16.04.2009Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure16.04.2009Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
16.04.2009Examination requested  [2009/25]
19.01.2017Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
25.07.2017Reply to a communication from the examining division
27.10.2017Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M01)
24.11.2017Reply to a communication from the examining division
22.02.2018Communication of intention to grant the patent
04.05.2018Fee for grant paid
04.05.2018Fee for publishing/printing paid
04.05.2018Receipt 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  19.01.2017
Opposition(s)14.03.2019No opposition filed within time limit [2019/21]
Fees paidRenewal fee
23.09.2009Renewal fee patent year 03
27.09.2010Renewal fee patent year 04
22.09.2011Renewal fee patent year 05
20.09.2012Renewal fee patent year 06
20.09.2013Renewal fee patent year 07
10.10.2014Renewal fee patent year 08
30.10.2015Renewal fee patent year 09
30.09.2016Renewal fee patent year 10
29.09.2017Renewal fee patent year 11
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
30.09.201408   M06   Fee paid on   10.10.2014
30.09.201509   M06   Fee paid on   30.10.2015
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU18.09.2007
AT13.06.2018
CY13.06.2018
CZ13.06.2018
DK13.06.2018
EE13.06.2018
ES13.06.2018
FI13.06.2018
IT13.06.2018
LT13.06.2018
LV13.06.2018
MC13.06.2018
NL13.06.2018
PL13.06.2018
PT13.06.2018
RO13.06.2018
SE13.06.2018
SI13.06.2018
SK13.06.2018
TR13.06.2018
BG13.09.2018
GR14.09.2018
IE18.09.2018
LU18.09.2018
MT18.09.2018
BE30.09.2018
CH30.09.2018
LI30.09.2018
IS13.10.2018
[2020/27]
Former [2020/16]AT13.06.2018
CY13.06.2018
CZ13.06.2018
DK13.06.2018
EE13.06.2018
ES13.06.2018
FI13.06.2018
IT13.06.2018
LT13.06.2018
LV13.06.2018
MC13.06.2018
NL13.06.2018
PL13.06.2018
RO13.06.2018
SE13.06.2018
SI13.06.2018
SK13.06.2018
TR13.06.2018
BG13.09.2018
GR14.09.2018
IE18.09.2018
LU18.09.2018
MT18.09.2018
BE30.09.2018
CH30.09.2018
LI30.09.2018
IS13.10.2018
Former [2020/08]AT13.06.2018
CY13.06.2018
CZ13.06.2018
DK13.06.2018
EE13.06.2018
ES13.06.2018
FI13.06.2018
IT13.06.2018
LT13.06.2018
LV13.06.2018
MC13.06.2018
NL13.06.2018
PL13.06.2018
RO13.06.2018
SE13.06.2018
SI13.06.2018
SK13.06.2018
BG13.09.2018
GR14.09.2018
IE18.09.2018
LU18.09.2018
MT18.09.2018
BE30.09.2018
CH30.09.2018
LI30.09.2018
IS13.10.2018
Former [2019/40]AT13.06.2018
CY13.06.2018
CZ13.06.2018
DK13.06.2018
EE13.06.2018
ES13.06.2018
FI13.06.2018
IT13.06.2018
LT13.06.2018
LV13.06.2018
MC13.06.2018
NL13.06.2018
PL13.06.2018
RO13.06.2018
SE13.06.2018
SI13.06.2018
SK13.06.2018
BG13.09.2018
GR14.09.2018
IE18.09.2018
LU18.09.2018
BE30.09.2018
CH30.09.2018
LI30.09.2018
IS13.10.2018
Former [2019/38]AT13.06.2018
CY13.06.2018
CZ13.06.2018
DK13.06.2018
EE13.06.2018
ES13.06.2018
FI13.06.2018
IT13.06.2018
LT13.06.2018
LV13.06.2018
MC13.06.2018
NL13.06.2018
PL13.06.2018
RO13.06.2018
SE13.06.2018
SI13.06.2018
SK13.06.2018
BG13.09.2018
GR14.09.2018
IE18.09.2018
LU18.09.2018
BE30.09.2018
IS13.10.2018
Former [2019/33]AT13.06.2018
CY13.06.2018
CZ13.06.2018
DK13.06.2018
EE13.06.2018
ES13.06.2018
FI13.06.2018
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LT13.06.2018
LV13.06.2018
MC13.06.2018
NL13.06.2018
PL13.06.2018
RO13.06.2018
SE13.06.2018
SI13.06.2018
SK13.06.2018
BG13.09.2018
GR14.09.2018
IE18.09.2018
LU18.09.2018
IS13.10.2018
Former [2019/30]AT13.06.2018
CY13.06.2018
CZ13.06.2018
DK13.06.2018
EE13.06.2018
ES13.06.2018
FI13.06.2018
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LV13.06.2018
MC13.06.2018
NL13.06.2018
PL13.06.2018
RO13.06.2018
SE13.06.2018
SI13.06.2018
SK13.06.2018
BG13.09.2018
GR14.09.2018
LU18.09.2018
IS13.10.2018
Former [2019/26]AT13.06.2018
CY13.06.2018
CZ13.06.2018
DK13.06.2018
EE13.06.2018
ES13.06.2018
FI13.06.2018
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LV13.06.2018
MC13.06.2018
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RO13.06.2018
SE13.06.2018
SI13.06.2018
SK13.06.2018
BG13.09.2018
GR14.09.2018
IS13.10.2018
Former [2019/24]AT13.06.2018
CY13.06.2018
CZ13.06.2018
EE13.06.2018
ES13.06.2018
FI13.06.2018
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LT13.06.2018
LV13.06.2018
MC13.06.2018
NL13.06.2018
PL13.06.2018
RO13.06.2018
SE13.06.2018
SK13.06.2018
BG13.09.2018
GR14.09.2018
IS13.10.2018
Former [2019/11]AT13.06.2018
CY13.06.2018
CZ13.06.2018
EE13.06.2018
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FI13.06.2018
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NL13.06.2018
PL13.06.2018
RO13.06.2018
SE13.06.2018
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BG13.09.2018
GR14.09.2018
IS13.10.2018
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CZ13.06.2018
EE13.06.2018
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FI13.06.2018
LT13.06.2018
LV13.06.2018
NL13.06.2018
PL13.06.2018
RO13.06.2018
SE13.06.2018
SK13.06.2018
BG13.09.2018
GR14.09.2018
IS13.10.2018
Former [2019/09]CY13.06.2018
EE13.06.2018
ES13.06.2018
FI13.06.2018
LT13.06.2018
LV13.06.2018
NL13.06.2018
SE13.06.2018
BG13.09.2018
GR14.09.2018
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Former [2019/08]CY13.06.2018
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FI13.06.2018
LT13.06.2018
LV13.06.2018
NL13.06.2018
SE13.06.2018
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IS13.10.2018
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ES13.06.2018
FI13.06.2018
LT13.06.2018
LV13.06.2018
NL13.06.2018
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BG13.09.2018
GR14.09.2018
Former [2018/52]CY13.06.2018
ES13.06.2018
FI13.06.2018
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LV13.06.2018
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Former [2018/47]ES13.06.2018
FI13.06.2018
LT13.06.2018
Cited inInternational search[XY]WO0035583  (INST MIKROTECHNIK MAINZ GMBH [DE], et al) [X] 1 * figure 3 * * page 14, paragraph 1 * [Y] 2-32;
 [DA]WO2004019007  (LEICA MICROSYSTEMS [DE], et al) [DA] 1-32 * figure 4 ** page 14, line 16 - line 24 *;
 [A]WO2005057178  (PALM MICROLASER TECH GMBH [DE], et al) [A] 1-32 * figure 3 * * page 8, line 26 - page 9, line 15 * * page 10, line 1 - line 13 * * page 10, line 32 - page 11, line 5 * * page 11, line 15 - line 26 *;
 [A]WO2005057179  (PALM MICROLASER TECH GMBH [DE], et al) [A] 1-32 * figures 1,2 * * page 7, line 21 - line 33 * * page 8, line 19 - line 32 *;
 [DY]WO2006024392  (PALM MICROLASER TECH GMBH [DE], et al) [DY] 2-32 * figures 1-5B * * page 6, paragraph L * * page 7, paragraph L - page 8, paragraph L * * page 9, paragraph 4 * * page 10, line 3 - page 11, line 9 *
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