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EP About this file: EP2040759

EP2040759 - STERILIZATION METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2009/14]STERILIZATION SYSTEM AND DEVICE
[2014/14]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  11.09.2015
Database last updated on 14.06.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip27.10.2017Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): BE		published on 29.11.2017  [2017/48]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Noxilizer, Inc.
1450 South Rolling Road
Baltimore, MD 21227 / US
[2012/42]
Former [2009/14]For all designated states
Noxilizer, Inc.
7272 Wisconsin Avenue Suite 300
Bethesda MD 20814 / US
Inventor(s)01 / ARNOLD, Ernst V.
20600 Woodbridge Drive
Hagerstown, MD 21742 / US
02 / DOLETSKI, Blaine G.
37 Merril Road
Catonsville, MD 21228 / US
03 / DUNN, Thomas M.
160 Forest Circle
Palmyra, PA 17078 / US
04 / RAULLI, Robert E.
10443 Moore Drive
Manassas, VA 20111 / US
05 / MUELLER, Edward P.
298 River Road
Bluff City, TN 37618 / US
06 / BENEDEK, Karen R.
37 Emerson Road
Winchester, MD 01890 / US
07 / MURVILLE, Marie-Louise
3510 Edmunds Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20007 / US
 [2009/42]
Former [2009/14]01 / ARNOLD, Ernst V.
20600 Woodbridge Drive
Hagerstown, MD 21742 / US
02 / DOLETSKI, Blaine G.
7134 Ducketts Lane
Elkridge, MD 21075 / US
03 / DUNN, Thomas M.
160 Forest Circle
Palmyra, PA 17078 / US
04 / RAULLI, Robert E.
10443 Moore Drive
Manassas, VA 20111 / US
05 / MUELLER, Edward P.
80 Farragut Road
Annapolis, MD 21403 / US
06 / BENEDEK, Karen R.
37 Emerson Road
Winchester, MD 01890 / US
07 / MURVILLE, Marie-Louise
3510 Edmunds Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20007 / US
Representative(s)Beck Greener LLP
Fulwood House
12 Fulwood Place
London WC1V 6HR / GB
[N/P]
Former [2014/16]Beck Greener
Fulwood House
12 Fulwood Place
London WC1V 6HR / GB
Former [2011/25]Freeman, Avi
Beck Greener Fulwood House 12 Fulwood Place London
WC1V 6HR / GB
Former [2010/36]Wittop Koning, Tom Hugo, et al
Zacco Netherlands B.V. Postbus 75683
1070 AR Amsterdam / NL
Former [2009/14]Wittop Koning, Tom Hugo
Exter Polak & Charlouis B.V. P.O. Box 3241
2280 GE Rijswijk / NL
Application number, filing date07810029.429.06.2007
[2014/45]
WO2007US15093
Priority number, dateUS2006047751330.06.2006         Original published format: US 477513
[2009/14]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO2008005313
Date:10.01.2008
Language:EN
[2008/02]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP2040759
Date:01.04.2009
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 10.01.2008 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2009/14]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2040759
Date:05.11.2014
Language:EN
[2014/45]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP28.02.2008
ClassificationIPC:A61L2/20, A61L2/00
[2009/14]
CPC:
A61L2/20 (EP,US); A61L2/0094 (EP,US); A61L2/16 (EP,US);
A61L2/00 (EP,US); A61L2202/122 (EP,US); A61L2202/24 (EP,US)
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 [2009/14]
TitleGerman:STERILISATIONSVERFAHREN[2014/45]
English:STERILIZATION METHOD[2014/45]
French:PROCÉDÉ DE STÉRILISATION[2014/45]
Former [2009/14]STERILISIERUNGSSYSTEM UND -VORRICHTUNG
Former [2009/14]STERILIZATION SYSTEM AND DEVICE
Former [2009/14]SYSTÈME ET DISPOSITIF DE STÉRILISATION
Entry into regional phase29.01.2009National basic fee paid 
29.01.2009Designation fee(s) paid 
29.01.2009Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure29.01.2009Examination requested  [2009/14]
27.03.2009Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
25.01.2010Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
03.08.2010Reply to a communication from the examining division
15.12.2011Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
25.06.2012Reply to a communication from the examining division
24.10.2012Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
30.04.2013Reply to a communication from the examining division
01.10.2013Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
31.01.2014Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.03.2014Communication of intention to grant the patent
18.07.2014Fee for grant paid
18.07.2014Fee for publishing/printing paid
18.07.2014Receipt 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  25.01.2010
Opposition(s)06.08.2015No opposition filed within time limit [2015/42]
Fees paidRenewal fee
29.06.2009Renewal fee patent year 03
16.06.2011Renewal fee patent year 05
13.06.2012Renewal fee patent year 06
10.06.2013Renewal fee patent year 07
31.03.2014Renewal fee patent year 08
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
30.06.201004   M06   Fee paid on   30.12.2010
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU29.06.2007
AT05.11.2014
BE05.11.2014
BG05.11.2014
CY05.11.2014
CZ05.11.2014
DK05.11.2014
EE05.11.2014
ES05.11.2014
FI05.11.2014
LT05.11.2014
LV05.11.2014
MC05.11.2014
MT05.11.2014
NL05.11.2014
PL05.11.2014
RO05.11.2014
SI05.11.2014
SK05.11.2014
TR05.11.2014
GR06.02.2015
IS05.03.2015
PT05.03.2015
IE29.06.2015
LU29.06.2015
[2017/46]
Former [2017/39]HU29.06.2007
AT05.11.2014
BG05.11.2014
CY05.11.2014
CZ05.11.2014
DK05.11.2014
EE05.11.2014
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PT05.03.2015
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 [X]US2005203069  (ARNOLD ERNST V [US], et al) [X] 1-105 * paragraphs [0055] , [0056] , [0065] - [0067]; claim - *
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