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EP2442902 - MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING ELEMENTS BETWEEN LIQUID PHASES AND USE OF SAID SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTING SAID ELEMENTS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2012/17]MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING ELEMENTS BETWEEN LIQUID PHASES AND USE OF SAID SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTING SAID ELEMENTS.
[2019/16]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  24.07.2020
Database last updated on 16.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  16.08.2019
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  22.04.2019
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  02.11.2016
Most recent event   Tooltip08.07.2022Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 10.08.2022  [2022/32]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
Bâtiment "Le Ponant D" 25, rue Leblanc
75015 Paris / FR
[2012/17]
Inventor(s)01 / BERTHIER, Jean
8 Les Florentines
F-38240 Meylan / FR
02 / LE VOT, Sophie
2B Lotissement La Colinière
F-38760 Varces / FR
03 / RIVERA, Florence
70 rue Anatole France
F-38100 Grenoble / FR
 [2012/18]
Former [2012/17]01 / BERTHIER, Jean
8 Les Florentines
F-38240 Meylan / FR
02 / LE VOT, Sophie
24 rue de Stalingrad
F-38800 Le Pont De Claix / FR
03 / RIVERA, Florence
51B rue des Aiguinards
F-38240 Meylan / FR
Representative(s)Gevers & Orès
Immeuble le Palatin 2
3 Cours du Triangle
CS 80165
92939 Paris La Défense Cedex / FR
[N/P]
Former [2019/38]Gevers & Orès
41 avenue de Friedland
75008 Paris / FR
Former [2012/17]Bolinches, Michel Jean-Marie, et al
Cabinet Orès 36, rue de St Pétersbourg
75008 Paris / FR
Application number, filing date10743195.918.06.2010
[2019/38]
WO2010FR00453
Priority number, dateFR2009000298819.06.2009         Original published format: FR 0902988
[2012/17]
Filing languageFR
Procedural languageFR
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO2010146261
Date:23.12.2010
Language:FR
[2010/51]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP2442902
Date:25.04.2012
Language:FR
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 23.12.2010 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2012/17]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2442902
Date:18.09.2019
Language:FR
[2019/38]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP03.06.2011
ClassificationIPC:B01J19/00, B01F13/00, B01L3/00
[2019/16]
CPC:
B01J19/0093 (EP,US); B01F33/3011 (EP,US); B01L3/502707 (EP,US);
B01L3/502753 (EP,US); B01F23/41 (EP,US); B01L2200/0647 (EP,US);
B01L2200/0673 (EP,US); B01L2400/086 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2012/17]B01J19/00, B01F13/00, B01L3/00, B01D61/24, B01D11/04, B81B3/00, C12M3/06
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,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2012/17]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
RSNot yet paid
TitleGerman:MIKROFLUIDISCHES SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUR ÜBERTRAGUNG VON ELEMENTEN ZWISCHEN FLÜSSIGPHASEN UND VERWENDUNG DIESES SYSTEMS ZUR EXTRAKTION DIESER ELEMENTE[2019/16]
English:MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING ELEMENTS BETWEEN LIQUID PHASES AND USE OF SAID SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTING SAID ELEMENTS[2019/16]
French:SYSTEME MICROFLUIDIQUE ET PROCEDE POUR LE TRANSFERT D'ELEMENTS ENTRE PHASES LIQUIDES ET UTILISATION DE CE SYSTEME POUR EXTRAIRE CES ELEMENTS[2019/16]
Former [2012/17]MIKROFLUIDISCHES SYSTEM UND ENTSPRECHENDES VERFAHREN FÜR DIE ÜBERTRAGUNG VON ELEMENTEN ZWISCHEN FLÜSSIGPHASEN UND VERWENDUNG DIESES SYSTEMS ZUR EXTRAKTION DIESER ELEMENTE
Former [2012/17]MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING ELEMENTS BETWEEN LIQUID PHASES AND USE OF SAID SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTING SAID ELEMENTS.
Former [2012/17]SYSTEME MICROFLUIDIQUE ET PROCEDE CORRESPONDANT POUR LE TRANSFERT D'ELEMENTS ENTRE PHASES LIQUIDES ET UTILISATION DE CE SYSTEME POUR EXTRAIRE CES ELEMENTS
Entry into regional phase18.01.2012National basic fee paid 
18.01.2012Designation fee(s) paid 
18.01.2012Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure18.01.2012Examination requested  [2012/17]
07.09.2012Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
24.10.2016Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
13.04.2017Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.04.2019Communication of intention to grant the patent
09.08.2019Fee for grant paid
09.08.2019Fee for publishing/printing paid
09.08.2019Receipt 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  24.10.2016
Opposition(s)19.06.2020No opposition filed within time limit [2020/35]
Fees paidRenewal fee
21.05.2012Renewal fee patent year 03
29.05.2013Renewal fee patent year 04
28.03.2014Renewal fee patent year 05
22.05.2015Renewal fee patent year 06
27.05.2016Renewal fee patent year 07
30.05.2017Renewal fee patent year 08
28.05.2018Renewal fee patent year 09
27.05.2019Renewal fee patent year 10
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU18.06.2010
AL18.09.2019
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