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EP About this file: EP2426494

EP2426494 - Test sensor cartridges and sensor-dispensing instruments [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  09.08.2019
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  31.08.2018
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  18.04.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip09.07.2021Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): HU		published on 11.08.2021  [2021/32]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Ascensia Diabetes Care Holdings AG
Peter-Merian Strasse 90
4052 Basel / CH
[2016/36]
Former [2013/49]For all designated states
Bayer HealthCare LLC
100 Bayer Boulevard
Whippany, NJ 07981-0915 / US
Former [2012/10]For all designated states
Bayer Healthcare LLC
555 White Plains Road, 5th Floor
Tarrytown, NY 10591-5097 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Reynolds, Jeffrey S.
51325 Crooked Oak Drive
Granger, IN 46530, IN Indiana / US
02 / Creaven, John P.
258 Gilbert Ave.
Pearl River, NY New York 10965 / US
03 / Zuidema, Jack L.
53713 County Road 11 N
ELKHART, IN Indiana 46514 / US
 [2012/10]
Representative(s)Cohausz & Florack
Patent- & Rechtsanwälte
Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB
Postfach 10 18 30
40009 Düsseldorf / DE
[2018/40]
Former [2014/42]BIP Patents
c/o Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
Alfred-Nobel-Straße 10
40789 Monheim am Rhein / DE
Former [2012/10]Linhart, Angela
Bayer HealthCare AG BHC-CAO-LP-PL
51368 Leverkusen / DE
Application number, filing date11190668.113.01.2006
[2012/10]
Priority number, dateUS20050643801P14.01.2005         Original published format: US 643801 P
US20050684129P24.05.2005         Original published format: US 684129 P
[2012/10]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2426494
Date:07.03.2012
Language:EN
[2012/10]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2426494
Date:03.10.2018
Language:EN
[2018/40]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP08.02.2012
ClassificationIPC:G01N33/487
[2012/10]
CPC:
G01N33/48757 (EP,US); A61B5/14532 (EP,US); A61B5/150022 (EP,US);
A61B5/150305 (EP,US); A61B5/150358 (EP,US); A61B5/150755 (EP,US);
A61B5/15146 (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,   NL,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   TR [2018/40]
Former [2012/10]AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  LV,  MC,  NL,  PL,  PT,  RO,  SE,  SI,  SK,  TR 
TitleGerman:Testsensorkassetten und Sensorabgabegeräte[2012/10]
English:Test sensor cartridges and sensor-dispensing instruments[2012/10]
French:Cartouches a capteurs test et instruments pour distribuer les capteurs[2012/10]
Examination procedure07.09.2012Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
07.09.2012Examination requested  [2012/42]
17.04.2014Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
22.10.2014Reply to a communication from the examining division
24.03.2016Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
27.09.2016Reply to a communication from the examining division
30.01.2018Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 31.01.2018
31.01.2018Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
26.03.2018Date of oral proceedings
16.04.2018Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
19.04.2018Communication of intention to grant the patent
21.08.2018Fee for grant paid
21.08.2018Fee for publishing/printing paid
21.08.2018Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP06718661.9  / EP1851540
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 (EP20060718661) is  26.11.2009
Opposition(s)04.07.2019No opposition filed within time limit [2019/37]
Fees paidRenewal fee
26.03.2012Renewal fee patent year 03
26.03.2012Renewal fee patent year 04
26.03.2012Renewal fee patent year 05
26.03.2012Renewal fee patent year 06
11.01.2012Renewal fee patent year 07
25.01.2013Renewal fee patent year 08
27.01.2014Renewal fee patent year 09
27.01.2015Renewal fee patent year 10
27.01.2016Renewal fee patent year 11
27.01.2017Renewal fee patent year 12
29.01.2018Renewal fee patent year 13
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU13.01.2006
AT03.10.2018
CY03.10.2018
CZ03.10.2018
DK03.10.2018
EE03.10.2018
ES03.10.2018
FI03.10.2018
IT03.10.2018
LT03.10.2018
LV03.10.2018
MC03.10.2018
NL03.10.2018
PL03.10.2018
RO03.10.2018
SE03.10.2018
SI03.10.2018
SK03.10.2018
TR03.10.2018
BG03.01.2019
GR04.01.2019
IE13.01.2019
LU13.01.2019
BE31.01.2019
CH31.01.2019
LI31.01.2019
IS03.02.2019
PT03.02.2019
[2021/32]
Former [2021/26]AT03.10.2018
CY03.10.2018
CZ03.10.2018
DK03.10.2018
EE03.10.2018
ES03.10.2018
FI03.10.2018
IT03.10.2018
LT03.10.2018
LV03.10.2018
MC03.10.2018
NL03.10.2018
PL03.10.2018
RO03.10.2018
SE03.10.2018
SI03.10.2018
SK03.10.2018
TR03.10.2018
BG03.01.2019
GR04.01.2019
IE13.01.2019
LU13.01.2019
BE31.01.2019
CH31.01.2019
LI31.01.2019
IS03.02.2019
PT03.02.2019
Former [2020/17]AT03.10.2018
CZ03.10.2018
DK03.10.2018
EE03.10.2018
ES03.10.2018
FI03.10.2018
IT03.10.2018
LT03.10.2018
LV03.10.2018
MC03.10.2018
NL03.10.2018
PL03.10.2018
RO03.10.2018
SE03.10.2018
SI03.10.2018
SK03.10.2018
TR03.10.2018
BG03.01.2019
GR04.01.2019
IE13.01.2019
LU13.01.2019
BE31.01.2019
CH31.01.2019
LI31.01.2019
IS03.02.2019
PT03.02.2019
Former [2020/09]AT03.10.2018
CZ03.10.2018
DK03.10.2018
EE03.10.2018
ES03.10.2018
FI03.10.2018
IT03.10.2018
LT03.10.2018
LV03.10.2018
MC03.10.2018
NL03.10.2018
PL03.10.2018
RO03.10.2018
SE03.10.2018
SI03.10.2018
SK03.10.2018
BG03.01.2019
GR04.01.2019
IE13.01.2019
LU13.01.2019
BE31.01.2019
CH31.01.2019
LI31.01.2019
IS03.02.2019
PT03.02.2019
Former [2020/04]AT03.10.2018
CZ03.10.2018
DK03.10.2018
EE03.10.2018
ES03.10.2018
FI03.10.2018
IT03.10.2018
LT03.10.2018
LV03.10.2018
MC03.10.2018
NL03.10.2018
PL03.10.2018
RO03.10.2018
SE03.10.2018
SI03.10.2018
SK03.10.2018
BG03.01.2019
GR04.01.2019
LU13.01.2019
BE31.01.2019
CH31.01.2019
LI31.01.2019
IS03.02.2019
PT03.02.2019
Former [2019/50]AT03.10.2018
CZ03.10.2018
DK03.10.2018
EE03.10.2018
ES03.10.2018
FI03.10.2018
IT03.10.2018
LT03.10.2018
LV03.10.2018
MC03.10.2018
NL03.10.2018
PL03.10.2018
RO03.10.2018
SE03.10.2018
SI03.10.2018
SK03.10.2018
BG03.01.2019
GR04.01.2019
LU13.01.2019
BE31.01.2019
IS03.02.2019
PT03.02.2019
Former [2019/44]AT03.10.2018
CZ03.10.2018
DK03.10.2018
EE03.10.2018
ES03.10.2018
FI03.10.2018
IT03.10.2018
LT03.10.2018
LV03.10.2018
MC03.10.2018
NL03.10.2018
PL03.10.2018
RO03.10.2018
SE03.10.2018
SK03.10.2018
BG03.01.2019
GR04.01.2019
LU13.01.2019
IS03.02.2019
PT03.02.2019
Former [2019/40]AT03.10.2018
CZ03.10.2018
DK03.10.2018
EE03.10.2018
ES03.10.2018
FI03.10.2018
IT03.10.2018
LT03.10.2018
LV03.10.2018
MC03.10.2018
NL03.10.2018
PL03.10.2018
RO03.10.2018
SE03.10.2018
SK03.10.2018
BG03.01.2019
GR04.01.2019
IS03.02.2019
PT03.02.2019
Former [2019/37]AT03.10.2018
CZ03.10.2018
DK03.10.2018
EE03.10.2018
ES03.10.2018
FI03.10.2018
IT03.10.2018
LT03.10.2018
LV03.10.2018
NL03.10.2018
PL03.10.2018
RO03.10.2018
SE03.10.2018
BG03.01.2019
GR04.01.2019
IS03.02.2019
PT03.02.2019
Former [2019/34]AT03.10.2018
CZ03.10.2018
DK03.10.2018
ES03.10.2018
FI03.10.2018
IT03.10.2018
LT03.10.2018
LV03.10.2018
NL03.10.2018
PL03.10.2018
SE03.10.2018
BG03.01.2019
GR04.01.2019
IS03.02.2019
PT03.02.2019
Former [2019/26]AT03.10.2018
CZ03.10.2018
ES03.10.2018
FI03.10.2018
LT03.10.2018
LV03.10.2018
NL03.10.2018
PL03.10.2018
SE03.10.2018
BG03.01.2019
GR04.01.2019
IS03.02.2019
PT03.02.2019
Former [2019/24]AT03.10.2018
CZ03.10.2018
ES03.10.2018
FI03.10.2018
LT03.10.2018
LV03.10.2018
NL03.10.2018
PL03.10.2018
SE03.10.2018
BG03.01.2019
GR04.01.2019
IS03.02.2019
Former [2019/23]AT03.10.2018
CZ03.10.2018
ES03.10.2018
FI03.10.2018
LT03.10.2018
LV03.10.2018
NL03.10.2018
PL03.10.2018
BG03.01.2019
IS03.02.2019
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FI03.10.2018
LT03.10.2018
NL03.10.2018
PL03.10.2018
BG03.01.2019
IS03.02.2019
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LT03.10.2018
NL03.10.2018
IS03.02.2019
Former [2019/20]LT03.10.2018
NL03.10.2018
Former [2019/17]NL03.10.2018
Documents cited:Search[I]US2003089730  (MAY STUART R [GB], et al) [I] 1-13 * paragraphs [0064] , [0065]; figures 1,2 *;
 [A]EP1321769  (LIFESCAN INC [US]) [A] 1-13* paragraphs [0007] - [0014] - [0017] , [0021] - [0023]; figures 1,2b,7,8 *;
 [X]US2003191415  (MOERMAN PIET [BE], et al) [X] 1-13 * paragraphs [0114] , [0124] , [0132] - [0136]; figures 1,3 *
by applicantUS6531040
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