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EP About this file: EP2729175

EP2729175 - SYSTEM FOR LIGHT STIMULATION WITHIN A MEDIUM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2014/20]PHOSPHORS AND SCINTILLATORS FOR LIGHT STIMULATION WITHIN A MEDIUM
[2021/11]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  07.10.2022
Database last updated on 19.10.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  29.10.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  14.07.2021
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  09.06.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  01.03.2021
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  28.09.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip27.04.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 29.05.2024  [2024/22]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Duke University
2812 Erwin Road, Suite 406
Durham, NC 27705 / US
For all designated states
Immunolight, LLC
1901 St. Antoine Street 6th Floor at Ford Field
Detroit, MI 48226 / US
[2021/32]
Former [2014/20]For all designated states
Duke University
2020 W. Main Street, Suite 10
Durham, NC 27705 / US
For all designated states
Immunolight, LLC
1901 St. Antoine Street 6th Floor at Ford Field
Detroit, MI 48226 / US
Inventor(s)01 / BOURKE, Frederic, A.
c/o Immunolight, Llc
1901 St. Antoine Street
6th Floor At Ford Field
Detroit, MI 48226 / US
02 / WALDER, Harold
c/o Immunolight, Llc
1901 St. Antoine Street
6th Floor At Ford Field
Detroit, MI 48226 / US
03 / FATHI, Zakaryae
c/o Immunolight, Llc
1901 St. Antoine Street
6th Floor At Ford Field
Detroit, MI 48226 / US
04 / THERIEN, Michael J.
6 Pine Top Place
Durham, NC 27705 / US
05 / DEWHIRST, Mark W.
3610 Barn View Place
Durham, NC 27705 / US
06 / STANTON, Ian N.
5511 Butterfly Lane 303
Durham, NC 27707 / US
07 / AYRES, Jennifer, Ann
2121 Ramsgate Street
Raleigh, NC 27603 / US
08 / FELS, Diane, Renee
300 Darby Creek Lane Apt.323
Morrisville, NC 27560 / US
09 / HERBERT, Joseph, A.
2708 Grove Ave. Apt. 8
Richmond, VA 23220 / US
 [2021/48]
Former [2014/20]01 / BOURKE, Frederic, A.
1901 St. Antoine Street
6th Floor At Ford Field
Detroit, MI 48226 / US
02 / WALDER, Harold
1901 St. Antoine Street
6th Floor At Ford Field
Detroit, MI 48226 / US
03 / FATHI, Zakaryae
1901 St. Antoine Street
6th Floor At Ford Field
Detroit, MI 48226 / US
04 / THERIEN, Michael J.
6 Pine Top Palce
Durham, NC 27705 / US
05 / DEWHIRST, Mark W.
3610 Barn View Place
Durham, NC 27705 / US
06 / STANTON, Ian Nicholas
5511 Butterfly Lane 303
Durham, NC 27707 / US
07 / AYRES, Jennifer, Ann
2121 Ramsgate Street
Raleigh, NC 27603 / US
08 / FELS, Diane, Renee
300 Darby Creek Lane Apt.323
Morrisville, NC 27560 / US
09 / HERBERT, Joseph, A.
2708 Grove Ave. Apt. 8
Richmond, VA 23220 / US
Representative(s)Tostmann, Holger Carl
Wallinger Ricker Schlotter Tostmann
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB
Zweibrückenstrasse 5-7
80331 München / DE
[2021/48]
Former [2014/20]Reboussin, Yohann Mickaël Noël, et al
Cabinet Orès
36, rue de St Pétersbourg
75008 Paris / FR
Application number, filing date12810688.709.07.2012
[2021/48]
WO2012US45930
Priority number, dateUS201161505849P08.07.2011         Original published format: US 201161505849 P
[2014/20]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2013009688
Date:17.01.2013
Language:EN
[2013/03]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2729175
Date:14.05.2014
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 17.01.2013 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2014/20]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2729175
Date:01.12.2021
Language:EN
[2021/48]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US17.01.2013
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP22.04.2015
ClassificationIPC:A61N5/06, A61K41/00, A61N5/10
[2021/11]
CPC:
A61N5/062 (EP,US); A61K41/0085 (EP,US); A61N5/1077 (EP,US);
A61N2005/0661 (EP,US); A61N2005/1091 (EP,US); A61N2005/1098 (EP,US);
A61N5/0622 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2014/20]A61K41/00
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,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2014/20]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:SYSTEM ZUR LICHTSTIMULATION IN EINEM MEDIUM[2021/11]
English:SYSTEM FOR LIGHT STIMULATION WITHIN A MEDIUM[2021/11]
French:APPAREIL POUR STIMULATION LUMINEUSE DANS UN MILIEU[2021/11]
Former [2014/20]LEUCHTSTOFFE UND SZINTILLATOREN ZUR LICHTSTIMULATION IN EINEM MEDIUM
Former [2014/20]PHOSPHORS AND SCINTILLATORS FOR LIGHT STIMULATION WITHIN A MEDIUM
Former [2014/20]LUMINOPHORES ET SCINTILLATEURS POUR STIMULATION LUMINEUSE DANS UN MILIEU
Entry into regional phase10.02.2014National basic fee paid 
10.02.2014Search fee paid 
10.02.2014Designation fee(s) paid 
10.02.2014Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure10.02.2014Examination requested  [2014/20]
10.11.2015Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
28.09.2018Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
07.02.2019Reply to a communication from the examining division
21.04.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
07.07.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
02.03.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
08.06.2021Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
15.07.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
26.10.2021Fee for grant paid
26.10.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
26.10.2021Receipt 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  28.09.2018
Opposition(s)02.09.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/45]
Fees paidRenewal fee
14.07.2014Renewal fee patent year 03
10.07.2015Renewal fee patent year 04
11.07.2016Renewal fee patent year 05
12.07.2017Renewal fee patent year 06
27.07.2018Renewal fee patent year 07
29.07.2019Renewal fee patent year 08
27.07.2020Renewal fee patent year 09
27.07.2021Renewal fee patent year 10
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU09.07.2012
AL01.12.2021
AT01.12.2021
CY01.12.2021
CZ01.12.2021
DK01.12.2021
EE01.12.2021
ES01.12.2021
FI01.12.2021
HR01.12.2021
IT01.12.2021
LT01.12.2021
LV01.12.2021
MK01.12.2021
PL01.12.2021
RO01.12.2021
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SK01.12.2021
SM01.12.2021
BG01.03.2022
GR02.03.2022
IS01.04.2022
PT01.04.2022
[2024/22]
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 [X]US2008063142  (WEIL MICHAEL D [US]) [X] 1,11 * abstract * * paragraph [0013] * * paragraph [0038] - paragraph [0042] *;
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