EP2787339 - Multiple slide processing apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 19.04.2019 Database last updated on 28.05.2024 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 11.05.2018 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 19.02.2018 | Most recent event Tooltip | 01.07.2022 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK | published on 03.08.2022 [2022/31] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Hardy Diagnostics 1430 W. Mccoy Lane Santa Maria CA 93455 / US | [2016/19] |
Former [2014/41] | For all designated states GG&B Company 3411 McNiel Avenue Suite 302 Wichita Falls, TX 76308 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Carter, Lee 908 Sonoma Dr. McKinney, TX Texas 75070 / US | 02 /
West, Jerry 610 Clinton Street Ovilla, TX Texas 75154 / US | 03 /
Thomas, Randy 58691 E. 332 Rd Jay, OK Oklahoma 74346 / US | 04 /
Gibbs, Jeffrey 5143 Royalwood Dr Wichita Falls, TX Texas 76302 / US | [2014/41] | Representative(s) | Patentanwälte Olbricht Buchhold Keulertz Partnerschaft mbB Neue Mainzer Straße 75 60311 Frankfurt am Main / DE | [N/P] |
Former [2018/24] | Patentanwälte Olbricht Buchhold Keulertz Partnerschaft mbB Bettinastraße 53-55 60325 Frankfurt am Main / DE | ||
Former [2014/41] | Carpmaels & Ransford LLP One Southampton Row London WC1B 5HA / GB | Application number, filing date | 14162285.2 | 28.03.2014 | [2014/41] | Priority number, date | US201313857965 | 05.04.2013 Original published format: US201313857965 | [2014/41] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP2787339 | Date: | 08.10.2014 | Language: | EN | [2014/41] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP2787339 | Date: | 11.02.2015 | Language: | EN | [2015/07] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2787339 | Date: | 13.06.2018 | Language: | EN | [2018/24] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 14.01.2015 | Classification | IPC: | G01N1/31, // G01N35/00 | [2014/42] | CPC: |
G01N35/00029 (EP,US);
G01N1/30 (US);
G01N1/312 (EP,US);
G01N2001/302 (US);
G01N2035/00039 (EP,US);
G01N2035/00138 (EP,US);
| Designated contracting states | AL, 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 [2015/38] |
Former [2014/41] | AL, 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 | Title | German: | Mehrfach-Objektträgerverarbeitungsvorrichtung | [2014/41] | English: | Multiple slide processing apparatus | [2014/41] | French: | Appareil de traitement de lames multiples | [2014/41] | Examination procedure | 11.08.2015 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 11.08.2015 | Examination requested [2015/38] | 20.02.2018 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 03.05.2018 | Fee for grant paid | 03.05.2018 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 03.05.2018 | Receipt 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 20.02.2018 | Opposition(s) | 14.03.2019 | No opposition filed within time limit [2019/21] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 10.03.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 28.03.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 23.03.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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