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EP About this file: EP3173793

EP3173793 - LABORATORY INSTRUMENT AND A METHOD OF OPERATING A LABORATORY INSTRUMENT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  19.03.2021
Database last updated on 21.05.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  10.04.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  11.12.2019
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  10.04.2019
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  08.12.2017
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  28.04.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip15.07.2022Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): BE		published on 17.08.2022  [2022/33]
Applicant(s)For:AL  AT  BE  BG  CH  CY  CZ  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 
F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
Grenzacherstraße 124
4070 Basel / CH
For:DE 
Roche Diagnostics GmbH
Sandhofer Straße 116
68305 Mannheim / DE
[2017/22]
Inventor(s)01 / Barmettler, Kurt
Waldweg 9
6005 Luzern / CH
02 / Peter, André
Obermattpark 5
6045 Meggen / CH
 [2017/22]
Representative(s)Richardt Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Wilhelmstraße 7
65185 Wiesbaden / DE
[2017/22]
Application number, filing date15197007.630.11.2015
[2017/22]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3173793
Date:31.05.2017
Language:EN
[2017/22]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3173793
Date:13.05.2020
Language:EN
[2020/20]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP17.06.2016
ClassificationIPC:G01N35/00
[2017/22]
CPC:
G01N35/00732 (EP,CN,US); G01N35/1002 (CN,US); G01N35/026 (CN,US);
G01N35/0099 (EP,CN,US); B01L3/021 (US); G01N2035/00752 (CN,US);
G01N2035/00782 (CN,US); G01N2035/0412 (EP,CN,US); G01N2035/0413 (CN,US);
G01N2035/1051 (EP,CN,US) (-)
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 [2018/02]
Former [2017/22]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 
TitleGerman:LABORINSTRUMENT UND VERFAHREN ZUM BETRIEB EINES LABORINSTRUMENTS[2017/22]
English:LABORATORY INSTRUMENT AND A METHOD OF OPERATING A LABORATORY INSTRUMENT[2017/22]
French:INSTRUMENT DE LABORATOIRE ET PROCÉDÉ DE FONCTIONNEMENT ASSOCIÉ[2017/22]
Examination procedure30.11.2015Date on which the examining division has become responsible
01.11.2017Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
30.11.2017Examination requested  [2018/02]
15.04.2019Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
07.08.2019Reply to a communication from the examining division
12.12.2019Communication of intention to grant the patent
30.03.2020Fee for grant paid
30.03.2020Fee for publishing/printing paid
30.03.2020Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)16.02.2021No opposition filed within time limit [2021/16]
Fees paidRenewal fee
08.11.2017Renewal fee patent year 03
08.11.2018Renewal fee patent year 04
14.11.2019Renewal fee patent year 05
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