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EP3114989 - DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR FLUORESCENCE IMAGING OF TISSUE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 03.04.2021 Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 24.04.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 01.12.2019
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 28.04.2017
Former	The application has been published Status updated on 09.12.2016
Most recent event Tooltip	06.09.2024	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MT	published on 09.10.2024 [2024/41]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states University of Utah Research Foundation 615 Arapeen Drive, Suite 310 Salt Lake City, UT 84108 / US
	[2017/02]
Inventor(s)	01 / SACHSE, Frank B. 1747 Wasatch Drive Salt Lake City, UT 84108 / US
	02 / HITCHCOCK, Robert 8577 Sixshooter Circle Sandy, UT 84093 / US
	03 / HUANG, Chao 936 S. Lincoln St. Salt Lake City, Utah 84105 / US
	04 / KAZA, Aditya K. 604 Newton St. Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467 / US
	[2017/17]
Former [2017/08]	01 / SACHSE, Frank B. 1747 Wasatch Drive Salt Lake City, UT 84108 / US
	02 / HITCHCOCK, Robert 8577 Sixshooter Circle Sandy, UT 84093 / US
	03 / HUANG, Chao 1126 Deer Ridge Rd. Fruit Heights, Utah 84037 / US
	04 / KAZA, Aditya K. 604 Newton St. Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467 / US
Former [2017/02]	01 / SACHSE, Frank B. 1747 Wasatch Drive Salt Lake City, UT 84108 / US
	02 / HITCHCOCK, Robert 8577 Sixshooter Circle Sandy, UT 84093 / US
	03 / HUANG, Chao 801 S McClelland St., Apt. A Salt Lake City, UT 84102 / US
	04 / KAZA, Aditya K. 343 S. 500 E, nr. 317 Salt Lake City, UT 84102 / US
Representative(s)	Michalski Hüttermann & Partner Patentanwälte mbB Kaistraße 16A 40221 Düsseldorf / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2017/02]	Michalski Hüttermann & Partner Patentanwälte mbB Speditionstraße 21 40221 Düsseldorf / DE
Application number, filing date	16184962.5	18.01.2013
	[2017/02]
Priority number, date	US201261587963P	18.01.2012 Original published format: US 201261587963 P
	US201261587936P	18.01.2012 Original published format: US 201261587936 P
	[2017/02]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3114989
	Date:	11.01.2017
	Language:	EN
	[2017/02]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3114989
	Date:	27.05.2020
	Language:	EN
	[2020/22]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	28.11.2016
Classification	IPC:	A61B5/00, A61B5/02, A61K49/00, A61M5/00, G01N21/64	[2017/02]
	CPC:	A61B5/0071 (EP,US); A61B5/0044 (US); A61B5/0068 (EP,US); A61B5/0084 (US); A61B5/02028 (US); A61B5/4887 (US); (+) A61K49/0054 (EP,US); A61K49/0073 (US); A61M5/007 (US); G01N21/6456 (EP,US); A61B2562/0233 (EP,US); A61B2576/023 (US); G01N2021/6423 (EP,US); G01N2021/6439 (EP,US); G01N2021/6463 (EP,US); G01N2021/6484 (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 [2017/22]
Former [2017/02]	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:	VORRICHTUNGEN UND SYSTEME ZUR FLUORESZENZABBILDUNG EINES GEWEBES	[2017/02]
	English:	DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR FLUORESCENCE IMAGING OF TISSUE	[2017/02]
	French:	DISPOSITIFS ET SYSTÈMES D'IMAGERIE PAR FLUORESCENCE DE TISSUS	[2017/02]
Examination procedure	19.08.2016	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	19.04.2017	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	20.04.2017	Examination requested [2017/22]
	02.12.2019	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	09.04.2020	Fee for grant paid
	09.04.2020	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	09.04.2020	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s) Tooltip	EP13738529.0 / EP2804523
Opposition(s)	02.03.2021	No opposition filed within time limit [2021/18]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	19.08.2016	Renewal fee patent year 03
	19.08.2016	Renewal fee patent year 04
	29.06.2017	Renewal fee patent year 05
	08.01.2018	Renewal fee patent year 06
	09.01.2019	Renewal fee patent year 07
	10.01.2020	Renewal fee patent year 08
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	31.01.2017	05 M06 Fee paid on 29.06.2017
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	18.01.2013
	AL	27.05.2020
	AT	27.05.2020
	CY	27.05.2020
	CZ	27.05.2020
	DK	27.05.2020
	EE	27.05.2020
	ES	27.05.2020
	FI	27.05.2020
	HR	27.05.2020
	IT	27.05.2020
	LT	27.05.2020
	LV	27.05.2020
	MC	27.05.2020
	MK	27.05.2020
	MT	27.05.2020
	NL	27.05.2020
	PL	27.05.2020
	RO	27.05.2020
	RS	27.05.2020
	SE	27.05.2020
	SI	27.05.2020
	SK	27.05.2020
	SM	27.05.2020
	TR	27.05.2020
	BG	27.08.2020
	NO	27.08.2020
	GR	28.08.2020
	IS	27.09.2020
	PT	28.09.2020
	IE	18.01.2021
	LU	18.01.2021
	BE	31.01.2021
	CH	31.01.2021
	LI	31.01.2021
	[2024/41]
Former [2024/29]	HU	18.01.2013
	AL	27.05.2020
	AT	27.05.2020
	CY	27.05.2020
	CZ	27.05.2020
	DK	27.05.2020
	EE	27.05.2020
	ES	27.05.2020
	FI	27.05.2020
	HR	27.05.2020
	IT	27.05.2020
	LT	27.05.2020
	LV	27.05.2020
	MC	27.05.2020
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	NL	27.05.2020
	PL	27.05.2020
	RO	27.05.2020
	RS	27.05.2020
	SE	27.05.2020
	SI	27.05.2020
	SK	27.05.2020
	SM	27.05.2020
	TR	27.05.2020
	BG	27.08.2020
	NO	27.08.2020
	GR	28.08.2020
	IS	27.09.2020
	PT	28.09.2020
	IE	18.01.2021
	LU	18.01.2021
	BE	31.01.2021
	CH	31.01.2021
	LI	31.01.2021
Former [2024/22]	HU	18.01.2013
	AL	27.05.2020
	AT	27.05.2020
	CY	27.05.2020
	CZ	27.05.2020
	DK	27.05.2020
	EE	27.05.2020
	ES	27.05.2020
	FI	27.05.2020
	HR	27.05.2020
	IT	27.05.2020
	LT	27.05.2020
	LV	27.05.2020
	MC	27.05.2020
	MK	27.05.2020
	NL	27.05.2020
	PL	27.05.2020
	RO	27.05.2020
	RS	27.05.2020
	SE	27.05.2020
	SI	27.05.2020
	SK	27.05.2020
	SM	27.05.2020
	BG	27.08.2020
	NO	27.08.2020
	GR	28.08.2020
	IS	27.09.2020
	PT	28.09.2020
	IE	18.01.2021
	LU	18.01.2021
	BE	31.01.2021
	CH	31.01.2021
	LI	31.01.2021
Former [2023/30]	HU	18.01.2013
	AL	27.05.2020
	AT	27.05.2020
	CY	27.05.2020
	CZ	27.05.2020
	DK	27.05.2020
	EE	27.05.2020
	ES	27.05.2020
	FI	27.05.2020
	HR	27.05.2020
	IT	27.05.2020
	LT	27.05.2020
	LV	27.05.2020
	MC	27.05.2020
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	RO	27.05.2020
	RS	27.05.2020
	SE	27.05.2020
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	SM	27.05.2020
	BG	27.08.2020
	NO	27.08.2020
	GR	28.08.2020
	IS	27.09.2020
	PT	28.09.2020
	IE	18.01.2021
	LU	18.01.2021
	BE	31.01.2021
	CH	31.01.2021
	LI	31.01.2021
Former [2023/27]	HU	18.01.2013
	AL	27.05.2020
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	CZ	27.05.2020
	DK	27.05.2020
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	ES	27.05.2020
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	NL	27.05.2020
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	RO	27.05.2020
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	SI	27.05.2020
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	SM	27.05.2020
	BG	27.08.2020
	NO	27.08.2020
	GR	28.08.2020
	IS	27.09.2020
	PT	28.09.2020
	IE	18.01.2021
	LU	18.01.2021
	BE	31.01.2021
	CH	31.01.2021
	LI	31.01.2021
Former [2022/33]	AL	27.05.2020
	AT	27.05.2020
	CZ	27.05.2020
	DK	27.05.2020
	EE	27.05.2020
	ES	27.05.2020
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	HR	27.05.2020
	IT	27.05.2020
	LT	27.05.2020
	LV	27.05.2020
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	RO	27.05.2020
	RS	27.05.2020
	SE	27.05.2020
	SI	27.05.2020
	SK	27.05.2020
	SM	27.05.2020
	BG	27.08.2020
	NO	27.08.2020
	GR	28.08.2020
	IS	27.09.2020
	PT	28.09.2020
	IE	18.01.2021
	LU	18.01.2021
	BE	31.01.2021
	CH	31.01.2021
	LI	31.01.2021
Former [2022/07]	AL	27.05.2020
	AT	27.05.2020
	CZ	27.05.2020
	DK	27.05.2020
	EE	27.05.2020
	ES	27.05.2020
	FI	27.05.2020
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	IT	27.05.2020
	LT	27.05.2020
	LV	27.05.2020
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	NL	27.05.2020
	PL	27.05.2020
	RO	27.05.2020
	RS	27.05.2020
	SE	27.05.2020
	SI	27.05.2020
	SK	27.05.2020
	SM	27.05.2020
	BG	27.08.2020
	NO	27.08.2020
	GR	28.08.2020
	IS	27.09.2020
	PT	28.09.2020
	IE	18.01.2021
	LU	18.01.2021
	CH	31.01.2021
	LI	31.01.2021
Former [2021/52]	AL	27.05.2020
	AT	27.05.2020
	CZ	27.05.2020
	DK	27.05.2020
	EE	27.05.2020
	ES	27.05.2020
	FI	27.05.2020
	HR	27.05.2020
	IT	27.05.2020
	LT	27.05.2020
	LV	27.05.2020
	MC	27.05.2020
	NL	27.05.2020
	PL	27.05.2020
	RO	27.05.2020
	RS	27.05.2020
	SE	27.05.2020
	SI	27.05.2020
	SK	27.05.2020
	SM	27.05.2020
	BG	27.08.2020
	NO	27.08.2020
	GR	28.08.2020
	IS	27.09.2020
	PT	28.09.2020
	LU	18.01.2021
	CH	31.01.2021
	LI	31.01.2021
Former [2021/43]	AL	27.05.2020
	AT	27.05.2020
	CZ	27.05.2020
	DK	27.05.2020
	EE	27.05.2020
	ES	27.05.2020
	FI	27.05.2020
	HR	27.05.2020
	IT	27.05.2020
	LT	27.05.2020
	LV	27.05.2020
	MC	27.05.2020
	NL	27.05.2020
	PL	27.05.2020
	RO	27.05.2020
	RS	27.05.2020
	SE	27.05.2020
	SI	27.05.2020
	SK	27.05.2020
	SM	27.05.2020
	BG	27.08.2020
	NO	27.08.2020
	GR	28.08.2020
	IS	27.09.2020
	PT	28.09.2020
	LU	18.01.2021
Former [2021/40]	AL	27.05.2020
	AT	27.05.2020
	CZ	27.05.2020
	DK	27.05.2020
	EE	27.05.2020
	ES	27.05.2020
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	HR	27.05.2020
	IT	27.05.2020
	LT	27.05.2020
	LV	27.05.2020
	MC	27.05.2020
	NL	27.05.2020
	PL	27.05.2020
	RO	27.05.2020
	RS	27.05.2020
	SE	27.05.2020
	SI	27.05.2020
	SK	27.05.2020
	SM	27.05.2020
	BG	27.08.2020
	NO	27.08.2020
	GR	28.08.2020
	IS	27.09.2020
	PT	28.09.2020
Former [2021/24]	AL	27.05.2020
	AT	27.05.2020
	CZ	27.05.2020
	DK	27.05.2020
	EE	27.05.2020
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	HR	27.05.2020
	IT	27.05.2020
	LT	27.05.2020
	LV	27.05.2020
	NL	27.05.2020
	PL	27.05.2020
	RO	27.05.2020
	RS	27.05.2020
	SE	27.05.2020
	SI	27.05.2020
	SK	27.05.2020
	SM	27.05.2020
	BG	27.08.2020
	NO	27.08.2020
	GR	28.08.2020
	IS	27.09.2020
	PT	28.09.2020
Former [2021/10]	AL	27.05.2020
	AT	27.05.2020
	CZ	27.05.2020
	DK	27.05.2020
	EE	27.05.2020
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	IT	27.05.2020
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	PL	27.05.2020
	RO	27.05.2020
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	SE	27.05.2020
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	SM	27.05.2020
	BG	27.08.2020
	NO	27.08.2020
	GR	28.08.2020
	IS	27.09.2020
	PT	28.09.2020
Former [2021/09]	AL	27.05.2020
	AT	27.05.2020
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	DK	27.05.2020
	EE	27.05.2020
	ES	27.05.2020
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	IT	27.05.2020
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	RS	27.05.2020
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	SM	27.05.2020
	BG	27.08.2020
	NO	27.08.2020
	GR	28.08.2020
	IS	27.09.2020
	PT	28.09.2020
Former [2021/08]	AL	27.05.2020
	DK	27.05.2020
	ES	27.05.2020
	FI	27.05.2020
	HR	27.05.2020
	LT	27.05.2020
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	NL	27.05.2020
	RO	27.05.2020
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	SE	27.05.2020
	SM	27.05.2020
	BG	27.08.2020
	NO	27.08.2020
	GR	28.08.2020
	IS	27.09.2020
	PT	28.09.2020
Former [2021/04]	AL	27.05.2020
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	HR	27.05.2020
	LT	27.05.2020
	LV	27.05.2020
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	SE	27.05.2020
	BG	27.08.2020
	NO	27.08.2020
	GR	28.08.2020
	IS	27.09.2020
	PT	28.09.2020
Former [2021/01]	FI	27.05.2020
	HR	27.05.2020
	LT	27.05.2020
	LV	27.05.2020
	RS	27.05.2020
	SE	27.05.2020
	BG	27.08.2020
	NO	27.08.2020
	GR	28.08.2020
	IS	27.09.2020
	PT	28.09.2020
Former [2020/51]	FI	27.05.2020
	HR	27.05.2020
	LT	27.05.2020
	LV	27.05.2020
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	SE	27.05.2020
	NO	27.08.2020
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	IS	27.09.2020
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Former [2020/50]	FI	27.05.2020
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Former [2020/48]	FI	27.05.2020
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Former [2020/47]	LT	27.05.2020
	NO	27.08.2020
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Former [2020/46]	IS	27.09.2020
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