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EP About this file: EP3457144

EP3457144 - SAMPLE CONTAINER CARRIER, LABORATORY SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND LABORATORY AUTOMATION SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  26.08.2022
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  17.09.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  19.04.2021
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  20.12.2019
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  20.09.2019
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  15.02.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip13.09.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MT		published on 16.10.2024 [2024/42]
Applicant(s)For:DE 
Roche Diagnostics GmbH
Sandhofer Straße 116
68305 Mannheim / DE
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
[2019/12]
Inventor(s)01 / HUBER, Tobias
c/o Roche PVT GmbH
Maybachstrasse 30
71332 Waiblingen / DE
02 / DURCO, Rudolf
c/o Roche PVT GmbH
Maybachstrasse 30
71332 Waiblingen / DE
 [2019/12]
Representative(s)Patentanwälte Ruff, Wilhelm, Beier, Dauster & Partner mbB
Kronenstraße 30
70174 Stuttgart / DE
[2019/12]
Application number, filing date17190908.813.09.2017
[2019/12]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3457144
Date:20.03.2019
Language:EN
[2019/12]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3457144
Date:20.10.2021
Language:EN
[2021/42]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP16.03.2018
ClassificationIPC:G01N35/04, B01L9/06, B01L9/00, B67C3/24
[2019/12]
CPC:
B01L9/06 (EP,US); B65G54/025 (EP,US); G01N35/04 (EP,US);
B01L2200/023 (EP,US); B01L2200/025 (EP,US); B01L2200/18 (EP,US);
B01L9/50 (EP,US); B65G2201/0261 (EP,US); B65G47/842 (US);
G01N2035/0406 (US); G01N2035/0429 (EP,US); G01N2035/0477 (EP,US);
G01N2035/0489 (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 [2019/43]
Former [2019/12]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:PROBENBEHÄLTERTRÄGER, LABORPROBENVERTEILUNGSSYSTEM UND LABORAUTOMATISIERUNGSSYSTEM[2019/12]
English:SAMPLE CONTAINER CARRIER, LABORATORY SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND LABORATORY AUTOMATION SYSTEM[2019/12]
French:SUPPORT DE RÉCIPIENT D'ÉCHANTILLON, SYSTÈME DE DISTRIBUTION D'ÉCHANTILLONS DE LABORATOIRE ET SYSTÈME D'AUTOMATISATION DE LABORATOIRE[2019/12]
Examination procedure13.09.2019Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
13.09.2019Examination requested  [2019/43]
13.09.2019Date on which the examining division has become responsible
03.01.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
08.05.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
20.04.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
04.08.2021Fee for grant paid
04.08.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
04.08.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)21.07.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/39]
Fees paidRenewal fee
11.09.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
11.09.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
09.09.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
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