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EP3427031 - DEVICE AND METHODS FOR SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATION OF INTRINSIC VISCOSITY AND NON-NEWTONIAN BEHAVIOR OF POLYMERS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The patent has been granted Status updated on 14.11.2025 Database last updated on 28.03.2026
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 03.08.2025
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 19.07.2025
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 18.03.2025
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 25.02.2022
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 14.12.2018
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 15.09.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	14.11.2025	(Expected) grant	published on 17.12.2025 [2025/51]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Yokogawa Fluence Analytics, Inc. 12875 Capricorn Street Stafford TX 77477 / US
	For all designated states The Administrators of The Tulane Educational Fund 1440 Canal Street TB-32 New Orleans, Louisiana 70112-2632 / US
	[2023/20]
Former [2019/03]	For all designated states Advanced Polymer Monitoring Technologies Inc. 1078 S. Gayoso Street New Orleans, LA 70125 / US
	For all designated states The Administrators of The Tulane Educational Fund 1440 Canal Street TB-32 New Orleans, Louisiana 70112-2632 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / REED, Wayne, Frederick 1078 South Gayoso Street New Orleans, LA 70125 / US
	02 / REED, Alex 1078 South Gayoso Street New Orleans, LA 70125 / US
	03 / DRENSKI, Michael, Felix 1078 South Gayoso Street New Orleans, LA 70125 / US
	[2019/03]
Representative(s)	Viering, Jentschura & Partner mbB Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Am Brauhaus 8 01099 Dresden / DE
	[2019/03]
Application number, filing date	17763927.5	07.03.2017
	[2019/03]
	WO2017US21200
Priority number, date	US201662304775P	07.03.2016 Original published format: US 201662304775 P
	[2019/03]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2017156029
	Date:	14.09.2017
	Language:	EN
	[2017/37]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3427031
	Date:	16.01.2019
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 14.09.2017 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2019/03]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3427031
	Date:	17.12.2025
	Language:	EN
	[2025/51]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	14.09.2017
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	09.10.2019
Classification	IPC:	G01N1/00, G01N15/00, G01N15/02, G01N15/14, G01N21/49, G01N11/14, G01N21/31, G01N11/00, G01N21/47, G01N35/08, G01N35/10, G01N11/08	[2019/45]
	CPC:	G01N35/1095 (EP,US); G01N11/08 (EP,US); G01N11/14 (US); G01N21/31 (EP,US); G01N35/085 (EP,US); G01N2011/0006 (EP,US); (+) G01N2021/4711 (EP,US) (-)
	Former IPC [2019/03]	G01N1/00, G01N15/00, G01N15/02, G01N15/14, G01N21/49
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 [2019/03]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Validation states	MA	Not yet paid
	MD	Not yet paid
Title	German:	VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR SIMULTANEN BESTIMMUNG DER INTRINSISCHEN VISKOSITÄT UND DES NICHT-NEWTONSCHEN VERHALTENS VON POLYMEREN	[2019/03]
	English:	DEVICE AND METHODS FOR SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATION OF INTRINSIC VISCOSITY AND NON-NEWTONIAN BEHAVIOR OF POLYMERS	[2019/03]
	French:	DISPOSITIF ET PROCÉDÉS POUR LA DÉTERMINATION SIMULTANÉE DE LA VISCOSITÉ INTRINSÈQUE ET DU COMPORTEMENT NON NEWTONIEN DE POLYMÈRES	[2019/03]
Entry into regional phase	06.09.2018	National basic fee paid
	06.09.2018	Search fee paid
	06.09.2018	Designation fee(s) paid
	06.09.2018	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	deleted	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	06.09.2018	Examination requested [2019/03]
	29.04.2020	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	28.02.2022	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	30.06.2022	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	31.01.2023	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	28.07.2023	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	04.10.2023	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	31.01.2024	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	19.03.2025	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	18.07.2025	Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
	04.08.2025	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	03.11.2025	Fee for grant paid
	03.11.2025	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	03.11.2025	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	28.03.2019	Renewal fee patent year 03
	12.03.2020	Renewal fee patent year 04
	12.03.2021	Renewal fee patent year 05
	14.01.2022	Renewal fee patent year 06
	12.01.2023	Renewal fee patent year 07
	03.01.2024	Renewal fee patent year 08
	06.01.2025	Renewal fee patent year 09
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Documents cited:	Search	[X] US2015168284 (MINTON ALLEN P et al.) [X] 1,7,10,15 * paragraph [0049] - paragraphs [0051] , [0107]; figures 1,12 *
		[X] US2016033470 (REED WAYNE F et al.) [X] 1-6,8-14 * paragraphs [0011] , [0036] , [0049] - [0051] - [0057] , [0123] , [0156] - paragraphs [0180] , [0251]; figure 4 *
		[X] US4627271 (ABBOTT SCOT D et al.) [X] 1,10 * column 8, line 31-column 9, line 8; figure 4 *
		[X] US4425790 (BICE WILLIAM L et al.) [X] 1,10 * column 1, 5-11, column 3, line 48- column 4, line 51; figure 1 *
	International search	[XY] GB2516217 (COLQUHOUN ROSS et al.) [X] 1, 3-7, 10-11 & 17 * ; abstract, figures 1, 4, page 2, lines 35-4C page 5, lines 140-160, page 7, lines 194-200 *[Y] 2, 8, 12-13, 15-16, 18-22, 26-28
		[Y] US2006090803 (PALUNCIC ING ZDRAVKO et al.) [Y] 12 * ; abstract *
		[Y] US2004004717 (REED WAYNE F et al.) [Y] 2, 8, 13, 15-16, 18-22 & 26-28 * ; figure 16, abstract, paragraphs [0020], [0044], [0049]-[0050], [0054], [0056], [0081], [0090]-[0091], [0097], [0154], [0156], [0247], [0261] *
	by applicant	US2015168284
		US2016033470
		US4627271
		US4425790

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