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EP3507596 - ENERGETIC PULSE CLEARING OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE THIN-FILM DEVICES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The patent has been granted Status updated on 02.08.2024 Database last updated on 05.08.2024
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 24.03.2024
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 30.07.2021
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 07.06.2019
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 10.03.2018
Most recent event Tooltip	02.08.2024	(Expected) grant	published on 04.09.2024 [2024/36]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Brewer Science Inc. 2401 Brewer Drive Rolla, MO 65401 / US
	[2019/28]
Inventor(s)	01 / GIEDD, Ryan E. 1515 S. Fairway Avenue Springfield, Missouri 65804 / US
	02 / FURY, Jonathan J. 2002 W. Village Terrace Avenue Springfield, Missouri 65810 / US
	03 / HARKER, Erik 1220 Wayland St. Springfield, Missouri 65807 / US
	04 / LANDORF, Christopher 772 W. Farm Road 68 Springfield, Missouri 65803 / US
	[2019/37]
Former [2019/28]	01 / GIEDD, Ryan E. 1515 S. Fairway Avenue Springfield, Missouri 65804 / US
	02 / FURY, Jonathan J. 2002 W. Village Terrace Avenue Springfield, Missouri 65810 / US
	03 / HARKER, Erik 712 S. McCann Avenue Springfield, Missouri 65804 / US
	04 / LANDORF, Christopher 772 W. Farm Road 68 Springfield, Missouri 65803 / US
Representative(s)	Uexküll & Stolberg Partnerschaft von Patent- und Rechtsanwälten mbB Beselerstraße 4 22607 Hamburg / DE
	[2019/28]
Application number, filing date	17847684.2	05.09.2017
	[2019/28]
	WO2017US50086
Priority number, date	US201662383553P	05.09.2016 Original published format: US 201662383553 P
	US201762516491P	07.06.2017 Original published format: US 201762516491 P
	[2019/28]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2018045377
	Date:	08.03.2018
	Language:	EN
	[2018/10]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3507596
	Date:	10.07.2019
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 08.03.2018 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2019/28]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP3507596
	Date:	04.09.2024
	Language:	EN
	[2024/36]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	KR	08.03.2018
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	12.03.2020
Classification	IPC:	G01N27/12	[2019/28]
	CPC:	G01N27/14 (EP,US); G01N27/125 (KR); G01N27/123 (KR); G01N27/124 (EP,US); G01N27/128 (KR); G01N33/0031 (EP,US); (+) G01N33/0036 (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 [2019/28]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Validation states	MA	Not yet paid
	MD	Not yet paid
Title	German:	ENERGETISCHE IMPULSLÖSCHUNG VON UMWELTEMPFINDLICHEN DÜNNSCHICHTVORRICHTUNGEN	[2019/28]
	English:	ENERGETIC PULSE CLEARING OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE THIN-FILM DEVICES	[2019/28]
	French:	CLARIFICATION D'IMPULSIONS ÉNERGÉTIQUES DE DISPOSITIFS À COUCHES MINCES SENSIBLES À L'ENVIRONNEMENT	[2019/28]
Entry into regional phase	26.02.2019	National basic fee paid
	26.02.2019	Search fee paid
	26.02.2019	Designation fee(s) paid
	26.02.2019	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	26.02.2019	Examination requested [2019/28]
	29.09.2020	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	29.07.2021	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	23.11.2021	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	30.01.2023	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	25.05.2023	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	25.03.2024	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	24.07.2024	Fee for grant paid
	24.07.2024	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	24.07.2024	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	27.09.2019	Renewal fee patent year 03
	28.09.2020	Renewal fee patent year 04
	27.09.2021	Renewal fee patent year 05
	27.09.2022	Renewal fee patent year 06
	27.09.2023	Renewal fee patent year 07
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Documents cited:	Search	[XY]US2016025517 (GIEDD RYAN E [US], et al) [X] 1-7 * paragraphs [0065] , [0066] , [0074] - [0080]; figure 5 * [Y] 12;
		[X] - MONEREO O ET AL, "A Low-cost Approach to Low-power Gas Sensors Based on Self-Heating Effects in Large Arrays of Nanostructures", PROCEDIA ENGINEERING, (2015), vol. 120, doi:10.1016/J.PROENG.2015.08.823, ISSN 1877-7058, pages 787 - 790, XP029268567 [X] 1,2,6,7 * paragraphs [0001] , [0002] * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2015.08.823
		[XYI] - YIJIANG LU ET AL, "A carbon-nanotube-based sensor array for formaldehyde detection;A carbon-nanotube-based sensor array for formaldehyde detection", NANOTECHNOLOGY, INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS PUBLISHING, GB, (20101223), vol. 22, no. 5, doi:10.1088/0957-4484/22/5/055502, ISSN 0957-4484, page 55502, XP020204184 [X] 1,2,6-8,15 * abstract * [Y] 12 [I] 9-11,13,14 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/22/5/055502
	International search	[A]WO02095398 (UNIV FLORIDA [US]) [A] 1-63* See paragraphs [0011]-[0018] and figure 4. *;
		[A]US2005193800 (DEBOER JOHN [US], et al) [A] 1-63 * See paragraphs [0204]-[0211] and figure 7B. *;
		[A]US2011269648 (SCHWARTZ ANNE M [US]) [A] 1-63 * See paragraphs [0172]-[0177] and figure 22. *;
		[Y]US2016025517 (GIEDD RYAN E [US], et al) [Y] 3-6, 12-15, 17 * See paragraphs [0074]-[0078], claims 10-11 and figures 1-6. *;
		[XY]US2016054258 (NICHOLAS NOLAN WALKER [US]) [X] 1-2, 7-11, 16, 18-63 * See paragraphs [0002]-[0038], claim 2 and figures 1A-1C. * [Y] 3-6, 12-15, 17
	by applicant	US2016025517
		- O. MONEREO et al., "A Low-cost Approach to Low-power Gas Sensors based on Self-Heating Effects in Large Arrays of Nanostructures", Procedia Engineering, (20150000), vol. 120, doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2015.08.823, pages 787 - 790, XP029268567 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2015.08.823
		- "Self-heating in pulsed mode for signal quality improvement: application to carbon nanostructures-based sensors", Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, (20151129), vol. 226, pages 254 - 265
		- YIJIANG LU et al., "A carbon-nanotube-based sensor array for formaldehyde detection", Nanotechnology, (20101223), vol. 22, no. 5, doi:10.1088/0957-4484/22/5/055502, page 55502, XP020204184 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/22/5/055502

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