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EP About this file: EP3602164

EP3602164 - PROGRAMMABLE MICROSCOPE CONTROL UNIT HAVING FREELY USABLE CONNECTIONS, MICROSCOPE SYSTEM HAVING A MICROSCOPE CONTROL UNIT, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MICROSCOPE CONTROL UNIT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application is deemed to be withdrawn
Status updated on  03.02.2023
Database last updated on 03.09.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  12.02.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  03.01.2020
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  02.11.2018
Formerunknown
Status updated on  08.06.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip03.02.2023Application deemed to be withdrawnpublished on 08.03.2023  [2023/10]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH
Ernst-Leitz-Strasse 17-37
35578 Wetzlar / DE
[2020/06]
Inventor(s)01 / WEBER, Markus
Eichendorffstraße 18
35584 Wetzlar / DE
02 / MAINBERGER, Robert
Rotkehlchenweg 5
35619 Braunfels / DE
 [2020/06]
Representative(s)Dehns Germany Partnerschaft mbB
Postfach 33 04 29
80064 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2020/06]m patent group
Postfach 33 04 29
80064 München / DE
Application number, filing date18727150.726.04.2018
[2020/06]
WO2018EP60714
Priority number, dateDE20171010925228.04.2017         Original published format: DE102017109252
[2020/06]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2018197609
Date:01.11.2018
Language:DE
[2018/44]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3602164
Date:05.02.2020
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 01.11.2018 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2020/06]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP01.11.2018
ClassificationIPC:G02B21/36
[2020/06]
CPC:
G02B21/365 (EP,US); G05B19/0426 (EP,US); G05B2219/2656 (EP,US);
G05B2219/45121 (EP)
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 [2020/06]
TitleGerman:PROGRAMMIERBARE MIKROSKOPSTEUERUNGSEINHEIT MIT FREI VERWENDBAREN ANSCHLÜSSEN, MIKROSKOPSYSTEM MIT EINER MIKROSKOPSTEUERUNGSEINHEIT UND VERFAHREN ZUM BETRIEB EINER MIKROSKOPSTEUERUNGSEINHEIT[2020/06]
English:PROGRAMMABLE MICROSCOPE CONTROL UNIT HAVING FREELY USABLE CONNECTIONS, MICROSCOPE SYSTEM HAVING A MICROSCOPE CONTROL UNIT, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MICROSCOPE CONTROL UNIT[2020/06]
French:UNITÉ DE COMMANDE PROGRAMMABLE POUR MICROSCOPE POURVUE DE RACCORDEMENTS DE LIBRE UTILISATION, SYSTÈME MICROSCOPE DOTÉ D'UNE UNITÉ DE COMMANDE DE MICROSCOPE ET PROCÉDÉ DE FONCTIONNEMENT D'UNE UNITÉ DE COMMANDE DE MICROSCOPE[2020/06]
Entry into regional phase28.10.2019National basic fee paid 
28.10.2019Designation fee(s) paid 
28.10.2019Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure28.10.2019Examination requested  [2020/06]
28.10.2019Date on which the examining division has become responsible
02.06.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
11.02.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
21.06.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
06.07.2021Observations by third parties
03.02.2022Observations by third parties
30.05.2022Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
11.10.2022Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect  [2023/10]
02.11.2022Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time  [2023/10]
Fees paidRenewal fee
28.04.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
26.04.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
27.04.2022Renewal fee patent year 05
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Cited inInternational search[I]WO2015144650  (CENTRE NAT RECH SCIENT [FR], et al) [I] 1-20 * paragraphs [0156] - [0157] - [ 0177]; figure 9 *;
 [XI]  - Anonymous, "Products2 | TriggerScope", (20160114), URL: http://www.triggerscope.com/products/, (20180802), XP055496975 [X] 1-3,5-14,16-20 * the whole document * [I] 4,15
 [A]  - Anonymous, "Arduino - DigitalPins", (20150618), URL: https://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/DigitalPins, (20180803), XP055497313 [A] 1-6,8-14,16,17 * Abschnitt "Properties of Pins Configured as INPUT" *
 [XI]  - Anonymous, "Hardware-triggering with Micro-Manager: a case study", (20170411), URL: https://github.com/vanNimwegenLab/MiM_NikonTi/blob/master/Docs/NikonTi_hardware_triggering.md, (20180802), XP055496929 [X] 1-3,5-10,12-14,16,18-20 * the whole document * [I] 4,11,15,17
 [A]  - Anonymous, "Raspberry Pi Controlled Microscope", (20130828), URL: http://www.openlabtools.org/presentations/2013_08_RPiWorkshop/OLT_MicroscopePresentation.pdf, (20180803), XP055497338 [A] 1-20 * page 28 - page 35 *
 [I]  - JULIEN ROUL ET AL, "OPTIMAL CONTROL FOR MULTIDIMENSIONAL MICROSCOPY", FOCUS ON MICROSCOPY, Bordeaux, (20170410), XP055496949 [I] 1-20 * the whole document *
 [A]  - PAUL ALEXANDROV, "Simultaneous in situ Detection of the Optical Fluorescence, Fluorescence Recovery Kinetics After Photobleaching & Membrane Ion Flux on the Electrophysiological Lab-on-a-Chip", AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPTICS AND PHOTONICS, (20151122), vol. 3, no. 5, doi:10.11648/j.ajop.20150305.19, ISSN 2330-8486, page 118, XP055497365 [A] 15 * Abschnitt "3. Technology: Optics and Fluorescence Kinetics" *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.11648/j.ajop.20150305.19
by applicantEP1426754
 DE102010063392
otherWO2015144650
 US2017139196
 US2012005621
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