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EP About this file: EP3593636

EP3593636 - MEDICAL SAMPLE TRANSPORTATION CONTAINER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  16.07.2021
Database last updated on 04.06.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  07.08.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  18.06.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  14.02.2020
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  13.12.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip03.05.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 05.06.2024  [2024/23]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Q-Linea AB
Dag Hammarskjölds väg 52 A
752 37 Uppsala / SE
[2020/03]
Inventor(s)01 / JARVIUS, Jonas
Askvägen 19A
75656 Uppsala / SE
02 / LIND, Anders
Gäddsjö 201
74045 Tärnsjö / SE
03 / SÖDERSTRÖM, Henrik
Mogatan 50
741 47 Knivsta / SE
04 / GRAWÉ, Jan
Vilanvägen 34
75752 Uppsala / SE
05 / FITZPATRICK, Ian
129 Tennyson Street
Elwood, Victoria 3187 / AU
06 / BARTHOLDI, Jurg
1060 Pacific Beach Rd
San Diego, CA 92109 / US
 [2020/03]
Representative(s)Dehns
St. Bride's House
10 Salisbury Square
London EC4Y 8JD / GB
[2020/03]
Application number, filing date19188705.821.04.2016
[2020/03]
Priority number, dateGB2015000702624.04.2015         Original published format: GB 201507026
[2020/03]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3593636
Date:15.01.2020
Language:EN
[2020/03]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3593636
Date:09.09.2020
Language:EN
[2020/37]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP17.12.2019
ClassificationIPC:A01N1/02, B65D81/38
[2020/03]
CPC:
A01N1/0252 (EP,US); A01N1/0257 (CN); C12M41/14 (US);
A01N1/0273 (EP,US); C12M27/16 (US); C12M41/24 (US);
C12Q1/04 (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 [2020/12]
Former [2020/03]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:MEDIZINISCHER PROBENTRANSPORTBEHÄLTER[2020/03]
English:MEDICAL SAMPLE TRANSPORTATION CONTAINER[2020/03]
French:CONTENEUR DE TRANSPORT D'ÉCHANTILLONS MÉDICAUX[2020/03]
Examination procedure07.02.2020Examination requested  [2020/12]
07.02.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
19.06.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
28.07.2020Fee for grant paid
28.07.2020Fee for publishing/printing paid
28.07.2020Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP16720072.4  / EP3285574
Opposition(s)10.06.2021No opposition filed within time limit [2021/33]
Fees paidRenewal fee
26.07.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
26.07.2019Renewal fee patent year 04
27.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 05
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