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EP About this file: EP3821237

EP3821237 - ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETER WITH CENTER ROD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  09.04.2024
Database last updated on 07.10.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  16.04.2021
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  18.01.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip05.09.2024New entry: Additional fee for renewal fee: despatch of communication + time limit 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Benner, W. Henry
3240 Blackhawk Meadow Dr.
Danville, CA 94506 / US
For all designated states
Bogan, Michael, J.
411 Granite Street
Pacific Grove CA 93950 / US
For all designated states
Aguilar, Ben
843 Hawthorne St., 20
Monterey CA 93940 / US
[2021/20]
Inventor(s)01 / see applicant
...
 [2021/20]
Representative(s)Lusinchi, Laurent Pierre
Ladas & Parry LLP
Temple Chambers
3-7 Temple Avenue
London EC4Y 0DA / GB
[2021/20]
Application number, filing date19835183.510.07.2019
[2021/20]
WO2019US41253
Priority number, dateUS201862696162P10.07.2018         Original published format: US 201862696162 P
[2021/20]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2020014396
Date:16.01.2020
Language:EN
[2020/03]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3821237
Date:19.05.2021
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 16.01.2020 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2021/20]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:KR16.01.2020
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP18.03.2022
ClassificationIPC:G01N27/62, H01J49/00
[2021/20]
CPC:
G01N27/622 (EP,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 [2021/20]
TitleGerman:IONENMOBILITÄTSSPEKTROMETER MIT MITTIGEM STAB[2021/20]
English:ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETER WITH CENTER ROD[2021/20]
French:SPECTROMÈTRE DE MOBILITÉ IONIQUE AVEC TIGE CENTRALE[2021/20]
Entry into regional phase08.02.2021National basic fee paid 
08.02.2021Search fee paid 
08.02.2021Designation fee(s) paid 
08.02.2021Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure08.02.2021Examination requested  [2021/20]
30.09.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
10.04.2024Communication of intention to grant the patent
26.07.2024Fee for grant paid
26.07.2024Fee for publishing/printing paid
29.07.2024Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Fees paidRenewal fee
29.07.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
28.06.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
14.06.2023Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[XI]US3986111  (SELLERS BACH) [X] 1,2,5,6,8-10 * column 3, lines 38-53 * * column 4, lines 43-48 * * figure 1 * * column 2, lines 32-50 * [I] 3,4,11-15;
 [I]US4831254  (JENKINS ANTHONY [GB]) [I] 1-15 * column 1, lines 38-65; figure 1 * * column 2, lines 6-15 *;
 [A]GB2395355  (MICROMASS LTD [GB]) [A] 1-15 * figures 2a, 2b * * page 15, line 1 - page 19, line 16 *;
 [A]US2006219889  (SHVARTSBURG ALEXANDRE A [US], et al) [A] 1-15* columns 41-45; figure 4 *
International search[Y]US2005109930  (HILL HERBERT H JR [US], et al) [Y] 1-53 * See paragraphs [0030]-[0079] and figures 1-5. *;
 [Y]US2008142697  (DAHL DAVID A [US], et al) [Y] 1-53 * See paragraphs [0020]-[0053] and figures 1, 3, 4. *;
 [A]JP2016079780  (UEMATSU MIKI) [A] 1-53 * See paragraphs [0035]-[0059] and figures 1-8. *;
 [Y]US2017263427  (BENNER W HENRY [US]) [Y] 10, 11, 26, 37, 38, 52 * See paragraphs [0061], [0062] and figure 2A. *;
 [A]US2017299551  (ZALESKI HENRYK [CA], et al) [A] 1-53* See paragraphs [0033]-[0049] and figures 3, 4, 7. *
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