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EP3969176 - PLATFORM FOR THE DETERMINISTIC ASSEMBLY OF MICROFLUIDIC DROPLETS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  18.02.2022
Database last updated on 03.09.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  20.11.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip28.05.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
The Regents of the University of California
1111 Franklin Street
Twelfth Floor
Oakland, CA 94607-5200 / US
For all designated states
Scribe Biosciences, Inc.
953 Indiana Street
San Francisco, California 94107 / US
[2022/12]
Inventor(s)01 / SILTANEN, Christian
1700 4th St, Byers Hall 304A
San Francisco, California 94107 / US
02 / COLE, Russell
120 Pierce St, Apt. 5
San Francisco, California 94117 / US
03 / ABATE, Adam
42 Longview Drive
Daly City, California 94015 / US
04 / MADRIGAL, Justin
953 Indiana St.
San Francisco, California 94107 / US
05 / SRINIVASAN, Maithreyan
3886 Louis Road
Palo Alto, California 94303 / US
 [2022/12]
Representative(s)Williams Powell
44 Prospect Place
Bromley, Kent BR2 9HN / GB
[N/P]
Former [2022/12]Williams Powell
11 Staple Inn
London WC1V 7QH / GB
Application number, filing date20805802.413.05.2020
[2022/12]
WO2020US32599
Priority number, dateUS201962847791P14.05.2019         Original published format: US 201962847791 P
[2022/12]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2020232072
Date:19.11.2020
Language:EN
[2020/47]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3969176
Date:23.03.2022
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 19.11.2020 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2022/12]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US19.11.2020
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP08.05.2023
ClassificationIPC:B01L3/00, G01N33/483, B01F33/3031, B01F33/302
[2023/23]
CPC:
B01L3/502784 (EP); B01L3/502761 (US); B01F33/3021 (EP);
B01F33/3031 (EP); B01L2200/025 (US); B01L2200/0636 (US);
B01L2200/0652 (EP,US); B01L2200/0668 (EP); B01L2200/0673 (EP,US);
B01L2200/10 (US); B01L2200/12 (EP); B01L2200/16 (US);
B01L2300/0645 (EP); B01L2300/0663 (US); B01L2300/0864 (US);
B01L2300/0887 (EP); B01L2300/1827 (EP); B01L2400/0424 (EP);
B01L2400/0638 (US); B01L2400/086 (US); B01L7/52 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2022/12]B01L3/00, G01N33/483
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 [2022/12]
TitleGerman:PLATTFORM ZUR DETERMINISTISCHEN ANORDNUNG MIKROFLUIDISCHER TRÖPFCHEN[2022/12]
English:PLATFORM FOR THE DETERMINISTIC ASSEMBLY OF MICROFLUIDIC DROPLETS[2022/12]
French:PLATEFORME POUR L'ASSEMBLAGE DÉTERMINISTE DE GOUTTELETTES MICROFLUIDIQUES[2022/12]
Entry into regional phase10.11.2021National basic fee paid 
10.11.2021Search fee paid 
10.11.2021Designation fee(s) paid 
10.11.2021Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure10.11.2021Examination requested  [2022/12]
30.11.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.05.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
30.05.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
28.05.2024Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[X]WO2009010719  (IMP INNOVATIONS LTD [GB], et al) [X] 1-15 * pages 1-10 * * pages 17,20,21; figures 1-4 *;
 [X]US2013244906  (COLLINS JOHN [US]) [X] 1-15 * paragraphs [0066] - [0071]; figures 5,12,13 ** paragraphs [0049] - [0054] *
International search[A]US2013260447  (LINK DARREN R [US]) [A] 72, 73* entire document; especially Fig. 21F, para [0222] *;
 [YA]US2018056288  (ABATE ADAM R [US], et al) [Y] 4, 15 * entire document; especially para [0003], para [0166], para [0220] * [A] 72, 73;
 [A]US2018334670  (BHARADWAJ RAJIV [US], et al) [A] 72, 73 * entire document; especially Fig. 2B; para [0224] *;
 [XYA]  - SILTANEN et al., "An Oil-Free Picodrop Bioassay Platform for Synthetic Biology", Scientific Reports, vol. 8, no. 7913, (20180521), URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-25577-4, (20200721), XP055762742 [X] 1-3 [Y] 4, 15 [A] 72, 73

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-25577-4
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