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EP About this file: EP3936095

EP3936095 - DETECTING MICROBIAL INFECTIONS IN WOUNDS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  25.04.2025
Database last updated on 07.03.2026
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  17.05.2024
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  10.01.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  20.01.2023
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  15.07.2022
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  10.12.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip17.10.2025Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MC		published on 19.11.2025  [2025/47]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
ConvaTec Technologies Inc.
3993 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 250
Las Vegas NV 89169 / US
For all designated states
Synovo GmbH
Paul Ehrlich Str. 15
72076 Tubingen / DE
For all designated states
Qualizyme Diagnostics GmbH & Co KG
Neue Stiftingtalstrasse 2
8010 Graz / AT
[2022/02]
Inventor(s)01 / BURNET, Michael
72070 Tübingen / DE
02 / BOWLER, Philip
Warrington, WA4 5QZ / GB
03 / WROE, Sarah
Manchester, M21 7NB / GB
04 / STEVEN, Jade
Flintshire, CH5 2NU / GB
05 / METCALF, Daniel Gary
Manchester, M33 6PD / GB
06 / PARSONS, David
Wirral, CH48 4DN / GB
07 / BALLAMY, Lucy
Denbighshire, LL20 2BX / GB
08 / HEINZLE, Andrew
8111 Gratwein-Strassengel / AT
09 / SIGL, Eva
8664 Sankt Barbara im Mürztal / AT
10 / LUSCHNIG, Daniel
8042 Graz / AT
11 / GAMERITH, Clemens
8010 Graz / AT
 [2022/02]
Representative(s)Wilson Gunn
Centurion House
129 Deansgate
Manchester M3 3WR / GB
[N/P]
Former [2022/02]Wilson Gunn
Blackfriars House The Parsonage
5th Floor
Manchester M3 2JA / GB
Application number, filing date21187505.930.03.2017
[2022/02]
Priority number, dateUS201662315565P30.03.2016         Original published format: US 201662315565 P
[2022/02]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3936095
Date:12.01.2022
Language:EN
[2022/02]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3936095
Date:19.06.2024
Language:EN
[2024/25]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP08.12.2021
ClassificationIPC:A61F13/00, A61F13/02, A61F13/15, A61K9/70, A61L15/00, A61L15/16, A61L15/42, A61B5/00, G01N33/00, A61F13/84, A61L15/56, C12Q1/37, A61L15/38, A61B10/00
[2022/02]
CPC:
A61F13/00051 (EP,KR,US); A61B5/445 (EP,US); A61F13/0213 (KR);
A61L15/38 (EP,KR,US); A61L15/56 (EP,KR,US); G01N33/00 (US);
G01N33/569 (KR); G01N33/573 (KR); G01N33/68 (KR);
A61B10/0045 (EP,US); A61F2013/00429 (EP,KR,US); A61F2013/00965 (KR);
A61F2013/8473 (EP,US); C12Q1/37 (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 [2022/33]  
Former [2022/02]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:NACHWEIS VON MIKROBIELLEN INFEKTIONEN IN WUNDEN[2022/02]
English:DETECTING MICROBIAL INFECTIONS IN WOUNDS[2022/02]
French:DÉTECTION D'INFECTIONS MICROBIENNES DANS DES PLAIES[2022/02]
Examination procedure08.07.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
08.07.2022Examination requested  [2022/33]
08.07.2022Date on which the examining division has become responsible
23.01.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
24.05.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
11.01.2024Communication of intention to grant the patent
09.05.2024Fee for grant paid
09.05.2024Fee for publishing/printing paid
09.05.2024Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP17776643.3  / EP3435941
Divisional application(s)EP24182931.6  / EP4427678
Opposition(s)20.03.2025No opposition filed within time limit [2025/22]
Fees paidRenewal fee
23.07.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
23.07.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
23.07.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
18.03.2022Renewal fee patent year 06
21.03.2023Renewal fee patent year 07
20.03.2024Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipCZ19.06.2024
ES19.06.2024
HR19.06.2024
MC19.06.2024
PL19.06.2024
RO19.06.2024
SK19.06.2024
SM19.06.2024
NO19.09.2024
RS19.09.2024
GR20.09.2024
IS19.10.2024
[2025/47]
Former [2025/10]CZ19.06.2024
ES19.06.2024
HR19.06.2024
PL19.06.2024
RO19.06.2024
SK19.06.2024
SM19.06.2024
NO19.09.2024
RS19.09.2024
GR20.09.2024
IS19.10.2024
Former [2025/09]HR19.06.2024
PL19.06.2024
NO19.09.2024
RS19.09.2024
GR20.09.2024
IS19.10.2024
Former [2025/08]HR19.06.2024
PL19.06.2024
NO19.09.2024
RS19.09.2024
GR20.09.2024
Former [2024/49]HR19.06.2024
NO19.09.2024
RS19.09.2024
GR20.09.2024
Former [2024/47]HR19.06.2024
NO19.09.2024
GR20.09.2024
Documents cited:Search[YA] WO9912581  (T G EAKIN LIMITED et al.)
 [YA] US7611860  (FERGUSON DREW M et al.)
by applicant  HATZ ET AL.: "Wound Healing and Wound Management", 1994, SPRINGER-VERLAG
   NWOMEH ET AL., CLIN. PLAST. SURG., vol. 25, 1998, pages 341
   BOWLER ET AL., CLIN MICROBIOL REV., vol. 14, no. 2, 2001, pages 244 - 269
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