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EP0159347
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| EP0159347 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING CARRIERS OF SEALED SAMPLE TUBES AND MIXING THE SAMPLE [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 05.04.1990 Database last updated on 28.03.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 05.04.1990 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 23.05.1990 [1990/21] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states COULTER ELECTRONICS INC. 590 W. 20th Street Hialeah Florida 33010 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1985/44] | For all designated states COULTER ELECTRONICS INC. 590 W. 20th Street Hialeah Florida 33010 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
COULTER, Wallace, H. 910 Quail Avenue Miami Springs, FL 33166 / US | 02 /
ROTHERMEL, William, F. 139 Fox Road Hollywood, FL 33024 / US | [1985/44] | Representative(s) | Nettleton, John Victor, et al Abel & Imray 20 Red Lion Street London WC1R 4PQ / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1985/44] | Nettleton, John Victor, et al Abel & Imray Northumberland House 303-306 High Holborn London, WC1V 7LH / GB | Application number, filing date | 84903837.7 | 02.10.1984 | [1985/44] | WO1984US01588 | Priority number, date | US19830541603 | 13.10.1983 Original published format: US 541603 | [1985/44] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO8501797 | Date: | 25.04.1985 | Language: | EN | [1985/10] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0159347 | Date: | 30.10.1985 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 25.04.1985 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1985/44] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0159347 | Date: | 07.06.1989 | Language: | EN | [1989/23] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 25.04.1985 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 13.02.1986 | Classification | IPC: | G01N1/14, B65B43/56 | [1985/44] | CPC: |
G01N35/1079 (EP,US);
G01N35/0095 (EP,US);
G01N2035/00524 (EP,US);
G01N2035/041 (EP,US);
G01N2035/0415 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | BE, CH, FR, GB, LI, NL, SE [1985/44] | Title | German: | VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM FÖRDERN VON TRÄGERN MIT GESCHLOSSENEN TESTRÖHREN UND ZUM MISCHEN | [1985/44] | English: | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING CARRIERS OF SEALED SAMPLE TUBES AND MIXING THE SAMPLE | [1985/44] | French: | PROCEDE ET APPAREIL POUR TRANSPORTER DES SUPPORTS D'EPROUVETTES D'ECHANTILLONS SCELLEES ET POUR MELANGER LES ECHANTILLONS | [1985/44] | Entry into regional phase | 29.05.1985 | National basic fee paid | 29.05.1985 | Search fee paid | 29.05.1985 | Designation fee(s) paid | 11.10.1985 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 11.10.1985 | Examination requested [1985/52] | 01.10.1987 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 01.02.1988 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 25.07.1988 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No) | 01.12.1988 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval) | 09.12.1988 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 27.02.1989 | Fee for grant paid | 27.02.1989 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 08.03.1990 | No opposition filed within time limit [1990/21] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 25.09.1986 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 23.09.1987 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 27.09.1988 | Renewal fee patent year 05 |
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