| EP0160201 - Improved optical features of flow cytometry apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 14.03.1991 Database last updated on 09.04.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 12.06.2009 | Change - representative | published on 15.07.2009 [2009/29] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Becton Dickinson and Company Mack Centre Drive P.O. Box 2224 Paramus New Jersey 07652-1149 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1986/46] | For all designated states Becton, Dickinson and Company Mack Centre Drive P.O. Box 2224 Paramus New Jersey 07652-1149 / US | ||
| Former [1985/45] | For all designated states Becton Dickinson and Company Mack Centre Drive P.O. Box 2224 Paramus New Jersey 07652-1149 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Sage, Burton H. 8404 Lakewood Drive Raleigh North Carolina / US | 02 /
Malpass, Michael W. 904 Northwoods Drive Cary North Carolina / US | 03 /
Adrion, Robert F. 706 E. Cornwall Road Cary North Carolina / US | [1985/45] | Representative(s) | dompatent Partnerschaft von Patentanwälten und Rechtsanwälten mbB Deichmannhaus am Dom Bahnhofsvorplatz 1 50667 Köln / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [2009/29] | Selting, Günther, et al Patentanwälte Von Kreisler, Selting, Werner Postfach 10 22 41 50462 Köln / DE | ||
| Former [1985/45] | Selting, Günther, Dipl.-Ing., et al Patentanwälte von Kreisler-Selting-Werner Postfach 10 22 41 D-50462 Köln / DE | Application number, filing date | 85103289.6 | 21.03.1985 | [1985/45] | Priority number, date | US19840606802 | 03.05.1984 Original published format: US 606802 | [1985/45] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0160201 | Date: | 06.11.1985 | Language: | EN | [1985/45] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0160201 | Date: | 25.03.1987 | Language: | EN | [1987/13] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0160201 | Date: | 16.05.1990 | Language: | EN | [1990/20] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 03.02.1987 | Classification | IPC: | G01N15/14 | [1985/45] | CPC: |
G01N15/1459 (EP,US);
G01N15/1434 (EP,US);
G01N2015/1415 (EP,US);
G01N2015/1497 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | BE, DE, FR, GB, IT, NL [1985/45] | Title | German: | Optische Vorrichtung in einem Durchflusszytometerapparat | [1985/45] | English: | Improved optical features of flow cytometry apparatus | [1985/45] | French: | Dispositif optique pour un appareil de cytométrie par écoulement | [1985/45] | Examination procedure | 28.04.1987 | Examination requested [1987/27] | 02.08.1988 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 15.11.1988 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 01.12.1988 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 09.03.1989 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 26.06.1989 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 05.10.1989 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 13.12.1989 | Fee for grant paid | 13.12.1989 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 19.02.1991 | No opposition filed within time limit [1991/18] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 09.03.1987 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 07.03.1988 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 13.03.1989 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 15.03.1990 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Documents cited: | Search | [Y] MEDICAL PHYSICS, vol. 7, no. 6, November/December 1980, pages 609-615, New York, US; A. NORMAN "Flow cytometry" [Y] | [Y] MEYERS LEXIKON DER TECHNIK UND DER EXAKTEN NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN, vol. 2, 1970, page 1745, Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim/Wien/Zrich; [Y] | [XP] REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, vol. 55, no. 9, September 1984, pages 1375-1400, New York, US; J.A. STEINKAMP "Flow cytometry" [XP] |