| EP0306333 - Method and apparatus for the determination of isotopic composition [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 11.04.1997 Database last updated on 10.03.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 11.04.1997 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 28.05.1997 [1997/22] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states FISONS plc RPR House, 50 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill West Malling, Kent ME19 4TA / GB | [1997/16] |
| Former [1992/38] | For all designated states FISONS plc Fison House Princes Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 1QH / GB | ||
| Former [1989/10] | For all designated states VG INSTRUMENTS GROUP LIMITED 29 Brighton Road Crawley West Sussex RH10 6AE / GB | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Hall, Keith 30 Blueberry Road Bowden Altrincham Cheshire / GB | 02 /
Freedman, Philip Anthony 359 Chester Road Hartford Northwich Cheshire / GB | 03 /
Jumeau, Elizabeth Janine 273 London Road Leftwich Northwich Cheshire / GB | 04 /
Guilluy, Roger Habitat Shadok Allée G. Sand F-69720 St. Bonnet de Mure / FR | 05 /
Pachiaudi, Christiane 17 Rue J. Massenet F-69 Meyrieu / FR | [1989/10] | Representative(s) | Tomlinson, Kerry John, et al Dehns St Bride's House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8JD / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1989/10] | Tomlinson, Kerry John, et al Frank B. Dehn & Co. European Patent Attorneys Imperial House 15-19 Kingsway London WC2B 6UZ / GB | Application number, filing date | 88308156.4 | 02.09.1988 | [1989/10] | Priority number, date | GB19870020586 | 02.09.1987 Original published format: GB 8720586 | GB19880011379 | 13.05.1988 Original published format: GB 8811379 | [1989/10] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0306333 | Date: | 08.03.1989 | Language: | EN | [1989/10] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0306333 | Date: | 14.02.1990 | Language: | EN | [1990/07] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0306333 | Date: | 05.06.1996 | Language: | EN | [1996/23] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 28.12.1989 | Classification | IPC: | G01N30/84, H01J49/04 | [1989/10] | CPC: |
H01J49/0009 (EP,US);
G01N30/7206 (EP,US);
G01N30/84 (EP,US);
G01N2030/625 (EP,US);
Y10T436/24 (EP,US)
| C-Set: |
G01N2030/8405, B01D59/00 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, IT, NL [1989/10] | Title | German: | Verfahren und Vorrichtung für die Bestimmung einer isotopischen Zusammensetzung | [1989/10] | English: | Method and apparatus for the determination of isotopic composition | [1989/10] | French: | Procédé et dispositif pour déterminer une composition d'isotopes | [1989/10] | Examination procedure | 20.03.1990 | Examination requested [1990/20] | 12.12.1991 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 04.04.1992 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 20.11.1992 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 30.06.1993 | Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time | 10.09.1993 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 04.11.1994 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 01.05.1995 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 06.10.1995 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 07.12.1995 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 27.02.1996 | Fee for grant paid | 27.02.1996 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 06.03.1997 | No opposition filed within time limit [1997/22] | Request for further processing for: | 10.09.1993 | Request for further processing filed | 10.09.1993 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted | 27.09.1993 | Decision despatched | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 18.09.1990 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 23.09.1991 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 22.09.1992 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 27.09.1993 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 26.09.1994 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 25.09.1995 | Renewal fee patent year 08 |
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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 | [AD] BIOMEDICAL MASS SPECTROMETRY, vol. 11, no. 11, 1984, pages 583-588, Wiley Heyden Ltd; A. BARRIE et al.: "Gas chromatography-stable isotope ratio analysis at natural abundance levels" [AD] | [AD] ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, vol. 50, no. 11, September 1978, pages 1465-1473, American Chemical Society, Columbus, Ohio, US; D.E. MATTHEWS et al.: "Isotope-ratio-monitoring gas chromatography-mass spectrometry" [AD] | [A] TRAC: TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, vol. 3, no. 8, September 1984, pages 210-215, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., New York, US; I.P. WRIGHT: "Delta13C measurements of smaller samples" [A] |