EP0543550 - Method and apparatus for molecule detection [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | Opposition procedure closed Status updated on 22.02.2002 Database last updated on 03.09.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 06.08.2004 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): LU | published on 22.09.2004 [2004/39] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states HOUSTON ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTER 4802 Research Forrest Drive The Woodlands Texas 77381 / US | For all designated states Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 / US | For all designated states BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE One Baylor Plaza Houston, TX 77030 / US | [N/P] |
Former [1993/21] | For all designated states HOUSTON ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTER 4802 Research Forest Drive The Woodlands, Texas 77381 / US | ||
For all designated states MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Technology Licensing Office, E19 722 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 / US | |||
For all designated states BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE One Baylor Plaza Houston, TX 77030 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Eggers, Mitchell D. 10 Plum Cove Court The Woodlands, Texas 77381 / US | 02 /
Hogan, Michael E. 103 Golden Shadow Circle The Woodlands, Texas 77381 / US | 03 /
Beattie, Kenneth Loren 2 Hollymead Drive The Woodlands, Texas 77381 / US | 04 /
Shumaker, John 919 Pizer Houston, Texas 77009 / US | 05 /
Ehrlich, Daniel J. 11 Grant Place Lexington, MA 02173 / US | 06 /
Hollis, Mark 77 Lexington Road Concord, Massachusetts 01742 / US | [1993/21] | Representative(s) | Smith, Norman Ian, et al Cleveland 40-43 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1JQ / GB | [N/P] |
Former [1993/21] | Smith, Norman Ian, et al F.J. CLEVELAND & COMPANY 40-43 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1JQ / GB | Application number, filing date | 92310253.7 | 10.11.1992 | [1993/21] | Priority number, date | US19910794036 | 19.11.1991 Original published format: US 794036 | [1993/21] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0543550 | Date: | 26.05.1993 | Language: | EN | [1993/21] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0543550 | Date: | 27.01.1999 | Language: | EN | [1999/04] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 01.04.1993 | Classification | IPC: | G01N27/22 | [1993/21] | CPC: |
B82Y30/00 (EP,US);
B01J19/0046 (EP,US);
B01J19/0093 (EP,US);
C12Q1/6825 (EP,US);
C12Q1/6832 (EP,US);
C12Q1/6837 (EP,US);
C12Q1/6874 (EP,US);
G01N21/253 (EP,US);
G01N27/221 (EP,US);
G01N27/226 (EP,US);
G01N33/54373 (EP,US);
G01N33/5438 (EP,US);
B01J2219/00317 (EP,US);
B01J2219/00511 (EP,US);
B01J2219/00527 (EP,US);
B01J2219/00585 (EP,US);
B01J2219/00596 (EP,US);
B01J2219/00605 (EP,US);
B01J2219/0061 (EP,US);
B01J2219/00612 (EP,US);
B01J2219/00621 (EP,US);
B01J2219/00626 (EP,US);
B01J2219/00637 (EP,US);
B01J2219/00653 (EP,US);
B01J2219/00659 (EP,US);
B01J2219/00702 (EP,US);
B01J2219/00711 (EP,US);
B01J2219/00713 (EP,US);
B01J2219/00722 (EP,US);
C40B40/06 (EP,US);
| C-Set: |
C12Q1/6832, C12Q2565/607 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [1993/21] | Title | German: | Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Nachweis von Molekülen | [1993/21] | English: | Method and apparatus for molecule detection | [1993/21] | French: | Méthode et appareil pour la détection de molécules | [1993/21] | Examination procedure | 23.09.1993 | Examination requested [1993/46] | 03.07.1996 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 07.01.1997 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 30.04.1997 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 16.10.1997 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 24.04.1998 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 03.08.1998 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 27.08.1998 | Fee for grant paid | 27.08.1998 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | Opponent(s) | 01
27.10.1999
WITHDRAWN Clinical Micro Sensors, Inc. 101 Waverly Drive Pasadena CA 91105 / US Opponent's representative Kiddle, Simon John Mewburn Ellis LLP City Tower 40 Basinghall Street London EC2V 5DE / GB | [N/P] |
Former [1999/51] | |||
Opponent(s) | 01
27.10.1999
WITHDRAWN Clinical Micro Sensors, Inc. 101 Waverly Drive Pasadena CA 91105 / US Opponent's representative Kiddle, Simon John Mewburn Ellis, York House, 23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP / GB | 17.12.1999 | Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition | 25.08.2000 | Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition | 06.11.2001 | Despatch of communication that the opposition procedure will be closed | 16.11.2001 | Legal effect of closure of opposition procedure [2002/15] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 22.10.1994 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 09.11.1995 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 20.11.1996 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 26.11.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 18.11.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 07 |
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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. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | AT | 27.01.1999 | BE | 27.01.1999 | CH | 27.01.1999 | ES | 27.01.1999 | GR | 27.01.1999 | LI | 27.01.1999 | NL | 27.01.1999 | DK | 27.04.1999 | PT | 27.04.1999 | IE | 10.11.1999 | LU | 10.11.1999 | MC | 31.05.2000 | [2004/39] |
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IE | 10.11.1999 | ||
MC | 31.05.2000 | ||
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MC | 31.05.2000 | ||
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