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EP0801576 - RED BLOOD CELL APHERESIS APPARATUS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1997/43]RED BLOOD CELL APHERESIS APPARATUS AND METHOD
[1999/32]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  30.03.2001
Database last updated on 23.04.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip11.07.2008Change - representativepublished on 13.08.2008  [2008/33]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
HAEMONETICS CORPORATION
400 Wood Road Braintree
Massachusetts 02184 / US
[N/P]
Former [1997/43]For all designated states
HAEMONETICS CORPORATION
400 Wood Road
Braintree Massachusetts 02184 / US
Inventor(s)01 / FELL, Claude
22, route du Stand
CH-Nyon / CH
02 / PAPILLON, Jean
40, avenue Taillevent
F-78100 St.-Germain-en-Laye / FR
[1997/43]
Representative(s)Hackett, Sean James
Marks & Clerk LLP
Alpha Tower
Suffolk Street Queensway
Birmingham B1 1TT / GB
[N/P]
Former [2008/33]Hackett, Sean James
Marks & Clerk Alpha Tower Suffolk Street Queensway
Birmingham B1 1TT / GB
Former [2000/03]Hackett, Sean James
Marks & Clerk, Patent Attorneys, Alpha Tower, Suffolk Street Queensway
Birmingham B1 1TT / GB
Former [1997/43]Waldren, Robin Michael
MARKS & CLERK, 57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3LS / GB
Application number, filing date94900480.802.11.1993
[1997/43]
WO1993US10484
Priority number, dateUS1992098402901.12.1992         Original published format: US 984029
[1997/43]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9412223
Date:09.06.1994
Language:EN
[1994/13]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0801576
Date:22.10.1997
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 09.06.1994 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1997/43]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0801576
Date:24.05.2000
Language:EN
[2000/21]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP09.06.1994
ClassificationIPC:A61M1/36, A61M1/34
[1997/43]
CPC:
A61M1/3693 (EP,US); A61M1/30 (EP,US); A61M1/304 (EP,US);
A61M1/3603 (EP,US); A61M1/3696 (EP,US); A61M2202/0415 (EP,US);
A61M2205/7518 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [1997/43]
TitleGerman:VORRICHTUNG ZUR APHERESE VON ROTEN BLUTKÖRPERCHEN[1999/32]
English:RED BLOOD CELL APHERESIS APPARATUS[1999/32]
French:APPAREIL DE PHERESE DES GLOBULES ROUGES[1999/32]
Former [1997/43]VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR APHERESE VON ROTEN BLUTKöRPERCHEN
Former [1997/43]RED BLOOD CELL APHERESIS APPARATUS AND METHOD
Former [1997/43]APPAREIL ET PROCEDE DE PHERESE DES GLOBULES ROUGES
Entry into regional phase05.06.1995National basic fee paid 
05.06.1995Designation fee(s) paid 
05.06.1995Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure29.06.1994Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
05.06.1995Examination requested  [1997/43]
10.09.1998Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
23.12.1998Reply to a communication from the examining division
14.07.1999Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
03.12.1999Communication of intention to grant the patent
18.01.2000Fee for grant paid
18.01.2000Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)27.02.2001No opposition filed within time limit [2001/20]
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.10.1995Renewal fee patent year 03
22.11.1996Renewal fee patent year 04
29.10.1997Renewal fee patent year 05
22.10.1998Renewal fee patent year 06
04.11.1999Renewal fee patent year 07
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Cited inInternational search[A]US4197847  (DJERASSI ISAAC [US]) [A] 18 * column A; figures 1,2 * * column 2, line 61 - line 66 * * column 9, line 30 - column 10, line 41 *;
 [A]EP0128683  (BAXTER TRAVENOL LAB [US]);
 [A]EP0171749  (TERUMO CORP [JP]) [A] 1,10,18,23 * abstract * * page 25, line 14 - page 27, line 23 *;
 [A]EP0208061  (BIOTEST PHARMA GMBH [DE]) [A] 1,10,18,23 * abstract *;
 [A]WO9000059  (SIRCHIA GIROLAMO [IT], et al) [A] 1,10 * abstract * * page 2, line 7 - line 10 *
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