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EP0746403
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| EP0746403 - TRANSIENT RECORDER IN TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETER [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 15.06.2001 Database last updated on 09.11.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 15.06.2001 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 01.08.2001 [2001/31] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states LECO CORPORATION 3000 Lakeview Avenue St. Joseph Michigan 49085 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1999/49] | For all designated states LECO CORPORATION 3000 Lakeview Avenue St. Joseph, Michigan 49085 / US | ||
| Former [1996/50] | For all designated states MERIDIAN INSTRUMENTS, INC. 2310 Science Parkway Okemos, MI 48864 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
HOLLAND, John, F. 2411 Lyman Lansing, MI 48912 / US | 02 /
ENKE, Christie, G. 346 White Oaks Drive NE Albuquerque New Mexico 87122 / US | 03 /
DAVENPORT, Michael, R. 10159 Elmhurst Drive NW Albuquerque New Mexico 87114 / US | 04 /
JANOW, Lawrence, W. 12540 Densmore North Seattle WA 98113 / US | [1996/50] | Representative(s) | Maggs, Michael Norman, et al Kilburn & Strode LLP 20 Red Lion Street London WC1R 4PJ / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1999/49] | Maggs, Michael Norman, et al Kilburn & Strode 20 Red Lion Street London WC1R 4PJ / GB | ||
| Former [1996/50] | Maggs, Michael Norman Kilburn & Strode 30 John Street London WC1N 2DD / GB | Application number, filing date | 94920263.4 | 17.06.1994 | [1996/50] | WO1994US06892 | Priority number, date | US19930081731 | 23.06.1993 Original published format: US 81731 | [1996/50] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO9500236 | Date: | 05.01.1995 | Language: | EN | [1995/02] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0746403 | Date: | 11.12.1996 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 05.01.1995 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [1996/50] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0746403 | Date: | 16.08.2000 | Language: | EN | [2000/33] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 05.01.1995 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 18.03.1997 | Classification | IPC: | H01J49/40, G06F17/40 | [2000/16] | CPC: |
H01J49/025 (EP,US);
H01J49/40 (EP,US)
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| Former IPC [1997/18] | H01J49/40, G06F15/74 | ||
| Former IPC [1996/50] | B01D59/44, H01J49/00 | Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB [1996/50] | Title | German: | TRANSIENTENAUFZEICHNUNGSGERÄT FÜR EIN FLUGZEITMASSENSPEKTROMETER | [1996/50] | English: | TRANSIENT RECORDER IN TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETER | [1996/50] | French: | ENREGISTREUR DE TRANSITOIRES UTILISE DANS UN SPECTROMETRE DE MASSE A TEMPS DE VOL | [1996/50] | Entry into regional phase | 22.01.1996 | National basic fee paid | 22.01.1996 | Search fee paid | 22.01.1996 | Designation fee(s) paid | 22.01.1996 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 19.01.1995 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 22.01.1996 | Examination requested [1996/50] | 10.03.1998 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 10.09.1998 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 16.09.1999 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 14.01.2000 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 22.03.2000 | Fee for grant paid | 22.03.2000 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 17.05.2001 | No opposition filed within time limit [2001/31] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 22.01.1996 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 05.06.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 05.06.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 04.06.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 05.06.2000 | 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. | Documents cited: | Search | [XA] - HOLLAND J F, "DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND EVALUATION OF AN INTEGRATING TRANSIENT RECORDER FOR DATA ACQUISITION IN CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPY/TIME- OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY", REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, (19910101), vol. 62, no. 1, pages 69 - 76, XP000205187 [X] 1,5,8,9,11,14,25-28 * page 74, column L, line 1 - line 10; figure - * [A] 17 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1142284 | International search | [A]US5175430 (ENKE CHRISTIE G [US], et al); | [A]US4970390 (SZYMCZAK WILFRIED [DE]); | [A]US4694168 (LE BEYEC YVON [FR], et al); | [A]US4490806 (ENKE CHRISTIE G [US], et al); | [A]US4472631 (ENKE CHRISTIE G [US], et al) |