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EP0746778 - METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND IMAGING PARTICLES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  28.07.2001
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip28.07.2001Refusal of applicationpublished on 12.09.2001 [2001/37]
Applicant(s)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
For all designated states
HOUSTON ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTER
4800 Research Center Drive
The Woodlands, TX 77381 / US
[1996/50]
Inventor(s)01 / EGGERS, Mitchell, D.
10 Plum Cover Court
The Woodlands, TX 77381 / US
02 / HOGAN, Michael, E.
103 Golden Shadow Circle
The Woodlands, TX 77381 / US
03 / EHRLICH, Daniel, J.
11 Grant Place
Lexington, MA 02173 / US
04 / HOLLIS, Mark, A.
77 Lexington Road
Concord, MA 01742 / US
05 / KOSICKI, Bernard, B.
39 Fort Pond Road
Acton, MA 01720 / US
06 / REICH, Robert
146 Wellman Avenue
North Chelmsford, MA 01863 / US
07 / BURKE, Barry, E.
17 Sherburne Road
Lexington, MA 02173 / US
[1996/50]
Representative(s)Greenwood, John David, et al
Graham Watt & Co LLP
St Botolph's House
7-9 St Botolph's Road
Sevenoaks
Kent TN13 3AJ / GB
[N/P]
Former [1996/50]Greenwood, John David, et al
Graham Watt & Co. Riverhead
Sevenoaks Kent TN13 2BN / GB
Application number, filing date95911678.109.02.1995
[1996/50]
WO1995US01725
Priority number, dateUS1994020165125.02.1994         Original published format: US 201651
[1996/50]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9523348
Date:31.08.1995
Language:EN
[1995/37]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0746778
Date:11.12.1996
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 31.08.1995 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1996/50]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP31.08.1995
ClassificationIPC:G01T1/29, G01T1/164
[1996/50]
CPC:
G01T1/2928 (EP)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [1996/50]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN UND APPARAT FÜR DEN NACHWEIS VON TEILCHEN UND DIE ABBILDUNGDURCH DIESE TEILCHEN[1996/50]
English:METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND IMAGING PARTICLES[1996/50]
French:PROCEDE ET APPAREIL DE DETECTION ET D'IMAGERIE DE PARTICULES[1996/50]
Entry into regional phase25.09.1996National basic fee paid 
25.09.1996Designation fee(s) paid 
25.09.1996Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure18.09.1995Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
25.09.1996Examination requested  [1996/50]
27.09.1996Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
25.03.1999Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
04.10.1999Reply to a communication from the examining division
29.11.1999Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
06.06.2000Reply to a communication from the examining division
12.04.2001Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2001/37]
22.04.2001Application refused, date of legal effect [2001/37]
Fees paidRenewal fee
14.02.1997Renewal fee patent year 03
12.02.1998Renewal fee patent year 04
19.02.1999Renewal fee patent year 05
17.02.2000Renewal fee patent year 06
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
28.02.200107   M06   Not yet paid
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Cited inInternational search[X]US4882494  (ROGERS ET AL.) [X] 1-3,8,14-16,18;
 [X]EP0583118  (SUMMIT WORLD TRADE CORPORATION) [X] 1-3;
 [XA]EP0421869  (COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE) [X] 1 [A] 2,24
 [XA]  - JACKSON P. et al., "Rapid imaging, using a cooled CCD, of fluorescent two-dimension- al polyacrylamide gels produced by labelling proteins in the first- -dimensional isoelectric focusing gel with the fluoro- phore 2-methoxy-2,4-diphenyl- -3(2H)furanone", ELECTROPHORESIS, (1988), vol. 9, pages 330 - 339 [X] 1,4,8,9,19,23 [A] 20,21,22
 [X]  - SWEEDLER J.V. et al., "Fluorescence Detection in Capillary Zone Electro- phoresis Using a CCD with Time-Delayed Integration", ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, (199101), vol. 63, no. 1, pages 496 - 502 [X] 1,4,7,8,9,19
 [XA]  - CHAN K.C. et al., "On-Line Detection of DNA in Gel Electrophoresis by Ultra- violet Absorption Utilizing a CCD Imaging System", ANALYTICAL CHEMISTY, (199104), vol. 63, no. 7, pages 746 - 750 [X] 19 [A] 20-23
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