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EP1006876 - METHOD FOR MEASUREMENT OF SKIN HISTOLOGY [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 14.03.2003 Database last updated on 03.06.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	15.11.2013	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state State(s) deleted from list of lapses: GB	published on 18.12.2013 [2013/51]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states ASTRON CLINICA LIMITED The Mount Toft Cambridge CB23 2RL / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2002/17]	For all designated states Astron Clinica Limited The Mount Toft, Cambridge CB3 7RL / GB
Former [2000/24]	For all designated states Optiscan Limited Old Horse Yard, Comberton Road Toft, Cambridge CB3 7RY / GB
Inventor(s)	01 / COTTON, Symon, D'Oyly Sycamores, Chapel Porth St. Agnes, Cornwall TR5 0NR / GB
	[2000/24]
Representative(s)	Tebbit, Antony Hugh Edward Barker Brettell 138 Hagley Road Edgbaston Birmingham B16 9PW / GB
	[2000/24]
Application number, filing date	97912388.2	19.11.1997
	[2000/24]
	WO1997GB03177
Priority number, date	GB19960024003	19.11.1996 Original published format: GB 9624003
	[2000/24]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9822023
	Date:	28.05.1998
	Language:	EN
	[1998/21]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1006876
	Date:	14.06.2000
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 28.05.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2000/24]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1006876
	Date:	08.05.2002
	Language:	EN
	[2002/19]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	28.05.1998
Classification	IPC:	A61B5/103	[2000/24]
	CPC:	A61B5/444 (EP,US); A61B5/0059 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [2000/24]
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	LT	Not yet paid
	LV	Not yet paid
	RO	Not yet paid
	SI	Not yet paid
Title	German:	VERFAHREN ZUR MESSUNG DER HAUTHISTOLOGIE	[2000/24]
	English:	METHOD FOR MEASUREMENT OF SKIN HISTOLOGY	[2000/24]
	French:	PROCEDE DE MESURE DE L'HISTOLOGIE CUTANEE	[2000/24]
Entry into regional phase	14.06.1999	National basic fee paid
	14.06.1999	Designation fee(s) paid
	14.06.1999	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	09.06.1998	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	14.06.1999	Examination requested [2000/24]
	16.11.2000	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	06.03.2001	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	25.07.2001	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	09.11.2001	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	07.02.2002	Fee for grant paid
	07.02.2002	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	11.02.2003	No opposition filed within time limit [2003/18]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	15.11.1999	Renewal fee patent year 03
	11.11.2000	Renewal fee patent year 04
	09.11.2001	Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	BE	08.05.2002
	FI	08.05.2002
	GR	08.05.2002
	DK	08.08.2002
	PT	08.08.2002
	LU	19.11.2002
	[2013/51]
Former [2004/40]	BE	08.05.2002
	FI	08.05.2002
	GR	08.05.2002
	DK	08.08.2002
	PT	08.08.2002
	GB	19.11.2002
	LU	19.11.2002
Former [2004/39]	BE	08.05.2002
	GR	08.05.2002
	DK	08.08.2002
	PT	08.08.2002
	GB	19.11.2002
	LU	19.11.2002
Former [2004/22]	BE	08.05.2002
	GR	08.05.2002
	DK	08.08.2002
	PT	08.08.2002
	GB	19.11.2002
Former [2003/48]	BE	08.05.2002
	GR	08.05.2002
	DK	08.08.2002
	PT	08.08.2002
Former [2003/46]	GR	08.05.2002
	DK	08.08.2002
	PT	08.08.2002
Former [2003/21]	GR	08.05.2002
	PT	08.08.2002
Former [2003/20]	GR	08.05.2002
Cited in	International search	[A]WO9013091 (KENET ROBERT O [US], et al) [A] * abstract *;
		[A]US5079698 (GRENIER LEONARD E [CA], et al) [A] * the whole document *;
		[A]WO9416622 (COMPUTER AIDED MEDICAL INC [US], et al) [A] * the whole document *;
		[A]US5440388 (ERICKSON JON W [US]) [A] * abstract *;
		[A]DE4427101 (BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH [DE]) [A] * the whole document *;
		[A]WO9614795 (UNIV WASHINGTON [US]) [A] * abstract *;
		[A] - JACQUES S L, "THE ROLE OF SKIN OPTICS IN DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC USES OF LASERS", LASERS IN DERMATOLOGY, (1991), pages 1 - 21, XP000607863 [A] * the whole document *
	by applicant	- CLARK ET AL, "The Histogenesis and Biological Behaviour of Primary Human Malignant Melanomas of the Skin.", CANCER RESEARCH 29, 89, (19890101), no. 29/49

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