EP1145104 - AUTOMATED CENTRIFUGE LOADING DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The application is deemed to be withdrawn Status updated on 05.04.2013 Database last updated on 19.10.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 05.04.2013 | Application deemed to be withdrawn | published on 08.05.2013 [2013/19] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Quest Diagnostics Investments Incorporated 300 Delaware Avenue Wilmington, DE 19899 / US | [2001/42] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
HUBERT, Ronald, M. 43 S Bell Avenue Yardley, PA 19067 / US | 02 /
MILLER, Rodney, D. 951 N Penn Drive West Chester, PA 19380 / US | [2001/42] | Representative(s) | Viering, Jentschura & Partner mbB Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Grillparzerstrasse 14 81675 München / DE | [N/P] |
Former [2002/40] | Viering, Jentschura & Partner Postfach 22 14 43 80504 München / DE | ||
Former [2001/42] | Enskat, Michael Antony Frank, et al Saunders & Dolleymore, 9, Rickmansworth Road Watford, Hertfordshire WD18 0JU / GB | Application number, filing date | 98966042.8 | 22.12.1998 | [2001/42] | WO1998US27283 | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO0038046 | Date: | 29.06.2000 | Language: | EN | [2000/26] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP1145104 | Date: | 17.10.2001 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 29.06.2000 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2001/42] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 29.06.2000 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 05.11.2007 | Classification | IPC: | G01N35/00 | [2012/25] | CPC: |
G01N35/0099 (EP);
B04B2011/046 (EP);
G01N2035/00495 (EP);
G01N2035/0406 (EP)
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Former IPC [2001/42] | G06F7/00, G06F17/00, B65G1/00 | Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [2001/42] | Title | German: | AUTOMATISCHE LADEEINRICHTUNG FÜR ZENTRIFUGE | [2001/42] | English: | AUTOMATED CENTRIFUGE LOADING DEVICE | [2001/42] | French: | DISPOSITIF AUTOMATISE PERMETTANT DE CHARGER UNE CENTRIFUGEUSE | [2001/42] | Entry into regional phase | 02.07.2001 | National basic fee paid | 02.07.2001 | Search fee paid | 02.07.2001 | Designation fee(s) paid | 02.07.2001 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 21.07.2000 | Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US | 02.07.2001 | Examination requested [2001/42] | 07.05.2008 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 07.11.2008 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 02.07.2012 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 13.11.2012 | Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect [2013/19] | 18.12.2012 | Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: fee for grant / fee for printing not paid in time [2013/19] | Divisional application(s) | The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 07.05.2008 | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 21.12.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 31.12.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 23.12.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 29.12.2003 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 23.12.2004 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 27.12.2005 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 27.12.2006 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 13.12.2007 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | 08.12.2008 | Renewal fee patent year 11 | 07.12.2009 | Renewal fee patent year 12 | 23.12.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 13 | 23.12.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 14 | Penalty fee | Additional fee for renewal fee | 31.12.2012 | 15   M06   Not yet paid |
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