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EP About this file: EP0983748

EP0983748 - Fertility monitoring method [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2000/10]Monitoring methods, devices and test kits
[2002/21]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  13.02.2004
Database last updated on 23.04.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip21.03.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT		published on 23.04.2008  [2008/17]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Inverness Medical Switzerland GmbH
Bundesplatz 10
6300 Zug / CH
[2002/34]
Former [2002/18]For:AT  BE  CH  DE  DK  ES  FR  GR  IT  LI  NL  PT  SE 
Inverness Medical Switzerland GmbH
Bundesplatz 1
6300 Zug / CH
Former [2001/09]For:AT  BE  CH  DE  DK  ES  FR  GR  IT  LI  NL  PT  SE 
UNILEVER N.V.
Weena 455
3013 AL Rotterdam / NL
For:GB  IE 
UNILEVER PLC
Unilever House Blackfriars
London EC4P 4BQ / GB
Former [2001/08]For all designated states
UNILEVER N.V.
Weena 455
3013 AL Rotterdam / NL
For all designated states
UNILEVER PLC
Unilever House Blackfriars
London EC4P 4BQ / GB
Former [2000/10]For all designated states
UNIPATH LIMITED
Wade Road
Basingstoke, Hampshire RG24 OPW / GB
Inventor(s)01 / Catt, Michael, c/o Unipath Ltd
Priory Business Park
Bedford, MK4 3UP / GB
02 / Mundill, Paul Henry Charles
44 Ashby Drive
Rushden, Northamptonshire NN10 9HH / GB
03 / Zhang, Zhi Gang
15 Hartshill
Putnoe, Bedford MK41 9AL / GB
[2000/10]
Representative(s)Lipscombe, Martin John, et al
Nash Matthews LLP
24 Hills Road
Cambridge CB2 1JP / GB
[N/P]
Former [2000/30]Lipscombe, Martin John, et al
Keith W Nash & Co, Pearl Assurance House, 90-92 Regent Street
Cambridge CB2 1DP / GB
Former [2000/26]Evans, Jacqueline Gail Victoria, et al
Unilever plc Patent Division Colworth House Sharnbrook
Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB
Former [2000/10]Butler, David John, et al
Unilever PLC Patent Division Colworth House Sharnbrook
Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB
Application number, filing date99121753.024.06.1994
[2000/10]
Priority number, dateEP1993030522002.07.1993         Original published format: EP 93305220
[2000/10]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0983748
Date:08.03.2000
Language:EN
[2000/10]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0983748
Date:07.06.2000
[2000/23]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0983748
Date:09.04.2003
Language:EN
[2003/15]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP25.04.2000
ClassificationIPC:A61B10/00, // G01N33/76, G01N33/74
[2000/23]
CPC:
G01N33/743 (EP); A61B10/0012 (EP)
Former IPC [2000/10]A61B10/00, G01N33/76, G01N33/74
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   NL,   PT,   SE [2000/10]
TitleGerman:Überwachungsverfahren der Fertilität[2002/21]
English:Fertility monitoring method[2002/21]
French:Procédé de contrôle de la fertilité[2002/21]
Former [2000/10]Überwachungsverfahren, Vorrichtungen und Test Kits
Former [2000/10]Monitoring methods, devices and test kits
Former [2000/10]Procédés de contrôle, dispositifs et kits
Examination procedure03.11.1999Examination requested  [2000/10]
20.04.2001Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
22.10.2001Reply to a communication from the examining division
09.10.2002Communication of intention to grant the patent
22.01.2003Fee for grant paid
22.01.2003Fee for publishing/printing paid
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP94921625.3  / EP0706346
Opposition(s)12.01.2004No opposition filed within time limit [2004/14]
Fees paidRenewal fee
03.11.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
03.11.1999Renewal fee patent year 04
03.11.1999Renewal fee patent year 05
03.11.1999Renewal fee patent year 06
12.09.2000Renewal fee patent year 07
21.06.2001Renewal fee patent year 08
21.05.2002Renewal fee patent year 09
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
30.06.200007   M06   Fee paid on   12.09.2000
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Rights in Rem or Legal Means of ExecutionID:01
For:all designated states
Date:27.03.2003
[2003/30]
Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT09.04.2003
BE09.04.2003
CH09.04.2003
GR09.04.2003
IT09.04.2003
LI09.04.2003
NL09.04.2003
DK09.07.2003
PT09.07.2003
SE09.07.2003
[2008/17]
Former [2004/28]AT09.04.2003
BE09.04.2003
CH09.04.2003
GR09.04.2003
LI09.04.2003
NL09.04.2003
DK09.07.2003
PT09.07.2003
SE09.07.2003
Former [2004/23]AT09.04.2003
CH09.04.2003
GR09.04.2003
LI09.04.2003
NL09.04.2003
DK09.07.2003
PT09.07.2003
SE09.07.2003
Former [2004/03]AT09.04.2003
CH09.04.2003
GR09.04.2003
LI09.04.2003
NL09.04.2003
PT09.07.2003
SE09.07.2003
Former [2004/02]CH09.04.2003
GR09.04.2003
LI09.04.2003
NL09.04.2003
PT09.07.2003
SE09.07.2003
Former [2003/46]GR09.04.2003
SE09.07.2003
Former [2003/41]SE09.07.2003
Documents cited:Search[DX]US4151833  (POLISHUK W Z [IL]) [DX] 3,4,6,9,27-29,31-34 * column 2, line 6 - line 24; figure 8 *;
 [A]DE8805565U  (UNILEVER NV);
 [D]GB2204398  (UNILEVER PLC);
 [A]EP0367615  (MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES INC [US]) [A] 1-4 * page 3, line 22 - line 35 *;
 [DXA]EP0385621  (UNILEVER PLC [GB], et al) [DX] 1-11,14,21-23,31-33,36-40 * the whole document * [A] 15-20,25,28-30;
 [A]US5043888  (URIARTE JORGE E [US]) [A] 15-20 * column A *;
 [A]  - PAZ ET AL., "Determination of urinary luteinizing hormone for prediction of ovulation", GYNECOLOGIC AND OBSTETRIC INVESTIGATION, BASEL, (1990), vol. 29, pages 207 - 210, XP000874641
 [DA]  - COLLINS ET AL., "Ovulation prediction and detectionby measurement of steroid glucuronides", PROC XTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON FERTILITY AND STERILITY PUB MTB LTD, (1981), pages 19 - 33, XP000901877
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