EP1390719A4 - Imaging apparatus and method - Google Patents

Imaging apparatus and method

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Publication number: EP1390719A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: imaging apparatus; imaging
Prior art date: 2001-04-19
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

Application number

EP02718883A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP1390719A1 (en

Inventor

Lothar U Kempen

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Maven Technologies LLC

Original Assignee

Maven Technologies LLC

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2001-04-19

Filing date

2002-01-27

Publication date

2007-08-29

2001-04-19 Priority claimed from US09/838,700 external-priority patent/US7023547B2/en

2002-01-12 Priority claimed from US10/046,620 external-priority patent/US6833920B2/en

2002-01-27 Application filed by Maven Technologies LLC filed Critical Maven Technologies LLC

2004-02-25 Publication of EP1390719A1 publication Critical patent/EP1390719A1/en

2007-08-29 Publication of EP1390719A4 publication Critical patent/EP1390719A4/en

Status Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
- G01N21/00—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of optical means, i.e. using sub-millimetre waves, infrared, visible or ultraviolet light
- G01N21/17—Systems in which incident light is modified in accordance with the properties of the material investigated
- G01N21/55—Specular reflectivity
- G01N21/552—Attenuated total reflection
- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
- G01N21/00—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of optical means, i.e. using sub-millimetre waves, infrared, visible or ultraviolet light
- G01N21/17—Systems in which incident light is modified in accordance with the properties of the material investigated
- G01N21/25—Colour; Spectral properties, i.e. comparison of effect of material on the light at two or more different wavelengths or wavelength bands
- G01N21/251—Colorimeters; Construction thereof
- G01N21/253—Colorimeters; Construction thereof for batch operation, i.e. multisample apparatus

EP02718883A 2001-04-19 2002-01-27 Imaging apparatus and method Withdrawn EP1390719A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US838700		2001-04-19
US09/838,700 US7023547B2 (en)	2000-07-11	2001-04-19	Apparatus including a biochip for imaging of biological samples and method
US10/046,620 US6833920B2 (en)	2000-07-11	2002-01-12	Apparatus and method for imaging
US46620		2002-01-12
PCT/US2002/002662 WO2002086468A1 (en)	2001-04-19	2002-01-27	Imaging apparatus and method

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP1390719A1 EP1390719A1 (en)	2004-02-25
EP1390719A4 true EP1390719A4 (en)	2007-08-29

Family

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP02718883A Withdrawn EP1390719A4 (en)	2001-04-19	2002-01-27	Imaging apparatus and method

Country Status (5)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP1390719A4 (en)
JP (2)	JP4219689B2 (en)
AU (1)	AU2002249994A1 (en)
IL (1)	IL158473A0 (en)
WO (1)	WO2002086468A1 (en)

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US7193711B2 (en) *	2000-07-11	2007-03-20	Maven Technologies, Llc	Imaging method and apparatus
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2002
- 2002-01-27 IL IL15847302A patent/IL158473A0/en unknown
- 2002-01-27 WO PCT/US2002/002662 patent/WO2002086468A1/en active Application Filing
- 2002-01-27 EP EP02718883A patent/EP1390719A4/en not_active Withdrawn
- 2002-01-27 JP JP2002583949A patent/JP4219689B2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2002-01-27 AU AU2002249994A patent/AU2002249994A1/en not_active Abandoned
2007
- 2007-02-28 JP JP2007048283A patent/JP2007178442A/en active Pending

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US5437840A (en) *	1994-04-15	1995-08-01	Hewlett-Packard Company	Apparatus for intracavity sensing of macroscopic properties of chemicals
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Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
WO2002086468A1 (en)	2002-10-31
AU2002249994A1 (en)	2002-11-05
JP2004531719A (en)	2004-10-14
WO2002086468A8 (en)	2003-03-20
JP2007178442A (en)	2007-07-12
JP4219689B2 (en)	2009-02-04
IL158473A0 (en)	2004-05-12
EP1390719A1 (en)	2004-02-25

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
2004-01-09	PUAI	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012
2004-02-25	17P	Request for examination filed	Effective date: 20031105
2004-02-25	AK	Designated contracting states	Kind code of ref document: A1 Designated state(s): AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
2004-02-25	AX	Request for extension of the european patent	Extension state: AL LT LV MK RO SI
2007-08-29	A4	Supplementary search report drawn up and despatched	Effective date: 20070801
2009-12-02	17Q	First examination report despatched	Effective date: 20091030
2012-09-28	STAA	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent	Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWN
2012-10-31	18D	Application deemed to be withdrawn	Effective date: 20120411

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