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You can use Global Patent Index (GPI) to carry out detailed searches in the EPO's worldwide bibliographic (DOCDB), legal event (INPADOC) and full-text data sets, and download or visualise the search results for statistical analysis.

Current content: 158 081 232 patent documents

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176 880 new documents added

1 259 676 documents amended

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EP 1194769 A1 20020410 - DEVICE FOR PREPARING SAMPLES

Title (en)

DEVICE FOR PREPARING SAMPLES

Title (de)

VORRICHTUNG ZUR PROBENVORBEREITUNG

Title (fr)

DISPOSITIF POUR LA PREPARATION D'ECHANTILLONS

Publication

EP 1194769 A1 20020410 (DE)

Application

EP 00938793 A 20000615

Priority

EP 00938793 A 20000615
DE 19927533 A 19990616
DE 19927534 A 19990616
DE 19927535 A 19990616
EP 0005518 W 20000615
EP 0005205 W 20000606
EP 0005204 W 20000606
EP 0005206 W 20000606

IPC 1-7

G01N 27/447; B01L 3/00

IPC 8 full level

B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 27/447 (2006.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 0077511A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1194769 A1 20020410

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 00938793 A 20000615