EP3990820A4 - CRYOSPHERE - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP3990820A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: cryosphere
Prior art date: 2019-12-30
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.): Granted

Application number

EP20909114.9A

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German (de)

French (fr)

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EP3990820A1 (en

EP3990820B1 (en

EP3990820C0 (en

Inventor

Ben Lee

Bret Bollinger

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Cryoport Inc

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Cryoport Inc

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2019-12-30

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2020-12-08

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2022-11-23

2019-12-30 Priority claimed from US16/730,506 external-priority patent/US12025276B2/en

2020-12-08 Application filed by Cryoport Inc filed Critical Cryoport Inc

2020-12-08 Priority to DE20909114.9T priority Critical patent/DE20909114T1/en

2022-05-04 Publication of EP3990820A1 publication Critical patent/EP3990820A1/en

2022-11-23 Publication of EP3990820A4 publication Critical patent/EP3990820A4/en

2025-06-25 Application granted granted Critical

2025-06-25 Publication of EP3990820B1 publication Critical patent/EP3990820B1/en

2025-06-25 Publication of EP3990820C0 publication Critical patent/EP3990820C0/en

Status Active legal-status Critical Current

2040-12-08 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

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Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Thermal Sciences (AREA)
Filling Or Discharging Of Gas Storage Vessels (AREA)
Packages (AREA)
Packaging Frangible Articles (AREA)
Buffer Packaging (AREA)
Compressors, Vaccum Pumps And Other Relevant Systems (AREA)

EP20909114.9A 2019-12-30 2020-12-08 Cryosphere Active EP3990820B1 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
DE20909114.9T DE20909114T1 (en)	2019-12-30	2020-12-08	CRYOSPHERE

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US16/730,506 US12025276B2 (en)	2018-01-09	2019-12-30	Cryosphere
PCT/US2020/063823 WO2021138004A1 (en)	2019-12-30	2020-12-08	Cryosphere

Publications (4)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP3990820A1 EP3990820A1 (en)	2022-05-04
EP3990820A4 true EP3990820A4 (en)	2022-11-23
EP3990820B1 EP3990820B1 (en)	2025-06-25
EP3990820C0 EP3990820C0 (en)	2025-06-25

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EP20909114.9A Active EP3990820B1 (en)	2019-12-30	2020-12-08	Cryosphere

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EP (1)	EP3990820B1 (en)
JP (1)	JP7660575B2 (en)
CN (1)	CN114930076B (en)
AU (1)	AU2020416700A1 (en)
CH (1)	CH717871B1 (en)
DE (2)	DE20909114T1 (en)
GB (2)	GB2607238B (en)
WO (1)	WO2021138004A1 (en)

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