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EP About this file: EP1156820

EP1156820 - USE OF VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR-2 (VEGF-2) [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2001/48]VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR-2
[2007/50]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  15.05.2009
Database last updated on 03.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip30.09.2011Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): CY		published on 02.11.2011  [2011/44]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
HUMAN GENOME SCIENCES, INC.
14200 Shady Grove Road
Rockville, MD 20850 / US
[2008/27]
Former [2001/48]For all designated states
HUMAN GENOME SCIENCES, INC.
9410 Key West Avenue
Rockville, MD 20850-3338 / US
Inventor(s)01 / ROSEN, Craig, A.
22400 Rolling Hill Road
Laytonsville, MD 20882 / US
02 / ALDERSON, Ralph
12125 Orchard View Road
Gaithersburg, MD 20878 / US
03 / MELDER, Robert
921 Beacon Square Court, No. 254
Gaithersburg, MD 20878 / US
04 / ROSCHKE, Viktor
13844 Lambertina Place
Rockville, MD 20850 / US
05 / RUBEN, Steven, M.
18528 Heritage Hills Drive
Olney, MD 20832 / US
 [2001/48]
Representative(s)Goodfellow, Hugh Robin
Carpmaels & Ransford LLP
One Southampton Row
London WC1B 5HA / GB
[N/P]
Former [2009/02]Goodfellow, Hugh Robin
Carpmaels & Ransford, 43-45 Bloomsbury Square London
WC1A 2RA / GB
Former [2008/35]Vossius & Partner
Siebertstrasse 3
81675 München / DE
Former [2001/48]VOSSIUS & PARTNER
Siebertstrasse 4
81675 München / DE
Application number, filing date00905992.407.02.2000
[2001/48]
WO2000US03047
Priority number, dateUS19990119179P08.02.1999         Original published format: US 119179 P
US19990119926P12.02.1999         Original published format: US 119926 P
US19990137796P03.06.1999         Original published format: US 137796 P
US19990171505P22.12.1999         Original published format: US 171505 P
[2001/48]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO0045835
Date:10.08.2000
Language:EN
[2000/32]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1156820
Date:28.11.2001
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 10.08.2000 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2001/48]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1156820
Date:09.07.2008
Language:EN
[2008/28]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US10.08.2000
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP08.11.2004
ClassificationIPC:A61K38/18, A61K39/395, C07K16/00, C07K16/22, A61K38/19, A61P27/02
[2004/52]
CPC:
C07K14/52 (EP); A61K38/18 (KR); A61K38/1866 (EP);
A61K48/005 (EP); A61P25/02 (EP); A61P27/02 (EP);
A61P29/00 (EP); A61P3/10 (EP); A61P31/12 (EP);
A61P37/00 (EP); A61P9/10 (EP); C07K16/22 (EP);
A61K48/00 (EP); C12N2799/026 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2001/48]A61K38/18, A61K39/395, C07K16/00, C07K16/22
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   CY,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [2001/48]
Extension statesALNot yet paid
LTNot yet paid
LVNot yet paid
MKNot yet paid
RONot yet paid
SINot yet paid
TitleGerman:VERWENDUNG VOM VASKULÄREN ENDOTHELIALEN WACHSTUMSFAKTOR 2 (VEGF-2)[2007/50]
English:USE OF VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR-2 (VEGF-2)[2007/50]
French:UTILISATION DU FACTEUR-2 DE CROISSANCE ENDOTHELIALE VASCULAIRE (VEGF-2)[2007/50]
Former [2001/48]VASKULÄRER ENDOTHELIALER WACHSTUMSFAKTOR 2
Former [2001/48]VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR-2
Former [2001/48]FACTEUR-2 DE CROISSANCE ENDOTHELIALE VASCULAIRE
Biological materialThis application mentions deposited biological material, check the file for details
Entry into regional phase10.09.2001National basic fee paid 
10.09.2001Search fee paid 
10.09.2001Designation fee(s) paid 
10.09.2001Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure24.08.2000Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
10.09.2001Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
10.09.2001Examination requested  [2001/48]
25.09.2006Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
29.03.2007Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.04.2007Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
23.10.2007Reply to a communication from the examining division
17.12.2007Communication of intention to grant the patent
28.04.2008Fee for grant paid
28.04.2008Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)EP08153873.8  / EP1985632
Opposition(s)14.04.2009No opposition filed within time limit [2009/25]
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.02.2002Renewal fee patent year 03
25.02.2003Renewal fee patent year 04
23.02.2004Renewal fee patent year 05
22.02.2005Renewal fee patent year 06
27.02.2006Renewal fee patent year 07
27.02.2007Renewal fee patent year 08
25.02.2008Renewal fee patent year 09
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT09.07.2008
BE09.07.2008
CY09.07.2008
DK09.07.2008
FI09.07.2008
IT09.07.2008
NL09.07.2008
SE09.10.2008
GR10.10.2008
ES20.10.2008
PT09.12.2008
LU07.02.2009
MC28.02.2009
[2011/44]
Former [2011/21]AT09.07.2008
BE09.07.2008
DK09.07.2008
FI09.07.2008
IT09.07.2008
NL09.07.2008
SE09.10.2008
GR10.10.2008
ES20.10.2008
PT09.12.2008
LU07.02.2009
MC28.02.2009
Former [2010/47]AT09.07.2008
BE09.07.2008
DK09.07.2008
FI09.07.2008
IT09.07.2008
NL09.07.2008
SE09.10.2008
GR10.10.2008
ES20.10.2008
PT09.12.2008
MC28.02.2009
Former [2010/09]AT09.07.2008
BE09.07.2008
DK09.07.2008
FI09.07.2008
IT09.07.2008
NL09.07.2008
SE09.10.2008
ES20.10.2008
PT09.12.2008
MC28.02.2009
Former [2009/42]AT09.07.2008
BE09.07.2008
DK09.07.2008
FI09.07.2008
IT09.07.2008
NL09.07.2008
ES20.10.2008
PT09.12.2008
MC28.02.2009
Former [2009/39]AT09.07.2008
BE09.07.2008
DK09.07.2008
FI09.07.2008
IT09.07.2008
NL09.07.2008
ES20.10.2008
PT09.12.2008
Former [2009/19]AT09.07.2008
BE09.07.2008
DK09.07.2008
FI09.07.2008
NL09.07.2008
ES20.10.2008
PT09.12.2008
Former [2009/15]AT09.07.2008
FI09.07.2008
NL09.07.2008
ES20.10.2008
PT09.12.2008
Former [2009/12]FI09.07.2008
NL09.07.2008
ES20.10.2008
PT09.12.2008
Former [2009/09]NL09.07.2008
ES20.10.2008
PT09.12.2008
Documents cited:Search[X]WO9524473  (HUMAN GENOME SCIENCES INC [US]) [X] 19-21 * page 16, paragraph L - page 18, line L; claim - * * page 22, paragraph L - page 24, paragraph 1 *;
 [A]WO9719694  (AMGEN INC [US]) [A] 1-31 * claim - *;
 [DA]  - YANG XIANJIE ET AL, "Flk-1, a receptor for vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), is expressed by retinal progenitor cells", JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, (1996), vol. 16, no. 19, ISSN 0270-6474, pages 6089 - 6099, XP008037730 [DA] 1-31 * page 6090, column L, paragraph 3 *
 [A]  - GERHARDINGER C ET AL, "EXPRESSION OF VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR IN THE HUMAN RETINA AND IN NONPROLIFERATIVE DIABETIC RETINOPATHY", AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY, PHILADELPHIA, PA, US, (199806), vol. 152, no. 6, ISSN 0002-9440, pages 1453 - 1462, XP000891412 [A] 1-31 * page 1459, column R, line 26 - line 40 *
 [PX]  - YOUREY PAMELA A ET AL, "Vascular endothelial cell growth factors promote the in vitro development of rat photoreceptor cells", MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL, & 39TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY; WASHINGTON, D.C., USA; DECEMBER 11-15, 1999, (199911), vol. 10, no. SUPPL., ISSN 1059-1524, page 39a, XP008037694 [PX] 1-17 * abstract 227 *
 [T]  - YOUREY PAMELA A ET AL, "Vascular endothelial cell growth factors promote the in vitro development of rat photoreceptor cells", JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, (20000915), vol. 20, no. 18, ISSN 0270-6474, pages 6781 - 6788, XP002303284 [T] 1-17 * the whole document *
International search[AP]US5932540  (HU JING-SHAN [US], et al)
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