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EP1345944 - PROCESS FOR THE ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION OF EPOTHILONES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  03.02.2006
Database last updated on 02.11.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip03.02.2006No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 22.03.2006  [2006/12]
Applicant(s)For:BE  CH  CY  DE  DK  ES  FI  FR  GB  GR  IE  IT  LU  MC  NL  PT  SE  TR 
Novartis AG
Lichtstrasse 35
4056 Basel / CH
For:AT 
Novartis Pharma GmbH
Brunner Strasse 59
1230 Wien / AT
[N/P]
Former [2003/39]For:BE  CH  CY  DE  DK  ES  FI  FR  GB  GR  IE  IT  LU  MC  NL  PT  SE  TR 
Novartis AG
Lichtstrasse 35
4056 Basel / CH
For:AT 
Novartis Pharma GmbH
Brunner Strasse 59
1230 Wien / AT
Inventor(s)01 / KÜSTERS, Ernst
Gallenweilerweg 1
79427 Eschbach / DE
02 / UNTERNÄHRER, Heinz
Widhagweg 46
CH-4303 Kaiseraugst / CH
 [2003/39]
Representative(s)de Weerd, Petrus G.W., et al
Novartis International AG
Corporate Intellectual Property
4002 Basel / CH
[N/P]
Former [2005/12]de Weerd, Petrus G.W., et al
Novartis International AG Corporate Intellectual Property
4002 Basel / CH
Former [2003/39]Grubb, Philip William, et al
Novartis AG, Patent & Trademark Department, Lichtstrasse 35
4002 Basel / CH
Application number, filing date01994791.005.12.2001
[2003/39]
WO2001EP14771
Priority number, dateGB2000002989507.12.2000         Original published format: GB 0029895
[2003/39]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO0246196
Date:13.06.2002
Language:EN
[2002/24]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1345944
Date:24.09.2003
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 13.06.2002 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2003/39]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1345944
Date:30.03.2005
Language:EN
[2005/13]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP13.06.2002
ClassificationIPC:C07D493/04
[2003/39]
CPC:
C07D493/04 (EP,KR,US); A61P35/00 (EP)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   CY,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE,   TR [2003/39]
Extension statesALNot yet paid
LTNot yet paid
LVNot yet paid
MKNot yet paid
RO07.07.2003
SI07.07.2003
TitleGerman:PROZESS ZUR ISOLIERUNG UND REINIGUNG VON EPOTHILONEN[2003/39]
English:PROCESS FOR THE ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION OF EPOTHILONES[2003/39]
French:PROCEDE PERMETTANT D'ISOLER ET DE PURIFIER DES EPOTHILONES[2003/39]
Entry into regional phase07.07.2003National basic fee paid 
07.07.2003Designation fee(s) paid 
07.07.2003Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure17.05.2002Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
07.07.2003Examination requested  [2003/39]
27.11.2003Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
03.06.2004Reply to a communication from the examining division
25.06.2004Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
16.08.2004Reply to a communication from the examining division
17.09.2004Communication of intention to grant the patent
27.01.2005Fee for grant paid
27.01.2005Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)02.01.2006No opposition filed within time limit [2006/12]
Fees paidRenewal fee
02.01.2004Renewal fee patent year 03
03.01.2005Renewal fee patent year 04
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Cited inInternational search[A]WO9310121  (BIOTECHNOLOG FORSCHUNG GMBH [DE], et al) [A] 1-13 * Page 8, last paragraph. *;
 [A]WO9822461  (BIOTECHNOLOG FORSCHUNG GMBH [DE], et al) [A] 1-13 * Claim 1, step c. *;
 [X]WO9942602  (NOVARTIS AG [CH], et al) [X] 1,7,9,12 * Claims 12-14; pages 37-38, example 3; page 9, paragraph 2. *;
 [A]  - NICOLAOU K C ET AL, "Probing the ring size of epothilones: total synthesis of [14]-, [15]-, [17]-, and [18]Epothilones A", ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE. INTERNATIONAL EDITION, VERLAG CHEMIE. WEINHEIM, DE, (1998), vol. 37, no. 1/2, ISSN 0570-0833, pages 81 - 84, XP002131226 [A] 1-13 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19980202)37:1/2<81::AID-ANIE81>3.0.CO;2-C
 [A]  - NICOLAOU K C ET AL, "Chemical Biology of Epothilones", ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE. INTERNATIONAL EDITION, VERLAG CHEMIE. WEINHEIM, DE, (199808), vol. 37, no. 15, ISSN 0570-0833, pages 2014 - 2045, XP002131418 [A] 1-13 * Tables 2-6. *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19980817)37:15<2014::AID-ANIE2014>3.3.CO;2-U
 [A]  - REICHHARDT, C., Solvents and Solvent Effects in Organic Chemistry, 2nd. ed., WEINHEIM, VCH, (1988), XP002192137 [A] 1-13 * Page 60, lines 5-7: "the term polarity itself has, until now, not been precisely defined". *
ExaminationWO9903848
 WO9927890
    - SNYDER L.R., J. CHROMATOGR. SCI., (1978), vol. 16, pages 223 - 234
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