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EP1689857 - COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING FETAL LIVER CELLS AND METHODS USEFUL FOR HCV INFECTION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application is deemed to be withdrawn
Status updated on  10.02.2012
Database last updated on 30.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip10.02.2012Application deemed to be withdrawnpublished on 14.03.2012  [2012/11]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
130 Waverly Street
Cambridge, MA 02139 / US
[2006/33]
Inventor(s)01 / BYRN, Randal
7 Pemberton Road
Wayland, MA 01778 / US
 [2006/33]
Representative(s)Nargolwalla, Cyra, et al
Cabinet Plasseraud
ATTENTION : ADDRESS INACTIVE - USE ASS-NR - CDR
Paris / FR
[N/P]
Former [2006/33]Nargolwalla, Cyra, et al
Cabinet Plasseraud 65/67 rue de la Victoire
75440 Paris Cedex 09 / FR
Application number, filing date04812485.301.12.2004
[2006/33]
WO2004US39964
Priority number, dateUS20030526411P01.12.2003         Original published format: US 526411 P
[2006/33]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2005054450
Date:16.06.2005
Language:EN
[2005/24]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1689857
Date:16.08.2006
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 16.06.2005 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2006/33]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP16.06.2005
ClassificationIPC:C12N5/08, C12N7/00, C12Q1/70, A01N1/02
[2006/33]
CPC:
A01N1/02 (EP,US); A01N1/0221 (EP,US); C12N5/067 (EP,US);
C12N2500/10 (EP,US); C12N2500/14 (EP,US); C12N2500/25 (EP,US);
C12N2500/36 (EP,US); C12N2500/38 (EP,US); C12N2500/90 (EP,US);
C12N2501/11 (EP,US); C12N2501/18 (EP,US); C12N2501/335 (EP,US);
C12N2501/70 (EP,US); C12N2502/13 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   TR [2006/33]
Extension statesAL21.06.2006
BA21.06.2006
HR21.06.2006
LV21.06.2006
MK21.06.2006
YU21.06.2006
TitleGerman:ZUSAMMENSETZUNGEN ENTHALTENDE FÖTALE LEBERZELLEN UND METHODEN ZUR HCV INFEKTION[2006/33]
English:COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING FETAL LIVER CELLS AND METHODS USEFUL FOR HCV INFECTION[2006/33]
French:COMPOSITIONS RENFERMANT DES CELLULES HEPATIQUES FOETALES, ET PROCEDES UTILES POUR LE TRAITEMENT DE L'INFECTION PAR LE VHC[2006/33]
Entry into regional phase21.06.2006National basic fee paid 
21.06.2006Designation fee(s) paid 
21.06.2006Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure21.06.2006Examination requested  [2006/33]
24.01.2008Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
24.01.2008Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
24.07.2008Reply to a communication from the examining division
09.03.2011Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
20.09.2011Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect  [2012/11]
27.10.2011Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time  [2012/11]
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  24.01.2008
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.12.2006Renewal fee patent year 03
24.12.2007Renewal fee patent year 04
24.12.2008Renewal fee patent year 05
28.12.2009Renewal fee patent year 06
27.12.2010Renewal fee patent year 07
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Cited inInternational search[X]WO02077206  (VERTEX PHARMA [US], et al) [X] 1-56 * pages 6,9-12, * * page 13; examples 1-6; claims 1-34 *;
 [Y]WO9203046  (SOMATIX THERAPY CORP [US]) [Y] 1-5,7-12,14-17,23,25-28,30,32-53,55,56 * page 3, lines 15,16 * * page 4 * * examples 1,3 *;
 [Y]EP0972828  (INST NAT SANTE RECH MED [FR]) [Y] 1-56 * the whole document *;
 [Y]  - TARASOV A I ET AL, "Phenotypic analysis and colony-forming activity of cryopreserved hematopoietic cells in human fetal liver.", EKSPERIMENTAL'NAYA ONKOLOGIYA, (200209), vol. 24, no. 3, ISSN 0204-3564, pages 180 - 183, XP002322700 [Y] 1-5,7-12,14-17,23,25-28,30,32-53,55,56 * page 181 *
 [Y]  - GRISCHENKO ET AL, "Sensitivity to a programmed and cyclic freeze-thawing of human embryonic liver cells of 7-12 weeks of gestation", PROBLEM IN CRYOBIOLOGY, UKRAINE, (2000), vol. 4, pages 37 - 44, XP009045781 [Y] 1-5,7-12,14-17,23,25-28,30,32-53,55,56 * page 38 *
 [Y]  - LAZARO CATHERINE A ET AL, "Establishment, characterization, and long-term maintenance of cultures of human fetal hepatocytes.", HEPATOLOGY, (200311), vol. 38, no. 5, ISSN 0270-9139, pages 1095 - 1106, XP002322701 [Y] 1-56 * page 1096 * * page 1099 * * page 1103 * * page 1106 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/jhep.2003.50448
 [Y]  - IACOVACCI S ET AL, "MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION AND DYNAMICS OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS REPLICATION IN HUMAN FETAL HEPATOCYTES INFECTED IN VITRO", HEPATOLOGY, WILLIAMS AND WILKINS, BALTIMORE, MD, US, (1997), ISSN 0270-9139, pages 1328 - 1337, XP002953740 [Y] 1-56 * the whole document *
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