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EP1809261 - NON-GELATIN SOFT CAPSULE SYSTEM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 19.10.2012 Database last updated on 25.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	18.07.2014	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): HU	published on 20.08.2014 [2014/34]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC c/o CSC Services of Nevada, Inc. 520 East John Street Carson City, NV 89706 / US
	[2012/11]
Former [2011/49]	For all designated states R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC C/o CSC Services of Nevada, Inc. 502 East John Street Carson City, NV 89706 / US
Former [2010/07]	For all designated states R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC 7690 Cheyenne Avenue, Suite 100 Las Vegas, NV 89129 / US
Former [2007/30]	For all designated states R.P. Scherer Technologies, Inc. 7690 Cheyenne Avenue, Suite 100 Las Vegas, NV 89129 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / SHELLEY, Rickey, S. 986 Wood Street Largo, FL 34640 / US
	02 / STROUD, Norman 217 North Bay Hills Boulevard Safety Harbor, FL 34695 / US
	03 / YOUNGBLOOD, Elizabeth 5120 Rolling Fairway Drive Valrico, FL 33595 / US
	04 / TANNER, Keith 1600 Huntington Lane Safety Harbor, FL 34695 / US
	[2007/30]
Representative(s)	Dunleavy, Kevin James, et al Knoble & Yoshida LLC p/o De Vries & Metman Overschiestraat 180 1062 XK Amsterdam / NL
	[N/P]
Former [2008/47]	Dunleavy, Kevin James, et al Knoble & Yoshida LLC p/o De Vries & Metman Overschiestraat 180 1062 XK Amsterdam / NL
Former [2007/30]	Dunleavy, Kevin James Knoble & Yoshida, p/o De Vries & Metman, Overschiestraat 180 1062 XK Amsterdam / NL
Application number, filing date	05823349.5	26.10.2005
	[2007/30]
	WO2005US38532
Priority number, date	US20040984205	08.11.2004 Original published format: US 984205
	[2007/30]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2006052452
	Date:	18.05.2006
	Language:	EN
	[2006/20]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1809261
	Date:	25.07.2007
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 18.05.2006 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2007/30]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1809261
	Date:	14.12.2011
	Language:	EN
	[2011/50]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	18.05.2006
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	08.08.2008
Classification	IPC:	A61K9/48, A61K9/66	[2007/30]
	CPC:	A61K9/4816 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2007/30]
Extension states	AL	27.04.2007
	BA	27.04.2007
	HR	27.04.2007
	MK	27.04.2007
	YU	27.04.2007
Title	German:	GELATINEFREIES WEICHKAPSELSYSTEM	[2007/30]
	English:	NON-GELATIN SOFT CAPSULE SYSTEM	[2007/30]
	French:	SYSTEME DE CAPSULE MOLLE NON GELATINEUX	[2007/30]
Entry into regional phase	27.04.2007	National basic fee paid
	27.04.2007	Search fee paid
	27.04.2007	Designation fee(s) paid
	27.04.2007	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	27.04.2007	Examination requested [2007/30]
	24.07.2007	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	30.12.2008	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	31.08.2009	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time
	29.10.2009	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	25.01.2010	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	03.08.2010	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	10.03.2011	Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 11.03.2011
	11.03.2011	Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
	06.06.2011	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	27.09.2011	Fee for grant paid
	27.09.2011	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)	EP10194764.6 / EP2289496
	The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 30.12.2008
Opposition(s)	17.09.2012	No opposition filed within time limit [2012/47]
Request for further processing for:	The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the examination report
	29.10.2009	Request for further processing filed
	29.10.2009	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	16.11.2009	Decision despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	28.03.2008	Renewal fee patent year 03
	14.10.2008	Renewal fee patent year 04
	13.10.2009	Renewal fee patent year 05
	12.10.2010	Renewal fee patent year 06
	26.10.2011	Renewal fee patent year 07
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	31.10.2007	03 M06 Fee paid on 28.03.2008
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	Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court.
Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	26.10.2005
	SI	14.12.2011
	[2014/34]
Former [2012/25]	SI	14.12.2011
Documents cited:	Search	[Y]WO8802625 (SCHERER CORP R P [US]) [Y] 24 * abstract ** page 9, lines 18,19 *;
		[XY]US6340473 (TANNER KEITH EDWARD [US], et al) [X] 1-12,14,15,19-23,25-28 * abstract * * column 5, lines 20-48 * * table I * * example 1 * * table IV * * column 11, lines 9-18 * * column 11, lines 30-60 * * column 12, lines 31-33 * [Y] 13,16-18,24;
		[Y]WO0217855 (SCHERER TECHNOLOGIES INC R P [US], et al) [Y] 13,16-18 * abstract * * page 4, lines 1-20 * * page 7, lines 1-7 * * page 6, lines 1-8 *;
		[PX]WO2005065665 (ALBEMARLE CORP [US], et al) [PX] 1-12,14,15,19-23,25-28 * abstract * * paragraphs [0041] , [0042] , [0030] - [0032] *
	International search	[A]US5071643 (YU MAN S [US], et al);
		[A]US5376688 (MORTON FRANK S S [US], et al);
		[A]US5505961 (SHELLEY RICKEY S [US], et al)
	Examination	- SORASUCHART W ET AL, "Drug release from spray layered and coated drug-containing beads: Effects of pH and comparison of different dissolution methods", DRUG DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL PHARMACY 1999 US LNKD- DOI:10.1081/DDC-100102274, (1999), vol. 25, no. 10, ISSN 0363-9045, pages 1093 - 1098
		- Whistler, Roy, L., Paschall, Eugene, F., Starch Chemistry and Technology, New York, London, Academic Press 1965, Vol. 1, pages 521-533, (1965), ISSN 0363-9045
	by applicant	WO8802625
		US5071643
		US5360615
		US6340473
		WO0217855
		WO2005065665

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