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EP1879594 - USE OF A COMBINATION OF VITAMINS B AND PHYTOSTEROLS FOR LOWERING BLOOD PRESSURE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been refused Status updated on 06.05.2011 Database last updated on 25.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	06.05.2011	Refusal of application	published on 08.06.2011 [2011/23]
Applicant(s)	For:AT BE BG CH CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GR HU IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR Unilever N.V. Weena 455 3013 AL Rotterdam / NL
	For:CY GB IE Unilever PLC Unilever House 100 Victoria Embankment London EC4Y 0DY / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2009/03]	For:AT BE BG CH CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GR HU IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR UNILEVER N.V. Weena 455 3013 AL Rotterdam / NL
	For:CY GB IE Unilever PLC Unilever House 100 Victoria Embankment London EC4Y 0DY / GB
Former [2008/32]	For:AT BE BG CH CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GR HU IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR UNILEVER N.V. Weena 455 3013 AL Rotterdam / NL
	For:CY GB IE Unilever PLC Unilever House Blackfriars London EC4P 4BQ / GB
Former [2008/04]	For:AT BE BG CH CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GR HU IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR UNILEVER N.V. Weena 455 3013 AL Rotterdam / NL
	For:CY GB IE Unilever PLC Unilever House, Patent Group Blackfriars London Greater London EC4P 4BQ / GB
Inventor(s)	01 / BREE, Angelika, de UNILEVER R & D VLAARDINGEN Olivier Van Noortlaan 120 NL-3133 AT Vlaardingen / NL
	02 / PUT, Nathalie Marie Jeanne, van der UNILEVER R & D VLAARDINGEN Olivier Van Noortlaan 120 NL-3133 AT Vlaardingen / NL
	[2008/04]
Representative(s)	Corsten, Michael Allan, et al Unilever N.V. Unilever Patent Group Bronland 14 6708 WH Wageningen / NL
	[N/P]
Former [2010/09]	Corsten, Michael Allan, et al Unilever Patent Group Olivier van Noortlaan 120 3133 AT Vlaardingen / NL
Former [2008/04]	Joppe, Hermina Laura Petronella, et al Unilever N.V. Unilever Patent Group Olivier van Noortlaan 120 3133 AT Vlaardingen / NL
Application number, filing date	06707462.5	07.03.2006
	[2008/04]
	WO2006EP02097
Priority number, date	EP20050075798	07.04.2005 Original published format: EP 05075798
	[2008/04]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	WO2006105838
	Date:	12.10.2006
	Language:	EN
	[2006/41]
	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP1879594
	Date:	23.01.2008
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 12.10.2006 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2008/04]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	15.02.2007
Classification	IPC:	A61K31/585, A61K36/00, A61K31/4415, A61K31/714, A61K31/519, A61P9/12, A23L1/30, A23L1/302	[2008/04]
	CPC:	A61K31/525 (EP,US); A23L33/11 (EP,US); A23L33/15 (EP,US); A61K31/4415 (EP,US); A61K31/519 (EP,US); A61K31/575 (EP,US); (+) A61K31/714 (EP,US); A61K36/00 (EP,US); A61P9/12 (EP); A23V2002/00 (EP,US) (-)
	C-Set:	A61K31/4415, A61K2300/00 (US,EP); A61K31/519, A61K2300/00 (US,EP); A61K31/525, A61K2300/00 (US,EP); A61K31/575, A61K2300/00 (US,EP); (+) A61K31/714, A61K2300/00 (EP,US); A61K36/00, A61K2300/00 (EP,US); A23V2002/00, A23V2200/326, A23V2250/2136, A23V2250/7044, A23V2250/7052, A23V2250/706, A23V2250/7056 (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 [2008/04]
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	BA	Not yet paid
	HR	Not yet paid
	MK	Not yet paid
	YU	Not yet paid
Title	German:	VERWENDUNG EINER KOMBINATION AUS VITAMINEN B UND PHYTOSTEROLEN ZUR SENKUNG DES BLUTDRUCKS	[2008/04]
	English:	USE OF A COMBINATION OF VITAMINS B AND PHYTOSTEROLS FOR LOWERING BLOOD PRESSURE	[2008/04]
	French:	UTILISATION D'UNE COMBINAISON DE VITAMINES B ET PHYTOSTEROLES POUR DIMINUER LA PRESSION ARTERIEUSE	[2008/04]
Entry into regional phase	03.10.2007	National basic fee paid
	03.10.2007	Designation fee(s) paid
	03.10.2007	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	03.10.2007	Examination requested [2008/04]
	22.04.2008	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	13.08.2008	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	12.06.2009	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	12.08.2009	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	03.12.2010	Date of oral proceedings
	21.01.2011	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2011/23]
	31.01.2011	Application refused, date of legal effect [2011/23]
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 22.04.2008
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	27.03.2008	Renewal fee patent year 03
	26.03.2009	Renewal fee patent year 04
	25.03.2010	Renewal fee patent year 05
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	31.03.2011	06 M06 Not yet paid
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Cited in	International search	[Y]KR100396211B ;
		[Y]WO0057863 (MEDICURE INC [CA], et al) [Y] 1,4 * abstract *;
		[Y]US6136349 (KARPPANEN HEIKKI [FI], et al) [Y] 1,2,8,9 * claim 1 *;
		[Y]US2003133965 (BRUNO ROBERTO LUIS [BR], et al) [Y] 1,2,4-6,8,9 * paragraphs [0001] , [0124] , [0129]; example 1 *;
		[Y] - DATABASE WPI, 0, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 2004, no. 12, Database accession no. 2002-747914, XP002351813 & KR100396211B B1 20030917 (EUGENE SCI INC) [Y] 1,2 * abstract *
		[Y] - BAILEY AMELIA PURSER ET AL, "High cholesterol diet induces hypertension, renal damage, and atherosclerosis in LDLR -/- mice", FASEB JOURNAL, & EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 2005 MEETING/35TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; SAN DIEGO, CA, USA; MARCH 31 -APRIL 06, 2005, (200503), vol. 19, no. 5, Suppl. S, Part 2, ISSN 0892-6638, page A1235, XP009073212 [Y] 1-9 * abstract *
		[Y] - BORGHI CLAUDIO ET AL, Hypercholesterolemia and progression of high-normal blood pressure to hypertension., EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HYPERTENSION; NEW YORK, NY, USA; MAY 14-17, 2003, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION, VOL. 16, NR. 5 PART 2, PAGE(S) 207A, (200305), ISSN 0895-7061, XP009073211 [Y] 1-9 * abstract *

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