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EP About this file: EP2407468

EP2407468 - IMPROVED METHOD FOR PREPARING MEROPENEM USING ZINC POWDER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  20.02.2015
Database last updated on 01.01.2025
Most recent event   Tooltip22.06.2018Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MK		published on 25.07.2018  [2018/30]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
DAEWOONG PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
223-23, Sangdaewon dong Joongwon-gu Sungnam-si
Kyunggi-do 462-120 / KR
For all designated states
Daewoong Bio Inc.
906-5 Sangshin-ri Hyangnam-myeon Hwaseong-si
Gyeonggi-do 445-922 / KR
[2012/03]
Inventor(s)01 / SONG, Yoon Seok
969-1903, Baekdu Kukdong Apt.
Sanbon-dong
Gunpo-city Gyeonggi-do 435-040 / KR
02 / PARK, Sung Woo
101, 232-18
Neung-dong
Gwangjin-gu
Seoul 143-847 / KR
03 / YOON, Yeon Jung
102-1001, Shinil Apt.
Yuljeon-dong
Jangan-gu
Suwon-city Gyeonggi-do 440-726 / KR
04 / YOON, Hee Kyoon
305-503 Booyoung e-greentown
2540 Yongam-dong
Sangdang-gu
Cheongju-city Chungbuk 360-100 / KR
05 / MOON, Seong Cheol
2503-702
Moamiraedo Apt.
593 Dongbaek-dong
Giheung-gu
Yongin-city Gyeonggi-do 446-911 / KR
06 / LEE, Byung Goo
5-401, Hanatown
728-13, Jowon-dong
Jangan-gu
Suwon-city Gyeonggi-do 440-847 / KR
07 / CHOI, Soo Jin
3102-803
Seohae Grandbleu
Seongsan maeul
Dongbaek-dong, Giheung-gu
Yongin-city Gyeonggi-do 446-911 / KR
08 / JUN, Sun Ah
A-203, Dunjeon Greenvill
Dunjeon-ri
Pogok-eup
Cheoin-gu
Yongin-city Gyeonggi-do 449-812 / KR
 [2012/03]
Representative(s)Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo LLP
Alder Castle
10 Noble Street
London EC2V 7JX / GB
[2013/15]
Former [2012/03]Rands, Peter David, et al
Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo Intellectual Property LLP Alder Castle 10 Noble Street
London EC2V 7JX / GB
Application number, filing date10751027.311.03.2010
WO2010KR01516
Priority number, dateKR2009002162213.03.2009         Original published format: KR 20090021622
[2012/03]
Filing languageKO
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO2010104336
Date:16.09.2010
Language:KO
[2010/37]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP2407468
Date:18.01.2012
Language:EN
[2012/03]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2407468
Date:16.04.2014
Language:EN
[2014/16]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:KR23.12.2010
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP03.08.2012
ClassificationIPC:C07D477/20, C07D477/04, C07D477/10
[2012/03]
CPC:
C07D477/08 (EP,US); C07D477/04 (EP,US); C07D477/10 (EP,US);
C07D477/20 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2012/03]
Extension statesALNot yet paid
BANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
RSNot yet paid
TitleGerman:VERBESSERTES VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON MEROPENEM ANHAND VON ZINKPULVER[2012/03]
English:IMPROVED METHOD FOR PREPARING MEROPENEM USING ZINC POWDER[2012/03]
French:PROCÉDÉ AMÉLIORÉ POUR LA PRÉPARATION DE MEROPENEM À L'AIDE DE POUDRE DE ZINC[2012/03]
Entry into regional phase25.08.2011Translation filed 
25.08.2011National basic fee paid 
25.08.2011Search fee paid 
25.08.2011Designation fee(s) paid 
25.08.2011Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure25.08.2011Examination requested  [2012/03]
15.02.2013Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
08.11.2013Communication of intention to grant the patent
25.02.2014Fee for grant paid
25.02.2014Fee for publishing/printing paid
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  08.11.2013
Opposition(s)19.01.2015No opposition filed within time limit [2015/13]
Fees paidRenewal fee
06.03.2012Renewal fee patent year 03
11.03.2013Renewal fee patent year 04
10.03.2014Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU11.03.2010
AT16.04.2014
BE16.04.2014
CY16.04.2014
CZ16.04.2014
DK16.04.2014
EE16.04.2014
FI16.04.2014
HR16.04.2014
LT16.04.2014
LV16.04.2014
MC16.04.2014
MK16.04.2014
MT16.04.2014
NL16.04.2014
PL16.04.2014
RO16.04.2014
SE16.04.2014
SI16.04.2014
SK16.04.2014
SM16.04.2014
TR16.04.2014
BG16.07.2014
NO16.07.2014
IS16.08.2014
PT18.08.2014
[2018/30]
Former [2017/38]HU11.03.2010
AT16.04.2014
BE16.04.2014
CY16.04.2014
CZ16.04.2014
DK16.04.2014
EE16.04.2014
FI16.04.2014
HR16.04.2014
LT16.04.2014
LV16.04.2014
MC16.04.2014
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NL16.04.2014
PL16.04.2014
RO16.04.2014
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BG16.07.2014
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BG16.07.2014
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PT18.08.2014
Former [2015/46]AT16.04.2014
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DK16.04.2014
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FI16.04.2014
HR16.04.2014
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BG16.07.2014
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PT18.08.2014
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CZ16.04.2014
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NL16.04.2014
PL16.04.2014
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NO16.07.2014
IS16.08.2014
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FI16.04.2014
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LT16.04.2014
LV16.04.2014
NL16.04.2014
PL16.04.2014
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BG16.07.2014
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FI16.04.2014
LT16.04.2014
BG16.07.2014
NO16.07.2014
IS16.08.2014
Former [2014/48]CY16.04.2014
LT16.04.2014
BG16.07.2014
Former [2014/47]CY16.04.2014
Documents cited:Search[I]  - NAGAO Y ET AL, "BETA-LACTAMS. 3. ASYMMETRIC TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF NEW NON-NATURAL 1BETA-METHYLCARBAPENEMS EXHIBITING STRONG ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITIES AND STABILITY AGAINST HUMAN RENAL DEHYDROPEPTIDASE-I", JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, ACS, US, (19920101), vol. 57, no. 15, doi:10.1021/JO00041A033, ISSN 0022-3263, pages 4243 - 4249, XP002909709 [I] 1-5,11,12 * Scheme V and page 4249, right column: Preparation of (1b) from (29). *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jo00041a033
International search[Y]KR100781821B  (MOON, SOON KU);
 [Y]KR20020005334  (KOREA INST SCI & TECH [KR]);
 [Y]WO2006035300  (RANBAXY LAB LTD [IN], et al);
 [A]KR20060020081  (KOREA RES INST CHEM TECH [KR]);
 [A]EP0256377  (SUMITOMO PHARMA [JP])
by applicantUS4943569
 US4888344
 KR940014399
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