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EP2741823 - METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING SPERM FUNCTIONALITY [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  14.10.2016
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip14.10.2016Refusal of applicationpublished on 16.11.2016  [2016/46]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Androgenix Ltd
Level 5 101 Customs Street East
Auckland 1143 / NZ
[2014/25]
Inventor(s)01 / DICKER, Bridget Lee
3/24A Grange Road
Mt Eden
Auckland 1024 / NZ
02 / HONG, Jiwon
2D/23 Emily Place
Auckland Central
Auckland / NZ
03 / HUDSON, Keith
10 Tanekaha Road
Titirangi
Auckland 0604 / NZ
04 / JAYASINGHE, Shakeela Nathalia
86B Aviemore Drive
Highland Park
Manukau City Auckland 2010 / NZ
 [2014/25]
Representative(s)Docherty, Robert Charles, et al
Symbiosis IP Limited
York Biotech Campus
Office 14FA05
Sand Hutton
York, YO41 1LZ / GB
[N/P]
Former [2014/25]Docherty, Robert Charles
Symbiosis IP Limited
Apollo House
Eboracum Way
Heworth Green, York YO31 7RE / GB
Application number, filing date12822836.808.08.2012
WO2012NZ00140
Priority number, dateUS201161522609P11.08.2011         Original published format: US 201161522609 P
[2014/25]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2013022354
Date:14.02.2013
Language:EN
[2013/07]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2741823
Date:18.06.2014
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 14.02.2013 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2014/25]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:AU14.02.2013
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP13.06.2014
ClassificationIPC:A61P15/08, A61K35/52, A61K38/17, A61K47/48
[2014/25]
CPC:
A61K38/063 (EP,US); C12N5/061 (US); A01N1/0221 (US);
A61K38/1774 (EP,US); A61K38/465 (EP,US); A61K47/543 (EP,US);
A61K47/60 (EP,US); A61P15/08 (EP); C07K14/70596 (EP,US);
C12N9/22 (EP,US); C12N9/96 (EP,US); C12Y301/00 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   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,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2014/25]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN UND ZUSAMMENSETZUNGEN ZUR VERBESSERUNG DER SAMENFUNKTIONALITÄT[2014/25]
English:METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING SPERM FUNCTIONALITY[2014/25]
French:PROCÉDÉS ET COMPOSITIONS DESTINÉS À AMÉLIORER LA FONCTIONNALITÉ DU SPERME[2014/25]
Entry into regional phase04.03.2014National basic fee paid 
04.03.2014Search fee paid 
04.03.2014Designation fee(s) paid 
04.03.2014Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure24.05.2013Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: AU
04.03.2014Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
04.03.2014Examination requested  [2014/25]
09.07.2014Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
03.10.2014Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.01.2015Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
27.01.2015Reply to a communication from the examining division
30.06.2015Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
29.12.2015Reply to a communication from the examining division
21.06.2016Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 21.07.2016
28.06.2016Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2016/46]
07.07.2016Application refused, date of legal effect [2016/46]
21.07.2016Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
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  09.07.2014
Fees paidRenewal fee
07.08.2014Renewal fee patent year 03
20.07.2015Renewal fee patent year 04
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
31.08.201605   M06   Not yet paid
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Documents cited:Search[X]  - LEE R J ET AL, "DELIVERY OF LIPOSOMES INTO CULTURED KB CELLS VIA FOLATE RECEPTOR-MEDIATED ENDOCYTOSIS", JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, INC, BETHESDA, MD, USA, (19940204), vol. 269, no. 5, ISSN 1083-351X, pages 3198 - 3204, XP009059971 [X] 1,4,5,10 * the whole document * * figure 1 *
International search[X]WO2011099872  (ANDROGENIX LTD [NZ], et al);
 [Y]  - MOURA, A.A ET AL., "Proteins of the Accessory Sex Glands Associated With the Oocyte-Penetrating Capacity of Cauda Epididymal Sperm From Holstein Bulls of Documented Fertility.", MOLECULAR REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT, (2007), vol. 74, no. 2, pages 214 - 222, XP055070994

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrd.20590
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