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EP About this file: EP3154553

EP3154553 - ENTERIC ELASTOMERS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  11.06.2021
Database last updated on 09.04.2026
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  03.07.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  02.01.2020
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  03.04.2019
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  20.03.2017
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  09.12.2016
Most recent event   Tooltip19.12.2025Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): TR		published on 21.01.2026  [2026/04]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139 / US
For all designated states
The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
75 Francis Street
Boston, MA 02115 / US
For all designated states
Tokitae LLC
11235 SE 6th Street, Suite 200
Bellevue, WA 98004 / US
[2017/16]
Inventor(s)01 / ZHANG, Shiyi
10 Hamlin Street, Floor 2
Cambridge, MA 02141 / US
02 / BELLINGER, Andrew
30 Standish Road
Wellesley, MA 02181 / US
03 / TRAVERSO, Carlo, Giovanni
3938 Bloor Street West
Etobicoke, Ontario M9B 1M1 / CA
04 / LANGER, Robert, S.
98 Montvale Road
Newton, MA 02459 / US
05 / GLETTIG, Dean, Liang
24 Antrim Street
Apt. 1
Cambridge, MA 02139 / US
06 / WOOD, Lowell, L., Jr.
989 112th Avenue N.E. 2310
Bellevue, WA 98004 / US
07 / ECKHOFF, Philip, A.
4230 105th Avenue N.E.
Kirkland, WA 98033 / US
 [2017/16]
Representative(s)Hoffmann Eitle
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB
Arabellastraße 30
81925 München / DE
[2017/16]
Application number, filing date15806483.211.06.2015
[2017/16]
WO2015US35425
Priority number, dateUS201462010992P11.06.2014         Original published format: US 201462010992 P
[2017/16]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2015191922
Date:17.12.2015
Language:EN
[2015/50]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3154553
Date:19.04.2017
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 17.12.2015 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2017/16]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3154553
Date:05.08.2020
Language:EN
[2020/32]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US17.12.2015
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP23.02.2018
ClassificationIPC:A61M31/00, A61M29/04, A61K9/00
[2018/13]
CPC:
A61K9/0065 (EP,IL,KR,RU,US); A61M31/002 (IL,US); A61K31/357 (EP,IL,RU,US);
A61K31/65 (EP,IL,RU,US); A61K31/7048 (EP,IL,RU,US); A61K47/10 (IL,US);
A61K47/30 (IL); A61K47/32 (IL,US); A61K47/34 (IL,US);
A61K47/38 (IL); A61K47/40 (IL,US); A61K47/42 (IL,US);
A61K47/58 (EP,IL,RU,US); A61K47/6901 (EP,IL,RU,US); A61K9/0053 (IL,US);
A61K9/48 (IL,US); C08G18/4277 (EP,IL,RU,US); C08G18/73 (EP,IL,RU,US);
C08G63/08 (EP,IL,RU,US); C08G83/006 (IL,US); C08L33/02 (IL,US);
C08L33/08 (IL,US); C08L33/14 (IL,US); C08G2230/00 (IL,US);
C08L2203/02 (IL,US); Y02A50/30 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2017/16]A61K31/78, A61K31/197, C07C57/04
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 [2017/16]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesMANot yet paid
TitleGerman:ENTERALE ELASTOMERE[2017/16]
English:ENTERIC ELASTOMERS[2017/16]
French:ÉLASTOMÈRES ENTÉRIQUES[2017/16]
Entry into regional phase29.12.2016National basic fee paid 
29.12.2016Search fee paid 
29.12.2016Designation fee(s) paid 
29.12.2016Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure29.12.2016Examination requested  [2017/16]
29.12.2016Date on which the examining division has become responsible
10.09.2018Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
08.04.2019Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
14.08.2019Reply to a communication from the examining division
03.01.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
13.05.2020Fee for grant paid
13.05.2020Fee for publishing/printing paid
13.05.2020Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)07.05.2021No opposition filed within time limit [2021/28]
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.06.2017Renewal fee patent year 03
27.06.2018Renewal fee patent year 04
27.06.2019Renewal fee patent year 05
29.06.2020Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU11.06.2015
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