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EP3120831 - TOPICAL DELIVERY OF SKIN COMPOSITIONS HAVING LOW PH [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  01.07.2022
Database last updated on 26.04.2025
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  23.07.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  16.03.2021
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  01.02.2021
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  22.09.2020
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  20.08.2020
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  07.04.2020
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  15.06.2018
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  21.07.2017
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  23.12.2016
Most recent event   Tooltip06.09.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MT		published on 09.10.2024  [2024/41]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.
199 Grandview Road
Skillman, NJ 08558 / US
[2017/04]
Inventor(s)01 / BRILLOUET, Anne-Sophie
199 Grandview Road
Skillman, NJ New Jersey 08558 / US
02 / DUFORT, Marisa DeVita
199 Grandview Road
Skillman, NJ New Jersey 08558 / US
03 / FASSIH, Ali
199 Grandview Road
Skillman, NJ New Jersey 08558 / US
04 / GARCIA, Devin L.
199 Grandview Road
Skillman, NJ New Jersey 08558 / US
05 / HU, Ya-Ping
199 Grandview Road
Skillman, NJ New Jersey 08558 / US
06 / LI, Wen-Hwa Ting
199 Grandview Road
Skillman, NJ New Jersey 08558 / US
07 / PARSA, Ramine
199 Grandview Road
Skillman, NJ New Jersey 08558 / US
08 / PATURI, Jyotsna
199 Grandview Road
Skillman, NJ New Jersey 08558 / US
09 / ROSSETTI, Dianne
199 Grandview Road
Skillman, NJ New Jersey 08558 / US
10 / SUN, Ying
90 Woodview Drive
Belle Mead New Jersey 08502 / US
11 / WANGARI-TALBOT, Janet
199 Grandview Road
Skillman, NJ New Jersey 08558 / US
12 / YATES, Robert Wayne
792 Meadowood Lane
Warminster Pennsylvania 18974 / US
 [2017/04]
Representative(s)Carpmaels & Ransford LLP
One Southampton Row
London WC1B 5HA / GB
[2017/04]
Application number, filing date16180841.522.07.2016
[2017/04]
Priority number, dateUS20151480669923.07.2015         Original published format: US201514806699
[2017/04]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3120831
Date:25.01.2017
Language:EN
[2017/04]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3120831
Date:25.08.2021
Language:EN
[2021/34]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP28.09.2016
ClassificationIPC:A61K8/73, A61Q19/00, A61K8/36, A61K8/365, A61K8/37, A61K8/39
[2017/04]
CPC:
A61K8/735 (EP,BR,CN,KR,RU,US); A61K31/728 (CN); A61K45/06 (CN);
A61K47/02 (CN); A61K47/10 (CN); A61K47/12 (CN);
A61K47/14 (CN); A61K47/26 (CN); A61K47/32 (CN);
A61K47/36 (CN); A61K47/38 (CN); A61K8/19 (KR);
A61K8/25 (CN); A61K8/26 (CN,US); A61K8/34 (KR);
A61K8/345 (BR,CN,RU,US); A61K8/36 (EP,CN,KR,RU,US); A61K8/362 (KR);
A61K8/365 (EP,BR,US); A61K8/37 (RU); A61K8/375 (EP,CN,RU,US);
A61K8/39 (EP,US); A61K8/4993 (CN); A61K8/73 (CN);
A61K8/731 (CN); A61K8/81 (KR); A61K8/8111 (CN);
A61K8/8152 (CN,US); A61K8/8158 (CN); A61K8/8194 (BR);
A61K8/86 (CN); A61K9/0014 (CN); A61K9/12 (CN);
A61P17/00 (EP); A61P17/10 (EP); A61P17/18 (EP);
A61Q19/00 (EP,BR,CN,KR,RU,US); A61Q19/007 (US); A61Q19/08 (CN);
A61K2800/10 (CN); A61K2800/48 (US); A61K2800/592 (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 [2017/34]
Former [2017/04]AL,  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 
TitleGerman:TOPISCHE VERABREICHUNG VON HAUTZUSAMMENSETZUNGEN MIT NIEDRIGEM PH[2017/04]
English:TOPICAL DELIVERY OF SKIN COMPOSITIONS HAVING LOW PH[2017/04]
French:ADMINISTRATION TOPIQUE DE COMPOSITIONS CUTANÉES AYANT UN FAIBLE PH[2017/04]
Examination procedure22.07.2016Date on which the examining division has become responsible
17.07.2017Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
17.07.2017Examination requested  [2017/34]
13.06.2018Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
23.10.2018Reply to a communication from the examining division
17.05.2019Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
19.09.2019Reply to a communication from the examining division
08.04.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
18.08.2020Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
23.09.2020Communication of intention to grant the patent
29.01.2021Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
17.03.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
13.07.2021Fee for grant paid
13.07.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
13.07.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)27.05.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2022/31]
Fees paidRenewal fee
11.07.2018Renewal fee patent year 03
15.07.2019Renewal fee patent year 04
14.07.2020Renewal fee patent year 05
15.07.2021Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU22.07.2016
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 [Y]US2015126618  (POLLOCK DAVID E [US]) [Y] 1-15 * claim 1 * * page 2, paragraph 24 * * page 2, paragraphs 26,27 * * page 3, paragraph 38 * * example 2 *;
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