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EP4059504 - DRUG SUBSTANCE OF LEMBOREXANT AND MEDICINAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING SAME [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  23.10.2025
Database last updated on 14.03.2026
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  19.08.2022
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  23.07.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip30.01.2026New entry: Reply to examination report 
30.01.2026New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd.
4-6-10 Koishikawa
Bunkyo-ku
Tokyo 112-8088 / JP
[N/P]
Former [2022/38]For all designated states
Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd.
4-6-10 Koishikawa Bunkyo-ku
Tokyo 112-8088 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / ABE, Taichi
C/O Eisai Co., Ltd. Kashima Plant, 22, Sunayama
Kamisu-shi, Ibaraki 314-0255 / JP
02 / AYATA, Yusuke
C/O Eisai Co., Ltd. Kashima Plant, 22, Sunayama
Kamisu-shi, Ibaraki 314-0255 / JP
03 / SUZUKI, Nobuya
C/O Eisai Co., Ltd. Kawashima Industrial Complex
1, Kawashimatakehaya-machi
Kakamigahara-shi, Gifu 501-6024 / JP
04 / AKIMOTO, Yurie
C/O Eisai Co., Ltd. Kawashima Industrial Complex
1, Kawashimatakehaya-machi
Kakamigahara-shi, Gifu 501-6024 / JP
05 / SHIKATA, Futoshi
C/O Eisai Co., Ltd. Kawashima Industrial Complex
1, Kawashimatakehaya-machi
Kakamigahara-shi, Gifu 501-6024 / JP
06 / ZAIMA, Yasuhiro
C/O Eisai Co., Ltd. Kawashima Industrial Complex
1, Kawashimatakehaya-machi
Kakamigahara-shi, Gifu 501-6024 / JP
07 / YOSHIDA, Nobuo
C/O Eisai Co., Ltd., 4-6-10 Koishikawa, Bunkyo-ku
Tokyo 112-8088 / JP
 [2022/38]
Representative(s)Hoffmann Eitle
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB
Arabellastraße 30
81925 München / DE
[2022/38]
Application number, filing date21741344.214.01.2021
[2022/38]
WO2021JP01027
Priority number, dateJP2020000521416.01.2020         Original published format: JP 2020005214
[2022/38]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021145373
Date:22.07.2021
Language:JA
[2021/29]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4059504
Date:21.09.2022
Language:EN
[2022/38]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP22.07.2021
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP27.11.2023
ClassificationIPC:A61K9/16, A61K9/20, A61K31/506, A61P25/20, A61P43/00
[2023/52]
CPC:
A61P25/20 (EP,IL,KR); A61K31/506 (EP,IL,KR,US); A61K9/14 (KR);
A61K9/1652 (EP); A61K9/1688 (US); A61K9/2013 (US);
A61K9/2018 (US); A61K9/2054 (EP,US); A61P43/00 (EP,IL,KR) (-)
Former IPC [2022/38]A61K31/506, A61P25/20, A61P43/00
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 [2022/38]
TitleGerman:ARZNEISTOFF AUS LEMBOREXANT UND DIESE ENTHALTENDE MEDIZINISCHE ZUSAMMENSETZUNG[2022/38]
English:DRUG SUBSTANCE OF LEMBOREXANT AND MEDICINAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING SAME[2022/38]
French:SUBSTANCE MÉDICAMENTEUSE DE LEMBOREXANT ET COMPOSITION MÉDICINALE COMPRENANT CELLE-CI[2022/38]
Entry into regional phase13.06.2022Translation filed 
13.06.2022National basic fee paid 
13.06.2022Search fee paid 
13.06.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
13.06.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure13.06.2022Examination requested  [2022/38]
05.06.2024Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
05.06.2024Date on which the examining division has become responsible
22.10.2025Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
27.01.2026Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.01.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
25.01.2024Renewal fee patent year 04
28.01.2025Renewal fee patent year 05
29.01.2026Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[I] WO2019024845  (CRYSTAL PHARMACEUTICAL SUZHOU CO LTD et al.) [I] 1-15 * page 1, lines 22-25 * * examples 13, 14 * * figure 15 *
 [DI] WO2016063995  (EISAI R&D MAN CO LTD et al.) [DI] 1-15 * pages 1-2, paragraph 0003 * * page 26, paragraph 0155 - page 28, paragraph 0165 * * example 5 * * figures 1, 2 *
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 [Y] JP2016044170  (NIPPON CHEMIPHAR CO et al.)
 [Y] JP2002531403  
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