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EP0233031 - Methylthioribose analogues, their preparation and use as medicinal agents and biocides [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  10.02.1994
Database last updated on 09.04.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip07.03.1997Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 23.04.1997 [1997/17]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
STATE OF OREGON BY AND THROUGH OREGON STATE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION ON BEHALF OREGON HEALTH SC. UNIV. AND OREGON STATE UNIV.
3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road Portland
Oregon 97201 / US
[N/P]
Former [1987/34]For all designated states
STATE OF OREGON BY AND THROUGH THE OREGON STATE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION ON BEHALF OF THE OREGON HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY
AND OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road
Portland, Oregon 97201 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Risco, Michael K.
19355 S.W. 65th Street
Tualatin Oregon 97202 / US
02 / Fitchen, John H.
6920 S.E. 28th Avenue
Portland Oregon 97202 / US
03 / Ferro, Adolph J.
1112 N.W. Charlemagne Corvallis
Oregon 97330 / US
[1987/34]
Representative(s)Sheard, Andrew Gregory, et al
Kilburn & Strode LLP
20 Red Lion Street
London WC1R 4PJ / GB
[N/P]
Former [1992/42]Sheard, Andrew Gregory, et al
Kilburn & Strode 30, John Street
London WC1N 2DD / GB
Former [1991/17]Thompson, Clive Beresford
SmithKline Beecham plc Corporate Intellectual Property SB House Great West Road
Brentford, Middlesex TW8 9BD / GB
Former [1987/34]Sheard, Andrew Gregory
Kilburn & Strode 30, John Street
London WC1N 2DD / GB
Application number, filing date87300871.830.01.1987
[1987/34]
Priority number, dateUS1986082392930.01.1986         Original published format: US 823929
[1987/34]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0233031
Date:19.08.1987
Language:EN
[1987/34]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0233031
Date:05.04.1989
Language:EN
[1989/14]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0233031
Date:07.04.1993
Language:EN
[1993/14]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP15.02.1989
ClassificationIPC:C07H5/02, C07H15/14, A61K31/70, // C07H19/06
[1987/34]
CPC:
C07H5/02 (EP); A61P31/04 (EP); A61P33/02 (EP);
C07H15/14 (EP); C07H19/06 (EP)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IT,   LI,   LU,   NL,   SE [1987/34]
TitleGerman:Analoge der Methylthioribose, ihre Herstellung sowie medizinische und biozide Verwendung[1987/34]
English:Methylthioribose analogues, their preparation and use as medicinal agents and biocides[1987/34]
French:Analogues de méthylthioribose, leur préparation et emploi comme agents à activité médicinale et biocide[1987/34]
Examination procedure25.09.1989Examination requested  [1989/47]
11.02.1991Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
11.06.1991Reply to a communication from the examining division
29.01.1992Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
21.02.1992Reply to a communication from the examining division
06.04.1992Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
06.08.1992Communication of intention to grant the patent
30.09.1992Fee for grant paid
30.09.1992Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)08.01.1994No opposition filed within time limit [1994/13]
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.01.1989Renewal fee patent year 03
17.01.1990Renewal fee patent year 04
29.01.1991Renewal fee patent year 05
30.12.1991Renewal fee patent year 06
21.01.1993Renewal fee patent year 07
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Documents cited:Search[X]   CABOHYDRATE RESEARCH, vol. 99, no. 1, January 1982, pages 23-31, Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., Amsterdam, NL; W.L. DILLS, Jr. et al.: "2,5-anhydro-1-deoxy-d-lyxitol, 2,5-anhydro-1-deoxy-d-mannitol, and 2,5-anhydro-1-deoxy-d-talitol. Synthesis and enzymic studies"
 [X]   CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS, vol. 102, no. 3, 21st January 1985, page 20, no. 17155b, Columbus, Ohio, US; L. NOVOTNY et al.: "Structure-intestinal transport and structure-metabolism correlations of some potential cancerostatic pyrimidine nucleosides in isolated rat jejunum", & CANCER CHEMOTHER. PHARMACOL. 1984, 13(3), 195-9; & Eleventh Collective Index, volumes 96-105, 1982-1986, formulas C5H8O2-C8H7T; & Beta-d-ribofuranose,5-chloro-5-deoxy
 [X]   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS, vol. 26, no. 24, 1985, pages 2885-2888, Pergamon Press Ltd, GB; Y. TAMARU et al.: "Iodoetherification of 4-penten-1,3-diols: Stereoselective synthesis of cis 2-iodomethyl-3-hydroxytetrahydrofurans"
 [X]   CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS, vol. 101, no. 7, 13th August 1984, page 648, no. 55396t, Columbus, Ohio, US; R. WEN et al.: "Methyleneindolines, indolenines and indoleniniums. XVII. Rearrangement of deethyltabersonine in acetic acid", & HETEROCYCLES 1984, 22(5), 1061-5
 [X]   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS, vol. 21, 1980, pages 3051-3054, Pergamon Press Ltd, GB; J.-P. BATS et al.: "Transposition des oxirannes-ethanols par l'intermdiaire d'alcoxyetains. Influence de la configuration de l'oxiranne"
 [X]   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS, vol. 22, no. 45, 1981, pages 4503-4506, Pergamon Press Ltd, GB; S. DAVID et al.: "A case of oligomerization on attempted chlorination of an alpha-hydroxy acetal with the triphenylphosphine tetrachloromethane reagent" [X]
 [X]   CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS, vol. 95, no. 21, 23rd November 1981, page 214, no. 182436p, Columbus, Ohio, US; S.K. SHAPIRO et al.: "5-methylthioribose as a precursor of the carbon chain of methionine", & BIOCHEM. BIOPHYS. RES. COMMUN. 1981, 102(1), 302-7 [X]
 [X]   CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS, vol. 80, no. 11, 18th March 1974, page 151, no. 57296g, Columbus, Ohio, US; H.T. SCHROEDER et al.: "Biological production of 5-methylthioribose.", & CAN. J. MICROBIOL. 1973, 19(11), 1347-54 [X]
Examination  Kushad et al, Plant Physiology, 1985, 79(2), 525-9, discloses ethylthioribose (ETR), isopropylthioribose (iPTR) and isobutylthioribose (iBTR) as inhibitors of MTR-kinase present in tomatoes
   Methods in enzymology, 1983, 94, 361-364, discloses that ETR, PTR, i-PTR, BTR and iBTR are substrates of MTR-kinase isolated from E.aerogenes
   Biochem. Pharmacol., 1980, 29(13), 1963-5, discloses that iBTR is a metabolite of isobutylthioadenosine
   Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1976, 438, 487-494, discloses PTR and ETR as products of an MTA nucleosidase
   J. Med. Chem, 1974, 17(11), 1197-207, discloses ETR as an intermediate
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