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EP0373195 - COMPOSITION FOR INCREASING MELANIN CONTENT OF MELANOCYTES IN-VIVO AND IN-VITRO AND METHODS FOR THE IN-VITRO USE THEREOF [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1990/25]METHODS FOR INCREASING MELANIN CONTENT AND FOR INDUCING MELANOCYTE PROLIFERATION IN-VIVO AND IN-VITRO
[1994/24]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  14.04.1995
Database last updated on 16.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip14.04.1995No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 07.06.1995 [1995/23]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
590 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215 / US
[1993/40]
Former [1990/25]For all designated states
THE TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE
Packard Hall
Medford, MA 02155 / US
Inventor(s)01 / GILCHREST, Barbara, A.
67 Walnut Place
Brookline, MA 02146 / US
02 / GORDON, Philip, R.
456 Centre Street, No. 3
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 / US
[1990/25]
Representative(s)Eyles, Christopher Thomas, et al
W.P. Thompson & Co.
55 Drury Lane
London WC2B 5SQ / GB
[N/P]
Former [1990/25]Eyles, Christopher Thomas, et al
W.P. THOMPSON & CO. Celcon House 289-293 High Holborn
London WC1V 7HU / GB
Application number, filing date89904310.327.03.1989
[1990/25]
WO1989US01265
Priority number, dateUS1988017517930.03.1988         Original published format: US 175179
[1990/25]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO8909258
Date:05.10.1989
Language:EN
[1989/24]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0373195
Date:20.06.1990
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 05.10.1989 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1990/25]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0373195
Date:15.06.1994
Language:EN
[1994/24]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US05.10.1989
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP14.05.1990
ClassificationIPC:C12N5/00
[1990/25]
CPC:
A61Q17/04 (EP,US); A61K8/375 (EP); A61K8/44 (EP);
A61K8/606 (EP); A61K8/64 (EP); A61K8/983 (EP);
A61K8/985 (EP); A61Q19/02 (EP); A61Q19/04 (EP);
A61Q5/00 (EP); A61Q5/10 (EP); C12N5/0626 (EP);
C12N2500/25 (EP); C12N2501/01 (EP); C12N2501/11 (EP);
C12N2501/39 (EP); C12N2501/395 (EP) (-)
Designated contracting statesBE,   DE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   SE [1990/25]
TitleGerman:ZUSAMMENSETZUNG ZUR IN-VIVO BZW. IN-VITRO STEIGERUNG DES MELANINGEHALTES DER MELANOCYTEN UND DEREN IN-VITRO VERWENDUNG[1994/24]
English:COMPOSITION FOR INCREASING MELANIN CONTENT OF MELANOCYTES IN-VIVO AND IN-VITRO AND METHODS FOR THE IN-VITRO USE THEREOF[1994/24]
French:COMPOSITION POUR ACCROITRE IN-VIVO OU IN-VITRO LA TENEUR EN MELANINE DES MELANOCYTES ET METHODES POUR UTILISER LA DITE COMPOSITION[1994/24]
Former [1990/25]VERFAHREN ZUR STEIGERUNG DES MELANINGEHALTES UND ZUR INDUZIERUNG DER MELANOZYTENVERMEHRUNG IN VIVO UND IN VITRO
Former [1990/25]METHODS FOR INCREASING MELANIN CONTENT AND FOR INDUCING MELANOCYTE PROLIFERATION IN-VIVO AND IN-VITRO
Former [1990/25]PROCEDES D'AUGMENTATION DE TENEUR EN MELANINE ET INDUISANT LA PROLIFERATION DE MELANOCYTES IN VIVO ET IN VITRO
Entry into regional phase24.11.1989National basic fee paid 
24.11.1989Search fee paid 
24.11.1989Designation fee(s) paid 
24.11.1989Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure24.11.1989Examination requested  [1991/41]
17.02.1993Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
02.07.1993Reply to a communication from the examining division
22.07.1993Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
13.12.1993Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
20.12.1993Communication of intention to grant the patent
28.03.1994Fee for grant paid
28.03.1994Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)16.03.1995No opposition filed within time limit [1995/23]
Fees paidRenewal fee
13.03.1991Renewal fee patent year 03
13.03.1992Renewal fee patent year 04
24.03.1993Renewal fee patent year 05
09.03.1994Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[XP]  - ANN. NY. ACAD. SCI., vol. 548, 1988, pages 180-190; R. HALABAN et al.: "Paracrine stimulation of melanocytes by keratinocytes through basic fibroblast growth factor"
 [X]  - CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS, vol. 100, no. 1, 2nd January 1984, page 113, abstract no. 1293t, Columbus, Ohio, US; B.A. GILCHREST et al.: "Autocrine and paracrine growth stimulation of cells derived from human skin", & J. CELL. PHYSIOL. 1983, 117(2), 235-40
International search[X]  - Journal of Cellular Physiology, 122, (3). 1985 pgs 350-3619 "The Stimulation of Normal Human Melanocyte Proliferation In-Vitro by Melanocyte Growth from Human Brain".
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