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EP0442423 - Use of buspirone in sleep apneas [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  11.11.1995
Database last updated on 31.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip11.11.1995No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 03.01.1996 [1996/01]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Route 206 and Province Line Road
Princeton, NJ 08543 / US
For all designated states
STANFORD, UNIVERSITY
Stanford
California 94305 / US
[N/P]
Former [1991/34]For all designated states
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
345 Park Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10154 / US
For all designated states
STANFORD, UNIVERSITY
Stanford, California 94305 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Dement, William C.
440 Gerona Road
Stanford, California 94305 / US
02 / Rosekind, Mark R.
1761 Lantis Lane
Los Altos, California 94022 / US
03 / Schwimmer, Jeffrey L.
31 Egbert Avenue
Morristown, New Jersey 07960 / US
[1991/34]
Representative(s)Kinzebach, Werner, et al
Reitstötter, Kinzebach & Partner Patentanwälte Postfach 86 06 49
81633 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1991/34]Kinzebach, Werner, Dr., et al
Patentanwälte Reitstötter, Kinzebach und Partner Postfach 86 06 49
D-81633 München / DE
Application number, filing date91101888.511.02.1991
[1991/34]
Priority number, dateUS1990047980312.02.1990         Original published format: US 479803
[1991/34]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0442423
Date:21.08.1991
Language:EN
[1991/34]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0442423
Date:11.01.1995
Language:EN
[1995/02]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP13.05.1991
ClassificationIPC:A61K31/505
[1991/34]
CPC:
A61K31/505 (EP,KR); A61P25/00 (EP); A61P7/02 (EP)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IT,   LI,   LU,   NL,   SE [1991/34]
TitleGerman:Verwendung von Buspiron in Schlaf-Apnoe[1991/34]
English:Use of buspirone in sleep apneas[1991/34]
French:Utilisation de la buspirone dans les apnées de sommeil[1991/34]
Examination procedure11.02.1992Examination requested  [1992/16]
18.03.1993Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M05)
18.08.1993Reply to a communication from the examining division
05.04.1994Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
29.06.1994Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
07.07.1994Communication of intention to grant the patent
14.10.1994Fee for grant paid
14.10.1994Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)12.10.1995No opposition filed within time limit [1996/01]
Fees paidRenewal fee
08.02.1993Renewal fee patent year 03
08.02.1994Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[XD]  - FASEB J., vol. 2, no. 5, 1988, page A1507, abstract no. 7030; D.M. RAPOPORT et al.: "Comparison of the effects of buspirone and diazepam on control of breathing"
 [XD]  - AM. REV. RESPIR. DIS., vol. 139, no. 4, April 1989, pages 946-950; S.J. GARNER et al.: "Buspirone, an anxiolytic drug that stimulates respiration"
 [X]  - AM. REV. RESPIR. DIS., vol. 139, no. 4, April 1989, page A625; D.M. RAPOPORT et al.: "Buspirone - A new respiratory stimulant"
 [XP]  - AM. REV. RESPIR. DIS., vol. 141, no. 6, June 1990, pages 1527-1530; W.B. MENDELSON et al.: "Effects of buspirone on sleep and respiration"
 [XP]  - DRUG. THER., vol. 20 suppl., August 1990, pages 52-57; M.B. SCHARF: "Sleep in affective disorders"
 [XP]  - BRAIN RES., vol. 535, no. 2, 10th December 1990, pages 281-287; D. MORIN et al.: "Serotonergic influences on central respiratory activity: an in vitro study in the newborn rat"
 [A]  - "The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy", 15th edition, 1987, pages 1379-1380, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, N.J., US; T. BERKOW et al.: "Sleep Apnea"
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