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EP About this file: EP0547426

EP0547426 - Dispenser pack for the successive dispensing of a drug [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  29.05.1998
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip09.05.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 11.06.2008  [2008/24]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
G.D. Searle & Co.
P.O. Box 5110
Chicago IL 60680-5110 / US
[N/P]
Former [1993/25]For all designated states
G.D. SEARLE & CO.
P.O. Box 5110
Chicago IL 60680-5110 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Honan, David G.
31 Quincy Street
Somerville, Massachusetts 02143 / US
02 / Lantz, Gregory W.
1036 East Jefferson Avenue
Wheaton, Illinois 60187 / US
03 / Salisbury, Thomas
58 Pequot
Wayland, Massachusetts 01778 / US
[1993/25]
Representative(s)Kraus, Walter, et al
Patentanwälte Kraus, Weisert & Partner Thomas-Wimmer-Ring 15
80539 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1993/25]Kraus, Walter, Dr., et al
Patentanwälte Kraus, Weisert & Partner Thomas-Wimmer-Ring 15
D-80539 München / DE
Application number, filing date92120499.601.12.1992
[1993/25]
Priority number, dateUS1991081023319.12.1991         Original published format: US 810233
[1993/25]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0547426
Date:23.06.1993
Language:EN
[1993/25]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0547426
Date:23.07.1997
Language:EN
[1997/30]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP08.03.1993
ClassificationIPC:A61J7/00, B65D83/04
[1993/25]
CPC:
B65D83/0463 (EP,US); A61J1/035 (EP,US); A61J7/0076 (EP,US);
B65D2583/0409 (EP,US); B65D2583/0472 (EP,US); Y02W30/80 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   NL,   PT,   SE [1993/25]
TitleGerman:Spender zur einzelportionierten Ausgabe von Arzneimittel[1993/25]
English:Dispenser pack for the successive dispensing of a drug[1993/25]
French:Boîte distributrice pour distribution successive d'un médicament[1993/25]
Examination procedure18.10.1993Examination requested  [1993/50]
12.09.1995Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
16.02.1996Reply to a communication from the examining division
26.09.1996Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
20.01.1997Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
27.01.1997Communication of intention to grant the patent
28.04.1997Fee for grant paid
28.04.1997Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)24.04.1998No opposition filed within time limit [1998/29]
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.11.1994Renewal fee patent year 03
27.11.1995Renewal fee patent year 04
22.11.1996Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipGR23.07.1997
[2008/24]
Documents cited:Search[A]US3904075  (RICHARDSON JAMES E, et al);
 [AD]EP0191168  (SIMON UDO);
 [AD]US4905866  (BARTELL RALPH [US], et al);
 [A]US5019125  (REBNE THOMAS M [US], et al)
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