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EP0613501 - OLIGONUCLEOTIDES AND THEIR USE IN AN ASSAY FOR ENCEPHALOPATHIES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  04.09.1998
Database last updated on 24.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip28.12.2002Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): NL
published on 12.02.2003  [2003/07]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
BTG INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
10 Fleet Place
London EC4M 7SB / GB
[N/P]
Former [1998/12]For all designated states
BRITISH TECHNOLOGY GROUP LIMITED
10 Fleet Place
London EC4M 7SB / GB
Former [1994/36]For all designated states
BRITISH TECHNOLOGY GROUP LIMITED
101 Newington Causeway
London SE1 6BU / GB
Inventor(s)01 / NARANG, Harash, Kumar
2 Kirton Avenue
Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE2 9HH / GB
[1994/36]
Representative(s)Percy, Richard Keith
Patents Department
British Technology Group Ltd
5 Fleet Place
London EC4M 7RD / GB
[N/P]
Former [1994/36]Percy, Richard Keith
Patents Department British Technology Group Ltd 101 Newington Causeway
London SE1 6BU / GB
Application number, filing date92916695.703.08.1992
[1994/36]
WO1992GB01426
Priority number, dateGB1991017910120.08.1991         Original published format: GB 91179101
[1994/36]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9304198
Date:04.03.1993
Language:EN
[1993/06]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0613501
Date:07.09.1994
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 04.03.1993 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1994/36]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0613501
Date:29.10.1997
Language:EN
[1997/44]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP04.03.1993
ClassificationIPC:C12Q1/68, C07H21/04
[1994/36]
CPC:
C12Q1/6883 (EP); C12Q2600/156 (EP)
Designated contracting statesBE,   DE,   DK,   FR,   IE,   NL [1997/44]
Former [1994/36]BE,  DE,  DK,  FR,  GB,  IE,  NL 
TitleGerman:Oligonukleotide und ihre Verwendung in einem Assay für Enzephalopothien.[1994/36]
English:OLIGONUCLEOTIDES AND THEIR USE IN AN ASSAY FOR ENCEPHALOPATHIES[1994/36]
French:OLIGONUCLEOTIDES ET LEUR USAGE DANS LA DETECTION DES ENCEPHALOPATHIES[1994/36]
Entry into regional phase24.02.1994National basic fee paid 
24.02.1994Designation fee(s) paid 
24.02.1994Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure15.03.1993Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: DE
01.03.1994Examination requested  [1994/36]
03.04.1996Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
30.08.1996Reply to a communication from the examining division
12.12.1996Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
16.04.1997Communication of intention to grant the patent
11.07.1997Fee for grant paid
11.07.1997Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)30.07.1998No opposition filed within time limit [1998/43]
Fees paidRenewal fee
14.07.1994Renewal fee patent year 03
14.07.1995Renewal fee patent year 04
23.07.1996Renewal fee patent year 05
10.07.1997Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipBE29.10.1997
DK29.10.1997
NL29.10.1997
[2003/07]
Former [1998/46]BE29.10.1997
DK29.10.1997
Former [1998/30]DK29.10.1997
Cited inInternational search[A]WO8911545  ;
 [A]EP0327377
 [A]  - PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF USA. vol. 83, September 1986, WASHINGTON US pages 6372 - 6376 C.LOCHT ET AL. 'Molecular cloning and complete sequence of prion protein cDNA from mouse brain infected with the scrapie agent'
 [A]  - JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROMES vol. 3, no. 2, 1990, NEW YORK,USA pages 95 - 97 P.R.WILLIS ET AL. 'Stem loops in HIV and prion protein mRNAs'
 [A]  - ABSTRACTS OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MICROBIOLOGISTS cited in the application 1988, page 363, abstract nØ C-188 H.SORUM ET AL.
 [A]  - THE JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY vol. 72, January 1991, UK pages 201 - 204 W.GOLDMANN ET AL. 'Different forms of the bovine PrP protein gene have five or six copies of a short, G-C rich element within the protein-coding region'
 [A]  - TRENDS IN NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES vol. 12, no. 6, 1989, UK pages 221 - 227 D.WESTAWAY ET AL. 'Unraveling prion diseases through molecular genetics'
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