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EP0617613 - POROUS SHAPED DELIVERY DEVICES AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THEREOF [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  04.04.1997
Database last updated on 22.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip09.05.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): GR
published on 11.06.2008  [2008/24]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Pfizer Inc.
235 East 42nd Street
New York, NY 10017 / US
[N/P]
Former [1994/40]For all designated states
PFIZER INC.
235 East 42nd Street
New York, N.Y. 10017 / US
Inventor(s)01 / LO, Julian B.
20 Old Stagecoach Road
Old Lyme, CT 06371 / US
02 / MACKAY, Gary G.
351 Shewville Road
Ledyard, CT 06339 / US
03 / PUZ, Michael J.
48A Nob Hill Road
New London, CT 06320 / US
[1994/40]
Representative(s)Wood, David John, et al
PFIZER LIMITED, Ramsgate Road Sandwich
Kent CT13 9NJ / GB
[N/P]
Former [1994/40]Wood, David John, et al
PFIZER LIMITED, Ramsgate Road
Sandwich, Kent CT13 9NJ / GB
Application number, filing date92923283.304.11.1992
[1994/40]
WO1992US09273
Priority number, dateUS1991081141120.12.1991         Original published format: US 811411
[1994/40]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9312770
Date:08.07.1993
Language:EN
[1993/16]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0617613
Date:05.10.1994
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 08.07.1993 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1994/40]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0617613
Date:29.05.1996
Language:EN
[1996/22]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP08.07.1993
ClassificationIPC:A61K9/20
[1994/40]
CPC:
A61K9/2095 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   NL,   SE [1996/03]
Former [1994/40]AT,  BE,  CH,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  SE 
TitleGerman:PORÖSE GEFORMTE ABGABEVORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG DERSELBE[1994/40]
English:POROUS SHAPED DELIVERY DEVICES AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THEREOF[1994/40]
French:ELEMENTS D'ADMINISTRATION DE MEDICAMENT PROFILES ET POREUX, ET PROCEDES DE PRODUCTION[1994/40]
Entry into regional phase14.06.1994National basic fee paid 
14.06.1994Designation fee(s) paid 
14.06.1994Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure12.05.1993Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
14.06.1994Examination requested  [1994/40]
26.10.1994Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
16.02.1995Reply to a communication from the examining division
04.07.1995Date of oral proceedings
12.07.1995Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
24.07.1995Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
29.11.1995Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
05.12.1995Communication of intention to grant the patent
16.02.1996Fee for grant paid
16.02.1996Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)01.03.1997No opposition filed within time limit [1997/21]
Fees paidRenewal fee
23.09.1994Renewal fee patent year 03
10.10.1995Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipGR29.05.1996
LU30.11.1996
[2008/24]
Former [2007/16]LU30.11.1996
Cited inInternational search[A]FR2335205  (BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH [DE]);
 [X]FR2366835  (WYETH JOHN & BROTHER LTD [GB]);
 [A]EP0081912  (WYETH JOHN & BROTHER LTD [GB]);
 [A]EP0084705  (WYETH JOHN & BROTHER LTD [GB]);
 [X]WO9109591  (MEDIVENTURES INC [US])
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