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EP About this file: EP0691948

EP0691948 - PROTECTING GROUP FOR USE IN OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHESIS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  15.12.2000
Database last updated on 10.05.2025
Most recent event   Tooltip28.12.2007Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT		published on 30.01.2008  [2008/05]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Laporte PLC
3 Bedford Stuare
London WC1B 3RA / GB
[1996/03]
Inventor(s)01 / RAMAGE, Robert
26 Craigleith View Ravelston
Edinburgh EH4 3TZ / GB
[1996/03]
Representative(s)ffrench-Lynch, Cecil, et al
Castles 17 Landsdowne Road Croydon
Surrey CRO 2BX / GB
[N/P]
Former [1997/45]ffrench-Lynch, Cecil, et al
Castle International, Canterbury House, 2-6 Sydenham Road
Croydon, Surrey CRO 9XE / GB
Former [1997/31](deleted)
Former [1996/03]Green, Mark Charles
Urquhart-Dykes & Lord, 91 Wimpole Street
London W1M 8AH / GB
Application number, filing date94912007.529.03.1994
[1996/03]
WO1994GB00656
Priority number, dateGB1993000701402.04.1993         Original published format: GB 9307014
[1996/03]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9422802
Date:13.10.1994
Language:EN
[1994/23]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0691948
Date:17.01.1996
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 13.10.1994 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1996/03]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0691948
Date:16.02.2000
Language:EN
[2000/07]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP13.10.1994
ClassificationIPC:C07C43/21, C07C22/04, C07H21/00, C07C33/34
[1996/03]
CPC:
C07H19/06 (EP,US); C07C22/04 (EP,US); C07C33/34 (EP,US);
C07C43/225 (EP,US); C07C43/23 (EP,US); C07H21/00 (EP,US);
C07C2603/54 (EP,US); Y02P20/55 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [1996/03]
TitleGerman:SCHUTZGRUPPE ZUR VERWENDUNG IN DER OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDSYNTHESE[1996/03]
English:PROTECTING GROUP FOR USE IN OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHESIS[1996/03]
French:GROUPE DE PROTECTION S'APPLIQUANT A LA SYNTHESE OLIGODESOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDIQUE[1996/03]
Entry into regional phase18.08.1995National basic fee paid 
18.08.1995Designation fee(s) paid 
18.08.1995Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure10.10.1994Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
18.08.1995Examination requested  [1996/03]
15.10.1998Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
08.01.1999Reply to a communication from the examining division
06.07.1999Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
16.08.1999Communication of intention to grant the patent
09.11.1999Fee for grant paid
09.11.1999Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)17.11.2000No opposition filed within time limit [2001/05]
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.03.1996Renewal fee patent year 03
24.03.1997Renewal fee patent year 04
23.01.1998Renewal fee patent year 05
11.03.1999Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT16.02.2000
BE16.02.2000
ES16.02.2000
FR16.02.2000
GR16.02.2000
IT16.02.2000
NL16.02.2000
IE29.03.2000
LU29.03.2000
DK16.05.2000
PT16.05.2000
MC30.09.2000
[2008/05]
Former [2004/39]AT16.02.2000
BE16.02.2000
ES16.02.2000
FR16.02.2000
GR16.02.2000
NL16.02.2000
IE29.03.2000
LU29.03.2000
DK16.05.2000
PT16.05.2000
MC30.09.2000
Former [2004/35]AT16.02.2000
BE16.02.2000
ES16.02.2000
FR16.02.2000
GR16.02.2000
NL16.02.2000
IE29.03.2000
DK16.05.2000
PT16.05.2000
MC30.09.2000
Former [2004/07]AT16.02.2000
BE16.02.2000
ES16.02.2000
GR16.02.2000
NL16.02.2000
IE29.03.2000
DK16.05.2000
PT16.05.2000
FR13.07.2000
MC30.09.2000
Former [2003/45]AT16.02.2000
BE16.02.2000
ES16.02.2000
NL16.02.2000
IE29.03.2000
DK16.05.2000
PT16.05.2000
FR13.07.2000
MC30.09.2000
Former [2003/18]AT16.02.2000
BE16.02.2000
ES16.02.2000
NL16.02.2000
IE29.03.2000
PT16.05.2000
FR13.07.2000
MC30.09.2000
Former [2003/17]AT16.02.2000
BE16.02.2000
ES16.02.2000
NL16.02.2000
IE29.03.2000
MC16.04.2000
PT16.05.2000
FR13.07.2000
Former [2003/08]AT16.02.2000
BE16.02.2000
ES16.02.2000
NL16.02.2000
IE29.03.2000
PT16.05.2000
FR13.07.2000
MC30.09.2000
Former [2002/26]AT16.02.2000
BE16.02.2000
ES16.02.2000
IE29.03.2000
PT16.05.2000
FR13.07.2000
MC30.09.2000
Former [2001/50]AT16.02.2000
BE16.02.2000
IE29.03.2000
PT16.05.2000
FR13.07.2000
MC30.09.2000
Former [2001/24]AT16.02.2000
BE16.02.2000
PT16.05.2000
FR13.07.2000
MC30.09.2000
Former [2001/16]AT16.02.2000
BE16.02.2000
PT16.05.2000
FR13.07.2000
Former [2001/09]AT16.02.2000
BE16.02.2000
PT16.05.2000
Former [2001/08]AT16.02.2000
BE16.02.2000
Cited inInternational search[A]WO9209615  (PHARMACIA LKB BIOTECH [SE]) [A] 1-13* example 8 *;
 [DA]GB2251242  (RAMAGE ROBERT, et al) [DA] 1-13 * the whole document *
 [PX]  - R. RAMAGE, F.O. WAHL, TETRAHEDRON. LETT., (1993), vol. 34, pages 7133 - 6 [PX] 1-13 * the whole document *
 [A]  - E. HAPP, S. HAPP, "New trityl-based protecting groups with a mild two-step removal", NUCLEOSIDES & NUCLEOTIDES, (1988), vol. 7, pages 813 - 6 [A] 1-13 * the whole document *
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