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EP0781135 - CODEINE CONTAINING FORMULATIONS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 10.10.2003 Database last updated on 11.04.2026
Most recent event Tooltip	21.11.2003	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): DK	published on 07.01.2004 [2004/02]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states SMITHKLINE BEECHAM PLC 980 Great West Road Brentford Middlesex TW8 9GS / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2002/36]	For all designated states SmithKline Beecham plc 980 Great West Road Brentford, Middlesex TW8 9GS / GB
Former [2002/35]	For all designated states SMITHKLINE BEECHAM PLC 980 Great West Road Brentford, Middlesex TW8 9GS / GB
Former [1997/27]	For all designated states SMITHKLINE BEECHAM PLC New Horizons Court Brentford, Middlesex TW8 9BD / GB
Inventor(s)	01 / CHAN, Shing Yue 2 Hayley Place Cherrybrook, NSW 2126 / AU
	02 / JAMES, David Charles 6/23-25 Station Street West Ryde, NSW 2114 / AU
	03 / OWEN, Peter 19 Waratah Road Berowra, NSW 2031 / AU
	[1997/27]
Representative(s)	White, Susan Mary, et al GlaxoSmithKline Global Patents (CN925.1) 980 Great West Road Brentford, Middlesex TW8 9GS / GB
	[N/P]
Former [1997/27]	White, Susan Mary, et al SmithKline Beecham plc Corporate Intellectual Property, Two New Horizons Court Brentford, Middlesex TW8 9EP / GB
Application number, filing date	95931856.9	14.09.1995
	[1997/27]
	WO1995AU00601
Priority number, date	AU1994PM08149	14.09.1994 Original published format: AU PM814994
	[1997/27]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9608252
	Date:	21.03.1996
	Language:	EN
	[1996/13]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0781135
	Date:	02.07.1997
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 21.03.1996 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1997/27]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0781135
	Date:	04.12.2002
	Language:	EN
	[2002/49]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	AU	21.03.1996
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	27.10.1997
Classification	IPC:	A61K31/485, A61K47/48, A61K9/20	[1997/49]
	CPC:	A61K9/2054 (EP); A61K31/485 (EP); A61K47/585 (EP); A61K9/2013 (EP); A61P25/04 (EP); A61P29/00 (EP)
	Former IPC [1997/27]	A61K31/485, A61K47/48
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [1997/27]
Extension states	SI	10.03.1997
Title	German:	CODEIN ENTHALTENDE FORMULIERUNGEN	[1997/27]
	English:	CODEINE CONTAINING FORMULATIONS	[1997/27]
	French:	FORMULATIONS CONTENANT DE LA CODEINE	[1997/27]
Entry into regional phase	10.03.1997	National basic fee paid
	10.03.1997	Search fee paid
	10.03.1997	Designation fee(s) paid
	10.03.1997	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	29.03.1996	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: AU
	10.03.1997	Examination requested [1997/27]
	15.09.2000	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M08)
	12.04.2001	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	25.03.2002	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	03.07.2002	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	02.10.2002	Fee for grant paid
	02.10.2002	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	05.09.2003	No opposition filed within time limit [2003/48]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	08.09.1997	Renewal fee patent year 03
	04.09.1998	Renewal fee patent year 04
	03.09.1999	Renewal fee patent year 05
	13.09.2000	Renewal fee patent year 06
	03.09.2001	Renewal fee patent year 07
	05.09.2002	Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	04.12.2002
	CH	04.12.2002
	GR	04.12.2002
	LI	04.12.2002
	NL	04.12.2002
	DK	04.03.2003
	SE	04.03.2003
	PT	05.03.2003
	[2004/02]
Former [2003/39]	AT	04.12.2002
	CH	04.12.2002
	GR	04.12.2002
	LI	04.12.2002
	NL	04.12.2002
	SE	04.03.2003
	PT	05.03.2003
Former [2003/37]	AT	04.12.2002
	GR	04.12.2002
	NL	04.12.2002
	SE	04.03.2003
	PT	05.03.2003
Former [2003/31]	GR	04.12.2002
	NL	04.12.2002
	SE	04.03.2003
	PT	05.03.2003
Former [2003/30]	NL	04.12.2002
	SE	04.03.2003
	PT	05.03.2003
Former [2003/29]	SE	04.03.2003
	PT	05.03.2003
Former [2003/27]	SE	04.03.2003
Documents cited:	Search	[XA] US4070494 (HOFFMEISTER FRIEDRICH et al.) [X] 1-6 * the whole document *[A] 7-9
		[X] EP0274845 (BOOTS CO PLC et al.) [X] 1-4,6 * the whole document *
		[A] US4971785 (WILSON MARK E et al.) [A]
	International search	[A] AU6018190
		[A] DATABASE WPI Week 199106, Derwent World Patents Index; AN 1991-038825, XP003022450 [A]

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