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EP About this file: EP0854681

EP0854681 - THERAPEUTIC DIET FOR DOGS WITH LYMPHOMA [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusOpposition rejected
Status updated on  12.05.2006
Database last updated on 08.04.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip11.10.2013Change - lapse in a contracting state
State(s) deleted from list of lapses: GB		published on 13.11.2013  [2013/46]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Colgate-Palmolive Company
300 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022 / US
For all designated states
Ogilvie, Gregory K.
2000 Brickwood Drive
Ft. Collins, CO 80525 / US
[N/P]
Former [1998/31]For all designated states
Colgate-Palmolive Company
300 Park Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10022 / US
For all designated states
Ogilvie, Gregory K.
2000 Brickwood Drive
Ft. Collins, CO 80525 / US
Inventor(s)01 / OGILVIE, Gregory, K.
2000 Brickwood Drive
Ft. Collins, CO 80525 / US
02 / DAVENPORT, Deborah, J.
1633 318 E. Road
Lecompton, KS 66050 / US
03 / GROSS, Kathy, L.
3627 N.W. 94th Street
Topeka, KS 66618 / US
04 / HAND, Michael, S.
Route 1, Box 430
Maple Hill, KS 66507 / US
[1998/31]
Representative(s)Smulders, Theodorus A.H.J., et al
Vereenigde Postbus 87930
2508 DH Den Haag / NL
[N/P]
Former [1998/31]Smulders, Theodorus A.H.J., Ir., et al
Vereenigde Octrooibureaux Nieuwe Parklaan 97
2587 BN 's-Gravenhage / NL
Application number, filing date96934026.404.10.1996
[1998/31]
WO1996US15865
Priority number, dateUS1995054442110.10.1995         Original published format: US 544421
[1998/31]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9713415
Date:17.04.1997
Language:EN
[1997/17]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0854681
Date:29.07.1998
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 17.04.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1998/31]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0854681
Date:19.12.2001
Language:EN
[2001/51]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP17.04.1997
ClassificationIPC:A23K1/16, A23K1/18, A61K31/195, A61K31/20, A61K31/23
[1998/31]
CPC:
A61K31/202 (EP,US); A23K20/142 (EP,US); A23K20/158 (EP,US);
A23K50/40 (EP,US); A23K50/48 (EP,US); A61K31/198 (EP,US);
A61K31/20 (EP,US); A61P3/00 (EP); A61P35/00 (EP) (-)
C-Set:
A61K31/20, A61K2300/00 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   NL,   PT,   SE [1998/31]
TitleGerman:THERAPEUTISCHE DIÄT FÜR HUNDE MIT LYMPHOM[1998/31]
English:THERAPEUTIC DIET FOR DOGS WITH LYMPHOMA[1998/31]
French:REGIME THERAPEUTIQUE POUR CHIENS ATTEINTS D'UN LYMPHOME[1998/31]
Entry into regional phase09.04.1998National basic fee paid 
08.04.1998Designation fee(s) paid 
09.04.1998Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure06.05.1997Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
09.04.1998Examination requested  [1998/31]
25.11.1998Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
31.03.1999Reply to a communication from the examining division
29.11.1999Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
04.04.2000Reply to a communication from the examining division
06.10.2000Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
07.02.2001Communication of intention to grant the patent
11.05.2001Fee for grant paid
11.05.2001Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)Opponent(s)01  13.09.2002  29.10.2002  ADMISSIBLE
NESTEC S.A.
Avenue Nestlé 55
1800 Vevey / CH
Opponent's representative
Rupp, Christian, et al, et al
Mitscherlich PartmbB
Karlstraße 7
80333 München / DE
 [N/P]
Former [2005/47]
Opponent(s)01  13.09.2002  29.10.2002  ADMISSIBLE
NESTEC S.A.
Avenue Nestlé 55
1800 Vevey / CH
Opponent's representative
Rupp, Christian, et al, et al
Mitscherlich & Partner Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Sonnenstrasse 33
80331 München / DE
Former [2002/45]
Opponent(s)01  13.09.2002   
NESTEC S.A.
Avenue Nestlé 55
1800 Vevey / CH
Opponent's representative
Wavre, Claude-Alain
55, avenue Nestlé
1800 Vevey / CH
04.11.2002Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
01.07.2003Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
08.12.2005Legal effect of rejection of opposition [2006/24]
08.12.2005Date of oral proceedings
16.01.2006Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
16.01.2006Date of despatch of rejection of opposition
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.08.1998Renewal fee patent year 03
30.07.1999Renewal fee patent year 04
31.08.2000Renewal fee patent year 05
28.09.2001Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT19.12.2001
FI19.12.2001
GR19.12.2001
PT19.03.2002
IE04.10.2002
LU04.10.2002
[2013/46]
Former [2004/39]AT19.12.2001
FI19.12.2001
GR19.12.2001
PT19.03.2002
GB04.10.2002
IE04.10.2002
LU04.10.2002
Former [2004/22]AT19.12.2001
FI19.12.2001
GR19.12.2001
PT19.03.2002
GB04.10.2002
IE04.10.2002
Former [2004/01]AT19.12.2001
FI19.12.2001
GR19.12.2001
PT19.03.2002
IE04.10.2002
Former [2003/09]AT19.12.2001
FI19.12.2001
GR19.12.2001
PT19.03.2002
Former [2002/49]FI19.12.2001
GR19.12.2001
PT19.03.2002
Former [2002/48]FI19.12.2001
PT19.03.2002
Former [2002/33]FI19.12.2001
Cited inInternational search[A] JPH0638708  
 [A] JPH01215245  
 [A]   G.K. OGILVIE ET AL.: "Energy expenditure in dogs with lymphoma fed two specialized diets", CANCER, vol. 71, no. 10, 1993, PHILADELPHIA, US, pages 3146 - 3152, XP000617658 [A] 1,6 * see page 3146, column 1, paragraph 1 - column 2, paragraph 3 *
 [A]   DATABASE WPI Section Ch Week 9411, Derwent World Patents Index; Class B05, AN 94-088611, XP002024955 [A] 1,6 * abstract *
 [A]   S.L. MILLER ET AL.: "Low-dose parenteral arginine does not affect glucose utilization in vivo", FASEB JOURNAL FOR EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY, vol. 9, no. 4, 1995, BETHESDA, MD US, pages A863, XP002024954 [A] 1 * see page A863, column 1, abstract 5003 *
 [A]   PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 013, no. 529 (C - 658) 27 November 1989 (1989-11-27) [A] 1,6 * abstract *
 [A]   F.S. SHOFER ET AL.: "Histopathologic and dietary prognostic factors for canine mammary carcinoma", BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT, vol. 13, no. 1, 1989, BOSTON, US, pages 49 - 60, XP000617654 [A] 1,6 * see page 49, Summary *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01806550
 [A]   E.G. SONNENSCHEIN ET AL.: "Body conformation, diet, and risk of breast cancer in pet dogs: a case-control study", AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, vol. 133, no. 7, 1991, BALTIMORE, US, pages 694 - 703, XP000617669 [A] 1,6 * see page 694, Summary *
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