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EP0857060 - METHOD AND PREPARATIONS FOR STABILIZING BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS BY DRYING METHODS WITHOUT FREEZING [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Patent revoked Status updated on 25.03.2011 Database last updated on 17.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	19.08.2011	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state	published on 21.09.2011 [2011/38]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Roche Diagnostics GmbH Sandhofer Strasse 116 68305 Mannheim / DE
	[N/P]
Former [1999/11]	For all designated states Roche Diagnostics GmbH 68298 Mannheim / DE
Former [1998/33]	For all designated states BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH 68298 Mannheim / DE
Inventor(s)	01 / MATTERN, Markus Friedrichstr. 17 D-64646 Heppenheim / DE
	02 / WINTER, Gerhard Jahnstrasse 20E D-69221 Dossenheim / DE
	[1998/43]
Former [1998/33]	01 / MATTERN, Markus Am alten Neckar 7 D-64646 Heppenheim / DE
	02 / WINTER, Gerhard Jahnstrasse 20E D-69221 Dossenheim / DE
Representative(s)	Vossius & Partner Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbB Siebertstrasse 3 81675 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2008/35]	Vossius & Partner Siebertstrasse 3 81675 München / DE
Former [2003/25]	VOSSIUS & PARTNER Siebertstrasse 4 81675 München / DE
Former [1999/22]	Braun, Axel, et al F.Hoffmann-La Roche AG Patent Department (PLP), 124 Grenzacherstrasse 4070 Basel / CH
Application number, filing date	96934811.9	24.10.1996
	[1998/33]
	WO1996EP04627
Priority number, date	DE1995139574	25.10.1995 Original published format: DE 19539574
	[1998/33]
Filing language	DE
Procedural language	DE
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	WO9715288
	Date:	01.05.1997
	Language:	DE
	[1997/19]
	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP0857060
	Date:	12.08.1998
	Language:	DE
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 01.05.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1998/33]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0857060
	Date:	30.01.2002
	Language:	DE
	[2002/05]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	29.05.1997
Classification	IPC:	A61K9/14, A61K47/18, A61K47/26	[1998/33]
	CPC data not yet available
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, NL, PT, SE [1998/33]
Extension states	SI	25.05.1998
Title	German:	ZUBEREITUNGEN UND VERFAHREN ZUR STABILISIERUNG BIOLOGISCHER MATERIALIEN MITTELS TROCKNUNGSVERFAHREN OHNE EINFRIEREN	[1998/33]
	English:	METHOD AND PREPARATIONS FOR STABILIZING BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS BY DRYING METHODS WITHOUT FREEZING	[1998/33]
	French:	PREPARATIONS ET PROCEDES POUR STABILISER DES MATERIAUX BIOLOGIQUES A L'AIDE DE PROCEDES DE DESSICCATION SANS CONGELATION	[1998/33]
Entry into regional phase	25.05.1998	National basic fee paid
	25.05.1998	Designation fee(s) paid
	25.05.1998	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	01.02.1997	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	25.05.1998	Examination requested [1998/33]
	10.10.2000	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	12.01.2001	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	10.04.2001	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	30.07.2001	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	15.10.2001	Fee for grant paid
	15.10.2001	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	Opponent(s)	01 29.10.2002 08.11.2002 ADMISSIBLE Nektar Therapeutics 150 Industrial Road San Carlos, California 94070-6256 / US Opponent's representative Baldock, Sharon Claire, et al, et al Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB
		[N/P]
	Former [2003/21]
	Opponent(s)	01 29.10.2002 08.11.2002 ADMISSIBLE Nektar Therapeutics 150 Industrial Road San Carlos, California 94070-6256 / US Opponent's representative Baldock, Sharon Claire, et al, et al BOULT WADE TENNANT, Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB
	Former [2003/01]
	Opponent(s)	01 29.10.2002 08.11.2002 ADMISSIBLE Inhale Therapeutic Systems, Inc. 150 Industrial Road San Carlos, CA 94070-6256 / US Opponent's representative Baldock, Sharon Claire BOULT WADE TENNANT, Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB
	04.12.2002	Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
	14.08.2003	Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
	07.07.2004	Date of oral proceedings
	17.08.2004	Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
	17.08.2004	Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
	29.12.2009	Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M04)
	10.05.2010	Reply to a communication from the opposition division
	09.12.2010	Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked
	19.12.2010	Legal effect of revocation of patent [2011/17]
Appeal following opposition	27.10.2004	Appeal received No. T1283/04
	23.12.2004	Statement of grounds filed
	25.11.2008	Result of appeal procedure: continuation of opposition procedure
	25.11.2008	Date of oral proceedings
	09.12.2008	Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	02.11.1998	Renewal fee patent year 03
	14.10.1999	Renewal fee patent year 04
	11.10.2000	Renewal fee patent year 05
	11.10.2001	Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	CH	30.01.2002
	LI	30.01.2002
	[2011/38]
Cited in	International search	[X]EP0306824 (BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH [DE]) [X] 1-8,16,17 * page 4 - page 5; example 1 *;
		[X]EP0325112 (HOECHST AG [DE]) [X] 1-6,9,12,14-17,26-28 * claims 1,5,6 *;
		[A]WO9012029 (IMMUNOBIOLOGY RES INST INC [US]) [A] 1-28* page 8, line 5 - page 9, line 4 *;
		[X]EP0444692 (MOCHIDA PHARM CO LTD [JP]) [X] 1-6,11,12,14-18,26-28 * page 6; example 1 *;
		[X]EP0547422 (BASF AG [DE]) [X] 1-6,9,12,13,16-18,26-28 * page 26; example 1 *;
		[X]DE4242863 (BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH [DE]) [X] 16,17 * page 6 - page 7; example 4 *

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