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EP0781541
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP0781541 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing pharmaceutical cellulose capsules - sizing the capsule [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 15.08.2003 Database last updated on 20.07.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 23.03.2007 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): DK | published on 25.04.2007 [2007/17] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states R.P. Scherer Technologies, Inc. 2030 East Flamingo Road Suite 260 Paradise Valley, Nevada 89119 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [2001/34] | For all designated states R.P. Scherer Technologies, Inc. 2030 East Flamingo Road Suite 260 Paradise Valley, Nevada 89119 / US | ||
| Former [1999/35] | For all designated states AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION Five Giralda Farms Madison, New Jersey 07940-0874 / US | ||
| Former [1997/27] | For all designated states GS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 311 West Broadway Avenue Fairfield, IA 52556 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Grosswald, Ralph R. 311 West Broadway Avenue Fairfield, Iowa 52556 / US | 02 /
Anderson, Jeffory B. 1525 South 400 East 35 Provo, Utah 84663 / US | 03 /
Andrew, Clair S. 127 Wymouth Terrace 3 Provo, Utah 84604 / US | [1997/27] | Representative(s) | Pearce, Anthony Richmond, et al Marks & Clerk LLP Alpha Tower Suffolk Street Queensway Birmingham B1 1TT / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2001/27] | Pearce, Anthony Richmond, et al MARKS & CLERK, Alpha Tower, Suffolk Street Queensway Birmingham B1 1TT / GB | ||
| Former [1999/35] | Wileman, David Francis, et al c/o John Wyeth and Brother Limited Huntercombe Lane South Taplow Maidenhead Berkshire SL6 OPH / GB | ||
| Former [1997/27] | Atkinson, Jonathan David Mark Haseltine Lake & Co., Imperial House, 15-19 Kingsway London WC2B 6UD / GB | Application number, filing date | 97100247.2 | 29.05.1992 | [1997/27] | Priority number, date | US19910708023 | 31.05.1991 Original published format: US 708023 | [1997/27] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0781541 | Date: | 02.07.1997 | Language: | EN | [1997/27] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0781541 | Date: | 16.07.1997 | [1997/29] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0781541 | Date: | 09.10.2002 | Language: | EN | [2002/41] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 30.05.1997 | Classification | IPC: | A61J3/07 | [1997/27] | CPC: |
B29C33/06 (EP);
A61J3/077 (EP);
B29C33/30 (EP);
B29C35/0277 (EP);
B29C35/04 (EP);
B29C41/14 (EP);
B29C33/36 (EP);
B29C33/44 (EP);
B29C33/60 (EP);
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, LI, NL, SE [1997/27] | Title | German: | Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Herstellen von pharmazeutischen Zellulosekapseln - die Kapseln kalibrierend | [1997/27] | English: | Method and apparatus for manufacturing pharmaceutical cellulose capsules - sizing the capsule | [1997/27] | French: | Procédé et dispositif de production de capsules pharmaceutiques en cellulose avec calibration de capsule | [1997/27] | Examination procedure | 29.01.1997 | Examination requested [1997/27] | 14.01.1999 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M08) | 22.10.1999 | Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time | 23.12.1999 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 14.11.2000 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M08) | 03.07.2001 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 27.02.2002 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 25.04.2002 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 11.07.2002 | Fee for grant paid | 11.07.2002 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Parent application(s) Tooltip | EP92913599.4 / EP0587773 | Opposition(s) | 10.07.2003 | No opposition filed within time limit [2003/40] | Request for further processing for: | 23.12.1999 | Request for further processing filed | 23.12.1999 | Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted | 04.02.2000 | Decision despatched | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 29.01.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 29.01.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 29.01.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 27.05.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 26.05.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 20.03.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 08.05.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 10.05.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | 21.05.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 11 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | AT | 09.10.2002 | BE | 09.10.2002 | CH | 09.10.2002 | LI | 09.10.2002 | NL | 09.10.2002 | DK | 09.01.2003 | SE | 09.01.2003 | [2007/17] |
| Former [2003/51] | AT | 09.10.2002 | |
| BE | 09.10.2002 | ||
| CH | 09.10.2002 | ||
| LI | 09.10.2002 | ||
| NL | 09.10.2002 | ||
| SE | 09.01.2003 | ||
| Former [2003/39] | AT | 09.10.2002 | |
| CH | 09.10.2002 | ||
| LI | 09.10.2002 | ||
| NL | 09.10.2002 | ||
| SE | 09.01.2003 | ||
| Former [2003/37] | AT | 09.10.2002 | |
| NL | 09.10.2002 | ||
| SE | 09.01.2003 | ||
| Former [2003/30] | NL | 09.10.2002 | |
| SE | 09.01.2003 | ||
| Former [2003/27] | SE | 09.01.2003 | Documents cited: | Search | [X]DE2259387 (KUPFERBERG ODLE GEB KUPFERBERG) [X] 1-11* page 5, line 25 - page 6, line 5; figure - * | by applicant | US1787777 | US1978829 | US2526683 | US2671245 | US3399803 | US3508678 | US3617588 | US3632700 | US3664495 | US3794453 | US3842242 | US4001211 | US4247006 | US4705658 | US4993137 | US4997359 |