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EP About this file: EP0954277

EP0954277 - COSMETIC SELF-TANNING AGENT HAVING A SUNSCREEN EFFECT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  19.10.2001
Database last updated on 03.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip19.11.2004Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): GR		published on 05.01.2005  [2005/01]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
LANCASTER GROUP GmbH
Rheinstrasse 4E, Fort Malakoff
55116 Mainz / DE
[1999/45]
Inventor(s)01 / MENZEL, Anette
18 H Foxwood Drive
Morris Plains, NJ 07950 / US
02 / MACCHIO, Ralph
194 Mooney Road
Flanders, NJ 07836 / US
03 / STANZL, Klaus
47 Wyndham Close
White Plains, NJ 10605 / US
04 / ZASTROW, Leonhard
34, quai des Sanbarbani
MC-98000 Monte-Carlo / MC
[1999/45]
Representative(s)Walter, Wolf-Jürgen, et al
Anwaltskanzlei
Gulde Hengelhaupt Ziebig & Schneider
Wallstrasse 58/59
10179 Berlin / DE
[N/P]
Former [1999/45]Walter, Wolf-Jürgen, et al
Patentanwälte Felke & Walter Normannenstrasse 1-2
10367 Berlin / DE
Application number, filing date97914079.517.01.1997
[1999/45]
WO1997DE00119
Priority number, dateDE199610301817.01.1996         Original published format: DE 19603018
[1999/45]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9725970
Date:24.07.1997
Language:DE
[1997/32]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0954277
Date:10.11.1999
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 24.07.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1999/45]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0954277
Date:13.12.2000
Language:DE
[2000/50]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP24.07.1997
ClassificationIPC:A61K7/42
[1999/45]
CPC:
A61Q19/04 (EP,KR,US); A61K8/35 (EP,KR,US); A61K8/14 (EP,US);
A61K8/345 (EP,US); A61K8/37 (EP,US); A61K8/553 (EP,US);
A61K8/676 (EP,US); A61K8/678 (EP,US); A61K8/735 (EP,US);
A61K8/922 (EP,US); A61K8/9789 (EP,US); A61K8/9794 (EP,US);
A61Q17/04 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [1999/45]
TitleGerman:KOSMETISCHES SELBSTBRÄUNUNGSMITTEL MIT LICHTSCHUTZWIRKUNG[1999/45]
English:COSMETIC SELF-TANNING AGENT HAVING A SUNSCREEN EFFECT[1999/45]
French:AGENT COSMETIQUE AUTOBRONZANT A EFFET DE PROTECTION SOLAIRE[1999/45]
Entry into regional phase17.08.1998National basic fee paid 
17.08.1998Designation fee(s) paid 
17.08.1998Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure14.08.1997Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
17.08.1998Examination requested  [1999/45]
17.08.1998Request for accelerated examination filed
04.02.2000Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
04.02.2000Decision about request for accelerated examination - accepted: Yes
09.06.2000Communication of intention to grant the patent
31.08.2000Fee for grant paid
31.08.2000Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)14.09.2001No opposition filed within time limit [2001/49]
Fees paidRenewal fee
28.01.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
14.01.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipFI13.12.2000
SE13.12.2000
AT17.01.2001
IE17.01.2001
LU17.01.2001
CH31.01.2001
LI31.01.2001
DK13.03.2001
PT13.03.2001
GR16.03.2001
[2005/01]
Former [2004/39]FI13.12.2000
SE13.12.2000
AT17.01.2001
IE17.01.2001
LU17.01.2001
CH31.01.2001
LI31.01.2001
DK13.03.2001
PT13.03.2001
Former [2003/46]FI13.12.2000
SE13.12.2000
AT17.01.2001
IE17.01.2001
CH31.01.2001
LI31.01.2001
DK13.03.2001
PT13.03.2001
Former [2003/09]FI13.12.2000
SE13.12.2000
AT17.01.2001
IE17.01.2001
CH31.01.2001
LI31.01.2001
PT13.03.2001
Former [2002/23]FI13.12.2000
SE13.12.2000
IE17.01.2001
CH31.01.2001
LI31.01.2001
PT13.03.2001
Former [2002/15]FI13.12.2000
IE17.01.2001
CH31.01.2001
LI31.01.2001
PT13.03.2001
Former [2002/14]FI13.12.2000
IE17.01.2001
PT13.03.2001
Former [2002/11]FI13.12.2000
PT13.03.2001
Former [2001/29]FI13.12.2000
Cited inInternational search[A]WO9217159  (RICHARDSON VICKS INC [US]) [A] 1* examples 3,4 *;
 [A]WO9402176  (PROCTER & GAMBLE [US]) [A] 1 * example 6 *;
 [DA]WO9423693  (PROCTER & GAMBLE [US]) [DA] 1 * examples 1-3 *
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