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EP About this file: EP0948638

EP0948638 - METHOD FOR PREPARING COMPOSITIONS FOR TRANSFERRING NUCLEIC ACIDS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been withdrawn
Status updated on  05.03.2004
Database last updated on 16.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip05.03.2004Withdrawal of applicationpublished on 21.04.2004  [2004/17]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Aventis Pharma S.A.
20, avenue Raymond Aron
92160 Antony / FR
[N/P]
Former [1999/41]For all designated states
RHONE-POULENC RORER S.A.
20, avenue Raymond Aron
92160 Antony / FR
Inventor(s)01 / BOUKHNIKACHVILI, Tsiala
4, allée des Charmes
F-91700 Sainte Geneviève des Bois / FR
02 / VACUS, Jo[l
65, rue de l'Amiral Mouchez
F-75013 Paris / FR
[1999/41]
Representative(s)Becker, Philippe, et al
Rhône-Poulenc Rorer S.A.
Direction Brevets
20 avenue Raymond Aron
92165 Antony Cédex / FR
[N/P]
Former [1999/41]Becker, Philippe, et al
Rhône-Poulenc Rorer S.A., Direction Brevets, 20 avenue Raymond Aron
92165 Antony Cédex / FR
Application number, filing date97943929.603.10.1997
[1999/41]
WO1997FR01747
Priority number, dateFR1996001225908.10.1996         Original published format: FR 9612259
[1999/41]
Filing languageFR
Procedural languageFR
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9815639
Date:16.04.1998
Language:FR
[1998/15]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0948638
Date:13.10.1999
Language:FR
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 16.04.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1999/41]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP16.04.1998
ClassificationIPC:C12N15/88, A61K9/127
[1999/41]
CPC:
A61K48/00 (EP,US); A61K9/127 (KR); A61K47/6907 (EP,US);
A61K9/1272 (EP,US); C12N15/87 (EP,US); C12N15/88 (EP,KR,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   NL,   PT,   SE [1999/41]
Extension statesSI08.04.1999
TitleGerman:HERSTELLUNGSVERFAHREN FÜR ZUSAMMENSETZUNGEN FÜR DEN NUKLEINSÄUREN-TRANSFER.[1999/42]
English:METHOD FOR PREPARING COMPOSITIONS FOR TRANSFERRING NUCLEIC ACIDS[1999/41]
French:PROCEDE DE PREPARATION DE COMPOSITIONS POUR LE TRANSFERT D'ACIDES NUCLEIQUES[1999/41]
Former [1999/41]HERSTELLUNGSMETHODE FÜR DAS EINGRINGEN VON NUKLEINSÄURE
Entry into regional phase08.04.1999National basic fee paid 
08.04.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
08.04.1999Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure14.04.1998Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
08.04.1999Examination requested  [1999/41]
17.11.2003Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
26.02.2004Application withdrawn by applicant  [2004/17]
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.09.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
22.09.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
15.10.2001Renewal fee patent year 05
31.10.2002Renewal fee patent year 06
31.10.2003Renewal fee patent year 07
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Cited inInternational search[Y]JPS63277618  ;
 [Y]WO8905636  (LIPOSOME CO INC [US]) [Y] 1-11,16-20,25,26 * abstract * * page 10, line 32 - page 11, line 21 * * claims 1-9 *;
 [A]US4873089  (SCOTTO ANTHONY W [US], et al) [A] * the whole document *;
 [Y]WO9518863  (RHONE POULENC RORER SA [FR], et al) [Y] 1-11,16-20,25,26 * abstract * * page 6, line 19 - line 31 * * revendications *;
 [AD]WO9617823  (RHONE POULENC RORER SA [FR], et al);
 [Y]  - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 88, no. 51, Database accession no. 88-366133, XP002033669 & JPS63277618 A 19881115 (NOEVIR KK) [Y] 1-11,25,26 * abstract *
 [A]  - CHUN-JUNG CHU ET AL, "PH-SENSITIVE LIPOSOMES", JOURNAL OF LIPOSOME RESEARCH, NEW YORK, US, (19940301), vol. 4, no. 1, pages 361 - 395, XP000450216 [A] 1-4,6,16-22 * page 364 - page 366 *
 [A]  - XIAOHUAI ZHOU ET AL, "IMPROVED ENCAPSULATION OF DNA IN PH-SENSITIVE LIPOSOMES FOR TRANSFECTION", JOURNAL OF LIPOSOME RESEARCH, NEW YORK US, (19920101), vol. 2, no. 1, pages 125 - 139, XP000246010 [A] 1,4-6,8,16-19 * abstract * * page 126 * * page 131 - page 135; figure 3 *
 [AD]  - BARTHEL F ET AL, "GENE TRANSFER OPTIMIZATION WITH LIPOSPERMINE-COATED DNA", DNA AND CELL BIOLOGY, (19930701), vol. 12, no. 6, pages 553 - 560, XP000600772
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