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EP0979098 - METHOD OF TREATING HYPERPROLACTINEMIA AND PROLACTINOMAS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  19.01.2004
Database last updated on 20.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip26.11.2004Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MC
published on 12.01.2005  [2005/02]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
8700 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90048 / US
For all designated states
SOCIETE DE CONSEILS DE RECHERCHES ET D'APPLICATIONS SCIENTIFIQUES S.A.S.
51-53 rue du Docteur Blanche
75016 Paris / FR
[N/P]
Former [2003/15]For all designated states
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
8700 Beverley Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90048 / US
For all designated states
SOCIETE DE CONSEILS DE RECHERCHES ET D'APPLICATIONS SCIENTIFIQUES S.A.S.
51-53 rue du Docteur Blanche
75016 Paris / FR
Former [2000/07]For all designated states
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
8700 Beverley Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90048 / US
For all designated states
Biomeasure Incorporated
27 Maple Street
Milford, MA 01757-3650 / US
Inventor(s)01 / MELMED, Shlomo
9437 Cresta Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90035 / US
02 / SHIMON, Ilan
221 S. Gale Drive 302
Beverly Hills, CA 90211 / US
03 / CULLER, Michael, D.
17 Ledgestone Drive
Hopkinton, MA 01748 / US
[2000/07]
Representative(s)Banford, Paul Clifford, et al
Marks & Clerk LLP
1 New York Street
Manchester, M1 4HD / GB
[N/P]
Former [2003/44]Banford, Paul Clifford, et al
Marks & Clerk, 43 Park Place
Leeds LS1 2RY / GB
Former [2000/07]Ritthaler, Wolfgang, Dr., et al
Winter, Brandl, Fürniss, Hübner, Röss, Kaiser, Polte, Kindermann Partnerschaft Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Alois-Steinecker-Strasse 22
85354 Freising / DE
Application number, filing date98918696.024.04.1998
[2000/07]
WO1998US08288
Priority number, dateUS19970045241P01.05.1997         Original published format: US 45241 P
US1997085222106.05.1997         Original published format: US 852221
[2000/07]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9850063
Date:12.11.1998
Language:EN
[1998/45]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0979098
Date:16.02.2000
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 12.11.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2000/07]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0979098
Date:12.03.2003
Language:EN
[2003/11]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP12.11.1998
ClassificationIPC:A61K38/31, // (A61K38/31, 31:48, A61P35:00)
[2002/30]
CPC:
A61K38/31 (EP); A61P15/00 (EP); A61P15/10 (EP);
A61P35/00 (EP); A61P43/00 (EP)
C-Set:
A61K38/31, A61K2300/00 (EP);
A61K38/31, A61K31/48 (EP)
Former IPC [2000/07]A61K38/31, // (A61K38/31, 31:48)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   CY,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [2000/07]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUR BEHANDLUNG VON HYPERPROLAKTINÄMIA UND PROLAKTINOMEN[2000/07]
English:METHOD OF TREATING HYPERPROLACTINEMIA AND PROLACTINOMAS[2000/07]
French:PROCEDE DE TRAITEMENT DE L'HYPERPROLACTINEMIE ET DES PROLACTINOMES[2000/07]
Entry into regional phase22.10.1999National basic fee paid 
22.10.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
22.10.1999Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure25.11.1998Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
22.10.1999Examination requested  [2000/07]
10.11.2000Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
11.05.2001Reply to a communication from the examining division
01.03.2002Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
19.04.2002Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.07.2002Communication of intention to grant the patent
02.12.2002Fee for grant paid
02.12.2002Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)EP03005548.7  / EP1332762
Opposition(s)15.12.2003No opposition filed within time limit [2004/10]
Fees paidRenewal fee
04.05.2000Renewal fee patent year 03
31.10.2001Renewal fee patent year 04
12.04.2002Renewal fee patent year 05
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
01.05.200003   M06   Fee paid on   04.05.2000
30.04.200104   M06   Fee paid on   31.10.2001
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipFI12.03.2003
CY24.04.2003
LU24.04.2003
MC30.04.2003
[2005/02]
Former [2004/44]FI12.03.2003
CY24.04.2003
LU24.04.2003
Former [2004/39]FI12.03.2003
LU24.04.2003
Former [2003/41]FI12.03.2003
Cited inInternational search[A]EP0203031  (UNIV TULANE [US]) [A] 1-42 * page 2, column 2, line 47 - line 51; claim - * * page 55, column 20, line 11 - line 23 * * page 13, column 22, line 3 - line 6 *;
 [D]US4650787  (SCHALLY ANDREW V [US], et al);
 [D]US4725577  (SCHALLY ANDREW V [US], et al);
 [A]WO9711962  (BIOMEASURE INC [US], et al) [A] 1-42 * page 12, line 22 - page 13, line 35; claim 21 *;
 [DA]  - I. SHIMON ET AL., "SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR SUBTYPE SPECIFICITY IN HUMAN FETAL PITUITARY CULTURES: DIFFERENTIAL ROLE OF SSTR2 AND SSTR5 FOR GROWTH HORMONE, THYROID-STIMULATING HORMONE, AND PROLACTIN REGULATION.", THE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION, NEW YORK, N.Y., US, (19970215), vol. 99, no. 4, pages 789 - 798, XP002073099 [DA] 1-42 * page 794, column R, paragraph 2 - page 795, column L, paragraph 1; figures 2B,4; table I * * page 797, column L, line 8 - line 13 * * page 795, column L, line 29 - column R, line 6 * * page 796, column R, paragraph 2 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1172/JCI119225
 [PX]  - I. SHIMON ET AL., "SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR (SSTR) SUBTYPE-SELECTIVE ANALOGUES DIFFERENTIALLY SUPRESS IN VITRO GROWTH HORMONE AND PROLACTIN IN HUMAN PITUITARY ADENOMAS: NOVEL POTENTIAL THERAPY FOR FUNCTIONAL PITUITARY TUMORS.", THE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION, NEW YORK, N.Y., US, (19971101), vol. 100, no. 9, pages 2386 - 2392, XP002073100 [PX] 1-10,24-36 * page 2389, column L, paragraph 2 - page 2390, column L, line 10; figure 3; table I * * page 2391, column L, paragraph 2 - column R, paragraph 3 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1172/JCI119779
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