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EP0979661 - Inhalation device [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 10.10.2003 Database last updated on 10.05.2025
Most recent event Tooltip	21.03.2008	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT	published on 23.04.2008 [2008/17]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Laboratoire Glaxosmithkline S.A.S. 100, route de Versailles 78163 Marly-le-Roi Cedex / FR
	[N/P]
Former [2002/35]	For all designated states Laboratoire GlaxoSmithKline S.A.S. 100, route de Versailles 78163 Marly-le-Roi Cedex / FR
Former [2000/07]	For all designated states LABORATOIRE GLAXO WELLCOME 43 rue Vineuse 75116 Paris / FR
Inventor(s)	01 / Schaeffer, Alain Emile Edouard, Laboratories Glaxo 23 rue Lavoisier 27025 Evreux / FR
	02 / Seguelas, Etienne, APE Medical Z.I. Route de Souppes, Boite postale 13 77570 Chateau-Landon / FR
	[2000/07]
Representative(s)	Pike, Christopher Gerard Pike & Co. Hayes Loft 68A Hayes Place Marlow, Bucks. SL7 2BT / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2000/07]	Pike, Christopher Gerard Pike & Co. Hayes Loft 68A Hayes Place Marlow, Bucks. SL7 2BT / GB
Application number, filing date	99119531.4	13.09.1995
	[2000/07]
Priority number, date	GB19940018702	16.09.1994 Original published format: GB 9418702
	GB19950007713	13.04.1995 Original published format: GB 9507713
	[2000/07]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0979661
	Date:	16.02.2000
	Language:	EN
	[2000/07]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0979661
	Date:	04.12.2002
	Language:	EN
	[2002/49]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	01.12.1999
Classification	IPC:	A61M15/00	[2000/07]
	CPC:	A61M15/0065 (EP,US); A61M15/00 (KR); A61M15/0068 (EP,US); A61M2202/064 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [2000/07]
Extension states	LT	01.10.1999
	LV	01.10.1999
	SI	01.10.1999
Title	German:	Inhalator	[2000/07]
	English:	Inhalation device	[2000/07]
	French:	Dispositif d'inhalation	[2000/07]
Examination procedure	28.02.2000	Examination requested [2000/17]
	20.09.2000	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	23.01.2001	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	28.06.2001	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M01)
	09.07.2001	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	05.03.2002	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	25.06.2002	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	19.07.2002	Fee for grant paid
	19.07.2002	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Parent application(s) Tooltip	EP95932737.0 / EP0835146
Opposition(s)	05.09.2003	No opposition filed within time limit [2003/48]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	01.02.2000	Renewal fee patent year 03
	01.02.2000	Renewal fee patent year 04
	01.02.2000	Renewal fee patent year 05
	13.09.2000	Renewal fee patent year 06
	12.09.2001	Renewal fee patent year 07
	12.09.2002	Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	04.12.2002
	BE	04.12.2002
	CH	04.12.2002
	GR	04.12.2002
	IT	04.12.2002
	LI	04.12.2002
	NL	04.12.2002
	DK	04.03.2003
	SE	04.03.2003
	PT	05.03.2003
	ES	27.06.2003
	[2008/17]
Former [2004/05]	AT	04.12.2002
	BE	04.12.2002
	CH	04.12.2002
	GR	04.12.2002
	LI	04.12.2002
	NL	04.12.2002
	DK	04.03.2003
	SE	04.03.2003
	PT	05.03.2003
	ES	27.06.2003
Former [2004/02]	AT	04.12.2002
	BE	04.12.2002
	CH	04.12.2002
	GR	04.12.2002
	LI	04.12.2002
	NL	04.12.2002
	DK	04.03.2003
	SE	04.03.2003
	PT	05.03.2003
Former [2003/51]	AT	04.12.2002
	BE	04.12.2002
	CH	04.12.2002
	GR	04.12.2002
	LI	04.12.2002
	NL	04.12.2002
	SE	04.03.2003
	PT	05.03.2003
Former [2003/39]	AT	04.12.2002
	CH	04.12.2002
	GR	04.12.2002
	LI	04.12.2002
	NL	04.12.2002
	SE	04.03.2003
	PT	05.03.2003
Former [2003/37]	AT	04.12.2002
	GR	04.12.2002
	NL	04.12.2002
	SE	04.03.2003
	PT	05.03.2003
Former [2003/31]	GR	04.12.2002
	NL	04.12.2002
	SE	04.03.2003
	PT	05.03.2003
Former [2003/30]	NL	04.12.2002
	SE	04.03.2003
	PT	05.03.2003
Former [2003/29]	SE	04.03.2003
	PT	05.03.2003
Former [2003/27]	SE	04.03.2003
Documents cited:	Search	[Y]US4274403 (STRUVE ROGER L);
		[XD]WO9200771 (INNOVATA BIOMED LTD [GB]);
		[A]EP0520440 (SCHERING CORP [US]);
		[XY]WO9414492 (SCHERING CORP [US], et al)

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