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EP About this file: EP0966962

EP0966962 - Modafinil having defined particle size [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  28.12.2001
Database last updated on 22.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip17.04.2015Change - lapse in a contracting statepublished on 20.05.2015  [2015/21]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
CEPHALON, INC.
145 Brandywine Parkway
West Chester, PA 19380 / US
[N/P]
Former [1999/52]For all designated states
Cephalon, Inc.
145 Brandywine Parkway
West Chester, PA 19380 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Grebow, Peter E.
704 Buckley Road
Penllyn, PA 1422 / US
02 / Stong, David
R.D. 7, Box 193, B. Reid Road
Coastville, PA 19320 / US
03 / Corvari, Vincent
5 Shakespeare Road
Nashua, NH 03062 / US
[2000/06]
Former [1999/52]01 / Grebow, Peter E.
704 Buckley Road
Penllyn, PA 1422 / US
02 / Stong, David
R.D. 7, Box 193, B. Reid Road
Coastville, PA 19320 / US
03 / Corvari, Vincent
55 Michaelangelo Court
Hockessin, DE 19707 / US
Representative(s)Cockbain, Julian
Dehns
St Bride's House
10 Salisbury Square
London
EC4Y 8JD / GB
[N/P]
Former [1999/52]Cockbain, Julian, Dr.
Frank B. Dehn & Co., European Patent Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 4EL / GB
Application number, filing date99202603.904.10.1995
[1999/52]
Priority number, dateUS1994031912406.10.1994         Original published format: US 319124
[1999/52]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0966962
Date:29.12.1999
Language:EN
[1999/52]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0966962
Date:21.02.2001
Language:EN
[2001/08]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP03.11.1999
ClassificationIPC:A61K31/165, A61K9/16, A61K9/14
[1999/52]
CPC:
A61K9/16 (EP,US); A61K31/165 (EP,US); A61K9/14 (EP,US);
A61P25/00 (EP); A61P25/24 (EP); A61P25/26 (EP);
A61P25/28 (EP) (-)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [1999/52]
TitleGerman:Modafinilpartikel mit definierter Korngrössenverteilung[1999/52]
English:Modafinil having defined particle size[1999/52]
French:Modafinil ayant une granulométrie définie[1999/52]
Examination procedure07.12.1999Examination requested  [2000/05]
07.12.1999Request for accelerated examination filed
01.08.2000Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
01.08.2000Decision about request for accelerated examination - accepted: Yes
23.11.2000Fee for grant paid
23.11.2000Fee for publishing/printing paid
01.12.2000Communication of intention to grant the patent
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP95937389.5  / EP0731698
Divisional application(s)EP00125091.9  / EP1088549
EP06018551.9   Application deemed to be withdrawn  : 06.10.2006
Opposition(s)22.11.2001No opposition filed within time limit [2002/07]
Fees paidRenewal fee
10.08.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
10.08.1999Renewal fee patent year 04
10.08.1999Renewal fee patent year 05
22.09.2000Renewal fee patent year 06
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Former [2002/27]ES21.02.2001
Documents cited:Search[YD]US4177290  (LAFON LOUIS [FR]) [YD] 1-17 * claims 1,5 * * column 6, line 65 - column 7, line 21 * * column 8, line 18 - line 36 * * column 9, line 40 - line 50 *;
 [YD]EP0233106  (LAFON LABOR [FR]) [YD] 1-17 * claims 2-4 *;
 [YD]WO9421371  (LAFON LABOR [FR], et al) [YD] 1-17 * claims 4,19 * * examples 16,17 * * page 10, line 14 - line 23 *;
 [YD]  - MEDLINE, US NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE (NLM), BETHESDA, MD, US, XP002119656 [YD] 1-17 * abstract *
    [ ] - H. BASTUJI ET AL., "SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF IDIOPATHIC HYPERSOMNIA AND NARCOLEPSY WITH MODAFINIL", PROGRESS IN NEURO-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY, (1988), vol. 12, no. 5, doi:doi:10.1016/0278-5846(88)90014-0, pages 695 - 700, XP000972003

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0278-5846(88)90014-0
 [Y]  - MEDLINE, US NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE (NLM), BETHESDA, MD, US, XP002119660 [Y] 1-17 * abstract *
    [ ] - A. BESSET ET AL., "THE EFFECTS OF MODAFINIL (300 MG) ON SLEEP,SLEEPINESS AND AROUSAL IN NARCOLEPTIC PATIENTS", NEUROPHYSIOLOGIE CLINIQUE, (1993), vol. 23, no. 1, pages 47 - 60
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