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EP1140953 - METHOD OF PURIFYING THIAMINE PHOSPHATES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  28.11.2003
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip12.12.2003Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): ES
published on 28.01.2004  [2004/05]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Merck Patent GmbH
Frankfurter Strasse 250
64293 Darmstadt / DE
[N/P]
Former [2001/41]For all designated states
MERCK PATENT GmbH
Frankfurter Strasse 250
64293 Darmstadt / DE
Inventor(s)01 / KRUMMRADT, Holger
Odenwaldstrasse 21
D-64319 Pfungstadt / DE
02 / BESCHMANN, Klaus
Hinter der Mühle 15
D-64354 Reinheim / DE
03 / WARTENBERG, Frank-Hardi
Liebfrauenstrasse 107
D-64289 Darmstadt / DE
04 / DIEKMANN, Horst
Unter den Golläckern 6
D-64295 Darmstadt / DE
 [2001/41]
Application number, filing date99957313.217.11.1999
[2001/41]
WO1999EP08822
Priority number, dateDE199815826917.12.1998         Original published format: DE 19858269
[2001/41]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO0035927
Date:22.06.2000
Language:DE
[2000/25]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1140953
Date:10.10.2001
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 22.06.2000 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2001/41]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1140953
Date:22.01.2003
Language:DE
[2003/04]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP22.06.2000
ClassificationIPC:C07F9/6558
[2001/41]
CPC:
C07F9/025 (EP,US); C07F9/6539 (KR); C07F9/65583 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   CY,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [2001/41]
Extension statesALNot yet paid
LTNot yet paid
LVNot yet paid
MKNot yet paid
RONot yet paid
SINot yet paid
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUR REINIGUNG VON THIAMINPHOSPHATEN[2001/41]
English:METHOD OF PURIFYING THIAMINE PHOSPHATES[2001/41]
French:PROCEDE POUR PURIFIER DES PHOSPHATES DE THIAMINE[2001/41]
Entry into regional phase12.04.2001National basic fee paid 
12.04.2001Designation fee(s) paid 
12.04.2001Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure16.06.2000Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
12.04.2001Examination requested  [2001/41]
15.01.2002Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
09.07.2002Communication of intention to grant the patent
27.09.2002Fee for grant paid
27.09.2002Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)23.10.2003No opposition filed within time limit [2004/03]
Fees paidRenewal fee
14.11.2001Renewal fee patent year 03
13.11.2002Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipFI22.01.2003
GR22.01.2003
IE22.01.2003
DK22.04.2003
PT22.04.2003
SE22.04.2003
ES30.07.2003
[2004/05]
Former [2004/03]FI22.01.2003
GR22.01.2003
IE22.01.2003
DK22.04.2003
PT22.04.2003
SE22.04.2003
Former [2003/46]FI22.01.2003
GR22.01.2003
PT22.04.2003
SE22.04.2003
Former [2003/43]FI22.01.2003
PT22.04.2003
SE22.04.2003
Former [2003/41]FI22.01.2003
SE22.04.2003
Former [2003/30]SE22.04.2003
Cited inInternational search[DA]GB793753  (ISTITUTO SIEROTERAPICO ITALIAN) [DA] 1-5 * the whole document *;
 [DA]DE1085527  (MERCK AG E) [DA] 1-5 * the whole document *;
 [DA]DE2056076  (RAFFINAGE CIE FRANCAISE);
 JPS5064485  [ ] (TANABE SEIYAKU CO., LTD.;JAPAN);
 [DA]EP0385379  (BASF AG [DE]) [DA] 1-5 * the whole document *;
 [A]  - MUSHIKA Y, "Cocarboxylase", CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS, (19750929), vol. 083, no. 13, Database accession no. 112410, XP002131564 [A] 1-5 * abstract *
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