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EP1158964 - EDIBLE COATING COMPOSITION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 11.02.2005 Database last updated on 23.04.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	14.12.2007	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): PT	published on 16.01.2008 [2008/03]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states FMC CORPORATION 1735 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 / US
	[2001/49]
Inventor(s)	01 / AUGELLO, Michael 5 Cross Ridge Circle Marlboro, NJ 17746 / US
	02 / DELL, Sheila, M. 8 Deer Path Lane New Hope, PA 18938 / US
	03 / TUASON, Domingo, C. 3607 Sunny Lea Road Bensalem, PA 19020 / US
	04 / MODLISZEWSKI, James, J. 523 Midwood Drive Brick, NJ 08724-4727 / US
	05 / RUSZKAY, Thomas, A. 517 Blackbird Drive Hockessin, DE 19707 / US
	06 / WERNER, David, E. 11 Bentley Road West Grove, PA 19390 / US
	[2001/49]
Representative(s)	WP Thompson 8th Floor 1 Mann Island Liverpool L3 1BP / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2001/49]	W.P. Thompson & Co. Coopers Building, Church Street Liverpool L1 3AB / GB
Application number, filing date	00907193.7	07.02.2000
	[2001/49]
	WO2000US03130
Priority number, date	US19990119005P	08.02.1999 Original published format: US 119005 P
	US19990133092P	07.05.1999 Original published format: US 133092 P
	US19990162514P	29.10.1999 Original published format: US 162514 P
	US19990167407P	24.11.1999 Original published format: US 167407 P
	US19990172526P	17.12.1999 Original published format: US 172526 P
	US20000491724	27.01.2000 Original published format: US 491724
	[2001/49]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO0045794
	Date:	10.08.2000
	Language:	EN
	[2000/32]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1158964
	Date:	05.12.2001
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 10.08.2000 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2001/49]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1158964
	Date:	07.04.2004
	Language:	EN
	[2004/15]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	10.08.2000
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	18.06.2002
Classification	IPC:	A61K9/36, A61K9/28, A61K9/32	[2001/49]
	CPC:	A61K9/2866 (EP,KR,US); C08L1/02 (KR); A61K9/284 (EP,KR,US); A61K9/286 (EP,US); C08K3/013 (KR); C08L71/02 (KR); (+) C09D101/02 (KR); C08L2203/02 (KR); C08L2666/68 (KR) (-)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [2001/49]
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	LT	Not yet paid
	LV	Not yet paid
	MK	Not yet paid
	RO	Not yet paid
	SI	Not yet paid
Title	German:	ESSBARES ÜBERZUGSMITTEL	[2001/49]
	English:	EDIBLE COATING COMPOSITION	[2001/49]
	French:	COMPOSITION D'ENROBAGE COMESTIBLE	[2001/49]
Entry into regional phase	31.07.2001	National basic fee paid
	31.07.2001	Search fee paid
	31.07.2001	Designation fee(s) paid
	31.07.2001	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	08.09.2000	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	31.07.2001	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	31.07.2001	Examination requested [2001/49]
	09.10.2002	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	02.04.2003	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	10.06.2003	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	04.08.2003	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	12.09.2003	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	12.01.2004	Fee for grant paid
	12.01.2004	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)	EP04075509.2 / EP1430889
Opposition(s)	10.01.2005	No opposition filed within time limit [2005/13]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	04.02.2002	Renewal fee patent year 03
	06.02.2003	Renewal fee patent year 04
	04.02.2004	Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	07.04.2004
	BE	07.04.2004
	FI	07.04.2004
	NL	07.04.2004
	DK	07.07.2004
	GR	07.07.2004
	PT	07.09.2004
	[2008/03]
Former [2006/13]	AT	07.04.2004
	BE	07.04.2004
	FI	07.04.2004
	NL	07.04.2004
	DK	07.07.2004
	GR	07.07.2004
Former [2005/18]	AT	07.04.2004
	BE	07.04.2004
	FI	07.04.2004
	DK	07.07.2004
	GR	07.07.2004
Former [2005/14]	AT	07.04.2004
	BE	07.04.2004
	FI	07.04.2004
	GR	07.07.2004
Former [2005/11]	AT	07.04.2004
	FI	07.04.2004
	GR	07.07.2004
Former [2005/06]	FI	07.04.2004
	GR	07.07.2004
Former [2005/02]	FI	07.04.2004
Documents cited:	Search	[X]EP0627173 (GIULIANI SPA [IT]) [X] 1-5,19,20,25,28,29,40-42 * page 3, line 41; claims 3,4 *;
		[A]US5840332 (LERNER E ITZHAK [IL], et al);
		[A] - PICKER K M, "The use of carrageenan in mixture with microcrystalline cellulose and its functionality for making tablets", EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS AND BIOPHARMACEUTICS, ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS B.V., AMSTERDAM, NL, (19990701), vol. 48, no. 1, ISSN 0939-6411, pages 27 - 36, XP004257087 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0939-6411(99)00009-0
	International search	[X]US4784858 (VENTOURAS KIMON [CH]);
		[X]US5023083 (DRELL WILLIAM [US]);
		[X]US5514435 (SUZUKI HIDEAKI [JP], et al)

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