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EP1846008 - METHOD FOR THE MITIGATION OF SYMPTOMS OF CONTACT LENS RELATED DRY EYE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  28.02.2014
Database last updated on 23.04.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip28.02.2014No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 02.04.2014  [2014/14]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Johnson and Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
7500 Centurion Parkway, Suite 100
Jacksonville, FL 32256 / US
[2007/43]
Inventor(s)01 / LORENZ, Kathrine, Osborn
3894 Criswell Drive
Columbus, OH 43220 / US
02 / STEFFEN, Robert, B.
1158 Blue Heron Lane West
Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250 / US
03 / MCCABE, Kevin, P.
1053 Waterfall Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32225 / US
04 / COPPER, Lenora, C.
12306 Peach Orchard Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32223 / US
 [2007/43]
Representative(s)Kirsch, Susan Edith, et al
Carpmaels & Ransford LLP
One Southampton Row
London WC1B 5HA / GB
[2014/12]
Former [2013/17]Fisher, Adrian John, et al
Carpmaels & Ransford One Southampton Row London
WC1B 5HA / GB
Former [2007/43]Fisher, Adrian John, et al
CARPMAELS & RANSFORD 43-45 Bloomsbury Square
London WC1A 2RA / GB
Application number, filing date06734416.806.02.2006
[2007/43]
WO2006US04097
Priority number, dateUS20050650656P07.02.2005         Original published format: US 650656 P
[2007/43]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2006086303
Date:17.08.2006
Language:EN
[2006/33]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1846008
Date:24.10.2007
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 17.08.2006 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2007/43]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1846008
Date:24.04.2013
Language:EN
[2013/17]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP17.08.2006
ClassificationIPC:A61K31/74, A61K47/30, G02C7/04, G02B1/04, C08G77/04
[2007/43]
CPC:
G02B1/043 (EP); A61K47/30 (KR); A61K31/74 (EP);
C08G77/04 (KR); G02B1/04 (KR); G02C7/04 (KR)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IE,   IT [2008/20]
Former [2007/43]AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  LV,  MC,  NL,  PL,  PT,  RO,  SE,  SI,  SK,  TR 
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUR ABSCHWÄCHUNG DER SYMPTOME DES DURCH KONTAKTLINSEN VERURSACHTEN TROCKENEN AUGES[2007/43]
English:METHOD FOR THE MITIGATION OF SYMPTOMS OF CONTACT LENS RELATED DRY EYE[2007/43]
French:PROCEDE D'ATTENUATION DES SYMPTOMES DE L'OEIL SEC LIES AU PORT DE LENTILLES DE CONTACT[2007/43]
Entry into regional phase15.08.2007National basic fee paid 
15.08.2007Designation fee(s) paid 
15.08.2007Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure15.08.2007Examination requested  [2007/43]
22.11.2007Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
28.05.2008Reply to a communication from the examining division
24.09.2010Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
22.02.2011Reply to a communication from the examining division
16.08.2012Communication of intention to grant the patent
17.12.2012Fee for grant paid
17.12.2012Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  22.11.2007
Opposition(s)27.01.2014No opposition filed within time limit [2014/14]
Fees paidRenewal fee
15.08.2007Renewal fee patent year 03
13.02.2009Renewal fee patent year 04
16.02.2010Renewal fee patent year 05
15.02.2011Renewal fee patent year 06
15.02.2012Renewal fee patent year 07
12.02.2013Renewal fee patent year 08
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Cited inInternational search[DXY]US2003125498  (MCCABE KEVIN P [US], et al) [DX] 1-21 * page 1, paragraphs 9,11,12 * * page 2, paragraphs 22,25 * * page 3, paragraph 29 - page 6, paragraph 63 * * example 1 * [Y] 1-21;
 [X]WO0170837  (JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION CARE [US]) [X] 10-21 * page 2, lines 18-30 * * page 3, line 12 - page 9, line 4; examples 2-14 *;
 [X]WO9720852  (BAUSCH & LOMB [US]) [X] 10-21 * page 1, lines 11-13 * * page 4, line 1 - page 20, line 2 *;
 [X]EP0940693  (JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION PROD [US]) [X] 10-21 * page 2, paragraphs 1,11-14 * * page 5, paragraphs 19,21,22; examples 2-16 *;
 [X]US6218503  (LAI YU-CHIN [US], et al) [X] 10-21 * column 1, lines 5-25 * * column 2, lines 26-40 *;
 [X]  - "Premarket Notification VISTAKON (Senofilcon A) Contact Lens; Summary of Safety and Effectiveness", (20041124), URL: http://web.archive.org/web/20041124151511/http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/pdf4/k042275.pdf, (20060623), XP002387698 [X] 1-21 * the whole document *
 [Y]  - KUNZLER J F, "Silicone Hydrogels for Contact Lens Application", TRENDS IN POLYMER SCIENCE, ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS B.V. AMSTERDAM, NL, (199602), vol. 4, no. 2, ISSN 0966-4793, pages 52 - 59, XP004049314 [Y] 1-21 * abstract *
ExaminationUS6364482
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