| EP2729482 - METHOD FOR PURIFYING FC-FUSION PROTEIN [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 11.01.2019 Database last updated on 01.04.2026 | |
| Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 02.02.2018 | ||
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 19.09.2017 | ||
| Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 01.09.2017 | ||
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 02.04.2017 | Most recent event Tooltip | 10.07.2020 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IS | published on 12.08.2020 [2020/33] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. 126 East Lincoln Avenue Rahway, NJ 07065-0907 / US | [2014/20] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
IKECHUKWU, Ijeoma Cynthia 126 East Lincoln Avenue Rahway New Jersey 07065-0907 / US | 02 /
NTI-GYABAAH, Joseph 12 Mindy Drive Somerset New Jersey 08873 / US | 03 /
PETROFF, Matthew 126 East Lincoln Avenue Rahway New Jersey 07065-0907 / US | 04 /
LEE, Christine 126 East Lincoln Avenue Rahway New Jersey 07065-0907 / US | [2014/20] | Representative(s) | Böhles, Elena Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. 120 Moorgate London, EC2M 6UR / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2014/20] | Böhles, Elena Merck & Co., Inc. Hertford Road Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire EN11 9BU / GB | Application number, filing date | 12811874.2 | 03.07.2012 | [2018/10] | WO2012US45339 | Priority number, date | US201161505710P | 08.07.2011 Original published format: US 201161505710 P | [2014/20] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2013009526 | Date: | 17.01.2013 | Language: | EN | [2013/03] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2729482 | Date: | 14.05.2014 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 17.01.2013 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2014/20] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2729482 | Date: | 07.03.2018 | Language: | EN | [2018/10] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 17.01.2013 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 28.01.2015 | Classification | IPC: | C07K1/18, C07K1/22, C07K16/00 | [2014/20] | CPC: |
C07K1/36 (EP,US);
C07K16/18 (US);
C07K14/70578 (US);
C07K16/065 (EP,US);
C07K2319/00 (EP,US);
C07K2319/30 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2014/20] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Title | German: | VERFAHREN ZUR REINIGUNG VON FC-FUSIONSPROTEINEN | [2014/20] | English: | METHOD FOR PURIFYING FC-FUSION PROTEIN | [2014/20] | French: | PROCÉDÉ DE PURIFICATION D'UNE PROTÉINE DE FUSION FC | [2014/20] | Entry into regional phase | 10.02.2014 | National basic fee paid | 10.02.2014 | Search fee paid | 10.02.2014 | Designation fee(s) paid | 10.02.2014 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 10.02.2014 | Examination requested [2014/20] | 20.08.2015 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 26.04.2016 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 31.08.2016 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 03.04.2017 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 10.08.2017 | Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO | 14.08.2017 | Fee for grant paid | 14.08.2017 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 20.09.2017 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 26.01.2018 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | 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 26.04.2016 | Opposition(s) | 10.12.2018 | No opposition filed within time limit [2019/07] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 08.07.2014 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 09.07.2015 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 11.07.2016 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 10.07.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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