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EP3146065 - METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR REDUCING CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
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Status updated on  19.09.2025
Database last updated on 01.04.2026
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Status updated on  11.10.2024
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Status updated on  16.12.2016
Most recent event   Tooltip06.02.2026Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MC		published on 11.03.2026  [2026/11]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
1275 York Avenue
New York, NY 10065 / US
[2017/13]
Inventor(s)01 / PAMER, Eric, G.
84 Fair Street
Guilford, CT 06437-26117 / US
02 / BUFFIE, Charlie
1230 York Avenue
Box 14
New York, NY 10065 / US
03 / MCKENNEY, Peter
504 E8 1st St Apt 1E
New York, NY 10028 / US
 [2017/18]
Former [2017/13]01 / PAMER, Eric, G.
84 Fair Street
Guilford, CT 06437-26117 / US
02 / BUFFIE, Charlie
1230 York Avenue
Box 14
New York, NY 10065 / US
03 / MCKENNEY, Peter
75 West Street
Apt. 5E
New York, NY 10006 / US
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Barker Brettell LLP
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Edgbaston
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Application number, filing date15796000.619.05.2015
[2017/13]
WO2015US31627
Priority number, dateUS201462000308P19.05.2014         Original published format: US 201462000308 P
[2017/13]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2015179437
Date:26.11.2015
Language:EN
[2015/47]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3146065
Date:29.03.2017
Language:EN
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[2017/13]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3146065
Date:13.11.2024
Language:EN
[2024/46]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US26.11.2015
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP13.04.2018
ClassificationIPC:C12Q1/26, A61K35/74
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TitleGerman:VERFAHREN UND ZUSAMMENSETZUNGEN ZUR VERRINGERUNG VON CLOSTRIDIUM-DIFFICILE-INFEKTIONEN[2017/13]
English:METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR REDUCING CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION[2017/13]
French:PROCÉDÉS ET COMPOSITIONS POUR RÉDUIRE UNE INFECTION PAR CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE[2017/13]
Entry into regional phase16.12.2016National basic fee paid 
16.12.2016Search fee paid 
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16.12.2016Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure16.12.2016Examination requested  [2017/13]
16.12.2016Date on which the examining division has become responsible
13.11.2018Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
11.02.2019Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
21.08.2019Reply to a communication from the examining division
26.02.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
10.09.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
26.02.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
08.07.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
10.06.2024Communication of intention to grant the patent
03.10.2024Fee for grant paid
03.10.2024Fee for publishing/printing paid
03.10.2024Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)EP24212532.6  / EP4527400
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Opposition(s)14.08.2025No opposition filed within time limit [2025/43]
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