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EP About this file: EP1192946

EP1192946 - Use of mometasone furoate for treating airway passage and lung diseases [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  01.03.2013
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip01.03.2013Refusal of applicationpublished on 03.04.2013  [2013/14]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
126 East Lincoln Avenue
Rahway, NJ 07065-0907 / US
[N/P]
Former [2012/33]For all designated states
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
126 East Lincoln Avenue
Rahway NJ 07065-0907 / US
Former [2002/14]For all designated states
SCHERING CORPORATION
2000 Galloping Hill Road
Kenilworth New Jersey 07033 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Sequeira, Joel A.
1953 Farmingdale Road
Scotch Plains, New Jersey 07076 / US
02 / Nolop, Keith B.
44 Southern Scope Drive
Milburn, New Jersey 07041 / US
03 / Nagabhushan, Nagamani
3 Sunset Lane
Parsippany, New Jersey 07054 / US
04 / Cuss, Francis M.
14 Byron Drive
Basking Ridge, New Jersey 07920 / US
05 / Chaudry, Imtiaz A.
18 Rose Avenue
North Caldwell, New Jersey 07006 / US
06 / Patrick, James E.
104 Blawenborg Road
Belle Meade, New Jersey 08502 / US
07 / Cayen, Mitchell
99 Autumn Ridge Road
Bedminster, New Jersey 07921 / US
 [2002/14]
Representative(s)von Menges, Albrecht
Uexküll & Stolberg Partnerschaft von
Patent- und Rechtsanwälten mbB
Beselerstrasse 4
22607 Hamburg / DE
[N/P]
Former [2007/52]von Menges, Albrecht
Uexküll & Stolberg Patentanwälte Beselerstrasse 4
22607 Hamburg / DE
Former [2006/19]Adams, Harvey Vaughan John, et al
Mathys & Squire 120 Holborn
London EC1N 2SQ / GB
Former [2002/14]Schlich, George William, et al
Mathys & Squire 100 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8AL / GB
Application number, filing date01119615.126.01.1995
[2002/14]
Priority number, dateUS1994018837227.01.1994         Original published format: US 188372
[2002/14]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1192946
Date:03.04.2002
Language:EN
[2002/14]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP13.12.2001
ClassificationIPC:A61K31/57
[2002/14]
CPC:
A61K9/0075 (EP); A61K31/58 (EP,FI); A61K31/57 (EP);
A61K9/0043 (EP); A61K9/0073 (FI); A61K9/008 (EP);
A61P11/00 (EP); A61P11/02 (EP); A61P11/06 (EP);
A61P27/00 (EP); A61P27/14 (EP); A61P27/16 (EP);
A61P37/00 (EP); A61P37/04 (EP); A61P37/08 (EP) (-)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   NL,   PT,   SE [2002/14]
TitleGerman:Verwendung von Mometason-Furoat zur Behandlung von Luftweg- und Lungenerkrankungen[2002/14]
English:Use of mometasone furoate for treating airway passage and lung diseases[2002/14]
French:Utilisation du furoate de mometasone pour le traitement des affections pulmonaires et des voies respiratoires[2002/14]
Examination procedure11.03.2002Examination requested  [2002/21]
29.07.2005Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
08.12.2005Reply to a communication from the examining division
14.09.2006Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
22.03.2007Reply to a communication from the examining division
16.05.2007Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
23.11.2007Reply to a communication from the examining division
14.01.2011Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
10.06.2011Reply to a communication from the examining division
21.09.2011Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M05)
13.04.2012Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time
22.06.2012Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.10.2012Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 20.11.2012
08.11.2012Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2013/14]
18.11.2012Application refused, date of legal effect [2013/14]
20.11.2012Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP95909242.0  / EP0740550
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 (EP19950909242) is  19.11.1996
Request for further processing for:The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the examination report
22.06.2012Request for further processing filed
22.06.2012Full payment received (date of receipt of payment)
Request granted
12.07.2012Decision despatched
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.08.2001Renewal fee patent year 03
20.08.2001Renewal fee patent year 04
20.08.2001Renewal fee patent year 05
20.08.2001Renewal fee patent year 06
20.08.2001Renewal fee patent year 07
10.01.2002Renewal fee patent year 08
09.01.2003Renewal fee patent year 09
05.01.2004Renewal fee patent year 10
07.01.2005Renewal fee patent year 11
09.01.2006Renewal fee patent year 12
05.01.2007Renewal fee patent year 13
08.01.2008Renewal fee patent year 14
07.01.2009Renewal fee patent year 15
07.01.2010Renewal fee patent year 16
06.01.2011Renewal fee patent year 17
06.01.2012Renewal fee patent year 18
08.01.2013Renewal fee patent year 19
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Documents cited:Search[A]WO9114422  (MINNESOTA MINING & MFG [US]) [A] 1-7* the whole document *;
 [X]WO9206706  (LEZDEY JOHN [US], et al) [X] 1-7 * page 1 *;
 [X]EP0518601  (SCHERING CORP [US]) [X] 1-7 * page 5, line 25 - line 33; claim 14 *;
 [X]EP0518600  (SCHERING CORP [US]) [X] 1-7 * page 5, line 37 - line 45; claim 14 *;
 [X]  - C.J.WANG ET AL., "A Sensitive Enzyme Immunoassay (EIA) for Quantitation of Mometasone Furoate (SCH 32088) Directly in Biological Fluids", FASEB J., (1992), vol. 6, no. 4, page A1302, XP002183700 [X] 1-7 * abstract *
 [X]  - I.M.RICHARDS ET AL., "Novel steroid-based inhibitors of lung inflammation", CLIN.EXP.ALLERGY, (19920410), vol. 22, no. 4, pages 432 - 439, XP002183701 [X] 1-7 * page 434, column R *
 [X]  - H.J.LEE ET AL., "ANTI-INFLAMMATORY STEROIDS: RESEARCH TRENDS AND NEW COMPOUNDS", DRUGS TODAY, (198909), vol. 25, no. 9, pages 577 - 588, XP002183702 [X] 1-7 * page 580, column L *
 [XP]  - D.DEBROVNER, "WHY ASTHMATICS NEED YOU", AM. DRUG., (199408), vol. 210, no. 4, pages 24 - 27, XP002183703 [XP] 1-7 * page 27, column L *
 [T]  - M. DROUIN ET AL., "Once daily mometasone furoate aqueous nasal spray is as effective as twice daily beclomethasone dipropionate for treating perennial allergic rhinitis patients", MEDLINE, US NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE (NLM), BETHESDA, MD, US, Database accession no. PMID 8760782, XP002183704 [T] 1 * abstract *
 [A]  - H.A.ORGEL ET AL., "Clinical, rhinimanometric, and cytologic evaluation of seasonal allergic rhinitis treated with beclomethasone dipropionate as aqueous nasal spray or pressurized aerosol", MEDLINE, US NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE (NLM), BETHESDA, MD, US, Database accession no. PMID 3711553, XP002183707 [A] 1 * abstract *
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    [ ] - J ALLERGY CLIN IMMUNOL, (1986), vol. 77, no. 6, pages 858 - 864
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