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EP1419768 - COMPOSITIONS HAVING EFFECTS OF PREVENTING OR AMELIORATING CONDITIONS OR DISEASES CAUSED BY BRAIN HYPOFUNCTION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Patent revoked Status updated on 18.10.2019 Database last updated on 15.06.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	18.10.2019	Revocation of patent	published on 20.11.2019 [2019/47]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Suntory Holdings Limited 1-40, Dojimahama 2-chome, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi Osaka 530-8203 / JP
	[2009/30]
Former [2004/21]	For all designated states SUNTORY LIMITED 1-40, Dojimahama 2-chome, Kita-ku Osaka-shi, Osaka 530-8203 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / AKIMOTO, Kengo 2-75-404, Idasugiyama-cho, Nakahara-ku Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, 211-0036 / JP
	02 / KAWASHIMA, Hiroshi 6-11-1-113, Makami-cho Takatsuki-shi, Osaka 569-1121 / JP
	03 / ONO, Yoshiko 1-13-18-802, Sugawara, Higashiyodogawa-ku Osaka-shi, Osaka 533-0022 / JP
	04 / OKAICHI, Hiroshige 11-21-7, Kourigaoka Hirakata-shi, Osaka 573-0084 / JP
	05 / OKAICHI, Youko 11-21-7, Kourigaoka Hirakata-shi, Osaka 573-0084 / JP
	[2005/40]
Former [2004/21]	01 / AKIMOTO, Kengo 1-9-5-1006, Yamazaki, Shimamoto-cho Mishima-gun, Osaka 618-0001 / JP
	02 / KAWASHIMA, Hiroshi 6-11-1-113, Makami-cho Takatsuki-shi, Osaka 569-1121 / JP
	03 / ONO, Yoshiko 1-13-18-802, Sugawara, Higashiyodogawa-ku Osaka-shi, Osaka 533-0022 / JP
	04 / OKAICHI, Hiroshige 11-21-7, Kourigaoka Hirakata-shi, Osaka 573-0084 / JP
	05 / OKAICHI, Youko 11-21-7, Kourigaoka Hirakata-shi, Osaka 573-0084 / JP
Representative(s)	Mewburn Ellis LLP Aurora Building Counterslip Bristol BS1 6BX / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2004/21]	Stoner, Gerard Patrick, et al MEWBURN ELLIS York House 23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP / GB
Application number, filing date	02716453.2	29.01.2002
	[2004/21]
	WO2002JP00671
Priority number, date	JP20010235519	02.08.2001 Original published format: JP 2001235519
	[2004/21]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO03013497
	Date:	20.02.2003
	Language:	EN
	[2003/08]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1419768
	Date:	19.05.2004
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 20.02.2003 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2004/21]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1419768
	Date:	17.08.2011
	Language:	EN
	[2011/33]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	20.02.2003
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	24.05.2005
Classification	IPC:	A61K31/202, A61K31/232, A61P25/24, A61P25/28, A23L1/30, A23L2/52, A23D9/00	[2004/21]
	CPC:	A61K31/7024 (EP,US); A61K31/20 (KR); A23D9/00 (EP,US); A23D9/007 (EP,US); A23D9/013 (EP,US); A23L2/52 (EP,US); (+) A23L33/12 (EP,US); A61K31/202 (EP,US); A61K31/232 (EP,US); A61K31/557 (EP,US); A61K31/66 (EP,US); A61P25/24 (EP); A61P25/28 (EP); A23V2002/00 (EP,US) (-)
	C-Set:	A23V2002/00, A23V2250/1862 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, TR [2004/21]
Title	German:	ZUSAMMENSETZUNGEN ZUR PRÄVENTION ODER LINDERUNG VON ZUSTÄNDEN ODER ERKRANKUNGEN, DIE DURCH UNTERFUNKTION DES GEHIRNS VERURSACHT WERDEN	[2004/21]
	English:	COMPOSITIONS HAVING EFFECTS OF PREVENTING OR AMELIORATING CONDITIONS OR DISEASES CAUSED BY BRAIN HYPOFUNCTION	[2004/21]
	French:	COMPOSITIONS S'AVERANT EFFICACES POUR PREVENIR OU SOULAGER DES TROUBLES OU MALADIES PROVOQUES PAR UNE HYPOFONCTION CEREBRALE	[2004/21]
Entry into regional phase	23.02.2004	Translation filed
	23.02.2004	National basic fee paid
	23.02.2004	Search fee paid
	23.02.2004	Designation fee(s) paid
	23.02.2004	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	30.01.2003	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: JP
	23.02.2004	Examination requested [2004/21]
	03.03.2004	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	02.05.2007	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	21.12.2007	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time
	29.02.2008	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	19.08.2010	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	29.12.2010	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	02.03.2011	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	28.06.2011	Fee for grant paid
	28.06.2011	Fee 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 02.05.2007
Opposition(s)	Opponent(s)	01 17.05.2012 25.05.2012 ADMISSIBLE ABBOTT LABORATORIES 100 Abbott Park Road Abbott Park IL 60064 / US Opponent's representative Boult Wade Tennant LLP, et al, et al Salisbury Square House 8 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8AP / GB
		02 16.05.2012 25.05.2012 ADMISSIBLE N.V. Nutricia Eerste Stationsstraat 186 2712 HM Zoetermeer / NL Opponent's representative Nederlandsch Octrooibureau P.O. Box 29720 2502 LS The Hague / NL
		[N/P]
	Former [2014/07]
	Opponent(s)	01 17.05.2012 25.05.2012 ADMISSIBLE Abbott Laboratories 100 Abbott Park Rd. Abbott Park, IL 60064 / US Opponent's representative Boult Wade Tennant, et al, et al Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB
		02 16.05.2012 25.05.2012 ADMISSIBLE N.V. Nutricia Eerste Stationsstraat 186 2712 HM Zoetermeer / NL Opponent's representative Nederlandsch Octrooibureau P.O. Box 29720 2502 LS The Hague / NL
	Former [2013/32]
	Opponent(s)	01 17.05.2012 25.05.2012 ADMISSIBLE Abbott Laboratories 100 Abbott Park Rd. Abbott Park, IL 60064 / US Opponent's representative Hayes, Adrian Chetwynd, et al, et al Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB
		02 16.05.2012 25.05.2012 ADMISSIBLE N.V. Nutricia Eerste Stationsstraat 186 2712 HM Zoetermeer / NL Opponent's representative Nederlandsch Octrooibureau P.O. Box 29720 2502 LS The Hague / NL
	Former [2012/27]
	Opponent(s)	01 17.05.2012 25.05.2012 ADMISSIBLE Abbott Laboratories 100 Abbott Park Rd. Abbott Park, IL 60064 / US Opponent's representative Hayes, Adrian Chetwynd, et al, et al Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB
		02 16.05.2012 25.05.2012 ADMISSIBLE N.V. Nutricia Eerste Stationsstraat 186 2712 HM Zoetermeer / NL Opponent's representative van Duijvenbode, René Cornelis, et al, et al Nederlandsch Octrooibureau P.O. Box 29720 2502 LS The Hague / NL
	Former [2012/26]
	Opponent(s)	01 17.05.2012 Abbott Laboratories 100 Abbott Park Rd. Abbott Park, IL 60064 / US Opponent's representative Hayes, Adrian Chetwynd, et al, et al Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB
	10.07.2012	Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
	20.03.2013	Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
	09.09.2014	Date of oral proceedings
	25.11.2014	Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
	25.11.2014	Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked
	13.09.2019	Date of oral proceedings
	13.09.2019	Legal effect of revocation of patent [2019/47]
	25.09.2019	Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
Appeal following opposition	27.01.2015	Appeal received No. T0297/15
	07.04.2015	Statement of grounds filed
	13.09.2019	Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the proprietor withdrawn
Request for further processing for:	The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the examination report
	26.02.2008	Request for further processing filed
	26.02.2008	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	11.03.2008	Decision despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	23.02.2004	Renewal fee patent year 03
	24.01.2005	Renewal fee patent year 04
	24.01.2006	Renewal fee patent year 05
	23.01.2007	Renewal fee patent year 06
	22.01.2008	Renewal fee patent year 07
	17.03.2008	Renewal fee patent year 08
	20.01.2010	Renewal fee patent year 09
	20.01.2011	Renewal fee patent year 10
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Documents cited:	Search	[X]WO9621037 (MARTEK BIOSCIENCES CORP [US], et al) [X] 1,2,6-9,13-20,27-33 * claims 1-5,19,23-25,30,31 *;
		[XY]WO0021524 (DSM NV [NL], et al) [X] 1,2,6-9,13-20,27-33 * page 3, line 9 - page 5, line 14 * * page 6, line 8 - line 9 * * page 6, line 14 - page 7, line 1; examples 2,3,5 * * claims 1-11,16,17 * [Y] 3-5,10-12,21-26;
		[PX]WO0197793 (YISSUM RES DEV CO [IL], et al) [PX] 1,16-18 * page 8, paragraph 2 - paragraph L * * claims 1,2,8 *;
		[PX]WO0202105 (LAXDALE LTD [GB], et al) [PX] 1,2,6,7,13-18 * page 10, line 1 - line 11 * * page 11, line 7 - page 15, line 21 ** claims 1,7,8,15 *;
		[Y] - AKIKO KAWASHIMA ET AL, "Enzymatic synthesis of high-purity structured lipids with caprylic acid at 1,3-positions and polyunsaturated fatty acid at 2-position", JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN OIL CHEMISTS' SOCIETY, AMERICAN OIL CHEMISTS' SOCIETY, CHAMPAIGN, IL, US, (200106), vol. 78, no. 6, ISSN 0003-021X, pages 611 - 616, XP002957827 [Y] 3-5,10-12,21-26 * page 611, Abstract ; page 615, column 1, paragraph L - column 2, paragraph L * page 616; table 6 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11746-001-0313-0
	International search	[X] - LYNCH, M.A. ET AL., "Impaired spatial memory in aged rats is associated with alterations in inositol phospholipid metabolism", NEUROREPORT, (1994), vol. 5, no. 12, pages 1493 - 1497, XP002950177 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00001756-199407000-00021
		[A] - WAINWRIGHT, P.E. ET AL., "Water maze performance is unaffected in artificially reared rats fed diets supplemented with arachidonic acid and docosahexaenoic acid", J. NUTR., (1999), vol. 129, no. 5, pages 1079 - 1089, XP002950178
		[A] - WAINWRIGHT, P.E. ET AL., "Arachidonic acid offsets the effects on mouse brain and behavior of a diet with low (n-6):(n-3) ratio and very high levels of docosahexaenoic acid", J. NUTR., (1997), vol. 127, no. 1, pages 184 - 193, XP002950179
	by applicant	- LIPIDS, (1991), vol. 26, pages 421 - 425
		- LYNCH, M.A. ET AL., "Impaired spatial memory in aged rats is associated with alterations in inositol phospholipid metabolism", NEUROREPORT, (1994), vol. 5, no. 15, pages 1493 - 1497

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