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EP2036551 - CATECHINS FOR IMPROVING MUSCLE POWER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2009/12]	AGENT FOR IMPROVING MUSCLE POWER
	[2013/23]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 12.09.2014 Database last updated on 03.06.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	12.09.2014	No opposition filed within time limit	published on 15.10.2014 [2014/42]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Kao Corporation 14-10, Nihonbashi-Kayabacho, 1-chome Chuo-ku Tokyo 103-8210 / JP
	[2009/12]
Inventor(s)	01 / OTA, Noriyasu c/o Kao Corporation Research Laboratories 2606, Akabane, Ichikai-machi Haga-gun, Tochigi 321-3497 / JP
	02 / MURASE, Takatoshi c/o Kao Corporation Research Laboratories 2606, Akabane, Ichikai-machi Haga-gun, Tochigi 321-3497 / JP
	[2013/45]
Former [2009/12]	01 / OTA, Noriyasu c/o Kao Corporation Research Laboratories 2606, Akabane, Ichikai-machi Haga-gun, Tochigi 321-3497 / JP
	02 / MURASE, Takatoshi c/o Kao Corporation Research Laboratories 2606, Akabane, Ichikai-machi Haga-gun, Tochigi 321-3497 / JP
Representative(s)	Hoffmann Eitle Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB Arabellastrasse 30 81925 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2013/45]	HOFFMANN EITLE Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4 81925 München / DE
Former [2009/35]	HOFFMANN EITLE Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4 81925 München / DE
Former [2009/12]	HOFFMANN EITLE Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4 81925 München / DE
Application number, filing date	07737277.9	12.06.2007
	[2009/12]
	WO2007JP00622
Priority number, date	JP20060185452	05.07.2006 Original published format: JP 2006185452
	[2009/12]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2008004333
	Date:	10.01.2008
	Language:	JA
	[2008/02]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2036551
	Date:	18.03.2009
	Language:	EN
	[2009/12]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2036551
	Date:	06.11.2013
	Language:	EN
	[2013/45]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	10.01.2008
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	01.06.2010
Classification	IPC:	A61K31/353, A23L1/30, A23L2/38, A61P21/00, A23L1/00	[2013/23]
	CPC:	A61K31/353 (EP,KR,US); A23L33/105 (EP,US); A23P20/105 (EP,US); A61P21/00 (EP); A61P27/02 (EP); A23V2002/00 (EP,US)
	C-Set:	A23V2002/00, A23V2200/316, A23V2250/2132 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2009/12]	A61K31/353, A23L1/30, A23L2/38, A61P21/00
Designated contracting states	DE, FR, GB [2009/35]
Former [2009/12]	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
Extension states	AL	Not yet paid
	BA	Not yet paid
	HR	Not yet paid
	MK	Not yet paid
	RS	Not yet paid
Title	German:	KATECHINE ZUR VERBESSERUNG DER MUSKELKRAFT	[2013/23]
	English:	CATECHINS FOR IMPROVING MUSCLE POWER	[2013/23]
	French:	CATÉCHINES POUR L'AMÉLIORATION DE LA PUISSANCE MUSCULAIRE	[2013/23]
	Former [2009/12]	MITTEL ZUR VERBESSERUNG DER MUSKELKRAFT
	Former [2009/12]	AGENT FOR IMPROVING MUSCLE POWER
	Former [2009/12]	AGENT POUR L'AMÉLIORATION DE LA PUISSANCE MUSCULAIRE
Entry into regional phase	02.01.2009	Translation filed
	02.01.2009	National basic fee paid
	02.01.2009	Search fee paid
	02.01.2009	Designation fee(s) paid
	02.01.2009	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	02.01.2009	Examination requested [2009/12]
	06.02.2009	Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
	20.03.2009	Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, ES, FI, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
	28.12.2010	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	14.03.2011	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	22.07.2011	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	07.03.2012	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
	14.05.2012	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	28.02.2013	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
	18.04.2013	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	12.06.2013	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	26.09.2013	Fee for grant paid
	26.09.2013	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 14.03.2011
Opposition(s)	07.08.2014	No opposition filed within time limit [2014/42]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	25.06.2009	Renewal fee patent year 03
	31.03.2010	Renewal fee patent year 04
	27.06.2011	Renewal fee patent year 05
	31.03.2012	Renewal fee patent year 06
	19.06.2013	Renewal fee patent year 07
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Documents cited:	Search	[X]WO2005074962 (ASAHI BREWERIES LTD [JP], et al) [X] 1-5,8-10,12 * example 4; claims 6,8,11 *;
		[X]EP1671963 (KAO CORP [JP]) [X] 1-10,12 * abstract * * paragraphs [0019] , [0 20] *;
		[E]EP1813156 (KAO CORP [JP]) [E] 1-10,12 * paragraphs [0012] , [0013]; claims 1-51 *;
		[X] - SINGAL A ET AL, "Green Tea Extract and Catechin Ameliorate Chronic Fatigue-Induced Oxidative Stress in Mice", JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL FOOD, MARY ANN LIEBERT, LARCHMONT, NY, US LNKD- DOI:10.1089/JMF.2005.8.47, (20050101), vol. 8, no. 1, ISSN 1096-620X, pages 47 - 52, XP003015493 [X] 2,4,9,11 * abstract * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/jmf.2005.8.47
		[X] - DORCHIES OLIVIER M ET AL, "Green tea extract and its major polyphenol (-)-epigallocatechin gallate improve muscle function in a mouse model for Duchenne muscular dystrophy", AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY. CELL PHYSIOLOGY, AMERICAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY, US LNKD- DOI:10.1152/AJPCELL.00425.2005, (20060201), vol. 290, no. 2, ISSN 0363-6143, pages C616 - C625, XP002459514 [X] 1-4,8-12 * abstract * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.00425.2005
	International search	[X]JPH09322716 (ITOEN KK);
		[Y]JP2003010158 (BIOCHEMICAL & PHARMACOLOGICAL);
		[X]WO2005028464 (KAO CORP [JP], et al);
		[Y]JP2006117687 (KAO CORP);
		[X]WO2006051980 (KAO CORP [JP], et al);
		[X] - NAGASAWA T., "Undo ni yoru Stress ni Taisuru Cha-Catechin no Koka (EFFECTS OF THE CATECHIN ON EXERCISE-INDUCED OXIDATIVE STRESS)", BIOSCIENCE & INDUSTRY, (2002), vol. 60, no. 3, pages 173 - 174, XP002991259
	Examination	US2005281896
		WO2007006135
		- DORCHIES OLIVIER M ET AL, "Green tea extract and its major polyphenol (-)-epigallocatechin gallate improve muscle function in a mouse model for Duchenne muscular dystrophy", AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY. CELL PHYSIOLOGY, AMERICAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY, US, (20060201), vol. 290, no. 2, doi:10.1152/AJPCELL.00425.2005, ISSN 0363-6143, pages C616 - C625, XP002459514 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.00425.2005
	by applicant	JPH03742094B
		JPS59219384
		JPS60156614
		JPH0420589
		JPH04253918
		JPH05260907
		JPH05306279
		JP2002065212
		JP2002272373
		JP2004256513
		JP2005089384
		WO2005074962
		- ELAM R. P. ET AL., J. SPORTS MED & PHYS FITNESS, (1989), pages 52 - 6
		- DORCHIES O. M. ET AL., AJP-CELL PHYSIOL, (2006), pages 616 - 25

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