| EP2071964 - Method of supplementing animals with carotenoids by drinking water [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The application has been refused Status updated on 14.02.2014 Database last updated on 20.03.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 14.02.2014 | Refusal of application | published on 19.03.2014 [2014/12] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Zhejiang Medicine Co., Ltd. Xinchang Pharmaceutical Factory No.59 Huancheng Donglu Xinchang County Zhejiang 312500 / CN | [2009/26] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Xu, Xinde Zhejiang Medicine Co., Ltd. Xinchang Pharmaceutical Factory No. 59, Huancheng Donglu Xinchang County Zhejiang 312500 / CN | 02 /
Shao, Bin Zhejiang Medicine Co., Ltd. Xinchang Pharmaceutical Factory No. 59, Huancheng Donglu Xinchang County Zhejiang 312500 / CN | 03 /
Zhou, Di Zhejiang Medicine Co., Ltd. Xinchang Pharmaceutical Factory No. 59, Huancheng Donglu Xinchang County Zhejiang 312500 / CN | 04 /
Chen, Chunbo Zhejiang Medicine Co., Ltd. Xinchang Pharmaceutical Factory No. 59, Huancheng Donglu Xinchang County Zhejiang 312500 / CN | 05 /
Hong, Yimin Zhejiang Medicine Co., Ltd. Xinchang Pharmaceutical Factory No. 59, Huancheng Donglu Xinchang County Zhejiang 312500 / CN | [2009/26] | Representative(s) | De Anna, Pier Luigi DEANNA-PATENT c/o Meissner Bolte Widenmayerstrasse 47 80538 München / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [2012/21] | De Anna, Pier Luigi DeAnna-Patent Lucile-Grahn-Strasse 48 81675 München / DE | ||
| Former [2009/40] | Gervasi, Gemma Notarbartolo & Gervasi S.p.A. Bavariaring 21 80336 München / DE | ||
| Former [2009/26] | Gervasi, Gemma Notarbartolo & Gervasi GmbH Bavariaring 21 80336 München / DE | Application number, filing date | 08168252.8 | 04.11.2008 | [2009/26] | Priority number, date | CN200710301265 | 18.12.2007 Original published format: CN200710301265 | [2009/26] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP2071964 | Date: | 24.06.2009 | Language: | EN | [2009/26] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 12.02.2009 | Classification | IPC: | A23K1/16, A23K1/18 | [2009/26] | CPC: |
A23K50/75 (EP,US);
A23K20/179 (EP,US);
A23L2/58 (EP,US);
A23L33/10 (EP,US);
A23L33/105 (EP,US);
A23L5/43 (EP,US);
A23V2002/00 (EP,US)
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| C-Set: |
A23V2002/00, A23V2200/044, A23V2200/324, A23V2250/211, A23V2250/702 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2009/26] | Title | German: | Verfahren zum Versorgen von Tieren mit Carotinoiden über das Trinkwasser | [2009/26] | English: | Method of supplementing animals with carotenoids by drinking water | [2009/26] | French: | Procédé pour administrer des caroténoïdes à des animaux en buvant de l'eau | [2009/26] | Examination procedure | 17.12.2009 | Examination requested [2010/04] | 13.01.2010 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 12.05.2010 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 27.10.2011 | Date of oral proceedings | 02.12.2011 | Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2014/12] | 02.12.2011 | Minutes of oral proceedings despatched | 17.12.2013 | Application refused, date of legal effect [2014/12] | Appeal following examination | 02.02.2012 | Appeal received No. T1000/12 | 02.04.2012 | Statement of grounds filed | 17.12.2013 | Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the applicant was rejected | 17.12.2013 | Date of oral proceedings | 20.12.2013 | Minutes of oral proceedings despatched | 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 13.01.2010 | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 03.12.2010 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 13.12.2011 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 22.11.2012 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 29.10.2013 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | Penalty fee | Additional fee for renewal fee | 30.11.2010 | 03   M06   Fee paid on   03.12.2010 | 30.11.2011 | 04   M06   Fee paid on   13.12.2011 |
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