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EP About this file: EP3139924

EP3139924 - METHODS OF TREATING OR PREVENTING PRETERM LABOR [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  06.04.2020
Database last updated on 12.10.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  10.02.2017
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  25.11.2016
Most recent event   Tooltip05.04.2024New entry: Decision on request for further processing 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Visco, Anthony G.
241 Parker Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27517 / US
[2017/11]
Inventor(s)01 / see applicant
...
 [2017/11]
Representative(s)HGF
HGF Limited
1 City Walk
Leeds LS11 9DX / GB
[N/P]
Former [2017/11]HGF Limited
1 City Walk
Leeds LS11 9DX / GB
Application number, filing date15788577.306.05.2015
[2017/11]
WO2015US29455
Priority number, dateUS201461989221P06.05.2014         Original published format: US 201461989221 P
[2017/11]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2015171753
Date:12.11.2015
Language:EN
[2015/45]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3139924
Date:15.03.2017
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 12.11.2015 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2017/11]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:RU12.11.2015
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP05.02.2018
ClassificationIPC:A61K31/46, A61K31/137, A61K31/135, A61K31/145, A61K31/196, A61K31/215, A61K31/216, A61K31/222, A61K31/357, A61K31/36, A61K31/4025, A61K31/426, A61K31/439, A61K31/4439, A61K31/445, A61K31/4465, A61K31/517, A61K31/4525, A61K31/4725, A61P15/06
[2017/47]
CPC:
A61K31/46 (EP,US); A61K31/517 (US); A61K31/135 (US);
A61K31/137 (EP,US); A61K31/145 (US); A61K31/196 (EP,US);
A61K31/215 (EP,US); A61K31/216 (EP,US); A61K31/222 (EP,US);
A61K31/357 (US); A61K31/36 (EP,US); A61K31/4025 (EP,US);
A61K31/426 (US); A61K31/439 (EP,US); A61K31/4439 (EP,US);
A61K31/445 (EP,US); A61K31/4465 (EP,US); A61K31/4525 (EP,US);
A61K31/4725 (EP,US); A61P15/06 (EP,US); A61N2/00 (US);
A61N5/0619 (US); A61N7/00 (US) (-)
Former IPC [2017/11]A61K31/46, A61P15/06
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2017/11]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUR BEHANDLUNG ODER PRÄVENTION VON VORZEITIGEN WEHEN[2017/11]
English:METHODS OF TREATING OR PREVENTING PRETERM LABOR[2017/11]
French:PROCÉDÉS DE TRAITEMENT OU DE PRÉVENTION DU TRAVAIL PRÉMATURÉ[2017/11]
Entry into regional phase24.11.2016National basic fee paid 
24.11.2016Search fee paid 
24.11.2016Designation fee(s) paid 
24.11.2016Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure24.11.2016Examination requested  [2017/11]
24.11.2016Date on which the examining division has become responsible
20.12.2018Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
09.04.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
14.01.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
26.05.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
03.01.2024Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time
01.03.2024Reply to a communication from the examining division
Request for further processing for:The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the examination report
01.03.2024Request for further processing filed
01.03.2024Full payment received (date of receipt of payment)
Request granted
04.04.2024Decision despatched
The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the examination report
14.01.2021Request for further processing filed
14.01.2021Full payment received (date of receipt of payment)
Request granted
25.01.2021Decision despatched
The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the Extended European Search Report/Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority/International Preliminary Examination Report/Supplementary international search report/Supplementary European search report
20.12.2018Request for further processing filed
20.12.2018Full payment received (date of receipt of payment)
Request granted
15.01.2019Decision despatched
Fees paidRenewal fee
10.05.2017Renewal fee patent year 03
11.05.2018Renewal fee patent year 04
15.05.2019Renewal fee patent year 05
31.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 06
13.05.2021Renewal fee patent year 07
16.03.2022Renewal fee patent year 08
14.03.2023Renewal fee patent year 09
13.03.2024Renewal fee patent year 10
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Documents cited:Search[I]  - KITAZAWA TAKIO ET AL, "Muscarinic receptor subtypes involved in carbachol-induced contraction of mouse uterine smooth muscle", NAUNYN-SCHMIEDEBERG'S ARCHIVES OF PHARMACOLOGY, (200806), vol. 377, no. 4-6, ISSN 0028-1298, pages 503 - 513, XP009500414 [I] 1-4,9,11 * abstract *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00210-007-0223-1
 [T]  - Dr. Dirk Manski, "Anatomie und Physiologie der Harnblase", (20170919), URL: https://www.urologielehrbuch.de/harnblasenanatomie_05.html, (20170919), XP002774162
International search[XA]EP2386555  (ALMIRALL SA [ES]) [X] 1-3, 34 * , abstract, paragraphs [0007], [0009], [0018] * [A] 4;
 [A]  - VERNON LINDSEY, "Role of Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptors in Pregnant Rat Uterine Cervical Ripening", URL: http://inspire.redlands.edu/cas-honors/50, (20150813) [A] 1
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.3923/pjbs.2013.443.445
 [A]  - KOBAYASHI F et al., "Effects of imidafenacin (KRP-197/ONO-8025), a new anti- cholinergic agent, on muscarinic acetylcholine receptors.", High affinities for M3 and M1 receptor subtypes and selectivity for urinary bladder over salivary gland., vol. 57, no. 2, (20070000), pages 92 - 100, (20150814), XP055360337 [A] 1-4, 34 * Retrieved from *
 [A]  - HEGDE, S.S. et al., "Muscarinic receptor subtypes modulating smooth muscle contractility in the urinary bladder''.", Life Dci., (19990000), vol. 64, no. 6-7, pages 419 - 428, XP 001189073 [A] 1-4, 34 * (abstract) Retrieved from *
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