| EP3318643 - METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IDENTIFYING AND TREATING LUPUS [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The application is deemed to be withdrawn Status updated on 24.05.2019 Database last updated on 11.04.2026 | |
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| Former | The application has been published Status updated on 06.04.2018 | Most recent event Tooltip | 24.05.2019 | Application deemed to be withdrawn | published on 26.06.2019 [2019/26] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states GENENTECH, INC. 1 DNA Way South San Francisco, CA 94080-4990 / US | [2018/19] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Behrens, Timothy, W. 1133 Palm Drive Burlingame, CA 94010 / US | 02 /
Hom, Geoffrey 363 Skyline Drive Daly City, CA 94015 / US | 03 /
Ortmann, Ward, A. 3418 Perada Drive Walnut Creek, CA 94598 / US | 04 /
Graham, Robert, Royal 2001 McAllister Street C240 San Francisco, CA 94118 / US | [2018/19] | Representative(s) | Mewburn Ellis LLP Aurora Building Counterslip Bristol BS1 6BX / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2018/19] | Cripps, Joanna Elizabeth, et al Mewburn Ellis LLP City Tower 40 Basinghall Street London EC2V 5DE / GB | Application number, filing date | 17191337.9 | 21.05.2008 | [2018/19] | Priority number, date | US20070939156P | 21.05.2007 Original published format: US 939156 P | US20070013283P | 12.12.2007 Original published format: US 13283 P | [2018/19] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP3318643 | Date: | 09.05.2018 | Language: | EN | [2018/19] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP3318643 | Date: | 20.06.2018 | Language: | EN | [2018/25] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 23.05.2018 | Classification | IPC: | C12Q1/68 | [2018/19] | CPC: |
C12Q1/6883 (EP,CN,KR,US);
A61P37/00 (EP);
A61P37/06 (EP);
C12N15/11 (KR);
C12Q1/6858 (KR);
G06Q99/00 (EP,US);
C12Q2533/101 (KR);
C12Q2600/106 (EP,CN,KR,US);
C12Q2600/112 (CN);
C12Q2600/118 (CN);
C12Q2600/136 (EP,KR,US);
C12Q2600/156 (EP,CN,KR,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 [2019/05] |
| Former [2018/19] | 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 | Title | German: | VERFAHREN UND ZUSAMMENSETZUNGEN ZUR IDENTIFIZIERUNG UND BEHANDLUNG VON LUPUS | [2018/19] | English: | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IDENTIFYING AND TREATING LUPUS | [2018/19] | French: | PROCÉDÉS ET COMPOSITIONS POUR L'IDENTIFICATION ET LE TRAITEMENT DU LUPUS | [2018/19] | Examination procedure | 19.12.2018 | Examination requested [2019/05] | 19.12.2018 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 21.12.2018 | Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect [2019/26] | 30.01.2019 | Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the Extended European Search Report/Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority/International Preliminary Examination Report/Supplementary international search report not received in time [2019/26] | Parent application(s) Tooltip | EP08769569.8 / EP2158335 | EP12192837.8 / EP2612924 | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 03.10.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 03.10.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 03.10.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 03.10.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 03.10.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 03.10.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 03.10.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 09 | 03.10.2017 | Renewal fee patent year 10 | 07.05.2018 | Renewal fee patent year 11 | 08.05.2019 | Renewal fee patent year 12 |
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