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EP About this file: EP3669651

EP3669651 - CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORING CELLS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  10.05.2024
Database last updated on 03.09.2024
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  02.06.2023
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  09.03.2023
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  15.07.2021
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  25.12.2020
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  22.05.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip30.08.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): MC		published on 02.10.2024 [2024/40]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
UPM-Kymmene Corporation
Alvar Aallon katu 1
00100 Helsinki / FI
[2020/26]
Inventor(s)01 / Nuopponen, Markus
Juutinraumankatu 6 B 29
00220 Helsinki / FI
02 / Spencer-Fry, Jane
Laurelwood
Riverview Road
Pangbourne, Berkshire RG8 7AU / GB
03 / Coopman, Karen
c/o Loughborough University
Ashby Road
Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3TU / GB
 [2020/26]
Representative(s)Berggren Oy
P.O. Box 16
Eteläinen Rautatiekatu 10A
00101 Helsinki / FI
[2023/27]
Former [2020/26]Berggren Oy, Tampere
Visiokatu 1
33720 Tampere / FI
Application number, filing date18397536.621.12.2018
[2020/26]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3669651
Date:24.06.2020
Language:EN
[2020/26]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3669651
Date:05.07.2023
Language:EN
[2023/27]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP28.06.2019
ClassificationIPC:A01N1/02
[2020/26]
CPC:
A01N1/0231 (EP,CN,US); C12N5/0662 (US); A61K35/28 (US);
C12N2500/30 (US); C12N2500/32 (US); C12N2500/34 (US);
C12N2533/78 (US) (-)
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 [2021/04]  
Former [2020/26]AL,  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 
TitleGerman:ZELLSYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUR AUFBEWAHRUNG VON ZELLEN[2020/26]
English:CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORING CELLS[2020/26]
French:SYSTÈME DE CELLULE ET PROCÉDÉ DE STOCKAGE DE CELLULES[2020/26]
Examination procedure18.12.2020Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
18.12.2020Examination requested  [2021/04]
18.12.2020Date on which the examining division has become responsible
14.07.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
22.10.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
10.03.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
29.05.2023Fee for grant paid
29.05.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
29.05.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)08.04.2024No opposition filed within time limit [2024/24]
Fees paidRenewal fee
28.12.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
27.12.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
27.12.2022Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipCZ05.07.2023
ES05.07.2023
HR05.07.2023
MC05.07.2023
PL05.07.2023
RO05.07.2023
RS05.07.2023
SK05.07.2023
SM05.07.2023
GR06.10.2023
IS05.11.2023
[2024/40]
Former [2024/23]CZ05.07.2023
ES05.07.2023
HR05.07.2023
PL05.07.2023
RO05.07.2023
RS05.07.2023
SK05.07.2023
SM05.07.2023
GR06.10.2023
IS05.11.2023
Former [2024/20]ES05.07.2023
HR05.07.2023
PL05.07.2023
RS05.07.2023
SM05.07.2023
GR06.10.2023
IS05.11.2023
Former [2024/10]ES05.07.2023
HR05.07.2023
PL05.07.2023
RS05.07.2023
GR06.10.2023
IS05.11.2023
Former [2024/09]ES05.07.2023
GR06.10.2023
IS05.11.2023
Documents cited:Search[X]US2018024121  (YLIPERTTULA MARJO [FI], et al) [X] 1-13 * abstract * * page 2, paragraph 0026 * * page 3, paragraphs 0029, 0039 * * page 4, paragraph 0064 * * page 5, paragraphs 0075, 0077, 0079 * * page 6, paragraphs 0082, 0084 * * page 8, paragraphs 0097, 0101, 0104 * * page 9, paragraphs 0111, 0112 * * paragraph "examples"; page 11 - page 12, paragraph 0144 * * claims 1, 2, 8, 10, 11, 17-20 *;
 [X]  - YAN-RU LOU ET AL, "The Use of Nanofibrillar Cellulose Hydrogel As a Flexible Three-Dimensional Model to Culture Human Pluripotent Stem Cells", STEM CELLS AND DEVELOPMENT, (20140215), vol. 23, no. 4, doi:10.1089/scd.2013.0314, ISSN 1547-3287, pages 380 - 392, XP055214904 [X] 1-13 * abstract * * page 380, column 2, paragraph 2 - page 381, column 2, paragraph 3 * * paragraph "Discussion"; page 388 * * figure 2 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/scd.2013.0314
 [X]  - Chennakesava Cuddapah, "Bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells cultured in 3D matrix", (20181001), pages 1 - 2, upmbiomedicals, URL: https://www.upmbiomedicals.com/resource-center/application-notes/bone-marrow-derived-mesenchymal-stem-cells-cultured-in-3d-matrix/, (20190516), XP002791549 [X] 14,15 * page 1, paragraph 1 - page 2, paragraph 2 *
 [X]  - UPM Biomedicals, "GrowDex- The Natural Choice For Cell Culture", URL: https://www.upmbiomedicals.com/siteassets/documents/growdex-brochure-2018.pdf, (20190516), XP002791550 [X] 14,15 * page 1 - page 3 *
by applicant   - Cell Stem Cell, (20080207), vol. 2, no. 2, pages 113 - 7
    - RAFIQ et al., "A quantitative approach for understanding small-scale human mesenchymal stem cell culture - implications for large-scale bioprocess development", Biotechnology Journal, Special Issue: Stem cell engineering, (20130400), pages 459 - 471, URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/biot.201200197
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