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EP3689348 - THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR MEIBOMIAN GLAND DYSFUNCTION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  24.09.2021
Database last updated on 22.08.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  12.02.2021
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  03.07.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip27.04.2024New entry: Despatch of examination report + time limit 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
9-19, Shimoshinjo 3-chome
Higashiyodogawa-ku
Osaka-shi, Osaka 533-8651 / JP
[2020/32]
Inventor(s)01 / MIYAKE, Hideki
c/o SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
8916-16, Takayama-cho
Ikoma-shi, Nara 630-0101 / JP
02 / ODA, Tomoko
c/o SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
8916-16, Takayama-cho
Ikoma-shi, Nara 630-0101 / JP
03 / SHII, Daisuke
c/o SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
8916-16, Takayama-cho
Ikoma-shi, Nara 630-0101 / JP
 [2020/32]
Representative(s)Müller-Boré & Partner Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Friedenheimer Brücke 21
80639 München / DE
[2020/32]
Application number, filing date20164189.112.03.2014
[2020/32]
Priority number, dateJP2013005076613.03.2013         Original published format: JP 2013050766
[2020/32]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3689348
Date:05.08.2020
Language:EN
[2020/32]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP10.06.2020
ClassificationIPC:A61K31/436, A61K9/10, A61K9/107, A61P27/02, A61K31/675, A61P9/06
[2020/32]
CPC:
A61K31/436 (EP,CN,KR,US); A61K31/453 (KR,RU); A61K31/675 (EP,CN,KR,US);
A61K9/0048 (EP,CN,KR,US); A61K9/10 (KR); A61K9/107 (KR);
A61P27/02 (EP,RU); A61P27/04 (EP); A61P9/00 (EP);
A61P9/06 (EP); A61P9/14 (EP) (-)
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 [2021/11]
Former [2020/32]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:THERAPEUTIKUM FÜR MEIBOMDRÜSENDYSFUNKTION[2020/32]
English:THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR MEIBOMIAN GLAND DYSFUNCTION[2020/32]
French:AGENT THÉRAPEUTIQUE POUR LE DYSFONCTIONNEMENT DES GLANDES DE MEIBOMIUS[2020/32]
Examination procedure04.02.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
04.02.2021Examination requested  [2021/11]
04.02.2021Date on which the examining division has become responsible
23.09.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
23.03.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
26.04.2024Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP14763999.1  / EP2974728
Fees paidRenewal fee
26.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
26.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
26.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 05
26.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 06
26.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 07
16.03.2021Renewal fee patent year 08
15.03.2022Renewal fee patent year 09
09.03.2023Renewal fee patent year 10
19.03.2024Renewal fee patent year 11
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Documents cited:Search[A]WO0009109  (GUILFORD PHARM INC [US]) [A] 1-4 * page 18, lines 8-13 * * claim 7 *;
 [A]WO2009025763  (SCHEPENS EYE RES INST [US], et al) [A] 1-4 * paragraph [0019] * * paragraph [0057] ** claims 11, 12 *;
 [I]WO2012142145  (DOW PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES [US], et al) [I] 1-4 * paragraph [0031] * * claims 1, 2, 4, 6 * * example 3 *;
 [AP]WO2013126599  (MASSACHUSETTS EYE & EAR INFIRM [US]) [AP] 1-4 * claims 21, 22 *;
 [E]WO2014041071  (NOVALIQ GMBH [DE], et al) [E] 1-4 * page 18, lines 20-32 * * claims 1, 8, 12-14 *;
 [A]  - Payal Khandelwal ET AL, "Androgen regulation of gene expression in human meibomian gland and conjunctival epithelial cells", Molecular vision, United States, (20120427), pages 1055 - 1067, URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3351406/pdf/mv-v18-1055.pdf, (20160616), XP055281056 [A] 1-4 * abstract *
by applicantJP2002522485
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 JP2010540682
 JP2012137778
 JP2014024835
 JP2014023526
    - Journal of the Eye, (20100000), vol. 27, no. 5, pages 627 - 631
    - Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, (20110000), vol. 52, no. 4, pages 1930 - 1937
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