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EP4404120 - METHOD FOR COMMISSIONING PHARMACY PRODUCTS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO PRESCRIPTION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  27.06.2025
Database last updated on 10.03.2026
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  18.03.2025
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  31.01.2025
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  20.06.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip06.02.2026Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): BG, ES, RS
published on 11.03.2026 [2026/11]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
apo.com Group GmbH
Magdeborner Straße 14
04416 Markkleeberg / DE
[2024/30]
Inventor(s)01 / HEILMANN, Kevin
04109 Leipzig / DE
 [2024/30]
Representative(s)Maikowski & Ninnemann Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB
Postfach 15 09 20
10671 Berlin / DE
[2024/30]
Application number, filing date23151935.617.01.2023
[2024/30]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4404120
Date:24.07.2024
Language:DE
[2024/30]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP4404120
Date:30.07.2025
Language:DE
[2025/31]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP07.07.2023
ClassificationIPC:G06Q10/087, B65B5/10, G16H20/10
[2024/30]
CPC:
G06Q10/087 (EP); B65B5/103 (EP); G16H20/10 (EP);
G16H20/13 (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,   ME,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2025/31]
Former [2024/30]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,  ME,  MK,  MT,  NL,  NO,  PL,  PT,  RO,  RS,  SE,  SI,  SK,  SM,  TR 
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUR KOMMISSIONIERUNG VON REZEPTPFLICHTIGEN APOTHEKENARTIKELN[2024/30]
English:METHOD FOR COMMISSIONING PHARMACY PRODUCTS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO PRESCRIPTION[2024/30]
French:PROCÉDÉ DE PRÉPARATION DE COMMANDES D'ARTICLES DE PHARMACIE SUR ORDONNANCE[2024/30]
Examination procedure24.01.2025Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
24.01.2025Examination requested  [2025/10]
24.01.2025Date on which the examining division has become responsible
19.03.2025Communication of intention to grant the patent
23.06.2025Fee for grant paid
23.06.2025Fee for publishing/printing paid
23.06.2025Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Fees paidRenewal fee
28.01.2025Renewal fee patent year 03
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipBG30.07.2025
ES30.07.2025
FI30.07.2025
HR30.07.2025
LV30.07.2025
SE30.07.2025
NO30.10.2025
RS30.10.2025
GR31.10.2025
IS30.11.2025
PT02.12.2025
[2026/11]
Former [2026/09]FI30.07.2025
HR30.07.2025
LV30.07.2025
SE30.07.2025
NO30.10.2025
GR31.10.2025
IS30.11.2025
PT02.12.2025
Former [2026/07]IS30.11.2025
PT02.12.2025
Former [2026/05]PT02.12.2025
Documents cited:Search[Y] DE60308774  (MEDCO HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC et al.)
 [Y] EP2830977  (KNAPP AG et al.)
 [A] US2010198401  (WAUGH DONALD CRAIG et al.)
 [A]   BERGEN MARTIN ET AL: "securPharm e. V. - a protective shield against falsified medicines", BUNDESGESUNDHEITSBLATT - GESUNDHEITSFORSCHUNG - GESUNDHEITSSCHUTZ, SPRINGER BERLIN HEIDELBERG, BERLIN/HEIDELBERG, vol. 60, no. 11, 19 September 2017 (2017-09-19), pages 1255 - 1260, XP036534472, ISSN: 1436-9990, [retrieved on 20170919], DOI: 10.1007/S00103-017-2628-4

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00103-017-2628-4
ExaminationEP2830977
by applicantWO2019135898
 US10643169
 EP3571020
 WO2019067174
 EP2203908
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