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EP0390849 - METHYL CELLULOSE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  11.11.1993
Database last updated on 05.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip11.11.1993No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 29.12.1993 [1993/52]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
THE LIPOSOME COMPANY, INC.
One Research Way Princeton Forrestal Center
Princeton, NJ 08540 / US
[N/P]
Former [1990/41]For all designated states
THE LIPOSOME COMPANY, INC.
One Research Way Princeton Forrestal Center
Princeton, NJ 08540 / US
Inventor(s)01 / ESTIS, Leonard, F.
56 Grafton Road
Upton, MA 01568 / US
02 / KEYES, Lynn, D.
56 Grafton Road
Upton, MA 01568 / US
03 / RECINE, Marie, S.
19 Hoffman Drive
Hamilton Twp., NJ 08690 / US
[1990/41]
Representative(s)Warcoin, Jacques
Cabinet Regimbeau
20, rue de Chazelles
75847 Paris Cedex 17 / FR
[N/P]
Former [1990/41]Warcoin, Jacques
Cabinet Régimbeau, 26, avenue Kléber
F-75116 Paris / FR
Application number, filing date89900745.430.11.1988
[1990/41]
WO1988US04267
Priority number, dateUS1987012839103.12.1987         Original published format: US 128391
[1990/41]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO8905149
Date:15.06.1989
Language:EN
[1989/13]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0390849
Date:10.10.1990
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 15.06.1989 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1990/41]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0390849
Date:07.01.1993
Language:EN
[1993/01]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US15.06.1989
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP20.11.1990
ClassificationIPC:A61K37/02, A61K37/66, A61K31/70
[1993/01]
CPC:
A61K38/21 (EP); A61K38/2013 (EP); A61K47/38 (EP);
A61K9/0019 (EP); A61K9/127 (EP); A61P31/12 (EP);
A61P35/00 (EP); A61P37/00 (EP); A61P37/04 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [1990/41]A61K37/02, A61K45/02, A61K31/70
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   LU,   NL,   SE [1990/41]
TitleGerman:ARZNEIMITTEL MIT METHYLCELLULOSE[1990/41]
English:METHYL CELLULOSE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION[1990/41]
French:COMPOSTION PHARMACEUTIQUE A BASE DE CELLULOSE DE METHYLE[1990/41]
Entry into regional phase28.05.1990National basic fee paid 
28.05.1990Search fee paid 
28.05.1990Designation fee(s) paid 
28.05.1990Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure23.06.1989Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: DE
29.05.1990Examination requested  [1990/41]
05.11.1991Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
24.02.1992Reply to a communication from the examining division
14.04.1992Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
07.07.1992Communication of intention to grant the patent
05.10.1992Fee for grant paid
05.10.1992Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)08.10.1993No opposition filed within time limit [1993/52]
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.11.1990Renewal fee patent year 03
11.11.1991Renewal fee patent year 04
09.10.1992Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[A]EP0177223  (MEZEI MICHAEL);
 [Y]EP0225130  (TAKEDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD [JP])
International search[Y]US4359483  (KAETSU ISAO, et al);
 [Y]WO8301198  (BERG KURT FRIMANN [DK]);
 [A]US4609546  (HIRATANI HAJIME [JP]);
 [Y]US4680175  (ESTIS LEONARD F [US], et al);
 [X]US4708861  (POPESCU MIRCEA C [US], et al);
 [YP]US4717717  (FINKENAUR AMY L [US]);
 [YP]US4762720  (JIZOMOTO HIROAKI [JP]);
 [AP]US4762915  (KUNG VIOLA T [US], et al)
 [Y]  - Science, Vol. 236, issued June 1987; "The Human Hematopoietic Colony-Stimulating Factors", (CLARK), pages 1229-37, see pages 1235-36.
 [Y]  - Blood, Vol. 67, issued February 1986, "The Molecular Biology and Functions of the Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factos", (METCALF), pages 257-67, see pages 259, 262-64.
 [Y]  - Seminars in Oncology, Vol. 13, issued June 1986, "Future Perspectives for Biological Response Modifiers", (MIHICH), pages 234-54, see all.
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