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EP About this file: EP0591355

EP0591355 - PORPHYCENE COMPOUNDS FOR PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  05.01.2001
Database last updated on 15.05.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip06.08.2004Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): LU		published on 22.09.2004  [2004/39]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
CYTOPHARM, INC.
1330 O'Brien Drive
Menlo Park, CA 94025 / US
[1994/15]
Inventor(s)01 / VOGEL, Emanuel
Raschdorffstrasse 7
D-5000 Köln 41 / DE
02 / BENNINGHAUS, Thomas
Schwalbacher Strasse 12
D-5000 Köln 51 / DE
03 / RICHERT, Clemens
Grüner Weg 36
D-4409 Havixbeck / DE
04 / MULLER, Martin
Lenaustrasse 11
D-5000 Köln 30 / DE
05 / CROSS, Alexander, Dennis
286 Park Lane
Atherton, CA 94025 / US
[1994/15]
Representative(s)Orès, Bernard, et al
Cabinet ORES
36, rue de St Pétersbourg
75008 Paris / FR
[N/P]
Former [1994/15]Orès, Bernard, et al
Cabinet ORES 6, Avenue de Messine
F-75008 Paris / FR
Application number, filing date92913690.105.06.1992
[1994/15]
WO1992US04624
Priority number, dateUS1991072339428.06.1991         Original published format: US 723394
[1994/15]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9300087
Date:07.01.1993
Language:EN
[1993/02]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0591355
Date:13.04.1994
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 07.01.1993 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1994/15]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0591355
Date:08.03.2000
Language:EN
[2000/10]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US07.01.1993
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP06.12.1994
ClassificationIPC:C07D487/22, A61K31/40, C07H15/26, C07D519/00, // (C07D487/22, 257:00, 209:00, 209:00, 209:00, 209:00)
[1995/02]
CPC:
C07D487/22 (EP,US); A61K41/0057 (EP,US); A61P17/00 (EP);
A61P35/00 (EP); A61P7/00 (EP)
Former IPC [1994/15]A61K31/40, C07D209/56
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   LU,   NL,   SE [1994/15]
TitleGerman:PORPHYCENVERBINDUNGEN ZUR PHOTODYNAMISCHEN THERAPIE[1994/15]
English:PORPHYCENE COMPOUNDS FOR PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY[1994/15]
French:COMPOSES DE PORPHYCENE UTILISES EN THERAPIE PHOTODYNAMIQUE[1994/15]
Entry into regional phase15.12.1993National basic fee paid 
15.12.1993Search fee paid 
15.12.1993Designation fee(s) paid 
15.12.1993Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure22.01.1993Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: DE
21.12.1993Examination requested  [1994/15]
22.08.1997Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
23.02.1998Reply to a communication from the examining division
11.12.1998Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
09.04.1999Reply to a communication from the examining division
31.05.1999Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
13.09.1999Communication of intention to grant the patent
03.12.1999Fee for grant paid
03.12.1999Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)09.12.2000No opposition filed within time limit [2001/08]
Fees paidRenewal fee
11.06.1994Renewal fee patent year 03
12.06.1995Renewal fee patent year 04
10.06.1996Renewal fee patent year 05
10.06.1997Renewal fee patent year 06
15.06.1998Renewal fee patent year 07
14.06.1999Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipNL08.03.2000
SE08.03.2000
LU05.06.2000
DK08.06.2000
[2004/39]
Former [2003/45]NL08.03.2000
SE08.03.2000
DK08.06.2000
Former [2003/07]NL08.03.2000
SE08.03.2000
Former [2002/23]SE08.03.2000
Documents cited:Search[A]WO9012573  (HEALTH RESEARCH INC [US]) [A] 1,23,24* claims 1,7 *
 [A]  - P.F. ARAMENDIA, "The photophysical properties of porphycenes: potential photodynamic therapy agents", CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS, (1987), vol. 106, no. 9, Database accession no. 63681a, page 290 [A] 1,15 * abstract *
    [ ] - PHOTOCHEM. PHOTOBIOL. 1986, 44(5), 555 - 9
 [A]  - M. GUARDIANO ET AL., "Tetra-n-propylporphycene as a tumor localizer: pharmacokinetic and phototherapeutic studies in mice", CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS, (1989), vol. 110, no. 19, Database accession no. 169357x, page 405 [A] 1,15 * abstract *
    [ ] - CANCER LETT. (SHANNON, IREL.) 1989, 44(1), 1-6
International search[AE]US5124449  (FRANCK BURCHARD [DE], et al);
 [AE]US5132101  (VOGEL EMANUEL [DE], et al)
Examination   - Int. J.Cancer.72,329-336(1997), A sella et al., pages 329-336
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