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EP0548356 - RAPIDLY DISINTEGRATABLE MULTIPARTICULATE TABLET [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Patent revoked Status updated on 19.04.2013 Database last updated on 28.03.2026
Most recent event Tooltip	17.04.2015	Change - lapse in a contracting state	published on 20.05.2015 [2015/21]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states ETHYPHARM 21, rue Saint-Matthieu 78550 Houdan / FR
	[2003/26]
Former [1993/26]	For all designated states LABORATOIRES PROGRAPHARM Z.I. Saint-Arnoult F-28170 Châtauneuf-en-Thymerais / FR
Inventor(s)	01 / COUSIN, Gérard 4, impasse de la Manée F-28320 Gallardon / FR
	02 / BRUNA, Etienne 9, place Jean-Moulin, Résidence des Carneaux F-28000 Chartres / FR
	03 / GENDROT, Edouard 24, rue de Dreux, Garnay F-28500 Vernouillet / FR
	[1993/26]
Representative(s)	Plasseraud IP 104 Rue de Richelieu CS92104 75080 Paris Cedex 02 / FR
	[N/P]
Former [2012/36]	Cabinet Plasseraud 52, rue de la Victoire 75440 Paris Cedex 09 / FR
Former [1993/26]	Koch, Gustave, et al Cabinet PLASSERAUD 84, rue d'Amsterdam F-75440 Paris Cédex 09 / FR
Application number, filing date	92917134.6	21.07.1992
	[1993/26]
	WO1992FR00715
Priority number, date	FR19910009245	22.07.1991 Original published format: FR 9109245
	[1993/26]
Filing language	FR
Procedural language	FR
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9301805
	Date:	04.02.1993
	Language:	FR
	[1993/04]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0548356
	Date:	30.06.1993
	Language:	FR
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 04.02.1993 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1993/26]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0548356
	Date:	29.01.1997
	Language:	FR
	[1997/05]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	04.02.1993
Classification	IPC:	A61K9/20	[1993/26]
	CPC:	A61K9/2081 (EP); A61K9/0056 (EP); A61K9/2077 (EP)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, SE [1993/26]
Title	German:	MULTIPARTIKEL-TABLETTE MIT SCHNELLAUFLÖSBARKEIT	[1993/28]
	English:	RAPIDLY DISINTEGRATABLE MULTIPARTICULATE TABLET	[1993/26]
	French:	COMPRIME MULTIPARTICULAIRE A DELITEMENT RAPIDE	[1993/26]
	Former [1993/26]	Multipartikel-Tablette mit Schnellauflösbarkeit
Entry into regional phase	22.03.1993	National basic fee paid
	22.03.1993	Designation fee(s) paid
	22.03.1993	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	22.03.1993	Examination requested [1993/28]
	05.12.1994	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	17.07.1995	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time
	06.09.1995	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	06.12.1995	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
	12.02.1996	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	24.04.1996	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	01.08.1996	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	16.10.1996	Fee for grant paid
	16.10.1996	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	Opponent(s)	01 27.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Grünenthal GmbH Stabsstelle Patente Zieglerstr. 6 D-52078 Aachen / DE
		02 28.10.1997 26.03.2003 WITHDRAWN F.H. Faulding & Co Limited GPO Box 1618 Adelaide, South Australia 5001 / AU Opponent's representative Baldock, Sharon Claire Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB
		03 28.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Eurand International SpA Via Martin Luther King, 13 20060 Pessano con Bornago (Milano) / IT Opponent's representative Botti, Mario Botti & Ferrari S.P.A. Via Cappellini, 11 20124 Milano / IT
		04 28.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Bayer AG Konzernbereich RP Patente und Lizenzen D-51368 Leverkusen / DE
		05 29.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Cima Labs, Inc. Delaware Corporation 1000 Valley View Road Eden Prairie Minnesota 55344-9361 / US Opponent's representative Gray, Helen Mary ZACCO GmbH Bayerstrasse 83 80335 München / DE
		06 29.10.1997 11.11.1997 ADMISSIBLE Astellas Pharma Europe B.V. Elisabethhof 19 2353 EW Leiderdorp / NL Opponent's representative Olthoff, Margaretha Astellas Pharma Europe BV PO Box 344 2300 AH Leiden / NL
		[N/P]
	Former [2013/50]
	Opponent(s)	01 27.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Grünenthal GmbH Stabsstelle Patente Zieglerstr. 6 D-52078 Aachen / DE
		02 28.10.1997 26.03.2003 WITHDRAWN F.H. Faulding & Co Limited GPO Box 1618 Adelaide, South Australia 5001 / AU Opponent's representative Baldock, Sharon Claire Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB
		03 28.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Eurand International SpA Via Martin Luther King, 13 20060 Pessano con Bornago (Milano) / IT Opponent's representative Botti, Mario Botti & Ferrari S.r.l. Via Cappellini, 11 IT-20124 Milano / IT
		04 28.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Bayer AG Konzernbereich RP Patente und Lizenzen D-51368 Leverkusen / DE
		05 29.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Cima Labs, Inc. Delaware Corporation 1000 Valley View Road Eden Prairie Minnesota 55344-9361 / US Opponent's representative Gray, Helen Mary ZACCO GmbH Bayerstrasse 83 80335 München / DE
		06 29.10.1997 11.11.1997 ADMISSIBLE Astellas Pharma Europe B.V. Elisabethhof 19 2353 EW Leiderdorp / NL Opponent's representative Olthoff, Margaretha Astellas Pharma Europe BV PO Box 344 2300 AH Leiden / NL
	Former [2012/46]
	Opponent(s)	01 27.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Grünenthal GmbH Stabsstelle Patente Zieglerstr. 6 D-52078 Aachen / DE
		02 28.10.1997 26.03.2003 WITHDRAWN F.H. Faulding & Co Limited GPO Box 1618 Adelaide, South Australia 5001 / AU Opponent's representative Baldock, Sharon Claire Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB
		03 28.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Eurand International SpA Via Martin Luther King, 13 20060 Pessano con Bornago (Milano) / IT Opponent's representative Botti, Mario Botti & Ferrari S.r.l. Via Cappellini, 11 IT-20124 Milano / IT
		04 28.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Bayer AG Konzernbereich RP Patente und Lizenzen D-51368 Leverkusen / DE
		05 29.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Cima Labs, Inc. Delaware Corporation 1000 Valley View Road Eden Prairie Minnesota 55344-9361 / US Opponent's representative Gray, Helen Mary ZACCO GmbH Bayerstrasse 83 80335 München / DE
		06 29.10.1997 11.11.1997 ADMISSIBLE Astellas Pharma Europe B.V. Elisabethhof 19 2353 EW Leiderdorp / NL
	Former [2008/33]
	Opponent(s)	01 27.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Grünenthal GmbH Stabsstelle Patente Zieglerstr. 6 D-52078 Aachen / DE
		02 28.10.1997 26.03.2003 WITHDRAWN F.H. Faulding & Co Limited GPO Box 1618 Adelaide, South Australia 5001 / AU Opponent's representative Baldock, Sharon Claire BOULT WADE TENNANT Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB
		03 28.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Eurand International SpA Via Martin Luther King, 13 20060 Pessano con Bornago (Milano) / IT Opponent's representative Gervasi, Gemma, Dr. NOTARBARTOLO & GERVASI Srl, Corso di Porta Vittoria, 9 20122 Milano / IT
		04 28.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Bayer AG Konzernzentrale RP Patente Konzern - D-51368 Leverkusen / DE
		05 29.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Cima Labs, Inc. Delaware Corporation 1000 Valley View Road Eden Prairie Minnesota 55344-9361 / US Opponent's representative Gray, Helen Mary Albihns GmbH Bayerstrasse 83 80335 München / DE
		06 29.10.1997 11.11.1997 ADMISSIBLE Astellas Pharma Europe B.V. Elisabethhof 19 2353 EW Leiderdorp / NL
	Former [2008/28]
	Opponent(s)	01 27.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Grünenthal GmbH Stabsstelle Patente Zieglerstr. 6 D-52078 Aachen / DE
		02 28.10.1997 26.03.2003 WITHDRAWN F.H. Faulding & Co Limited GPO Box 1618 Adelaide, South Australia 5001 / AU Opponent's representative Baldock, Sharon Claire BOULT WADE TENNANT Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB
		03 28.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Eurand International SpA Via Martin Luther King, 13 20060 Pessano con Bornago (Milano) / IT Opponent's representative Gervasi, Gemma, Dr. NOTARBARTOLO & GERVASI Srl, Corso di Porta Vittoria, 9 20122 Milano / IT
		04 28.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Bayer AG Konzernzentrale RP Patente Konzern - D-51368 Leverkusen / DE
		05 29.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Cima Labs, Inc. Delaware Corporation 1000 Valley View Road Eden Prairie Minnesota 55344-9361 / US Opponent's representative Gray, Helen Mary Albihns GmbH Bayerstraße 83 D-80335 München / DE
		06 29.10.1997 11.11.1997 ADMISSIBLE Astellas Pharma Europe B.V. Elisabethhof 19 2353 EW Leiderdorp / NL
	Former [2008/06]
	Opponent(s)	01 27.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Grünenthal GmbH Stabsstelle Patente Zieglerstr. 6 D-52078 Aachen / DE
		02 28.10.1997 26.03.2003 WITHDRAWN F.H. Faulding & Co Limited GPO Box 1618 Adelaide, South Australia 5001 / AU Opponent's representative Baldock, Sharon Claire BOULT WADE TENNANT Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB
		03 28.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Eurand International SpA Via Martin Luther King, 13 20060 Pessano con Bornago (Milano) / IT Opponent's representative Gervasi, Gemma, Dr. NOTARBARTOLO & GERVASI Srl, Corso di Porta Vittoria, 9 20122 Milano / IT
		04 28.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Bayer AG Konzernzentrale RP Patente Konzern - D-51368 Leverkusen / DE
		05 29.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Cima Labs, Inc. Delaware Corporation 1000 Valley View Road Eden Prairie Minnesota 55344-9361 / US Opponent's representative Bergstrand, Mikael Gudmundsson Albihns GmbH Bayerstrasse 83 80335 München / DE
		06 29.10.1997 11.11.1997 ADMISSIBLE Astellas Pharma Europe B.V. Elisabethhof 19 2353 EW Leiderdorp / NL
	Former [2006/09]
	Opponent(s)	01 27.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Grünenthal GmbH Stabsstelle Patente Zieglerstr. 6 D-52078 Aachen / DE
		02 28.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE F.H. Faulding & Co Limited GPO Box 1618 Adelaide, South Australia 5001 / AU Opponent's representative Baldock, Sharon Claire Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB
		03 28.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Eurand International SpA Via Martin Luther King, 13 20060 Pessano con Bornago (Milano) / IT Opponent's representative Gervasi, Gemma, Dr. NOTARBARTOLO & GERVASI Srl, Corso di Porta Vittoria, 9 20122 Milano / IT
		04 28.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Bayer AG Konzernzentrale RP Patente Konzern - D-51368 Leverkusen / DE
		05 29.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Cima Labs, Inc. Delaware Corporation 1000 Valley View Road Eden Prairie Minnesota 55344-9361 / US Opponent's representative Bergstrand, Mikael Gudmundsson Albihns GmbH Bayerstrasse 83 80335 München / DE
		06 29.10.1997 11.11.1997 ADMISSIBLE Astellas Pharma Europe B.V. Elisabethhof 19 2353 EW Leiderdorp / NL
	Former [1999/37]
	Opponent(s)	01 27.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Grünenthal GmbH Stabsstelle Patente Zieglerstr. 6 D-52078 Aachen / DE
		02 28.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE F.H. Faulding & Co Limited GPO Box 1618 Adelaide, South Australia 5001 / AU Opponent's representative Baldock, Sharon Claire Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB
		03 28.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Eurand International SpA Via Martin Luther King, 13 20060 Pessano con Bornago (Milano) / IT Opponent's representative Gervasi, Gemma, Dr. NOTARBARTOLO & GERVASI Srl, Corso di Porta Vittoria, 9 20122 Milano / IT
		04 28.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Bayer AG Konzernzentrale RP Patente Konzern - D-51368 Leverkusen / DE
		05 29.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Cima Labs, Inc. Delaware Corporation 1000 Valley View Road Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55344-9361 / US Opponent's representative Harrison, Michael Charles Albihns GmbH, Grasserstrasse 10 80339 München / DE
		06 29.10.1997 11.11.1997 ADMISSIBLE Yamanouchi Europe B.V. Elisabethhof 19 2353 EW Leiderdorp / NL
	Former [1999/06]
	Opponent(s)	01 27.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Grünenthal GmbH Stabsstelle Patente Zieglerstr. 6 D-52078 Aachen / DE
		02 28.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE F.H. Faulding & Co Limited GPO Box 1618 Adelaide, South Australia 5001 / AU Opponent's representative Baldock, Sharon Claire Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB
		03 28.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Eurand International SpA Via Martin Luther King, 13 20060 Pessano con Bornago (Milano) / IT Opponent's representative Walters, Philip Bernard William Wyeth Laboratories, Patents & Trade Marks Department, Huntercombe Lane South, Taplow Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 0PH / GB
		04 28.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Bayer AG Konzernzentrale RP Patente Konzern - D-51368 Leverkusen / DE
		05 29.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Cima Labs, Inc. Delaware Corporation 1000 Valley View Road Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55344-9361 / US Opponent's representative Harrison, Michael Charles Albihns GmbH, Grasserstrasse 10 80339 München / DE
		06 29.10.1997 11.11.1997 ADMISSIBLE Yamanouchi Europe B.V. Elisabethhof 19 2353 EW Leiderdorp / NL
	Former [1998/11]
	Opponent(s)	01 27.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Grünenthal GmbH Stabsstelle Patente Zieglerstr. 6 D-52078 Aachen / DE
		02 28.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE F.H. Faulding & Co Limited GPO Box 1618 Adelaide, South Australia 5001 / AU Opponent's representative Baldock, Sharon Claire Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB
		03 28.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Eurand International SpA Via Martin Luther King, 13 20060 Pessano con Bornago (Milano) / IT Opponent's representative Walters, Philip Bernard William Wyeth Laboratories, Patents & Trade Marks Department, Huntercombe Lane South, Taplow Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 0PH / GB
		04 28.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Bayer AG Konzernzentrale RP Patente Konzern - D-51368 Leverkusen / DE
		05 29.10.1997 12.01.1998 ADMISSIBLE Cima Labs, Inc. Delaware Corporation 1000 Valley View Road Eden Prairie Minnesota 55344-9361 / US Opponent's representative Hammond, Andrew David Albihns Patentbyra Göteborg AB P.O. Box 142 401 22 Göteborg / SE
		06 29.10.1997 11.11.1997 ADMISSIBLE Yamanouchi Europe B.V. Elisabethhof 19 2353 EW Leiderdorp / NL
	Former [1998/02]
	Opponent(s)	01 27.10.1997 Grünenthal GmbH, Stolberg -Stabsstelle Patente- Steinfeldstrasse 2 D-5190 Stolberg/Rhld. / DE
		02 28.10.1997 F.H. Faulding & Co Limited GPO Box 1618 Adelaide, South Australia 5001 / AU Opponent's representative Baldock, Sharon Claire Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB
		03 28.10.1997 Eurand International SpA Via Martin Luther King, 13 20060 Pessano con Bornago (Milano) / IT Opponent's representative Walters, Philip Bernard William Wyeth Laboratories, Patents & Trade Marks Department, Huntercombe Lane South, Taplow Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 0PH / GB
		04 28.10.1997 Bayer AG Konzernzentrale RP Patente Konzern - D-51368 Leverkusen / DE
		05 29.10.1997 Cima Labs, Inc. Delaware Corporation 1000 Valley View Road Eden Prairie Minnesota 55344-9361 / US Opponent's representative Hammond, Andrew David Albihns Patentbyra Göteborg AB P.O. Box 142 401 22 Göteborg / SE
		06 29.10.1997 11.11.1997 ADMISSIBLE Yamanouchi Europe B.V. Elisabethhof 19 2353 EW Leiderdorp / NL
	Former [1997/51]
	Opponent(s)	01 27.10.1997 Grünenthal GmbH, Stolberg -Stabsstelle Patente- Steinfeldstrasse 2 D-5190 Stolberg/Rhld. / DE
		02 28.10.1997 WITHDRAWN F.H. Faulding & Co Limited GPO Box 1618 Adelaide, South Australia 5001 / AU Opponent's representative Baldock, Sharon Claire Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT / GB
		03 28.10.1997 Eurand International SpA Via Martin Luther King, 13 20060 Pessano con Bornago (Milano) / IT Opponent's representative Walters, Philip Bernard William Wyeth Laboratories, Patents & Trade Marks Department, Huntercombe Lane South, Taplow Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 0PH / GB
		04 28.10.1997 ADMISSIBLE Bayer AG Konzernzentrale RP Patente Konzern - D-51368 Leverkusen / DE
		05 29.10.1997 Cima Labs, Inc. Delaware Corporation 1000 Valley View Road Eden Prairie Minnesota 55344-9361 / US Opponent's representative Hammond, Andrew David Albihns Patentbyra Göteborg AB P.O. Box 142 401 22 Göteborg / SE
	19.12.1997	Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
	22.09.1998	Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
	02.03.1999	Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M08)
	02.11.1999	Reply to a communication from the opposition division
	29.11.2000	Date of oral proceedings
	22.01.2001	Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
	18.12.2007	Date of oral proceedings
	10.01.2008	Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
	10.01.2008	Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked
	08.11.2012	Legal effect of revocation of patent [2013/21]
Appeal following opposition	29.02.2008	Appeal received No. T0454/08
	19.05.2008	Statement of grounds filed
	08.11.2012	Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the proprietor was rejected
	21.03.2001	Appeal received No. T0344/01
	22.05.2001	Statement of grounds filed
	15.03.2005	Result of appeal procedure: continuation of opposition procedure
	15.03.2005	Date of oral proceedings
	13.04.2005	Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched
	08.11.2012	Date of oral proceedings
	12.12.2012	Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched
Request for further processing for:	06.09.1995	Request for further processing filed
	06.09.1995	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	20.09.1995	Decision despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	15.06.1994	Renewal fee patent year 03
	21.07.1995	Renewal fee patent year 04
	30.05.1996	Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	GB	20.07.2012
	DE	24.07.2012
	[2015/21]

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