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EP About this file: EP0627918

EP0627918 - NEW USE OF OMEGA-3-FATTY ACIDS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  06.09.2002
Database last updated on 23.04.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip29.10.2004Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): GR
published on 15.12.2004  [2004/51]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Fresenius Kabi AB
Rapsgatan 7
751 74 Uppsala / SE
[2001/24]
Former [1998/52]For all designated states
Pharmacia & Upjohn Aktiebolag
112 87 Stockholm / SE
Former [1995/32]For all designated states
Kabi Pharmacia AB
Rapsgatan 7
S-751 82 Uppsala / SE
Former [1994/50]For all designated states
KABI PHARMACIA AB
S-751 82 Uppsala / SE
Inventor(s)01 / EGBERG, Nils
Hägerstigen 9
S-181 40 Lidingö / SE
02 / LARSSON-BACKSTRÖM, Carin
Lappkärsvägen 43
S-104 05 Stockholm / SE
03 / JAKOBSSON, Jan
Falks Väg 13
S-184 64 Djursholm / SE
04 / LUNDH, Rolf
Mickelsbergsvägen 322
S-141 71 Huddinge / SE
[1994/50]
Representative(s)Mai, Oppermann & Partner i.L.
Patentanwälte
Postfach 3929
65029 Wiesbaden / DE
[N/P]
Former [1999/13]Luderschmidt, Schüler & Partner GbR
Patentanwälte, Postfach 3929
65029 Wiesbaden / DE
Application number, filing date93905710.523.02.1993
[1994/50]
WO1993SE00146
Priority number, dateSE1992000054124.02.1992         Original published format: SE 9200541
[1994/50]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9316691
Date:02.09.1993
Language:EN
[1993/21]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0627918
Date:14.12.1994
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 02.09.1993 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1994/50]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0627918
Date:31.10.2001
Language:EN
[2001/44]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:SE02.09.1993
ClassificationIPC:A61K31/20, A61K31/23
[1994/50]
CPC:
A61K31/23 (EP,US); A61K31/20 (EP,US); A61K31/22 (EP,US);
A61K35/60 (EP,US); A61K36/48 (EP,US); A61K36/55 (EP,US);
A61P7/00 (EP); A61P7/02 (EP) (-)
C-Set:
A61K36/48, A61K2300/00 (EP,US);
A61K36/55, A61K2300/00 (US,EP)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [1994/50]
TitleGerman:NEUE VERWENDUNG VON OMEGA-3-FETTSÄUREN[1994/50]
English:NEW USE OF OMEGA-3-FATTY ACIDS[1994/50]
French:NOUVELLE UTILISATION POUR LES ACIDES GRAS OMEGA 3[1994/50]
Entry into regional phase23.09.1994National basic fee paid 
23.09.1994Designation fee(s) paid 
23.09.1994Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure21.09.1993Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: DE
23.09.1994Examination requested  [1994/51]
02.04.1998Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
24.07.1998Reply to a communication from the examining division
11.01.2001Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
30.04.2001Communication of intention to grant the patent
25.07.2001Fee for grant paid
25.07.2001Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)01.08.2002No opposition filed within time limit [2002/43]
Fees paidRenewal fee
10.02.1995Renewal fee patent year 03
08.02.1996Renewal fee patent year 04
10.02.1997Renewal fee patent year 05
11.02.1998Renewal fee patent year 06
10.02.1999Renewal fee patent year 07
26.02.2000Renewal fee patent year 08
24.02.2001Renewal fee patent year 09
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipPT31.01.2002
GR01.02.2002
LU23.02.2002
[2004/51]
Former [2004/39]PT31.01.2002
LU23.02.2002
Former [2002/48]PT31.01.2002
Cited inInternational search[A]JP59078118  ;
 [A]US4678808  (WARD MICHAEL V [US], et al);
 [A]WO8801861  (BAXTER TRAVENOL LAB [US]);
 [A]DE3719097  (FRATZER UWE);
 [A]GB2221843  (NORSK HYDRO AS [NO])
 [A]  - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, Vol. 8, No. 184, C-239; & JP,A,59 078 118 (NORIKO IGARASHI et al.), 4 May 1984 (04.05.84)., & JP59078118 A 19840504
 [A]  - CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS, Volume 111, No. 3, 17 July 1989 (17.07.89), (Columbus, Ohio, USA), LIU YUJUN et al.: "Effect of Fish Oil Rich in Eicosapentaenoic and Docosahexaenoic Acids on Platelet Aggregation, Coagulation Time, and Tissue Fatty Acid Compositions in Rabbits", the Abstract No. 22542r, Yingyang Xuebao 1988,
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