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EP0627930 - COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF TREATING HEPATITIS B [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application is deemed to be withdrawn
Status updated on  29.10.1999
Database last updated on 29.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip29.10.1999Application deemed to be withdrawnpublished on 15.12.1999 [1999/50]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
SHERMAN, Kenneth E.
5557 South Yampa Street
Aurora, CO 80015 / US
[1994/50]
Inventor(s)01 / see applicant
...
[1994/50]
Representative(s)(deleted)
[1999/01]
Former [1994/50]Schüler, Horst, Dr.
Patentanwalt, Kaiserstrasse 69
D-60329 Frankfurt / DE
Application number, filing date93917072.609.07.1993
[1994/50]
WO1993US06485
Priority number, dateUS1992091467313.07.1992         Original published format: US 914673
[1994/50]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9401125
Date:20.01.1994
Language:EN
[1994/03]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0627930
Date:14.12.1994
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 20.01.1994 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1994/50]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US20.01.1994
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP03.07.1997
ClassificationIPC:A61K37/02, A61K37/66, A61K38/22, A61K38/21
[1997/33]
CPC:
A61K38/212 (EP); A61K38/2292 (EP)
C-Set:
A61K38/212, A61K2300/00 (EP);
A61K38/2292, A61K2300/00 (EP)
Former IPC [1994/50]A61K37/02, A61K37/66
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [1994/50]
TitleGerman:ZUSAMMENSETZUNG UND METHODE ZUR BEHANDLUNG VON HEPATITIS B[1994/50]
English:COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF TREATING HEPATITIS B[1994/50]
French:COMPOSITION ET PROCEDE DE TRAITEMENT DE L'HEPATITE B[1994/50]
Entry into regional phase27.09.1994National basic fee paid 
27.09.1994Search fee paid 
27.09.1994Designation fee(s) paid 
27.09.1994Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure27.09.1994Examination requested  [1998/03]
01.04.1998Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M07)
23.02.1999Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect  [1999/50]
08.04.1999Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time  [1999/50]
Fees paidRenewal fee
26.07.1995Renewal fee patent year 03
20.06.1996Renewal fee patent year 04
23.07.1997Renewal fee patent year 05
Penalty fee
Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973
26.08.1994AT   M01   Fee paid on   27.09.1994
26.08.1994BE   M01   Fee paid on   27.09.1994
26.08.1994CH   M01   Fee paid on   27.09.1994
26.08.1994DE   M01   Fee paid on   27.09.1994
26.08.1994DK   M01   Fee paid on   27.09.1994
26.08.1994ES   M01   Fee paid on   27.09.1994
26.08.1994FR   M01   Fee paid on   27.09.1994
26.08.1994GB   M01   Fee paid on   27.09.1994
26.08.1994GR   M01   Fee paid on   27.09.1994
26.08.1994IE   M01   Fee paid on   27.09.1994
26.08.1994IT   M01   Fee paid on   27.09.1994
26.08.1994LU   M01   Fee paid on   27.09.1994
26.08.1994MC   M01   Fee paid on   27.09.1994
26.08.1994NL   M01   Fee paid on   27.09.1994
26.08.1994PT   M01   Fee paid on   27.09.1994
Penalty fee Rule 85b EPC 1973
26.08.1994M01   Fee paid on   27.09.1994
Additional fee for renewal fee
31.07.199806   M06   Not yet paid
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Documents cited:Search[A]EP0357571  (MEDIVIR AB [SE]) [A] 1,2,16,17 * page 7, lines 24-42 *;
 [PX]WO9305806  (ALPHA 1 BIOMEDICALS INC [US], et al) [PX] 7-15 * page 15, lines 19-30 * * page 12, lines 11-32 * * page 9, lines 21-25 *;
 [E]WO9600573  (BIO LOGIC RESEARCH AND DEV COR [US], et al) [E] 1-4,6,16-21 * page 5, lines 25-27; claims 1-4 *
International search[Y]  - Hepatology, Volume 6, No. 5, issued 1986, G.L. DAVIS et al.: "Interferon in Viral Hepatitis: Role in Pathogenesis and Treatment", pages 1038-1041, especially page 1040.
 [Y]  - Hepatology, Volume 14, No. 3, issued 1991, M.G. MUTCHNICK et al.: "Thymosin Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B: A Placebo-controlled Pilot Trial", pages 409-414, especially page 409.
 [Y]  - Hepatology, Volume 14, No. 3, issued 1991, G.L. DAVIS: "Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B", pages 567-569, entire document.
 [Y]  - Seminars in Liver Disease, Volume 9, No. 4, issued 1989, R.P. PERRILLO: "Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B with Interferon: Experience in Western Countries", pages 240-248, entire document.
 [Y]  - Gastroenterology, Volume 95, No. 5, issued November 1988, J.H. HOOFNAGLE et al.: "Randomized, Controlled Trial of Recombinant Human alpha-Interferon in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B", pages 1318-1325, especially page 1324.
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