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EP0622408
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| EP0622408 - Composition and process for gelatin-free soft capsules [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 30.05.2003 Database last updated on 26.07.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 26.11.2004 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): ES | published on 12.01.2005 [2005/02] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states CP Kelco APS Ved Banen 16 4623 Lille Skensved / DK | [N/P] |
| Former [2002/15] | For all designated states CP Kelco ApS Ved Banen 16 4623 Lille Skensved / DK | ||
| Former [1995/42] | For all designated states MONSANTO COMPANY 800 North Lindbergh Boulevard St. Louis Missouri 63167 / US | ||
| Former [1994/44] | For all designated states MERCK & CO. INC. 126, East Lincoln Avenue P.O. Box 2000 Rahway New Jersey 07065-0900 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Winston, Philip E., Jr. 3570 Trenton Avenue San Diego, CA 92117 / US | 02 /
Miskiel, Frank J. 10131 Maya Linda Road No. 92 San Diego, CA 92126 / US | 03 /
Valli, Raymond C. 710 Camino de la Reina No. 228 San Diego, CA 92108 / US | [1994/44] | Representative(s) | Hoffmann Eitle Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB Arabellastraße 30 81925 München / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [2001/35] | HOFFMANN - EITLE Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4 81925 München / DE | ||
| Former [1995/24] | Bosch, Henry, et al Monsanto Services International SA Avenue de Tervuren 270-272 B-1150 Bruxelles / BE | ||
| Former [1995/23] | Bosch, Henry Monsanto Services International S.A. Patent Department Avenue de Tervuren 270/272 Letter Box No. 21 B-1150 Brussels / BE | ||
| Former [1994/44] | Cole, William Gwyn European Patent Department Merck & Co., Inc. Terlings Park Eastwick Road Harlow Essex CM20 2QR / GB | Application number, filing date | 94201069.5 | 19.04.1994 | [1994/44] | Priority number, date | US19930053578 | 27.04.1993 Original published format: US 53578 | [1994/44] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0622408 | Date: | 02.11.1994 | Language: | EN | [1994/44] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0622408 | Date: | 24.07.2002 | Language: | EN | [2002/30] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 13.09.1994 | Classification | IPC: | C08L5/00, C08L5/14, C08J5/18, A61K9/62, // (C08L5/00, 5:14),(C08L5/14, 5:00) | [1994/44] | CPC: |
A61K8/11 (EP,US);
A61K8/73 (EP,US);
A61K8/737 (EP,US);
A61K9/4816 (EP,US);
A61Q19/10 (EP,US);
A61K2800/412 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL [1994/44] | Title | German: | Zusammensetzung und Verfahren zur Herstellung von weichen Kapseln ohne Gelatin | [1994/44] | English: | Composition and process for gelatin-free soft capsules | [1994/44] | French: | Composition et procédé pour des capsules molles sans gélatine | [1994/44] | Examination procedure | 26.04.1995 | Examination requested [1995/26] | 07.10.1996 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 09.04.1997 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 17.10.1997 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 27.04.1998 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 30.06.1998 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 23.12.1998 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 22.05.2000 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06) | 01.12.2000 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 13.06.2001 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 02.11.2001 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 24.01.2002 | Fee for grant paid | 24.01.2002 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 25.04.2003 | No opposition filed within time limit [2003/29] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 19.03.1996 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 08.04.1997 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 02.04.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 30.03.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 17.04.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 02.04.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 08 | 22.04.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 09 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | GB | 19.04.2003 | ES | 21.04.2003 | [2005/02] |
| Former [2004/22] | GB | 19.04.2003 | Documents cited: | Search | [DA]US4647470 (SANDERSON GEORGE R [US], et al); | JPS63170310 [ ] (SANEI KAGAKU KOGYO KK); | [DA]GB2219803 (MERCK & CO INC [US]) [DA] 1,2 * abstract * * claim - *; | JPH02257839 [ ] (SANYO KANZUME KK) | [A] - CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS, (19910513), vol. 114, no. 19, Database accession no. 184083 [A] 1,2 * abstract * | [A] - CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS, (19890102), vol. 110, no. 1, Database accession no. 6666 [A] 3,10 * abstract * |