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EP About this file: EP0690671

EP0690671 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCAPSULATION OF BIOLOGICALLY-ACTIVE SUBSTANCES IN CELLS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  10.06.2005
Database last updated on 21.05.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip28.12.2007Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT, PT		published on 30.01.2008  [2008/05]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
CBR LABORATORIES, INC.
800 Huntington Avenue
Boston MA 2115 / US
[1996/02]
Inventor(s)01 / NICOLAU, Yves, Claude
54 LaGrange Street
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 / US
02 / BRUGGEMANN, Ulrich
5 Arlington Street, Apartment 44
Cambridge, MA 02140 / US
03 / MOUNEIMNE, Yousef
505 Boyett 4
College Station TX 77840 / US
04 / ROUX, Eric Conrad
129 Florissant Avenue
Framingham MA 01701-4225 / US
[1996/02]
Representative(s)polypatent
Postfach 40 02 43
51410 Bergisch Gladbach / DE
[N/P]
Former [2003/50]Sternagel, Fleischer, Godemeyer & Partner Patentanwälte
Braunsberger Feld 29
51429 Bergisch Gladbach / DE
Former [1998/03]Sternagel, Hans-Günther, Dr., et al
Patentanwälte Sternagel & Fleischer Braunsberger Feld 29
51429 Bergisch Gladbach / DE
Former [1996/02]Sternagel, Hans-Günther, Dr., et al
Patentanwälte Dr. Michael Hann Dr. H.-G. Sternagel Sander Aue 30
D-51465 Bergisch Gladbach / DE
Application number, filing date94911692.523.03.1994
[1996/02]
WO1994US03189
Priority number, dateUS1993003546723.03.1993         Original published format: US 35467
[1996/02]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9421117
Date:29.09.1994
Language:EN
[1994/22]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0690671
Date:10.01.1996
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 29.09.1994 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1996/02]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0690671
Date:04.08.2004
Language:EN
[2004/32]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US29.09.1994
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP04.03.1999
ClassificationIPC:A01N1/02, A01N63/00, A61K38/00, B01D61/42, C12M1/00, C12M1/02, C12M1/12, C12M1/36, C12N5/16, C12N13/00, C12M3/00
[2004/31]
CPC:
C12N13/00 (EP,US); A61K38/00 (KR); A61K35/18 (EP,US);
A61K9/5068 (EP,US); A61M1/3692 (EP,US); A61M1/3696 (EP,US);
A61P7/06 (EP); C12M35/02 (EP,US); C12M47/04 (EP,US);
A61M1/36 (EP,US); A61M2202/0429 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [1999/15]A01N1/02, A01N63/00, A61K37/02, B01D61/42, C12M1/00, C12M1/02, C12M1/12, C12M1/36, C12N5/16, C12N13/00, C12M3/00
Former IPC [1996/02]A01N1/02, A01N63/00, A61K37/02, B01D61/42, C12M1/00, C12M1/02, C12M1/12, C12M1/36, C12N5/16, C12N13/00
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [1996/02]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR EINKAPSELUNG BIOLOGISCH AKTIVER SUBSTANZEN IN ZELLEN[1996/02]
English:METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCAPSULATION OF BIOLOGICALLY-ACTIVE SUBSTANCES IN CELLS[1996/02]
French:METHODE ET APPAREIL D'ENCAPSULATION DE SUBSTANCES BIOLOGIQUEMENT ACTIVES DANS DES CELLULES[1996/02]
Entry into regional phase19.10.1995National basic fee paid 
19.10.1995Search fee paid 
19.10.1995Designation fee(s) paid 
19.10.1995Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure05.10.1994Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
21.10.1995Examination requested  [1996/02]
21.03.2000Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
02.10.2000Reply to a communication from the examining division
13.06.2001Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
30.10.2001Reply to a communication from the examining division
09.07.2003Communication of intention to grant the patent
15.01.2004Fee for grant paid
15.01.2004Fee for publishing/printing paid
04.02.2004Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
02.04.2004Reply to a communication from the examining division
Divisional application(s)EP04014206.9  / EP1466968
Opposition(s)06.05.2005No opposition filed within time limit [2005/30]
Fees paidRenewal fee
09.03.1996Renewal fee patent year 03
08.03.1997Renewal fee patent year 04
11.03.1998Renewal fee patent year 05
18.03.1999Renewal fee patent year 06
21.03.2000Renewal fee patent year 07
13.03.2001Renewal fee patent year 08
22.03.2002Renewal fee patent year 09
24.03.2003Renewal fee patent year 10
15.03.2004Renewal fee patent year 11
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT04.08.2004
IT04.08.2004
NL04.08.2004
DK04.11.2004
GR04.11.2004
SE04.11.2004
ES15.11.2004
PT04.01.2005
IE23.03.2005
LU23.03.2005
MC31.03.2005
[2008/05]
Former [2007/26]AT04.08.2004
NL04.08.2004
DK04.11.2004
GR04.11.2004
SE04.11.2004
ES15.11.2004
IE23.03.2005
LU23.03.2005
MC31.03.2005
Former [2007/16]AT04.08.2004
NL04.08.2004
DK04.11.2004
GR04.11.2004
SE04.11.2004
ES15.11.2004
IE23.03.2005
LU31.03.2005
MC31.03.2005
Former [2006/24]AT04.08.2004
NL04.08.2004
DK04.11.2004
GR04.11.2004
SE04.11.2004
ES15.11.2004
IE23.03.2005
MC31.03.2005
Former [2006/14]AT04.08.2004
DK04.11.2004
GR04.11.2004
SE04.11.2004
ES15.11.2004
MC31.03.2005
Former [2005/23]AT04.08.2004
DK04.11.2004
GR04.11.2004
SE04.11.2004
ES15.11.2004
Former [2005/22]AT04.08.2004
DK04.11.2004
GR04.11.2004
SE04.11.2004
Former [2005/18]AT04.08.2004
GR04.11.2004
SE04.11.2004
Former [2005/13]AT04.08.2004
SE04.11.2004
Former [2005/10]SE04.11.2004
Documents cited:Search[DY]US4652449  (ROPARS CLAUDE [FR], et al) [DY] 1-3,7-10,14-17,20-22,24,26-28 * column 4, line 54 - column 5, line 11 * * column 18, lines 28-32 * * column 18, lines 46-47 * * example 5 ** claims 4,5,17,23 *;
 [XY]EP0472772  (KRUESS GMBH [DE]) [X] 20-22,25,29,30,33 * page 2, lines 1-6 * * page 3, lines 9-11 * * page 3, lines 25-40 * * page 3, lines 54-56 * * page 4, lines 24-25 * * page 5, lines 11-31 * * example 5 * * claims 1,4,5,10-13 * [Y] 1-3,7-10,14-17,20-22,24,26-28
International search[Y]US4321259  (NICOLAU YVES-CLAUDE, et al);
 [Y]US4652449  (ROPARS CLAUDE [FR], et al);
 [Y]US4800163  (HIBI TADAAKI [JP], et al);
 [Y]US5135667  (SCHOENDORFER DONALD W [US])
 [Y]  - FEBS Letters, Volume 275, Number 1, 2, issued November 1990, Y. MOUNEIMNE, "Stable Rightward Shifts of the Oxyhemoglobin Dissociation Curve Induced by Encapsulation of Inositol Hexaphosphate in Red Blood Cells Using Electroporation", pages 117-120, see page 117, col. 2, lines 11-24; page 118, col. 1, lines 14-18; page 119,
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