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EP About this file: EP0703978

EP0703978 - MEDIUM FOR LONG-TERM PROLIFERATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CELLS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  16.06.2000
Database last updated on 24.04.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip28.12.2007Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT		published on 30.01.2008  [2008/05]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Amgen Inc.
One Amgen Center Drive Thousand Oaks
California 91320-1799 / US
[N/P]
Former [1999/10]For all designated states
AMGEN INC.
One Amgen Center Drive
Thousand Oaks, CA 91320-1789 / US
Former [1996/14]For all designated states
AMGEN INC.
Amgen Center, 1840 Dehavilland Drive
Thousand Oaks, CA 91320-1789 / US
Inventor(s)01 / PONTING, Ian L.O.
6158 Coral Pink Circle
Woodland Hills, CA 91367 / US
[1996/14]
Representative(s)Vossius, Volker, et al
ZSP Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Radlkoferstrasse 2
81373 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1996/14]Vossius, Volker, Dr., et al
Dr. Volker Vossius, Patentanwaltskanzlei - Rechtsanwaltskanzlei, Holbeinstrasse 5
D-81679 München / DE
Application number, filing date94920264.217.06.1994
[1996/14]
WO1994US06893
Priority number, dateUS1993007971918.06.1993         Original published format: US 79719
[1996/14]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9500632
Date:05.01.1995
Language:EN
[1995/02]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0703978
Date:03.04.1996
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 05.01.1995 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1996/14]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0703978
Date:18.08.1999
Language:EN
[1999/33]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP05.01.1995
ClassificationIPC:C12N5/06, C12N5/08
[1996/14]
CPC:
C12N5/0663 (EP,US); C12N5/0647 (EP,US); C12N2500/25 (EP,US);
C12N2500/36 (EP,US); C12N2500/40 (EP,US); C12N2500/90 (EP,US);
C12N2501/11 (EP,US); C12N2501/115 (EP,US); C12N2501/135 (EP,US);
C12N2501/39 (EP,US); C12N2501/58 (EP,US); C12N2502/1394 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [1996/14]
TitleGerman:MEDIUM ZUR LANGFRISTIGE VERMEHRUNG UND ENTWICKLUNG VON ZELLEN[1996/14]
English:MEDIUM FOR LONG-TERM PROLIFERATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CELLS[1996/14]
French:MILIEU DE DEVELOPPEMENT ET DE PROLIFERATION A LONG TERME DES CELLULES[1996/14]
Entry into regional phase15.12.1995National basic fee paid 
15.12.1995Designation fee(s) paid 
15.12.1995Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure18.01.1995Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
15.12.1995Examination requested  [1996/14]
05.03.1998Request for accelerated examination filed
03.06.1998Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
03.06.1998Decision about request for accelerated examination - accepted: Yes
31.08.1998Reply to a communication from the examining division
16.12.1998Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
26.01.1999Communication of intention to grant the patent
24.03.1999Fee for grant paid
24.03.1999Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)19.05.2000No opposition filed within time limit [2000/31]
Fees paidRenewal fee
07.06.1996Renewal fee patent year 03
10.06.1997Renewal fee patent year 04
15.06.1998Renewal fee patent year 05
14.06.1999Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT18.08.1999
BE18.08.1999
CH18.08.1999
FR18.08.1999
IT18.08.1999
LI18.08.1999
NL18.08.1999
DE19.11.1999
[2008/05]
Former [2006/14]AT18.08.1999
BE18.08.1999
CH18.08.1999
FR18.08.1999
LI18.08.1999
NL18.08.1999
DE19.11.1999
Former [2003/08]AT18.08.1999
BE18.08.1999
CH18.08.1999
LI18.08.1999
NL18.08.1999
DE19.11.1999
FR14.01.2000
Former [2001/06]AT18.08.1999
BE18.08.1999
CH18.08.1999
LI18.08.1999
DE19.11.1999
FR14.01.2000
Former [2000/52]AT18.08.1999
BE18.08.1999
CH18.08.1999
LI18.08.1999
DE19.11.1999
Former [2000/50]AT18.08.1999
BE18.08.1999
DE19.11.1999
CH23.11.1999
LI23.11.1999
Former [2000/24]AT18.08.1999
BE18.08.1999
DE19.11.1999
Former [2000/23]DE19.11.1999
Cited inInternational search[A]WO9218615  (INDIANA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION [US]) [A] 1-20* examples 1,2,4; claims 1-11,27-32 *;
 [A]WO9309220  (CORREA PAULO N [CA], et al) [A] 1-20 * claims 1-19 *
 [A]  - L. DOUAY ET AL., "THE ROLE OF RECOMBINANT HAEMATOPOIETIC GROWTH FACTORS IN HUMAN LONG-TERM BONE MARROW CULTURE IN SERUM-FREE MEDIUM.", BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY, OXFORD, GB, (199109), vol. 79, no. 1, pages 27 - 32 [A] 1-20 * page 27, column R, line 12 - page 28, column L, line 10 *
Examination   - LIPSON, S. M., "Application of a Serum-Free Medium in the Growth and Differentiation of Human Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes", DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES, NEW YORK, (19860301), vol. 4, no. 3, pages 203 - 214
    - VINCENT, F., ET AL, "Human Blood-derived Macrophages: Differentiation in vitro of a Large Quantity of Cells in Serum-Free Medium", EXPERIMENTAL HEMATOLOGY, (19920101), vol. 20, no. 1, pages 17 - 23
    - Sigma Cell Culture Reagents Catalogue 1992, pages 20, 60, 61, 67-70 and 77
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