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EP0722327 - IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO ANTIBACTERIAL COMPOSITIONS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  28.09.2001
Database last updated on 25.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip04.01.2003Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): NL
published on 19.02.2003  [2003/08]
Applicant(s)For:GB 
Unilever PLC
Unilever House
Blackfriars
London
Greater London EC4P 4BQ / GB
For:CH  DE  ES  FR  IT  LI  NL  SE 
Unilever N.V.
Weena 455
3013 AL Rotterdam / NL
[N/P]
Former [2000/47]For:GB 
UNILEVER PLC
Unilever House Blackfriars
London EC4P 4BQ / GB
For:CH  DE  ES  FR  IT  LI  NL  SE 
UNILEVER N.V.
Weena 455
3013 AL Rotterdam / NL
Former [1996/30]For:GB 
UNILEVER PLC
Unilever House Blackfriars
London EC4P 4BQ / GB
For:CH  DE  ES  FR  IT  LI  NL  SE 
UNILEVER N.V.
Weena 455
NL-3013 AL Rotterdam / NL
Inventor(s)01 / BHAKOO, Manmohan
1 Borrowdale Road Bebington Wirral
Merseyside L63 3AP / GB
[1996/30]
Representative(s)Elliott, Peter William, et al
Unilever Patent Group
Colworth House
Sharnbrook
Bedford
MK44 1LQ / GB
[N/P]
Former [2000/17]Elliott, Peter William, et al
Unilever plc Patent Division Colworth House Sharnbrook
Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB
Former [1999/14]Dekker, Enno E.J., et al
Unilever N.V. Patents Division P.O. Box 137
3130 AC Vlaardingen / NL
Former [1996/30]Elliott, Peter William, et al
Unilever plc Patent Division Colworth House Sharnbrook
Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB
Application number, filing date94928834.428.09.1994
[1996/30]
WO1994EP03234
Priority number, dateGB1993002044305.10.1993         Original published format: GB 9320443
GB1993002583917.12.1993         Original published format: GB 9325839
[1996/30]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9509638
Date:13.04.1995
Language:EN
[1995/16]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0722327
Date:24.07.1996
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 13.04.1995 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1996/30]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0722327
Date:22.11.2000
Language:EN
[2000/47]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP13.04.1995
ClassificationIPC:A61K31/785, C08G69/10
[1996/30]
CPC:
A61Q11/00 (EP,US); A61K31/785 (EP,US); A61K8/88 (EP,US);
A61P31/04 (EP); A61P31/12 (EP); C08G69/10 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesCH,   DE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   NL,   SE [1996/30]
TitleGerman:VERBESSERUNGEN VON ANTIBAKTERISCHEN ZUSAMMENSETZUNGEN[1996/30]
English:IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO ANTIBACTERIAL COMPOSITIONS[1996/30]
French:AMELIORATIONS SE RAPPORTANT A DES COMPOSITIONS ANTIBACTERIENNES[1996/30]
Entry into regional phase30.01.1996National basic fee paid 
30.01.1996Designation fee(s) paid 
17.07.1996Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure03.04.1995Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
17.07.1996Examination requested  [1996/44]
23.04.1999Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
25.08.1999Reply to a communication from the examining division
27.12.1999Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
14.04.2000Communication of intention to grant the patent
29.04.2000Fee for grant paid
29.04.2000Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)23.08.2001No opposition filed within time limit [2001/46]
Fees paidRenewal fee
19.09.1996Renewal fee patent year 03
18.09.1997Renewal fee patent year 04
18.09.1998Renewal fee patent year 05
11.09.1999Renewal fee patent year 06
16.09.2000Renewal fee patent year 07
Penalty fee
Penalty fee Rule 85b EPC 1973
04.07.1996M01   Fee paid on   17.07.1996
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipCH22.11.2000
LI22.11.2000
NL22.11.2000
SE22.02.2001
[2003/08]
Former [2002/10]CH22.11.2000
LI22.11.2000
SE22.02.2001
Former [2001/51]SE22.02.2001
Cited inInternational search[A]FR2622195  (MTA KUTATAS ES SZERVEZETELEMZO [HU], et al) [A] 1-13* the whole document *
 [X]  - E KATCHALSKI ET AL., "Antibiotically aczive amino-acid copolymers related to gramicidin S", NATURE., LONDON GB, (19550716), vol. 176, no. 4472, pages 118 - 119 [X] 1-13 * table 1 *
 [A]  - E SANTUCCI ET AL., "N-Aminoalkylpolyglycine. Synthesis, antibacterial activity and electrochemical behaviour as a titrant of living cells", JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY., WASHINGTON US, (197009), vol. 13, no. 5, pages 846 - 848 [A] 1-13 * the whole document *
 [X]  - S SHIMA ET AL., "Antimicrobial action of epsilon-poly-L-lysine", JOURNAL OF ANTIBIOTICS., TOKYO JP, (198411), vol. 37, no. 11, pages 1449 - 1455 [X] 1-13 * the whole document *
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