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EP0821583 - DNA VACCINES AGAINST ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  03.08.2001
Database last updated on 26.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip03.08.2001No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 19.09.2001 [2001/38]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL CENTER
55 Lake Avenue North
Worcester, MA 01655 / US
[1998/06]
Inventor(s)01 / HERMANN, John, E.
Ten Newton Street
Northborough, MA 01532 / US
02 / ROBINSON, Harriet, L.
Three Birchwood Drive
Southborough, MA 01772 / US
03 / FYNAN, Ellen, F.
13 Redstone Place
Sterling, MA 01564 / US
[1998/06]
Representative(s)Vossius, Volker, et al
ZSP Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Radlkoferstrasse 2
81373 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1998/06]Vossius, Volker, Dr., et al
Dr. Volker Vossius, Patentanwaltskanzlei - Rechtsanwaltskanzlei, Holbeinstrasse 5
81679 München / DE
Application number, filing date95927480.426.07.1995
[1998/06]
WO1995US09470
Priority number, dateUS1995042616920.04.1995         Original published format: US 426169
[1998/06]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9632932
Date:24.10.1996
Language:EN
[1996/47]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0821583
Date:04.02.1998
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 24.10.1996 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1998/06]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0821583
Date:04.10.2000
Language:EN
[2000/40]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US24.10.1996
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP14.04.1998
ClassificationIPC:C12N15/46, A61K39/15, C12N15/86
[1998/21]
CPC:
A61K31/711 (EP,US); A61K39/12 (EP,US); A61K39/15 (EP,US);
A61K9/1652 (EP,US); C07K14/005 (EP,US); C12N15/87 (EP,US);
A61K2039/53 (EP,US); A61K2039/54 (EP,US); A61K2039/58 (EP,US);
A61K38/00 (EP,US); A61K39/00 (EP,US); A61K48/00 (EP,US);
C12N2720/12322 (EP,US); C12N2720/12334 (EP,US); C12N2740/15022 (EP,US);
C12N2740/16122 (EP,US); C12N2760/16122 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [1998/06]A61K31/00
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   IT [1998/06]
TitleGerman:DNA-IMPFSTOFFE GEGEN ROTAVIRUSINFEKTIONEN[1998/06]
English:DNA VACCINES AGAINST ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS[1998/06]
French:VACCINS ADN CONTRE LES INFECTIONS CAUSEES PAR LE ROTAVIRUS[1999/09]
Former [1998/06]VACCINS ADN CONTRE LES INFECTIONS CAUSEES PAR ROTAVIRUS
Entry into regional phase20.10.1997National basic fee paid 
20.10.1997Search fee paid 
20.10.1997Designation fee(s) paid 
20.10.1997Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure28.10.1996Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
20.10.1997Examination requested  [1998/06]
20.10.1997Request for accelerated examination filed
20.07.1998Decision about request for accelerated examination - accepted: Yes
23.07.1998Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
05.01.1999Reply to a communication from the examining division
05.03.1999Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
03.08.1999Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
01.10.1999Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
01.10.1999Reply to a communication from the examining division
22.11.1999Communication of intention to grant the patent
29.02.2000Fee for grant paid
29.02.2000Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)05.07.2001No opposition filed within time limit [2001/38]
Fees paidRenewal fee
26.02.1996Renewal fee patent year 03
29.06.1998Renewal fee patent year 04
02.07.1999Renewal fee patent year 05
21.07.2000Renewal fee patent year 06
Penalty fee
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20.11.199703   M06   Fee paid on   26.02.1998
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Documents cited:Search[E]WO9520660  (UNIV MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL [US], et al) [E] 1-9,12-20* page 9, lines 23-26; figure 5; example 10; claims 1-10,20-29 *;
 [A]  - PAUL, PREM S. ET AL, "Immunogens of rotaviruses", VET. MICROBIOL. (1993), 37(3-4), 299-317 CODEN: VMICDQ;ISSN: 0378-1135, XP002059922 [A] 1-20 * page 307 - page 308 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0378-1135(93)90031-2
 [A]  - PALOMBO, ENZO A. ET AL, "Sequences of VP6 genes of human rotavirus strain RV3 and its vaccine derivative", J. GEN. VIROL. (1994), 75(9), 2415-19 CODEN: JGVIAY;ISSN: 0022-1317, XP002059923 [A] 1-9,11,13-20 * the whole document *
 [A]  - XU, Z. Z. ET AL, "Investigation of promoter function in human and animal cells infected with human recombinant adenoviruses expressing rotavirus antigen VP7sc", J. GEN. VIROL. (1995), 76(8), 1971-80 CODEN: JGVIAY;ISSN: 0022-1317, XP002025003 [A] 1-20 * the whole document *
International search[Y]WO9207941  (UNIV SASKATCHEWAN [CA])
 [Y]  - VACCINE, Vol. 12, No. 16, issued 1994, DAVIS et al., "Direct Gene Transfer in Skeletal Muscle: Plasmid DNA-Based Immunization Against the Hepatitus B Virus Surface Antigen", pages 1503-1509.
 [Y]  - PROC. NATL. ACAD. SCI. U.S.A., Vol. 90, issued December 1993, FYNAN et al., "DNA Vaccines: Protective Immunizations by Parental, Mucosal and Gene-Gun Inoculations", pages 11478-11482.
 [Y]  - VACCINE, Vol. 12, No. 16, issued 1994, CICHUTEK PETER, "Nucleic Acid Immunization: a Prophylatic Gene Therapy?", pages 1520-1525.
 [Y]  - VACCINE, Vol. 12, No. 16, issued 1994, ULMER et al., "Protective Immunity by Intramuscular Injection of Low Doses of Influenza Virus DNA Vaccines", pages 1541-1544.
 [Y]  - VACCINE, Vol. 12, No. 16, issued 1994, WEBSTER et al., "Protection of Ferrets Against Influenza Challenge with a DNA Vaccine to the Haemagglutinin", pages 1495-1498.
 [Y]  - HUMAN GENE THERAPY, Vol. 5, issued November 1994, KATSUMI et al., "Humoral and Cellular Immunity to an Encoded Protein Induced by Direct DNA Injection", pages 1335-1339.
 [Y]  - NATURE, Vol. 356, issued 12 March 1992, TANG et al., "Genetic Immunization is a Simple Method for Eliciting an Immune Response", pages 152-154.
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