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EP0777484 - INTRAVENOUS ALENDRONATE FORMULATIONS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  04.02.2005
Database last updated on 16.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip16.03.2007Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): LU
published on 18.04.2007  [2007/16]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Merck & Co., Inc.
126, East Lincoln Avenue P.O. Box 2000 Rahway
New Jersey 07065-0900 / US
[N/P]
Former [1997/24]For all designated states
Merck & Co., Inc.
126, East Lincoln Avenue P.O. Box 2000
Rahway New Jersey 07065-0900 / US
Inventor(s)01 / BRENNER, Gerald S.
126 East Lincoln Avenue
Rahway, NJ 07065 / US
02 / GHANNAM, Musa M.
126 East Lincoln Avenue
Rahway, NJ 07065 / US
[1997/24]
Representative(s)Horgan, James Michael Frederic, et al
Merck & Co., Inc.
European Patent Department
Terlings Park
Eastwick Road, Harlow
Essex CM20 2QR / GB
[N/P]
Former [2004/27]Horgan, James Michael Frederic, et al
Merck & Co., Inc. European Patent Department Terlings Park Eastwick Road
Harlow, Essex CM20 2QR / GB
Former [1997/24]Hiscock, Ian James, et al
European Patent Department, Merck & Co., Inc., Terlings Park, Eastwick Road
Harlow, Essex CM20 2QR / GB
Application number, filing date95929625.221.08.1995
[1997/24]
WO1995US10583
Priority number, dateUS1994029619224.08.1994         Original published format: US 296192
[1997/24]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9605842
Date:29.02.1996
Language:EN
[1996/10]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0777484
Date:11.06.1997
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 29.02.1996 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1997/24]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0777484
Date:31.03.2004
Language:EN
[2004/14]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US29.02.1996
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP19.06.1998
ClassificationIPC:A61K31/685, A61K47/12
[1998/29]
CPC:
A61K31/663 (EP,US); A61K47/02 (EP,US); A61K47/12 (EP,US);
A61K9/0019 (EP,US); A61P19/08 (EP); A61P19/10 (EP);
A61P3/02 (EP); A61P35/00 (EP); A61P43/00 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [1997/24]A61K31/685
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   NL,   PT,   SE [1997/24]
TitleGerman:INTRAVENÖSE ALENDRONATFORMULIERUNGEN[1997/24]
English:INTRAVENOUS ALENDRONATE FORMULATIONS[1997/24]
French:FORMULATIONS INTRAVEINEUSES D'ALENDRONATE[1997/24]
Entry into regional phase24.03.1997National basic fee paid 
24.03.1997Search fee paid 
24.03.1997Designation fee(s) paid 
24.03.1997Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure22.03.1996Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
24.03.1997Examination requested  [1997/24]
11.08.1998Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
01.12.1999Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
31.03.2000Reply to a communication from the examining division
24.01.2001Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
03.08.2001Reply to a communication from the examining division
19.07.2002Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
24.01.2003Reply to a communication from the examining division
14.07.2003Communication of intention to grant the patent
26.01.2004Fee for grant paid
26.01.2004Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)04.01.2005No opposition filed within time limit [2005/12]
Fees paidRenewal fee
01.09.1997Renewal fee patent year 03
31.08.1998Renewal fee patent year 04
31.08.1999Renewal fee patent year 05
31.08.2000Renewal fee patent year 06
31.08.2001Renewal fee patent year 07
02.09.2002Renewal fee patent year 08
06.08.2003Renewal fee patent year 09
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipCH31.03.2004
LI31.03.2004
DK30.06.2004
GR30.06.2004
SE30.06.2004
LU21.08.2004
IE23.08.2004
[2007/16]
Former [2005/46]CH31.03.2004
LI31.03.2004
DK30.06.2004
GR30.06.2004
SE30.06.2004
IE23.08.2004
Former [2005/18]CH31.03.2004
LI31.03.2004
DK30.06.2004
GR30.06.2004
SE30.06.2004
Former [2004/51]CH31.03.2004
LI31.03.2004
GR30.06.2004
SE30.06.2004
Former [2004/41]GR30.06.2004
SE30.06.2004
Former [2004/40]SE30.06.2004
Documents cited:Search[Y]US5270365  (GERTZ BARRY J [US], et al) [Y] 1-10 * column 5, paragraph 3 ** column 10, line 34 - line 68 *;
 [Y]WO9414455  (MERCK & CO INC [US], et al) [Y] 1-10 * page 7, paragraph 2; claim 2 * * page 8, paragraph 4 *
International search[Y]  - JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, Vol. 11, No. 8, August 1993, NUSSBAUM et al., "Dose-Response Study of Alendronate Sodium for the Treatment of Cancer-Associated Hypercalcemia", pages 1618-1623.
 [Y]  - REMINGTON'S PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES, 18th Ed. (1990), pages 1549-1550.
 [Y]  - CANCER SUPPLEMENT, Volume 72, No. 11, issued 1 December 1993, AVERBUCH et al., "New Bisphosphonates in the Treatment of Bone Metastases", pages 3443-3452.
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