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EP0799037 - COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING ALLERGIC RHINITIS AND OTHER DISORDERS COMPRISING DESCARBOETHOXYLORATADINE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1997/41]METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING ALLERGIC RHINITIS AND OTHER DISORDERS USING DESCARBOETHOXYLORATADINE
[2006/17]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  27.07.2007
Database last updated on 21.12.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip05.10.2007Change - lapse in a contracting state
State(s) deleted from list of lapses: IT
published on 07.11.2007  [2007/45]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sepracor Inc.
84 Waterford Drive
Marlborough, Massachusetts 01752 / US
[2002/51]
Former [2001/02]For all designated states
SEPRACOR, INC.
111 Locke Drive
Marlborough, MA 01752 / US
Former [1997/41]For all designated states
SEPRACOR, INC.
33 Locke Drive
Marlborough, MA 01752 / US
Inventor(s)01 / ABERG, A.K.Gunnar
6 Brickyard Lane
Westborough, MA 01581 / US
02 / MCCULLOUGH, John R.
8 Davidson Road
Worcester, MA 01605 / US
03 / SMITH, Emil R.
5 Bryan Street
Shrewsbury, MA 01545 / US
[1997/41]
Representative(s)Jump, Timothy John Simon, et al
Venner Shipley LLP
200 Aldersgate
London EC1A 4HD / GB
[N/P]
Former [1997/41]Jump, Timothy John Simon, et al
Venner Shipley & Co. 20 Little Britain
London EC1A 7DH / GB
Application number, filing date95943722.911.12.1995
[1997/41]
WO1995US15995
Priority number, dateUS1994036665130.12.1994         Original published format: US 366651
[1997/41]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9620708
Date:11.07.1996
Language:EN
[1996/31]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0799037
Date:08.10.1997
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 11.07.1996 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1997/41]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0799037
Date:20.09.2006
Language:EN
[2006/38]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US11.07.1996
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP20.03.1998
ClassificationIPC:A61K31/44
[1997/41]
CPC:
A61K31/4545 (EP,FI,US); A61K31/137 (FI); A61K31/451 (EP,US);
A61K45/06 (EP,US); A61P11/00 (EP); A61P11/02 (EP);
A61P11/06 (EP); A61P17/00 (EP); A61P25/00 (EP);
A61P25/04 (EP); A61P27/00 (EP); A61P27/02 (EP);
A61P27/14 (EP); A61P27/16 (EP); A61P29/00 (EP);
A61P3/08 (EP); A61P3/10 (EP); A61P31/00 (EP);
A61P31/12 (EP); A61P31/16 (EP); A61P37/00 (EP);
A61P37/08 (EP); A61P9/10 (EP) (-)
C-Set:
A61K31/451, A61K2300/00 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [1997/41]
TitleGerman:MITTEL ZUR BEHANDLUNG DER ALLERGISCHEN RHINITIS UND ANDERER ERKRANKUNGEN ENTHALTEND DESCARBOETHOXYLORATADIN[2006/17]
English:COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING ALLERGIC RHINITIS AND OTHER DISORDERS COMPRISING DESCARBOETHOXYLORATADINE[2006/17]
French:COMPOSITIONS POUR LE TRAITEMENT DE LA RHINITE ALLERGIQUE ET D'AUTRES TROUBLES CONTENANTES DESCARBOETHOXYLORATADINE[2006/17]
Former [1997/41]VERFAHREN UND MITTEL ZUR BEHANDLUNG DER ALLERGISCHEN RHINITIS UND ANDERER ERKRANKUNGEN MITTELS DESCARBOETHOXYLORATADIN
Former [1997/41]METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING ALLERGIC RHINITIS AND OTHER DISORDERS USING DESCARBOETHOXYLORATADINE
Former [1997/41]PROCEDES ET COMPOSITION DE TRAITEMENT DE LA RHINITE ALLERGIQUE ET D'AUTRES TROUBLES AU MOYEN DE DESCARBOETHOXYLORATADINE
Entry into regional phase30.07.1997National basic fee paid 
30.07.1997Search fee paid 
30.07.1997Designation fee(s) paid 
30.07.1997Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure19.07.1996Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
30.07.1997Examination requested  [1997/41]
07.10.1998Request for accelerated examination filed
04.11.1998Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
04.11.1998Decision about request for accelerated examination - accepted: Yes
15.03.1999Reply to a communication from the examining division
10.06.1999Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
26.11.1999Reply to a communication from the examining division
26.06.2000Date of oral proceedings
08.09.2000Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination {1}
08.09.2000Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
18.10.2005Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
28.02.2006Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.03.2006Communication of intention to grant the patent
01.08.2006Fee for grant paid
01.08.2006Fee for publishing/printing paid
Appeal following examination08.11.2000Appeal received No.  T0230/01
18.01.2001Statement of grounds filed
26.04.2005Result of appeal procedure: continuation of examination procedure
26.04.2005Date of oral proceedings
17.05.2005Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
Divisional application(s)EP00113351.1  / EP1078633
EP00113538.3
EP06100220.0  / EP1712232
Opposition(s)21.06.2007No opposition filed within time limit [2007/35]
Fees paidRenewal fee
23.12.1997Renewal fee patent year 03
29.12.1998Renewal fee patent year 04
23.12.1999Renewal fee patent year 05
28.12.2000Renewal fee patent year 06
13.12.2001Renewal fee patent year 07
12.12.2002Renewal fee patent year 08
12.12.2003Renewal fee patent year 09
14.12.2004Renewal fee patent year 10
15.12.2005Renewal fee patent year 11
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[2007/45]
Former [2007/35]IT20.09.2006
Documents cited:Search   [ ] - No further relevant documents disclosed
International search[Y]WO8503707  (SCHERING CORP [US])
 [Y]  - BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY, Vol. 47, No. 5, issued 1994, B. BERTHON et al., "In Vitro Inhibition, by Loraradine and Descarboxyloratadine, of Histamine Release from Human Basophils and of Histamin Release and Intracellular Calcium Fluxex in Rat Basophilic Leukemia Cells", pages 789-794.
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