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EP0745330
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Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP0745330 - Anti-regurgitation infant formula [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | Patent revoked Status updated on 29.09.2006 Database last updated on 11.04.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 29.09.2006 | Revocation of patent | published on 02.11.2006 [2006/44] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Route 206 and Province Line Road Princeton, NJ 08543 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1996/49] | For all designated states Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 345 Park Avenue New York, N.Y. 10154 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Martinez, Sarah B. 3388 Avondale Drive Newburgh, IN 47630 / US | [1996/49] | Representative(s) | Adams, Harvey Vaughan John, et al Mathys & Squire LLP The Shard 32 London Bridge Street London SE1 9SG / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2001/22] | Adams, Harvey Vaughan John, et al Mathys & Squire, 100 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8AL / GB | ||
| Former [2000/24] | Ritter, Stephen David, et al Mathys & Squire 100 Grays Inn Road London WC1X 8AL / GB | ||
| Former [1996/49] | Mays, Julie Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Limited, Patent Department, Swakeleys House, Milton Road Ickenham, Uxbridge UB10 8NS / GB | Application number, filing date | 96201526.9 | 31.05.1996 | [1996/49] | Priority number, date | US19950457699 | 01.06.1995 Original published format: US 457699 | [1996/49] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0745330 | Date: | 04.12.1996 | Language: | EN | [1996/49] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0745330 | Date: | 07.10.1998 | Language: | EN | [1998/41] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 27.09.1996 | Classification | IPC: | A23L1/0522 | [1996/49] | CPC: |
A23L33/19 (EP,US);
A23L29/212 (EP,US);
A23L33/12 (EP,US);
A23L33/40 (EP,US);
A61P1/08 (EP);
A23V2002/00 (EP,US);
Y10S426/801 (EP,US)
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| C-Set: |
A23V2002/00, A23V2200/242, A23V2250/5118, A23V2250/5102 (US,EP);
A23V2002/00, A23V2250/5118 (US,EP);
A23V2002/00, A23V2250/5118, A23V2250/5102, A23V2250/70 (EP,US);
A23V2002/00, A23V2250/5424, A23V2250/54252, A23V2250/5488, A23V2250/18, A23V2250/188, A23V2250/612, A23V2250/5118, A23V2250/5102 (US,EP) | Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [1996/49] | Title | German: | Säuglingsnahrung gegen Erbrechen | [1996/49] | English: | Anti-regurgitation infant formula | [1996/49] | French: | Nourriture anti-régurgitation pour enfants | [1996/49] | Examination procedure | 23.01.1997 | Examination requested [1997/17] | 23.01.1997 | Request for accelerated examination filed | 09.04.1997 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 09.04.1997 | Decision about request for accelerated examination - accepted: Yes | 08.08.1997 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 08.10.1997 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 27.01.1998 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 09.03.1998 | Fee for grant paid | 09.03.1998 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Divisional application(s) | EP97203617.2 / EP0846422 | Opposition(s) | Opponent(s) | 01
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ADMISSIBLE NESTEC S.A. Avenue Nestlé 55 1800 Vevey / CH Opponent's representative Straus, Alexander Patentanwälte Becker, Kurig, Straus Bavariastrasse 7 80336 München / DE | 02
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ADMISSIBLE Wyeth Five Giralda Farms Madison, New Jersey 07940-0874 / US Opponent's representative Mannion, Sally Kim Wyeth Laboratories Huntercombe Lane South Taplow Maidenhead Berkshire SL6 0PH / GB | [N/P] |
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| Opponent(s) | 01
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ADMISSIBLE NESTEC S.A. Avenue Nestlé 55 1800 Vevey / CH Opponent's representative Straus, Alexander, Dr. Dipl.-Chem. Patentanwälte Becker, Kurig, Straus Bavariastrasse 7 80336 München / DE | ||
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ADMISSIBLE Wyeth Five Giralda Farms Madison, New Jersey 07940 0874 / US Opponent's representative Mannion, Sally Kim, Dr. c/o Wyeth Laboratories, Huntercombe Lane South, Taplow Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 0PH / GB | |||
| Former [2001/25] | |||
| Opponent(s) | 01
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ADMISSIBLE NESTEC S.A. Avenue Nestlé 55 1800 Vevey / CH Opponent's representative Straus, Alexander, Dr. Dipl.-Chem. Patentanwälte Becker, Kurig, Straus Bavariastrasse 7 80336 München / DE | ||
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ADMISSIBLE American Home Products Corporation Five Giralda Farms Madison, New Jersey 07940 0874 / US Opponent's representative Mannion, Sally Kim, Dr. c/o Wyeth Laboratories, Huntercombe Lane South, Taplow Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 0PH / GB | |||
| Former [1999/34] | |||
| Opponent(s) | 01
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ADMISSIBLE NESTEC S.A. Avenue Nestlé 55 1800 Vevey / CH | ||
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ADMISSIBLE American Home Products Corporation Five Giralda Farms Madison, New Jersey 07940 0874 / US Opponent's representative Mannion, Sally Kim, Dr. c/o Wyeth Laboratories, Huntercombe Lane South, Taplow Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 0PH / GB | deleted | Deletion: Legal effect of rejection of opposition [ N /P ] | 15.10.1999 | Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition | 02.06.2000 | Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition | 15.11.2001 | Date of oral proceedings | 01.03.2002 | Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings | 01.03.2002 | Date of despatch of rejection of opposition | 20.04.2006 | Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked | 24.04.2006 | Legal effect of revocation of patent [2006/44] | Appeal following opposition | 26.04.2002 | Appeal received No. T0424/02 | 10.07.2002 | Statement of grounds filed | 11.09.2006 | Interlocutory revision of appeal | 11.09.2006 | Result of appeal procedure: revocation of the patent | 20.04.2006 | Date of oral proceedings | 03.05.2006 | Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 11.05.1998 | Renewal fee patent year 03 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | LU | 31.05.1999 | MC | 30.11.1999 | [2004/39] |
| Former [2003/18] | MC | 30.11.1999 | |
| Former [2003/17] | MC | 31.05.1999 | |
| Former [2000/25] | MC | 30.11.1999 | Documents cited: | Search | [XY] US4140760 (WITHINGTON ROGER et al.) | [XY] US3539358 (HING FRANCISCO S et al.) [X] 1 * column 3 * * example 14 *[Y] 1-28 | [X] SU1729404 [X] 1 * column 5, line 43 * * column 2, line 56 - line 66 * * column 1, line 19 - line 25 * | [X] US4428972 (WURZBURG OTTO B et al.) | [Y] GB1220838 (AVEBE COOP VERKOOP PROD et al.) [Y] 1-28 * column 3, line 11 - line 20 * * column 2, line 24 - line 31 * | [X] DATABASE WPI Section Ch Week 9315, Derwent World Patents Index; Class D12, AN 93-124523, XP002010925 [X] 1 * column 5, line 43 * * column 2, line 56 - line 66 * * column 1, line 19 - line 25 * | Examination | EU Commision Directive of 14 May 1991 on infant formulae and follow-on formulae |