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EP About this file: EP0778768

EP0778768 - FORMULATIONS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PROLONGED LOCAL ANESTHESIA [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  01.04.2005
Database last updated on 24.04.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip11.07.2008Change - representativepublished on 13.08.2008  [2008/33]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Euroceltique S.A.
122 Boulevard de la Petrusse
L-2330 Luxembourg / LU
[1997/25]
Inventor(s)01 / CHASIN, Mark
3 Wayne Court
Manalapan, NJ 07726 / US
02 / GOLDENHEIM, Paul
4 Bald Hill Place
Wilton, CT 06897 / US
03 / SACKLER, Richard
25 Windrose Way
Greenwich, CT 06830 / US
04 / TIGNER, Joseph
1 Santa Lane
New Milford, CT 06776 / US
05 / BURCH, Ronald Martin
12A Powder Horn Hill Road
Wilton, CT 06897 / US
[1997/25]
Representative(s)Ruffles, Graham Keith, et al
Marks & Clerk LLP 62-68 Hills Road Cambridge
CB2 1LA / GB
[N/P]
Former [2008/33]Ruffles, Graham Keith, et al
Marks & Clerk 62-68 Hills Road
Cambridge CB2 1LA / GB
Former [2004/01]Ruffles, Graham Keith, et al
Marks & Clerk, 66-68 Hills Road
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 1LA / GB
Former [1997/25]Ruffles, Graham Keith
MARKS & CLERK, 57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3LS / GB
Application number, filing date96921643.107.06.1996
[1997/25]
WO1996US10439
Priority number, dateUS19950000105P09.06.1995         Original published format: US 105 P
[2000/29]
Former [1997/25]US1995000010509.06.1995
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9641616
Date:27.12.1996
Language:EN
[1996/56]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0778768
Date:18.06.1997
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 27.12.1996 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1997/25]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0778768
Date:26.05.2004
Language:EN
[2004/22]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US27.12.1996
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP23.08.2000
ClassificationIPC:A61K9/14, A61K31/715, A61K31/56, A61K31/505, A61K31/24, A61K31/19, A61K9/16, A61K47/02, A61K47/36, A61P29/00
[2003/14]
CPC data not yet available
Former IPC [2000/40]A61K9/14, A61K31/715, A61K31/56, A61K31/505, A61K31/24, A61K31/19, A61K9/16, A61K47/02, A61K47/36
Former IPC [1997/25]A61K9/14, A61K31/715, A61K31/56, A61K31/505, A61K31/24, A61K31/19
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [1997/25]
TitleGerman:FORMULIERUNGEN UND VERFAHREN FÜR EINE VERLÄNGERTE LOKALANÄSTHESIE[1997/25]
English:FORMULATIONS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PROLONGED LOCAL ANESTHESIA[1997/25]
French:PROCEDES ET COMPOSITIONS D'ANESTHESIE LOCALE PROLONGEE[1997/25]
Entry into regional phase17.01.1997National basic fee paid 
17.01.1997Search fee paid 
17.01.1997Designation fee(s) paid 
17.03.1997Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure17.03.1997Examination requested  [1997/25]
19.04.2002Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
25.10.2002Reply to a communication from the examining division
24.07.2003Communication of intention to grant the patent
13.01.2004Fee for grant paid
13.01.2004Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)01.03.2005No opposition filed within time limit [2005/20]
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.05.1998Renewal fee patent year 03
25.05.1999Renewal fee patent year 04
22.05.2000Renewal fee patent year 05
17.05.2001Renewal fee patent year 06
21.05.2002Renewal fee patent year 07
19.05.2003Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT26.05.2004
BE26.05.2004
CH26.05.2004
FI26.05.2004
LI26.05.2004
LU07.06.2004
IE08.06.2004
MC30.06.2004
DK26.08.2004
GR26.08.2004
SE26.08.2004
ES06.09.2004
PT26.10.2004
[2008/06]
Former [2005/24]AT26.05.2004
BE26.05.2004
CH26.05.2004
FI26.05.2004
LI26.05.2004
LU07.06.2004
IE08.06.2004
MC30.06.2004
DK26.08.2004
GR26.08.2004
SE26.08.2004
ES06.09.2004
Former [2005/23]AT26.05.2004
BE26.05.2004
CH26.05.2004
FI26.05.2004
LI26.05.2004
LU07.06.2004
MC30.06.2004
DK26.08.2004
GR26.08.2004
SE26.08.2004
ES06.09.2004
Former [2005/18]AT26.05.2004
BE26.05.2004
CH26.05.2004
FI26.05.2004
LI26.05.2004
MC30.06.2004
DK26.08.2004
GR26.08.2004
SE26.08.2004
ES06.09.2004
Former [2005/14]AT26.05.2004
BE26.05.2004
CH26.05.2004
FI26.05.2004
LI26.05.2004
MC30.06.2004
GR26.08.2004
SE26.08.2004
ES06.09.2004
Former [2005/11]AT26.05.2004
CH26.05.2004
FI26.05.2004
LI26.05.2004
MC30.06.2004
GR26.08.2004
SE26.08.2004
ES06.09.2004
Former [2005/06]CH26.05.2004
FI26.05.2004
LI26.05.2004
GR26.08.2004
SE26.08.2004
ES06.09.2004
Former [2005/02]CH26.05.2004
FI26.05.2004
LI26.05.2004
SE26.08.2004
ES06.09.2004
Former [2004/52]CH26.05.2004
LI26.05.2004
SE26.08.2004
Former [2004/51]CH26.05.2004
LI26.05.2004
Documents cited:Search[X]CN1091041  ;
 [X]US4331728  (THEEUWES FELIX) [X] 1,5,7,8,11,16,17* column 14; example 3 *;
 [X]FR2592791  (IRE CELLTARG SA [BE]) [X] 1,7,8,14-17 * page 5, line 4 - line 9 * * page 6, line 7 - line 8 *;
 [DX]WO9405265  (CHILDRENS MEDICAL CENTER [US]) [DX] 1-11,16-20 * page 5, line 32 - page 6, line 20 * * page 24 - page 28 *;
 [X]  - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 1997, no. 15, Database accession no. 1997-154920, XP002144657 & CN1091041 A 19940824 (EUGENICS & GOOD EDUCATION RES CENT) [X] 1,3,6-9,16,17 * abstract *
International search[Y]WO9405265  (CHILDRENS MEDICAL CENTER [US])
 [Y]  - M. WINDHOLZ et al., "The Merck Index", Published 1983, by MERCK & CO., INC., (N.J.), page 37, Abstract No. 225.
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