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EP0888122 - HYBRID WITH INTERFERON-alpha AND AN IMMUNOGLOBULIN Fc LINKED THROUGH A NON-IMMUNOGENIC PEPTIDE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  04.01.2008
Database last updated on 25.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip18.04.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): GR
published on 21.05.2008  [2008/21]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Tanox, Inc.
10301 Stella Link
Houston TX 77025-54 / US
[2007/09]
Former [1999/01]For all designated states
TANOX BIOSYSTEMS, INC.
10301 Stella Link Rd.
Houston, TX 77025 / US
Inventor(s)01 / CHANG, Tse Wen
National Tsing Hua University, Dormitory West Yard
46-4, Hsinchu, Taiwan 300 / CN
02 / YU, Liming
3199-C Evening Way
La Jolla, CA 92037 / US
[1999/17]
Former [1999/01]01 / CHANG, Tse Wen
Apartment 7110, 3000 Bissonnett
Houston, TX 77005 / US
02 / YU, Liming
4106 Martinshire
Houston, TX 77025 / US
Representative(s)Vossius & Partner Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbB
Siebertstrasse 3
81675 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1999/01]VOSSIUS & PARTNER
Postfach 86 07 67
81634 München / DE
Application number, filing date96945126.913.12.1996
[1999/01]
WO1996US20861
Priority number, dateUS1995057921128.12.1995         Original published format: US 579211
US1996071933125.09.1996         Original published format: US 719331
[1999/01]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9724137
Date:10.07.1997
Language:EN
[1997/30]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0888122
Date:07.01.1999
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 10.07.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1999/01]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0888122
Date:28.02.2007
Language:EN
[2007/09]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US10.07.1997
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP27.11.2001
ClassificationIPC:A61K38/21, A61K39/39, C07K14/56
[2006/25]
CPC:
C07K14/56 (EP,US); A61P1/16 (EP); A61P31/12 (EP);
A61P35/00 (EP); A61P37/02 (EP); C07K19/00 (EP,US);
C07K2319/00 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [1999/01]A61K38/21, A61K39/395, A61K39/44, C07K14/56
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [1999/01]
TitleGerman:HYBRID AUS INTERFERON-alpha UND IMMUNGLOBULIN Fc-FRAGMENT VERBUNDEN DURCH EIN NICHT IMMUNOGENES PEPTID[2006/37]
English:HYBRID WITH INTERFERON-alpha AND AN IMMUNOGLOBULIN Fc LINKED THROUGH A NON-IMMUNOGENIC PEPTIDE[1999/01]
French:PROTEINE HYBRIDE A INTERFERON-alpha ET FRAGMENT Fc D'IMMUNOGLOBULINE A LIAISON ASSUREE PAR PEPTIDE NON IMMUNOGENE[1999/01]
Former [1999/01]HYBRID AUS INTERFERON-alpha UND IMMUNGLOBULIN Fc-FRAGMENT VERBUNDEN DURCH EIN MICHT IMMUNOGENES PEPTID
Entry into regional phase28.07.1998National basic fee paid 
28.07.1998Search fee paid 
28.07.1998Designation fee(s) paid 
28.07.1998Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure21.07.1997Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
28.07.1998Examination requested  [1999/01]
22.04.2002Request for decision received: Application is deemed to be withdrawn
02.05.2002Result of request for decision (Application is deemed to be withdrawn): Request granted
08.04.2004Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M08)
20.12.2004Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.04.2005Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
29.08.2005Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.08.2006Communication of intention to grant the patent
28.12.2006Fee for grant paid
28.12.2006Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)29.11.2007No opposition filed within time limit [2008/06]
Fees paidRenewal fee
29.12.1998Renewal fee patent year 03
30.12.1999Renewal fee patent year 04
29.12.2000Renewal fee patent year 05
28.12.2001Renewal fee patent year 06
30.12.2002Renewal fee patent year 07
29.12.2003Renewal fee patent year 08
23.12.2004Renewal fee patent year 09
27.12.2005Renewal fee patent year 10
27.12.2006Renewal fee patent year 11
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipDK28.02.2007
FI28.02.2007
NL28.02.2007
GR29.05.2007
SE31.05.2007
ES08.06.2007
PT30.07.2007
[2008/21]
Former [2008/07]DK28.02.2007
FI28.02.2007
NL28.02.2007
SE31.05.2007
ES08.06.2007
PT30.07.2007
Documents cited:Search[AD]  - KUERSCHNER C ET AL, "IFN-GAMMA RECEPTOR-IG FUSION PROTEINS HALF-LIFE, IMMUNOGENICITY, AND IN VIVO ACTIVITY", JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY, THE WILLIAMS AND WILKINS CO. BALTIMORE, US, (19921215), vol. 149, no. 12, ISSN 0022-1767, pages 4096 - 4100, XP002035883 [AD] * Abstract; page 525, right hand column, lines 19-35 and page 527, right hand column, lines 3-6 *
 [AD]  - CAPON D J ET AL, "DESIGNING CD4 IMMUNOADHESINS FOR AIDS THERAPY", NATURE, MACMILLAN JOURNALS LTD. LONDON, GB, (19890209), vol. 337, ISSN 0028-0836, pages 525 - 531, XP000677773 [AD] * Abstract, *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/337525a0
International search[Y]WO9116353  (CORVAS INTERNATIONAL N V [BE]);
 [Y]US5349053  (LANDOLFI NICHOLAS F [US])
 [Y]  - BIOTECHNOLOGY, 1990, Vol. 10, No. 3, BARON E. et al., "From Cloning to a Commercial Realization: Human Alpha Interferon", pages 197-190.
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