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EP About this file: EP0923376

EP0923376 - USE OF STEROIDS FOR TREATMENT OF ASTHMA AND AIRWAY DISEASES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1999/25]TREATMENT OF ASTHMA AND AIRWAY DISEASES
[2004/18]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  09.09.2005
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip11.01.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): PT		published on 13.02.2008  [2008/07]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Amrad Operations Pty., Ltd.
576 Swan Street
Richmond, VIC 3121 / AU
[1999/25]
Inventor(s)01 / STEWART, Alastair G., B.O'Brien Inst.of Microsurg.
42 Fitzroy Street
Fitzroy, VIC 3065 / AU
[1999/25]
Representative(s)Jones, Elizabeth Louise
Dehns
St Bride's House
10 Salisbury Square
London
EC4Y 8JD / GB
[N/P]
Former [1999/25]Jones, Elizabeth Louise
Frank B. Dehn & Co., 179 Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 4EL / GB
Application number, filing date97917945.409.05.1997
[1999/25]
WO1997AU00286
Priority number, dateAU1996PN0976609.05.1996         Original published format: AU PN976696
AU1996PN0991820.05.1996         Original published format: AU PN991896
[1999/25]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9742958
Date:20.11.1997
Language:EN
[1997/50]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0923376
Date:23.06.1999
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 20.11.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1999/25]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0923376
Date:03.11.2004
Language:EN
[2004/45]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:AU20.11.1997
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP13.08.2001
ClassificationIPC:A61K31/56, A61K31/565, A61P11/00, A61P11/06
[2004/18]
CPC:
A61K31/566 (EP,US); A61K31/565 (EP,US); A61P11/00 (EP);
A61P11/02 (EP); A61P11/06 (EP); A61P11/08 (EP)
Former IPC [1999/25]A61K31/56, A61K31/565
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [1999/25]
TitleGerman:VERWENDUNG VON STEROIDEN ZUR BEHANDLUNG VON ASTHMA UND ATEMWEGERKRANKUNGEN[2004/18]
English:USE OF STEROIDS FOR TREATMENT OF ASTHMA AND AIRWAY DISEASES[2004/18]
French:UTILISATION DE STEROIDES POUR LE TRAITEMENT DE L'ASTHME ET DES TROUBLES DES VOIES RESPIRATOIRES[2004/19]
Former [1999/25]BEHANDLUNG VON ASTHMA UND ATEMWEGERKRANKUNGEN
Former [1999/25]TREATMENT OF ASTHMA AND AIRWAY DISEASES
Former [1999/25]TRAITEMENT DE L'ASTHME ET DE TROUBLES DES VOIES RESPIRATOIRES
Entry into regional phase08.12.1998National basic fee paid 
08.12.1998Search fee paid 
08.12.1998Designation fee(s) paid 
08.12.1998Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure19.08.1997Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: AU
08.12.1998Examination requested  [1999/25]
02.04.2002Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
09.10.2002Reply to a communication from the examining division
04.06.2003Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
13.10.2003Reply to a communication from the examining division
19.04.2004Communication of intention to grant the patent
26.08.2004Fee for grant paid
26.08.2004Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)04.08.2005No opposition filed within time limit [2005/43]
Fees paidRenewal fee
12.05.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
15.05.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
14.05.2001Renewal fee patent year 05
14.05.2002Renewal fee patent year 06
13.05.2003Renewal fee patent year 07
13.05.2004Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT03.11.2004
BE03.11.2004
CH03.11.2004
FI03.11.2004
LI03.11.2004
NL03.11.2004
DK03.02.2005
GR03.02.2005
SE03.02.2005
ES14.02.2005
PT03.04.2005
IE09.05.2005
LU09.05.2005
MC31.05.2005
[2008/07]
Former [2007/29]AT03.11.2004
BE03.11.2004
CH03.11.2004
FI03.11.2004
LI03.11.2004
NL03.11.2004
DK03.02.2005
GR03.02.2005
SE03.02.2005
ES14.02.2005
IE09.05.2005
LU09.05.2005
MC31.05.2005
Former [2007/26]AT03.11.2004
BE03.11.2004
CH03.11.2004
FI03.11.2004
LI03.11.2004
NL03.11.2004
DK03.02.2005
GR03.02.2005
SE03.02.2005
ES14.02.2005
IE09.05.2005
LU09.05.2005
Former [2007/17]AT03.11.2004
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CH03.11.2004
FI03.11.2004
LI03.11.2004
NL03.11.2004
DK03.02.2005
GR03.02.2005
SE03.02.2005
ES14.02.2005
IE09.05.2005
LU31.05.2005
Former [2006/25]AT03.11.2004
BE03.11.2004
CH03.11.2004
FI03.11.2004
LI03.11.2004
NL03.11.2004
DK03.02.2005
GR03.02.2005
ES14.02.2005
IE09.05.2005
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BE03.11.2004
CH03.11.2004
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LI03.11.2004
NL03.11.2004
DK03.02.2005
GR03.02.2005
ES14.02.2005
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CH03.11.2004
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LI03.11.2004
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ES14.02.2005
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FI03.11.2004
LI03.11.2004
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ES14.02.2005
Former [2005/36]AT03.11.2004
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Documents cited:Search[X]RU2028083  ;
 [AX]US3274056  (WARREN CANTRALL EDWARD, et al) [A] 7,8 * table 1 * * claims 4-6 * [X] 11;
 [AX]US4427669  (BLAKE CHARLES A [US], et al) [A] 7,8 * column 1, line 5 - line 27 * [X] 11;
 [X]EP0535595  (APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY INST [JP]) [X] 11 * claim 8 * * example 3B *;
 [X]  - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 1995, no. 38, Database accession no. 1995-291153, XP002173167 & RU2028083 C 19950209 (MOSC SECHENOV MED INST) [X] 1-6,9-12 * abstract *
 [X]  - POLVERINO, "bronchial hyperresponsiveness...", LOTTA CONTRO LA TUBERCOLOSI E LE MALATTIE POLMONARI SOCIALI, (1990), vol. 60, no. 2, pages 167 - 171, XP001014433 [X] 1-4,6,9,10 * page 168, column 2, paragraph 2 * * page 170, column 2, paragraph 3 *
 [X]  - CLARK, "glucocorticoids inhibit trypsin-induced ...", J. IMMUNOL., (1979), vol. 123, no. 1, pages 487 - 495, XP001010450 [X] 1-4,6,9,10 * page 487, column 2, paragraph 2 - paragraph 3 * * page 494, column 2, paragraph 3 *
 [X]  - WAN, YOU ET AL, "Effect of estradiol on asthma of guinea pigs and its relationship to.beta. adrenergic receptors", CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS, (19951023), vol. 123, no. 17, Database accession no. 225808, XP002173166 [X] 1-6,9 * abstract *
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International search[X]JP04297421  ;
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 [X]EP0144086  (SCHERING AG [DE]);
 [X]US4529547  (VARMA RAVI K [US]);
 [X]US4529548  (VARMA RAVI K [US], et al);
 [X]EP0172672  (HOVIONE INT LTD [CH]);
 [X]EP0452914  (KAO CORP [JP]);
 [X]AU2178992  (SCHERING CORP);
 [X]AU2017592  (SCHERING CORP);
 [X]WO9414834  (RHONE POULENC RORER LTD [GB], et al);
 [X]AU1727195  (MERCK SHARP & DOHME);
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 [X]  - RICHARDS I M, ET AL., "NOVEL STEROID-BASED INHIBITORS OF LUNG INFLAMMATION", Clinical & Experimental Allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Wiley InterScience, UK, UK, (19920101), vol. 22, ISSN 0954-7894, pages 432 - 439, XP002947796
Examination   - FOTSIS TH. ET AL, "The endogenous oestrogen metabolite 2-mezthoxyestradiol inhibits angiogenesis and suppresses tumuor growth", NATURE, (19940317), vol. 368, no. 17, pages 237 - 239
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