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EP0954571 - BIOCATALYSTS WITH AMINE ACYLASE ACTIVITY [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  04.07.2008
Database last updated on 14.06.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip11.06.2010Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): LU
published on 14.07.2010  [2010/28]
Applicant(s)For:BE  CH  DE  DK  ES  FI  FR  GB  GR  IE  IT  LI  LU  MC  NL  PT  SE 
Novartis AG
Lichtstrasse 35
4056 Basel / CH
For:AT 
Novartis Pharma GmbH
Brunner Strasse 59
1230 Wien / AT
[N/P]
Former [2007/35]For:BE  CH  DE  DK  ES  FI  FR  GB  GR  IE  IT  LI  LU  MC  NL  PT  SE 
Novartis AG
Lichtstrasse 35
4056 Basel / CH
For:AT 
Novartis Pharma GmbH
Brunner Strasse 59
1230 Wien / AT
Former [2003/11]For:BE  CH  DE  DK  ES  FI  FR  GB  GR  IE  IT  LI  LU  MC  NL  PT  SE 
Novartis AG
Lichtstrasse 35
4056 Basel / CH
For:AT 
Novartis Pharma GmbH
Brunner Strasse 59
1230 Wien / AT
Former [2003/10]For:BE  CH  DE  DK  ES  FI  FR  GB  GR  IE  IT  LI  LU  MC  NL  PT  SE 
Novartis AG
Lichtstrasse 35
4056 Basel / CH
For:AT 
Novartis Pharma GmbH
Brunner Strasse 59
1235 Vienna / AT
Former [2001/32]For:BE  CH  DE  DK  ES  FI  FR  GB  GR  IE  IT  LI  LU  MC  NL  PT  SE 
Novartis AG
Lichtstrasse 35
4056 Basel / CH
For:AT 
Novartis-Erfindungen Verwaltungsgesellschaft m.b.H.
Brunner Strasse 59
1235 Wien / AT
Former [1999/45]For:BE  CH  DE  DK  ES  FI  FR  GB  GR  IE  IT  LI  LU  MC  NL  PT  SE 
Novartis AG
Schwarzwaldallee 215
4058 Basel / CH
For:AT 
Novartis-Erfindungen Verwaltungsgesellschaft m.b.H.
Brunner Strasse 59
1235 Wien / AT
Inventor(s)01 / GHISALBA, Oreste
Eschenweg 3
CH-4153 Reinach / CH
02 / KITTELMANN, Matthias
Kartäuserstrasse 88
D-79102 Freiburg / DE
03 / LAUMEN, Kurt
Steinackerweg 10
D-79232 March / DE
04 / WALSER-VOLKEN, Paula
Untere Eienstrasse 26
CH-4417 Ziefen / CH
[1999/45]
Representative(s)de Weerd, Petrus G.W., et al
Novartis International AG
Corporate Intellectual Property
4002 Basel / CH
[N/P]
Former [2005/12]de Weerd, Petrus G.W., et al
Novartis International AG Corporate Intellectual Property
4002 Basel / CH
Former [2003/20]Grubb, Philip William, et al
Novartis AG, Corporate Intellectual Property, Lichtstrasse 35
4002 Basel / CH
Former [1999/45]Becker, Konrad, et al
Novartis AG Geistiges Eigentum Konzern Patent- und Markenabteilung CH Postfach
4002 Basel / CH
Application number, filing date97920679.414.04.1997
[1999/45]
WO1997EP01866
Priority number, dateEP1996081026625.04.1996         Original published format: EP 96810266
[1999/45]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9741214
Date:06.11.1997
Language:EN
[1997/47]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0954571
Date:10.11.1999
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 06.11.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1999/45]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0954571
Date:29.08.2007
Language:EN
[2007/35]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP06.11.1997
ClassificationIPC:C12N9/80, C12P41/00
[1999/45]
CPC:
C12N9/80 (EP,US); C12P41/007 (EP,US); Y10S435/826 (EP,US);
Y10S435/893 (EP,US); Y10S435/908 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [1999/45]
Extension statesRO08.10.1998
SI08.10.1998
TitleGerman:BIOKATALYSATOREN MIT AMIN-ACYLASE AKTIVITÄT[1999/45]
English:BIOCATALYSTS WITH AMINE ACYLASE ACTIVITY[1999/45]
French:BIOCATALYSEURS POSSEDANT UNE ACTIVITE AMINE ACYLASE[1999/45]
Entry into regional phase08.10.1998National basic fee paid 
08.10.1998Designation fee(s) paid 
08.10.1998Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure31.10.1997Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
08.10.1998Examination requested  [1999/45]
01.08.2002Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
11.02.2003Reply to a communication from the examining division
14.03.2006Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
20.07.2006Reply to a communication from the examining division
18.08.2006Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
20.10.2006Reply to a communication from the examining division
05.03.2007Communication of intention to grant the patent
16.07.2007Fee for grant paid
16.07.2007Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)EP06123298.9  / EP1889903
Opposition(s)30.05.2008No opposition filed within time limit [2008/32]
Fees paidRenewal fee
10.03.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
25.03.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
05.03.2001Renewal fee patent year 05
13.03.2002Renewal fee patent year 06
02.05.2003Renewal fee patent year 07
03.05.2004Renewal fee patent year 08
02.05.2005Renewal fee patent year 09
02.05.2006Renewal fee patent year 10
02.05.2007Renewal fee patent year 11
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipDK29.08.2007
FI29.08.2007
SE29.11.2007
IE14.04.2008
LU14.04.2008
MC30.04.2008
[2010/28]
Former [2009/30]DK29.08.2007
FI29.08.2007
SE29.11.2007
IE14.04.2008
MC30.04.2008
Former [2008/51]DK29.08.2007
FI29.08.2007
SE29.11.2007
MC30.04.2008
Former [2008/28]DK29.08.2007
FI29.08.2007
SE29.11.2007
Former [2008/23]DK29.08.2007
FI29.08.2007
Former [2008/12]FI29.08.2007
Cited inInternational search[X]JPH06211847  ;
 [A]FR2438054  (MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA [JP]) [A] 1 * claim - *;
 [A]WO8200253  (REANAL FINOMVEGYSZERGYAR [HU], et al) [A] 1 * claim - *;
 [X]EP0399589  (SHELL INT RESEARCH [NL]) [X] 1-9,14-17,22-24,31-35 * page 2, line 46 - page 3, line 36; claim - *;
 [A]EP0433117  (RHONE POULENC SANTE [FR]) [A] 1 * claim - *;
 [A]GB2246774  (SHELL INT RESEARCH [NL]) [A] 1* claim - *;
 [X]  - DATABASE WPI, 1, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 94, no. 35, Database accession no. 94-283347, XP002038271 & JPH06211847 A 19940802 (ASAHI KASEI KOGYO KK) [X] 1-4,7-11,31,32 * abstract *
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