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EP0946169 - METHOD OF PRODUCING A SUSTAINED-RELEASE PREPARATION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 02.01.2004 Database last updated on 15.06.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	19.01.2004	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): BE	published on 03.03.2004 [2004/10]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd. 1-1 Doshomachi 4-chome, Chuo-ku Osaka-shi Osaka 541-0045 / JP
	[N/P]
Former [2003/09]	For all designated states Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd. 1-1 Doshomachi 4-chome, Chuo-ku Osaka-shi, Osaka 541-0045 / JP
Former [1999/40]	For all designated states Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd. 1-1 Doshomachi 4-chome, Chuo-ku Osaka-shi, Osaka 541-0045 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / YAMAGATA, Yutaka 1-8-207, Doshodai 1-chome,Suma-kuKobe-shi Hyogo 654 / JP
	02 / MISAKI, Masafumi 4-41-103, Hibarigaoka 2-chome Takarazuka-shi Hyogo 665 / JP
	03 / IWASA, Susumu 21-2, Ohsumigaoka 1-chome Kyotanabe-shi Kyoto 610-03 / JP
	[1999/40]
Representative(s)	Caffin, Lee, et al TGRD (Europe) Intellectual Property Department 61 Aldwych London WC2B 4AE / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2001/26]	Caffin, Lee, et al Takeda Euro Patent Office Takeda Europe Research & Development Centre Ltd. Savannah House 11-12 Charles II Street London SW1Y 4QU / GB
Former [1999/40]	Lewin, John Harvey Elkington and Fife, Prospect House, 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB
Application number, filing date	97949131.3	18.12.1997
	[1999/40]
	WO1997JP04671
Priority number, date	JP19960342046	20.12.1996 Original published format: JP 34204696
	[1999/40]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	WO9827980
	Date:	02.07.1998
	Language:	EN
	[1998/26]
	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP0946169
	Date:	06.10.1999
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 02.07.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1999/40]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0946169
	Date:	26.02.2003
	Language:	EN
	[2003/09]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	13.08.1998
Classification	IPC:	A61K31/27, A61K9/16	[1999/40]
	CPC:	A61K38/27 (EP,US); A61K9/00 (KR); A61K9/143 (EP,US); A61K9/146 (EP,US); A61K9/1611 (EP,US); A61K9/1647 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [1999/40]
Title	German:	VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINER ZUSAMMENSETZUNG MIT VERZOEGERTER ABGABE	[1999/40]
	English:	METHOD OF PRODUCING A SUSTAINED-RELEASE PREPARATION	[1999/40]
	French:	PROCEDE DE PRODUCTION D'UNE PREPARATION A LIBERATION PROLONGEE	[1999/40]
Entry into regional phase	16.06.1999	National basic fee paid
	16.06.1999	Designation fee(s) paid
	16.06.1999	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	15.07.1998	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	16.06.1999	Examination requested [1999/40]
	08.05.2001	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	06.09.2001	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	10.04.2002	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	12.08.2002	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	11.11.2002	Fee for grant paid
	11.11.2002	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	27.11.2003	No opposition filed within time limit [2004/08]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	09.12.1999	Renewal fee patent year 03
	13.12.2000	Renewal fee patent year 04
	13.12.2001	Renewal fee patent year 05
	12.12.2002	Renewal fee patent year 06
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	26.02.2003
	BE	26.02.2003
	FI	26.02.2003
	GR	26.02.2003
	NL	26.02.2003
	PT	26.05.2003
	ES	28.08.2003
	[2004/10]
Former [2004/04]	AT	26.02.2003
	FI	26.02.2003
	GR	26.02.2003
	NL	26.02.2003
	PT	26.05.2003
	ES	28.08.2003
Former [2003/47]	AT	26.02.2003
	FI	26.02.2003
	GR	26.02.2003
	NL	26.02.2003
	PT	26.05.2003
Former [2003/46]	FI	26.02.2003
	GR	26.02.2003
	NL	26.02.2003
	PT	26.05.2003
Former [2003/43]	FI	26.02.2003
	NL	26.02.2003
	PT	26.05.2003
Former [2003/41]	FI	26.02.2003
	NL	26.02.2003
Cited in	International search	[Y]WO9200998 (NOVO NORDISK AS [DK]) [Y] 1-15 * the whole document *;
		[YD]WO9217200 (GENENTECH INC [US]) [YD] 1-15 * the whole document *;
		[Y]WO9313792 (PITMAN MOORE INC [US]) [Y] 1-15 * the whole document *;
		[YD]WO9412158 (ALKERMES INC [US]) [YD] 1-15 * the whole document *;
		[YD]EP0633020 (TAKEDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD [JP]) [YD] 1-15 * the whole document *;
		[YD]WO9529664 (ALKERMES INC [US], et al) [YD] 1-15 * the whole document *;
		[Y]EP0681833 (DOTT RESEARCH LAB [JP]) [Y] 1-15 * the whole document *;
		[YD]WO9607399 (TAKEDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD [JP], et al) [YD] 1-15 * the whole document *;
		[Y]WO9640072 (ALKERMES INC [US], et al) [Y] 1-15 * the whole document *;
		[YP]WO9703692 (NOVO NORDISK AS [DK]) [YP] 1-15* the whole document *

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