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EP About this file: EP0977848

EP0977848 - HUMAN THETA SUBUNIT OF THE GABA-A RECEPTOR [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  02.06.2006
Database last updated on 19.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip05.12.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): CY		published on 07.01.2009  [2009/02]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
MERCK SHARP & DOHME LTD.
Hertford Road
Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire EN11 9BU / GB
[N/P]
Former [2005/30]For all designated states
MERCK SHARP & DOHME LTD.
Hertford Road
Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire EN11 9BU / GB
Former [2000/06]For all designated states
MERCK SHARP & DOHME LTD.
Hertford Road
Hoddesdon Hertfordshire EN11 9BU / GB
Inventor(s)01 / BONNERT, Timothy, Peter
Terlings Park Eastwick road Harlow
Essex CM20 2QR / GB
02 / WHITING, Paul, John
Terlings Park Eastwick Road
Harlow Essex CM20 2QR / GB
[2000/06]
Representative(s)Horgan, James Michael Frederic, et al
Merck & Co., Inc.
European Patent Department
Terlings Park
Eastwick Road, Harlow
Essex CM20 2QR / GB
[N/P]
Former [2004/27]Horgan, James Michael Frederic, et al
Merck & Co., Inc. European Patent Department Terlings Park Eastwick Road
Harlow, Essex CM20 2QR / GB
Former [2000/06]Hiscock, Ian James, et al
European Patent Department, Merck & Co., Inc., Terlings Park, Eastwick Road
Harlow, Essex CM20 2QR / GB
Application number, filing date98917470.124.04.1998
[2000/06]
WO1998GB01206
Priority number, dateGB1997000847925.04.1997         Original published format: GB 9708479
[2000/06]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9849293
Date:05.11.1998
Language:EN
[1998/44]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0977848
Date:09.02.2000
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 05.11.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2000/06]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0977848
Date:27.07.2005
Language:EN
[2005/30]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP05.11.1998
ClassificationIPC:C12N15/12, C07K14/705, C12N5/10, A61K38/17, G01N33/50, C12Q1/68, G01N33/68
[2000/06]
CPC:
C07K14/70571 (EP,US); A61P25/04 (EP); A61P25/20 (EP);
A61P25/22 (EP); A61K38/00 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   CY,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   NL,   PT,   SE [2000/06]
TitleGerman:THETA-UNTEREINHEIT DES MENSCHLICHEN GABA-A REZEPTORS[2000/06]
English:HUMAN THETA SUBUNIT OF THE GABA-A RECEPTOR[2000/06]
French:SOUS-UNITE THETA HUMAINE DU RECEPTEUR DE GABA-A[2000/06]
Entry into regional phase25.11.1999National basic fee paid 
25.11.1999Designation fee(s) paid 
25.11.1999Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure21.09.1998Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
25.11.1999Examination requested  [2000/06]
26.11.2003Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
16.03.2004Reply to a communication from the examining division
20.09.2004Communication of intention to grant the patent
30.03.2005Fee for grant paid
30.03.2005Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)28.04.2006No opposition filed within time limit [2006/27]
Fees paidRenewal fee
02.05.2000Renewal fee patent year 03
02.05.2001Renewal fee patent year 04
02.05.2002Renewal fee patent year 05
02.05.2003Renewal fee patent year 06
03.05.2004Renewal fee patent year 07
02.05.2005Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT27.07.2005
BE27.07.2005
CY27.07.2005
FI27.07.2005
NL27.07.2005
GR27.10.2005
SE27.10.2005
PT27.12.2005
IE24.04.2006
LU24.04.2006
[2009/02]
Former [2008/36]AT27.07.2005
BE27.07.2005
FI27.07.2005
NL27.07.2005
GR27.10.2005
SE27.10.2005
PT27.12.2005
IE24.04.2006
LU24.04.2006
Former [2007/29]AT27.07.2005
BE27.07.2005
FI27.07.2005
NL27.07.2005
GR27.10.2005
SE27.10.2005
PT27.12.2005
IE24.04.2006
Former [2006/25]AT27.07.2005
BE27.07.2005
FI27.07.2005
NL27.07.2005
GR27.10.2005
SE27.10.2005
PT27.12.2005
Former [2006/14]AT27.07.2005
FI27.07.2005
NL27.07.2005
GR27.10.2005
SE27.10.2005
PT27.12.2005
Former [2006/13]AT27.07.2005
FI27.07.2005
SE27.10.2005
Cited inInternational search[A]WO9413799  (MERCK SHARP & DOHME [GB], et al) [A] 1-14 * example -; claim - * * page 11 *;
 [A]WO9529234  (MERCK SHARP & DOHME [GB], et al) [A] 1-14* example -; claim - *;
 [DX]  - YMER S ET AL, "GABAA RECEPTOR BETA SUBUNIT HETEROGENEITY: FUNCTIONAL EXPRESSION OF CLONED CDNAS", EMBO JOURNAL, (1989), vol. 8, no. 6, pages 1665 - 1670, XP000674574 [DX] 13 * the whole document *
 [DX]  - M.L. LEVIN ET AL, EMBL DATABASE ENTRY HSU47334, ACCESSION NUMBER U47334, (19960707), XP002075414 [DX] 5,13 * abstract *
 [X]  - M. MARRA ET AL, "The WashU-HHMI Mouse EST project", EMBL DATABSE ENTRY MM7808, ACCESSION NUMBER W15780, (19960504), XP002075415 [X] 13 * abstract *
 [X]  - A.N. BATESON, "gamma-aminobutyric acid-A receptor heterogeneity is increased by alternative splicing of a novel beta-subunit gene transcript", EMBL DATABASE ENTRY GDGRB4M, ACCESSION NUMBER X56648, (19921022), XP002075416 [X] 13
    [ ] - UNPUBLISHED [ ] * abstract *
Examination   - TYNDALE R.F. ET AL, "Distinctive patterns of GABA-A receptor subunit mRNAs in 13 cell lines", JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, US, (199409), vol. 14, no. 9, pages 5417 - 5428
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