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EP1015428 - SULFO-N-HYDROXY SUCCINIMIDE AND METHOD OF PREPARATION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  05.03.2004
Database last updated on 19.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip14.03.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT
published on 16.04.2008  [2008/16]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
PIERCE CHEMICAL COMPANY
3747 North Meridian Road, P.O. Box 117
Rockford, IL 61105 / US
[2000/27]
Inventor(s)01 / BREMMER, Martin, Lee
3625 South Meridian Road
Rockford, IL 61102 / US
02 / WILKES, Marty, Carey
124 Foxfire Place
Rockton, IL 61072 / US
[2000/27]
Representative(s)Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis, et al
Beresford Crump LLP
16 High Holborn
London WC1V 6BX / GB
[N/P]
Former [2000/27]Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis, et al
BERESFORD & Co. High Holborn 2-5 Warwick Court
London WC1R 5DJ / GB
Application number, filing date98946097.717.09.1998
[2000/27]
WO1998US19364
Priority number, dateUS1997093285118.09.1997         Original published format: US 932851
US1997093326618.09.1997         Original published format: US 933266
[2000/27]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9914192
Date:25.03.1999
Language:EN
[1999/12]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1015428
Date:05.07.2000
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 25.03.1999 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2000/27]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1015428
Date:02.05.2003
Language:EN
[2003/18]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP25.03.1999
ClassificationIPC:C07D207/416
[2000/27]
CPC:
C07C303/22 (EP); C07C309/17 (EP); C07D495/04 (EP)
C-Set:
C07C303/22, C07C309/17 (EP)
Designated contracting statesBE,   CH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   IT,   LI,   SE [2000/27]
TitleGerman:SULFO-N-HYDROXYSUCCINIMIDE UND VERFAHREN ZUR IHREN HERSTELLUNG[2000/27]
English:SULFO-N-HYDROXY SUCCINIMIDE AND METHOD OF PREPARATION[2000/27]
French:SULFO-N-HYDROXYSUCCINIMIDE ET PROCEDE D'ELABORATION[2000/27]
Entry into regional phase18.04.2000National basic fee paid 
18.04.2000Designation fee(s) paid 
18.04.2000Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure16.04.1999Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
18.04.2000Examination requested  [2000/27]
03.07.2001Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
12.12.2001Reply to a communication from the examining division
27.06.2002Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
31.10.2002Communication of intention to grant the patent
17.01.2003Fee for grant paid
17.01.2003Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)03.02.2004No opposition filed within time limit [2004/17]
Fees paidRenewal fee
04.09.2000Renewal fee patent year 03
24.09.2001Renewal fee patent year 04
25.09.2002Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipBE02.05.2003
CH02.05.2003
IT02.05.2003
LI02.05.2003
SE02.08.2003
[2008/16]
Former [2004/28]BE02.05.2003
CH02.05.2003
LI02.05.2003
SE02.08.2003
Former [2004/02]CH02.05.2003
LI02.05.2003
SE02.08.2003
Former [2003/50]SE02.08.2003
Cited inInternational search[Y]DE943050  (BAYER AG) [Y] 1,3 * page 3, line 80 - line 100; example 13 *;
 [Y]GB2054589  (CHINOIN GYOGYSZER ES VEGYESZET) [Y] 3,5,34 * page 2, line 25 - page 3, line 27 *;
 [Y]EP0046274  (CONSORTIUM ELEKTROCHEM IND [DE]) [Y] 3,5,28,42,45 * page 2 - page 5 *;
 [X]EP0247866  (MALLINCKRODT INC [US]) [X] 12-14,17,25 * page 4 - page 6 * * page 9; examples 4,5 *;
 [X]US4794189  (LEONE-BAY ANDREA [US], et al) [X] 12-14,17,25 * column 2, line 10 - line 45 *;
 [X]WO8912624  (CETUS CORP [US]) [X] 12-14,17,25 * page 9 * * page 13, line 10 - line 20 * * page 21 * * page 39, line 16 * * page 70 - page 71; figures 1,2 *;
 [X]GB2253850  (BRITISH TECH GROUP [GB]) [X] 12-14,17,25 * page 15, line 18 - page 16, line 17; example 5 *;
 [Y]DE4317651  (HOECHST AG [DE]) [Y] 1,3 * page 2, line 45 - page 3, line 40 *;
 [Y]DE4336802  (HENKEL KGAA [DE]) [Y] 3,5,34 * page 2, line 30 - page 3, line 30 *;
 [X]EP0700933  (PROLABO SA [FR]) [X] 17,20,23,24,27 * page 6, line 35 - line 40 * * page 7, line 25 - line 30 *;
 [Y]EP0726252  (BAYER AG [DE]) [Y] 1,3,28,42,45 * the whole document *;
 [Y]  - D. E. AMES ET AL., "The Synthesis of some N-hydroxyimides", CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS, (19560210), vol. 50, no. 3, Database accession no. 1803e, column 1, XP002090040 [Y] 1,3 * abstract *
    [ ] - J. CHEM. SOC., London, pages 631 - 636
 [X]  - ANJANEYULU, P. S. R. ET AL., "Reactions of N-hydroxysulfosuccinimide active esters", CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS, (19880620), vol. 108, no. 25, Database accession no. 222062j, page 611, column 2, XP002090041 [X] 17,27 * abstract *
    [ ] - INT. J. PEPT. PROTEIN RES., (1987), vol. 30, no. 1, pages 117 - 24
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