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DE file number : 698 37 450.9 (Status: not pending/lapsed, Query started: June 6, 2025)

Please note: This English version is a non-binding translation of the German register excerpt. Only the German version of the register excerpt is legally binding.

Master data
INID	Criterion	Field	Content
	Type of IP right	SART	Patent
	Status	ST	Not pending/lapsed
21	DE file number	DAKZ	698 37 450.9
96	EP file number	EAKZ	01 20 1913.9
97	EP publication number	EPN	1175904
54	Designation/title	TI	Alendronate zur Behandlung von Osteoporose
51	IPC main class	ICM (ICMV)	A61K 31/663 (2006.01)
51	IPC secondary class(es)	ICS (ICSV)	A61P 19/10 (2006.01)
22	DE application date	DAT	Jul 17, 1998
96	EP application date	EAT	Jul 17, 1998
43	Date of first publication	OT	Jan 30, 2002
	Date of publication of grant	PET	Mar 28, 2007
71/73	Applicant/owner	INH	Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Rahway, N.J., US
72	Inventor	IN	Daifotis, Anastasia G., Rahway, NJ 07065, US; Santora, Arthur C., II, Rahway, NJ 07065, US; Yates, John A., Rahway, NJ 07065, US
74	Representative	VTR	Abitz & Partner Patentanwälte mbB, 81925 München, DE
10	Published DE documents	DEPN	Original document: DE000001201913T1 Searchable text: DE000001201913T1 Original document: DE000069837450T2 Searchable text: DE000069837450T2
	Address for service		Abitz & Partner Patentanwälte mbB, 81628 München, DE
33 31 32	Foreign priority	PRC PRNA PRDA	GB 9717850 Aug 22, 1997
33 31 32	Foreign priority	PRC PRNA PRDA	US 53351 P Jul 22, 1997
33 31 32	Foreign priority	PRC PRNA PRDA	GB 9717590 Aug 20, 1997
33 31 32	Foreign priority	PRC PRNA PRDA	US 53535 P Jul 23, 1997
	Patent division in charge		44
21	File number of protection certificate	ZAKZ	12 2007 000 063.4
97	EP language of publication	ELANG	EN - Englisch
84	Designated EP contracting states	EDS	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, NL, PT, SE
	Published EP/WO documents	EPWOPN	Original document: EP000001175904 Searchable text: EP000001175904 Original document: EP000001175904B1 Searchable text: EP000001175904B1
43	Date of first publication	EVT	Jan 30, 2002
	Date of the first transfer into DPMAregister	EREGT	Sep 29, 2012
	Date of the (most recent) update in DPMAregister	REGT	Apr 30, 2022 (Show all update days)(Hide all update days) Apr 30, 2022; Aug 4, 2016; Jun 28, 2016; Jul 11, 2015; Mar 31, 2015; Feb 25, 2014; Sep 24, 2013; Aug 6, 2013; Jul 4, 2013; May 15, 2013; Mar 13, 2013; Mar 12, 2013; Feb 7, 2013; Jan 24, 2013; Jan 22, 2013; Jan 19, 2013; Dec 20, 2012; Dec 14, 2012 Historical data not available for this/these date(s) Sep 29, 2012 Date of the first transfer into DPMAregister

Procedural data
No.	Kind of procedure	Legal status	Date of legal/procedural status	Publication date	Alle Details anzeigen
1	Procedure relating to EP application	EPO 1st publication	Jan 30, 2002		Details anzeigen
2	Publications	Publication of a mention regarding EP 1st publication by DPMA	Mar 14, 2002	Mar 14, 2002	Details anzeigen
3	Change of classification	Change of IPC main class	Nov 1, 2002		Details anzeigen
4	Change of classification	Change of IPC main class	Oct 17, 2005		Details anzeigen
5	Publications	Translation EP claims	Feb 8, 2007	Feb 8, 2007	Details anzeigen
6	Procedure relating to EP application	EPO publication of mention regarding patent grant (beginning of opposition period)	Mar 28, 2007		Details anzeigen
7	Publications	Publication by DPMA of mention regarding EP patent grant	May 10, 2007	May 10, 2007	Details anzeigen
8	Opposition procedure	Opposition to patent filed	Jul 12, 2007	Sep 27, 2007	Details anzeigen
9	Publications	Translation of EP patent specification	Aug 23, 2007	Aug 23, 2007	Details anzeigen
10	New applicant/owner details	New applicant/owner details	Feb 12, 2008	Apr 17, 2008	Details anzeigen
11	New applicant/owner details	New applicant/owner details	Jul 20, 2010	Sep 23, 2010	Details anzeigen
12	Opposition procedure	Revocation of patent by EPO	Apr 12, 2011		Details anzeigen
13	Opposition procedure	Decision on revocation by EPO has become final	Apr 12, 2011	Aug 4, 2016	Details anzeigen
14	New applicant/owner details	New applicant/owner details	Dec 13, 2012	Feb 7, 2013	Details anzeigen
15	Publications	Publication of grant of European patent revoked	Feb 7, 2013	Feb 7, 2013	Details anzeigen
16	New applicant/owner details	New applicant/owner details	May 14, 2013	Jul 4, 2013	Details anzeigen
17	Publications	Other <with further information such as lien, etc>	Aug 4, 2016	Aug 4, 2016	Details anzeigen

View procedures Procedure relating to EP application (No.: 1)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Procedure relating to EP application
Legal/procedural status	VST	EPO 1st publication
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Jan 30, 2002

View procedures Publications (No.: 2)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Publications
Legal/procedural status	VST	Publication of a mention regarding EP 1st publication by DPMA
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Mar 14, 2002
Issue number	HN	11
Year	PJ	2002
Publication date	VT	Mar 14, 2002
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data

View procedures Change of classification (No.: 3)
INID	Criterion	Field	Content Close details
	Type of procedure	VART	Change of classification
	Legal/procedural status	VST	Change of IPC main class
	Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Nov 1, 2002
51	IPC main class	ICM (ICMV)	A61K 31/663 (2000.01)
51	Previous IPC main class	ICMF (ICMVF)	A61K 31/66 (2000.01)

View procedures Change of classification (No.: 4)
INID	Criterion	Field	Content Close details
	Type of procedure	VART	Change of classification
	Legal/procedural status	VST	Change of IPC main class
	Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Oct 17, 2005
51	IPC main class	ICM (ICMV)	A61K 31/663 (2006.01)
51	Previous IPC main class	ICMF (ICMVF)	A61K 31/663 (2000.01)

View procedures Publications (No.: 5)
INID	Criterion	Field	Content Close details
	Type of procedure	VART	Publications
	Legal/procedural status	VST	Translation EP claims
	Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Feb 8, 2007
	Issue number	HN	6
	Year	PJ	2007
	Publication date	VT	Feb 8, 2007
	Type of publication	PART	Documents
	Part	HT	Part 5
10	Published DE documents	DEPN	Original document: DE000001201913T1 Searchable text: DE000001201913T1

View procedures Procedure relating to EP application (No.: 6)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Procedure relating to EP application
Legal/procedural status	VST	EPO publication of mention regarding patent grant (beginning of opposition period)
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Mar 28, 2007

View procedures Publications (No.: 7)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Publications
Legal/procedural status	VST	Publication by DPMA of mention regarding EP patent grant
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	May 10, 2007
Issue number	HN	19
Year	PJ	2007
Publication date	VT	May 10, 2007
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
Part	HT	Part 5

View procedures Opposition procedure (No.: 8)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Opposition procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Opposition to patent filed
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Jul 12, 2007
Issue number	HN	39
Year	PJ	2007
Publication date	VT	Sep 27, 2007
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
Part	HT	Part 3

View procedures Publications (No.: 9)
INID	Criterion	Field	Content Close details
	Type of procedure	VART	Publications
	Legal/procedural status	VST	Translation of EP patent specification
	Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Aug 23, 2007
	Issue number	HN	34
	Year	PJ	2007
	Publication date	VT	Aug 23, 2007
	Type of publication	PART	Documents
10	Published DE documents	DEPN	Original document: DE000069837450T2 Searchable text: DE000069837450T2

View procedures New applicant/owner details (No.: 10)
INID	Criterion	Field	Content Close details
	Type of procedure	VART	New applicant/owner details
	Legal/procedural status	VST	New applicant/owner details
	Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Feb 12, 2008
	Issue number	HN	16
	Year	PJ	2008
	Publication date	VT	Apr 17, 2008
	Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
	Part	HT	Part 3
71/73	Applicant/owner	INH	MERCK & CO., INC., Rahway, N.J., US
71/73	Previous applicant/owner	INHF	Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, N.J., US

View procedures New applicant/owner details (No.: 11)
INID	Criterion	Field	Content Close details
	Type of procedure	VART	New applicant/owner details
	Legal/procedural status	VST	New applicant/owner details
	Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Jul 20, 2010
	Issue number	HN	38
	Year	PJ	2010
	Publication date	VT	Sep 23, 2010
	Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
	Part	HT	Part 3
71/73	Applicant/owner	INH	Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., 07065-0900 Rahway, New Jersey, US
71/73	Previous applicant/owner	INHF	MERCK & CO., INC., Rahway, N.J., US

View procedures Opposition procedure (No.: 12)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Opposition procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Revocation of patent by EPO
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Apr 12, 2011
Date of update of the procedure	REGT	Apr 30, 2022

View procedures Opposition procedure (No.: 13)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Opposition procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Decision on revocation by EPO has become final
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Apr 12, 2011
Issue number	HN	31
Year	PJ	2016
Publication date	VT	Aug 4, 2016
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
Part	HT	Part 3
Date of update of the procedure	REGT	Apr 30, 2022

View procedures New applicant/owner details (No.: 14)
INID	Criterion	Field	Content Close details
	Type of procedure	VART	New applicant/owner details
	Legal/procedural status	VST	New applicant/owner details
	Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Dec 13, 2012
	Issue number	HN	6
	Year	PJ	2013
	Publication date	VT	Feb 7, 2013
	Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
	Part	HT	Part 2
71/73	Applicant/owner	INH	Schering Corporation, Rahway, US
71/73	Previous applicant/owner	INHF	Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., 07065-0900 Rahway, New Jersey, US

View procedures Publications (No.: 15)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Publications
Legal/procedural status	VST	Publication of grant of European patent revoked
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Feb 7, 2013
Issue number	HN	6
Year	PJ	2013
Publication date	VT	Feb 7, 2013
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
Part	HT	Part 3

View procedures New applicant/owner details (No.: 16)
INID	Criterion	Field	Content Close details
	Type of procedure	VART	New applicant/owner details
	Legal/procedural status	VST	New applicant/owner details
	Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	May 14, 2013
	Issue number	HN	27
	Year	PJ	2013
	Publication date	VT	Jul 4, 2013
	Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
	Part	HT	Part 2
71/73	Applicant/owner	INH	Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Rahway, N.J., US
71/73	Previous applicant/owner	INHF	Schering Corporation, Rahway, US

View procedures Publications (No.: 17)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Publications
Legal/procedural status	VST	Other <with further information such as lien, etc>
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Aug 4, 2016
Issue number	HN	31
Year	PJ	2016
Publication date	VT	Aug 4, 2016
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
Part	HT	Part 5
Supplementary information	INFO	Die Veröffentlichung im Patentblatt Heft 06/2013 im Teil 3: Die Veröffentlichung der Erteilung des europäischer Patente wird widerrufen, wird aufgehoben, das Patent wurde im Einspruch widerrufen.