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DE file number : 601 04 978.0 (Status: not pending/lapsed, Query started: August 3, 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	601 04 978.0
96	EP file number	EAKZ	01 90 6880.8
86	WO file number	WAKZ	PCT/US01/03336
97	EP publication number	EPN	1252170
87	WO publication number	WPN	2001056983
54	Designation/title	TI	SELEKTIVE KRISTALLISIERUNG VON 3-PYRIDYL-1-HYDROXYETHYLIDEN-1,1-BISPHOSPHONSÄURE NATRIUM ALS HEMIPENTAHYDRAT ODER MONOHYDRAT
51	IPC main class	ICM (ICMV)	C07F 9/58 (2006.01)
51	IPC secondary class(es)	ICS (ICSV)	A61K 31/675 (2006.01), A61P 19/00 (2006.01)
22	DE application date	DAT	Feb 1, 2001
96	EP application date	EAT	Feb 1, 2001
86	WO application date	WAT	Feb 1, 2001
43	Date of first publication	OT	Aug 9, 2001
	Date of publication of grant	PET	Aug 18, 2004
71/73	Applicant/owner	INH	Allergan Pharmaceuticals International Ltd., Coolock, Dublin, IE
72	Inventor	IN	CAZER Dana, Fredrick, Earlville, US; PERRY Eugene, Gregory, Norwich, US; BILLINGS Michael, Dennis, Norwich, US; REDMAN-FUREY Lee, Nancy, Smyrna, US
74	Representative	VTR	TER MEER STEINMEISTER & PARTNER PATENTANWÄLTE mbB, 80335 München, DE
10	Published DE documents	DEPN	Original document: DE000060104978T2 Searchable text: DE000060104978T2 Original document: DE000060104978T3 Searchable text: DE000060104978T3
	Address for service		TER MEER STEINMEISTER & PARTNER PATENTANWÄLTE mbB, 80335 München, DE
33 31 32	Foreign priority	PRC PRNA PRDA	US 179505 P Feb 1, 2000
	Patent division in charge		44
97	EP language of publication	ELANG	EN - Englisch
87	WO language of publication	WLANG	EN - Englisch
84	Designated EP contracting states	EDS	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE, TR
	Published EP/WO documents	EPWOPN	Original document: EP000001252170 Searchable text: EP000001252170 Original document: EP000001252170B1 Searchable text: EP000001252170B1 Original document: WO002001056983 Searchable text: WO002001056983
43	Date of first publication	EVT	Aug 9, 2001
	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) 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 PCT application	WO first publication without search report	Aug 9, 2001		Details anzeigen
2	Procedure relating to EP application	EPO 1st publication	Oct 30, 2002		Details anzeigen
3	Publications	Publication of a mention regarding EP 1st publication by DPMA	Dec 5, 2002	Dec 5, 2002	Details anzeigen
4	Procedure relating to EP application	EPO publication of mention regarding patent grant (beginning of opposition period)	Aug 18, 2004		Details anzeigen
5	Publications	Publication by DPMA of mention regarding EP patent grant	Sep 23, 2004	Sep 23, 2004	Details anzeigen
6	Opposition procedure	Opposition to patent filed	May 17, 2005	Aug 11, 2005	Details anzeigen
7	Publications	Translation of EP patent specification	Aug 18, 2005	Aug 18, 2005	Details anzeigen
8	Change of classification	Change of IPC main class	Oct 17, 2005		Details anzeigen
9	New applicant/owner details	New applicant/owner details	Jun 17, 2010	Aug 19, 2010	Details anzeigen
10	Opposition procedure	Patent maintained in amended form by EPO	Nov 6, 2013		Details anzeigen
11	Opposition procedure	Decision by EPO to maintain patent in amended form has become final	Nov 6, 2013	Dec 24, 2013	Details anzeigen
12	Publications	Translation of amended EP patent specification	Apr 3, 2014	Apr 3, 2014	Details anzeigen
13	New applicant/owner details	New applicant/owner details	Jul 12, 2017	Aug 17, 2017	Details anzeigen
14	Administrative procedure	IP right lapsed through expiry of term of protection	Feb 1, 2021		Details anzeigen

View procedures Procedure relating to PCT application (No.: 1)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Procedure relating to PCT application
Legal/procedural status	VST	WO first publication without search report
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Aug 9, 2001

View procedures Procedure relating to EP application (No.: 2)
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	Oct 30, 2002

View procedures Publications (No.: 3)
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	Dec 5, 2002
Issue number	HN	49
Year	PJ	2002
Publication date	VT	Dec 5, 2002
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data

View procedures Procedure relating to EP application (No.: 4)
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	Aug 18, 2004

View procedures Publications (No.: 5)
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	Sep 23, 2004
Issue number	HN	39
Year	PJ	2004
Publication date	VT	Sep 23, 2004
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
Part	HT	Part 5

View procedures Opposition procedure (No.: 6)
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	May 17, 2005
Issue number	HN	32
Year	PJ	2005
Publication date	VT	Aug 11, 2005
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
Part	HT	Part 3

View procedures Publications (No.: 7)
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 18, 2005
	Issue number	HN	33
	Year	PJ	2005
	Publication date	VT	Aug 18, 2005
	Type of publication	PART	Documents
10	Published DE documents	DEPN	Original document: DE000060104978T2 Searchable text: DE000060104978T2

View procedures Change of classification (No.: 8)
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)	C07F 9/58 (2006.01)
51	Previous IPC main class	ICMF (ICMVF)	C07F 9/58 (2000.01)

View procedures New applicant/owner details (No.: 9)
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	Jun 17, 2010
	Issue number	HN	33
	Year	PJ	2010
	Publication date	VT	Aug 19, 2010
	Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
	Part	HT	Part 3
71/73	Applicant/owner	INH	Warner Chilcott Company, LLC, Fajardo, P.R., US
71/73	Previous applicant/owner	INHF	The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH, US
	Date of update of the procedure	REGT	Apr 30, 2022

View procedures Opposition procedure (No.: 10)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Opposition procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Patent maintained in amended form by EPO
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Nov 6, 2013
Date of update of the procedure	REGT	Apr 30, 2022

View procedures Opposition procedure (No.: 11)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Opposition procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Decision by EPO to maintain patent in amended form has become final
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Nov 6, 2013
Issue number	HN	52
Year	PJ	2013
Publication date	VT	Dec 24, 2013
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
Part	HT	Part 3
Date of update of the procedure	REGT	Apr 30, 2022

View procedures Publications (No.: 12)
INID	Criterion	Field	Content Close details
	Type of procedure	VART	Publications
	Legal/procedural status	VST	Translation of amended EP patent specification
	Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Apr 3, 2014
	Issue number	HN	14
	Year	PJ	2014
	Publication date	VT	Apr 3, 2014
	Type of publication	PART	Documents
10	Published DE documents	DEPN	Original document: DE000060104978T3 Searchable text: DE000060104978T3

View procedures New applicant/owner details (No.: 13)
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 12, 2017
	Issue number	HN	33
	Year	PJ	2017
	Publication date	VT	Aug 17, 2017
	Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
	Part	HT	Part 3
71/73	Applicant/owner	INH	Allergan Pharmaceuticals International Ltd., Coolock, Dublin, IE
71/73	Previous applicant/owner	INHF	Warner Chilcott Company, LLC, Fajardo, P.R., US

View procedures Administrative procedure (No.: 14)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Administrative procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	IP right lapsed through expiry of term of protection
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Feb 1, 2021
Date of update of the procedure	REGT	Feb 3, 2021