Register information Patent

DE file number : 698 38 903.4 (Status: not pending/lapsed, Query started: August 2, 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 38 903.4
96	EP file number	EAKZ	98 10 4292.2
97	EP publication number	EPN	933372
54	Designation/title	TI	Sulfonamidderivate als Wirkstoff-Vorläufer von Inhibitoren der Aspartyl-Protease
51	IPC main class	ICM (ICMV)	C07D 307/20 (2006.01)
51	IPC secondary class(es)	ICS (ICSV)	A61K 31/34 (2006.01), A61K 31/66 (2006.01), A61K 31/665 (2006.01), A61K 31/70 (2006.01), A61K 31/16 (2006.01), C07D 405/12 (2006.01), C07C 311/18 (2006.01), C07H 15/18 (2006.01), C07F 9/655 (2006.01), C07F 9/6584 (2006.01)
22	DE application date	DAT	Mar 10, 1998
96	EP application date	EAT	Mar 10, 1998
43	Date of first publication	OT	Aug 4, 1999
	Date of publication of grant	PET	Dec 26, 2007
71/73	Applicant/owner	INH	Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, 02139 Cambridge, Mass., US
72	Inventor	IN	Tung, Robert D., Arlington, Massachusetts 01274, US; Hale, Michael R., Bedford, Massachusetts 01730, US; Baker, Christopher T., Waltham, Massachusetts 02154, US; Furfine, Eric Steven, Durham, North Carolina 27707, US; Kaldor, Istvan, Durham, North Carolina 27703, US; Kazmierski, Wieslaw Mieczyslaw, Raleigh, North Carolina27615, US; Spaltenstein, Andrew, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606, US
74	Representative	VTR	VOSSIUS & PARTNER Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbB, 81675 München, DE
10	Published DE documents	DEPN	Original document: DE000069838903T2 Searchable text: DE000069838903T2
	Address for service		VOSSIUS & PARTNER Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbB, München, DE
33 31 32	Foreign priority	PRC PRNA PRDA	US 998050 Dec 24, 1997
	Patent division in charge		44
21	File number of protection certificate	ZAKZ	12 2008 000 021.1
97	EP language of publication	ELANG	EN - Englisch
84	Designated EP contracting states	EDS	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE
	Published EP/WO documents	EPWOPN	Original document: EP000000933372 Searchable text: EP000000933372 Original document: EP000000933372B1 Searchable text: EP000000933372B1
43	Date of first publication	EVT	Aug 4, 1999
	Date of the first transfer into DPMAregister	EREGT	Sep 28, 2012
	Date of the (most recent) update in DPMAregister	REGT	Apr 30, 2022 (Show all update days)(Hide all update days) Sep 28, 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	Aug 4, 1999		Details anzeigen
2	Procedure relating to EP application	EPO publication of search report	Aug 4, 1999		Details anzeigen
3	Publications	Publication of a mention regarding EP 1st publication by DPMA	Sep 9, 1999	Sep 9, 1999	Details anzeigen
4	Change of classification	Change of IPC main class	Jan 28, 2000		Details anzeigen
5	Change of classification	Change of IPC main class	Oct 17, 2005		Details anzeigen
6	Procedure relating to EP application	EPO publication of mention regarding patent grant (beginning of opposition period)	Dec 26, 2007		Details anzeigen
7	Publications	Publication by DPMA of mention regarding EP patent grant	Feb 7, 2008	Feb 7, 2008	Details anzeigen
8	Publications	Translation of EP patent specification	Sep 18, 2008	Sep 18, 2008	Details anzeigen
9	Opposition procedure	Opposition to patent filed	Sep 19, 2008	Dec 11, 2008	Details anzeigen
10	Opposition procedure	Patent maintained full by EPO	Nov 17, 2011		Details anzeigen
11	Opposition procedure	Decision by EPO to maintain patent in full has become final	Nov 17, 2011	Jul 18, 2019	Details anzeigen
12	Publications	Other <with further information such as lien, etc>	Dec 11, 2014	Dec 11, 2014	Details anzeigen
13	Publications	Other <with further information such as lien, etc>	Nov 24, 2016	Nov 24, 2016	Details anzeigen
14	Administrative procedure	IP right lapsed through expiry of term of protection	Mar 10, 2018		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	Aug 4, 1999

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 publication of search report
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Aug 4, 1999

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	Sep 9, 1999
Issue number	HN	36
Year	PJ	1999
Publication date	VT	Sep 9, 1999
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data

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	Jan 28, 2000
51	IPC main class	ICM (ICMV)	C07D 307/20 (2000.01)
51	Previous IPC main class	ICMF (ICMVF)	C07D 307/20 (1995.01)

View procedures Change of classification (No.: 5)
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)	C07D 307/20 (2006.01)
51	Previous IPC main class	ICMF (ICMVF)	C07D 307/20 (2000.01)

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	Dec 26, 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	Feb 7, 2008
Issue number	HN	6
Year	PJ	2008
Publication date	VT	Feb 7, 2008
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
Part	HT	Part 5

View procedures Publications (No.: 8)
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	Sep 18, 2008
	Issue number	HN	38
	Year	PJ	2008
	Publication date	VT	Sep 18, 2008
	Type of publication	PART	Documents
10	Published DE documents	DEPN	Original document: DE000069838903T2 Searchable text: DE000069838903T2

View procedures Opposition procedure (No.: 9)
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	Sep 19, 2008
Issue number	HN	50
Year	PJ	2008
Publication date	VT	Dec 11, 2008
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
Part	HT	Part 3

View procedures Opposition procedure (No.: 10)
Criterion	Field	Content Close details
Type of procedure	VART	Opposition procedure
Legal/procedural status	VST	Patent maintained full by EPO
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Nov 17, 2011
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 full has become final
Date of legal/procedural status	VSTT	Nov 17, 2011
Issue number	HN	29
Year	PJ	2019
Publication date	VT	Jul 18, 2019
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)
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	Dec 11, 2014
Issue number	HN	50
Year	PJ	2014
Publication date	VT	Dec 11, 2014
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
Part	HT	Part 5
Supplementary information	INFO	Verpfändung 03.11.2014 - 19.10.2016 KNR 83 03.11.2014 Pfandrecht

View procedures Publications (No.: 13)
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	Nov 24, 2016
Issue number	HN	47
Year	PJ	2016
Publication date	VT	Nov 24, 2016
Type of publication	PART	Bibliographic data
Part	HT	Part 5
Supplementary information	INFO	KNR 93 19.10.2016 Pfandrecht aufgehoben

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	Mar 10, 2018