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Publication No. EP4512390

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App No. EP25151068

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Filed by Ferring B.V.

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Filed on 2013-05-31

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Issued/Published on 2026-01-28

Official EPO Register

Publication No. EP4512390 A2

Application No. EP25151068 Filed: 2013-05-31

Grant Date 2026-01-28 Mention of grant

Active Oppositions 3 Active EPO Oppositions

Patent Abstract / Summary

Patent abstract is being processed or was not provided in English by the publishing office.

IPC Classifications

A61K38/09, A61K47/12, A61K9/19 A61K9/00

Priority Claims

EP 20120170454 Date: 2012-06-01

Designated Contracting States (38 EPC States)

Albania (AL)

Austria (AT)

Belgium (BE)

Bulgaria (BG)

Switzerland (CH)

Cyprus (CY)

Czech Republic (CZ)

Germany (DE)

Denmark (DK)

Estonia (EE)

Spain (ES)

Finland (FI)

France (FR)

United Kingdom (GB)

Greece (GR)

Croatia (HR)

Hungary (HU)

Ireland (IE)

Iceland (IS)

Italy (IT)

Liechtenstein (LI)

Lithuania (LT)

Luxembourg (LU)

Latvia (LV)

Monaco (MC)

North Macedonia (MK)

Malta (MT)

Netherlands (NL)

Norway (NO)

Poland (PL)

Portugal (PT)

Romania (RO)

Serbia (RS)

Sweden (SE)

Slovenia (SI)

Slovakia (SK)

San Marino (SM)

Turkey (TR)

Parties & Representation

Applicants

Ferring B.V.

Polaris Avenue 144, 2132 JX Hoofddorp

Inventors (8)

SCHWACH, Grégoire

DK-1610 Copenhagen

NILSSON, Anders

S-226 50 Lund

GOTTSCHALK BOEVING, Tine Elisabeth

DK-2800 Lyngby

RASMUSSEN, Jon Holbech

DK-2800 Lyngby

MÖRNSTAM, Birgitta

S-216 11 Limham

TSIRK, Anders

S-211 56 Malmö

ANNBY, Ulf

S-22 477 Lund

FOMSGAARD, Jens

DK-3520 Farum

Representatives / Agents

Reddie & Grose LLP

The White Chapel Building, 10 Whitechapel High Street

Brand Murray Fuller LLP

First Floor, 111 Wardour Street, London W1F 0UH

Zimmermann & Partner Patentanwälte mbB

P.O. Box 330 920, 80069 München

Graf von Stosch Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH

Prielmayerstr. 1, 80335 München

Key Procedural Dates

Request-For-Examination 2025-07-22

Mention Of Grant Published 2026-01-28

First-Examination-Report-Despatched 2025-09-25

Patent Oppositions

Official opposition proceedings filed against European Patent EP4512390 under EPC Article 99.

3 ACTIVE OPPONENTS

Opponent Company

Accord Healthcare S.L.U.

World Trade Center, ES

Representative

Brand Murray Fuller LLP

Filing Date

2026-10-28

Opposition in Progress

Opponent Company

Zimmermann & Partner Patentanwälte mbB

Josephspitalstr. 15, DE

Representative

Zimmermann & Partner Patentanwälte mbB

Filing Date

2026-10-28

Opposition in Progress

Opponent Company

Lepthien, Sandra

c/o Graf von Stosch Patentanwaltsgesellschaft, DE

Representative

Graf von Stosch Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH

Filing Date

2026-10-28

Opposition in Progress

Patent & Non-Patent Citations

Cited documents and prior art referenced in search and examination reports.

4 Citations

Cited Patent Documents

CN102204889

Espacenet

US2005282731

Espacenet

WO2011004260

Espacenet

WO2010125468

Espacenet

Official File Inspection EPC Art. 128 Public Dossier

Complete European Patent Register Dossier (148 Total Documents)

The full inspection file for Application EP25151068 contains 148 total documents, including all notices of opposition, proprietor counter-statements, examination communications, third-party observations, and procedural forms. Below are all major recorded procedural filings and publication specifications.

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MANUFACTURE OF DEGARELIX

Patent Abstract / Summary

IPC Classifications

Priority Claims

Designated Contracting States (38 EPC States)

Parties & Representation

Applicants

Inventors (8)

Representatives / Agents

Key Procedural Dates

Patent Oppositions

Accord Healthcare S.L.U.

Zimmermann & Partner Patentanwälte mbB

Lepthien, Sandra

Legal Status & Event History

Patent & Non-Patent Citations

Cited Patent Documents

Worldwide Patent Family

Complete European Patent Register Dossier (148 Total Documents)

Recorded Filings & Patent Specifications

European Patent Specification - Granted Patent (B1)

Official European Patent Register Full Dossier

European Search Report (A3)

European Patent Application without Search Report (A2)

Opposition filed

Lapse of the patent in a contracting state

(Expected) grant

New entry: Payment of fee for grant

New entry: Payment of fee for publishing/printing

New entry: Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)

New entry: Communication of intention to grant a patent

Intention to grant the patent

New entry: Reply to examination report

First examination report

Communication from the examining division

The date on which the examining division becomes responsible, has been established

Request for examination filed

Date on which the examining division has become responsible

Amendment by applicant

Amendments

Change - applicant

New entry: Renewal fee paid

Renewal fee payment

Change - classification

Publication of search report

Publication in section I.1 EP Bulletin

New entry: Renewal fee paid

Change - representative

Renewal fee payment

Language of the procedure

International searching authority

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