Engineered Gamma Delta T-Cells - EP3220926

The patent EP3220926 was granted to Adicet BIO on Dec 25, 2024. The application was originally filed on Nov 17, 2015 under application number EP15860648A. The patent is currently recorded with a legal status of "Granted And Under Opposition".

EP3220926

ADICET BIO
Application Number
EP15860648A
Filing Date
Nov 17, 2015
Status
Granted And Under Opposition
Nov 22, 2024
Publication Date
Dec 25, 2024
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Patent Citations (11) New

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Non-Patent Literature (NPL) Citations (21) New

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OPPOSITION- D10 - Response to European search opinion filed by applicant on EP15860648.3 (the application which was granted as the opposed patent) 23 May 2019
OPPOSITION- D11 - Response to A94(3) EPC communication filed by applicant on EP15860648.3 (the application which was granted as the opposed patent) 22 March 2021
OPPOSITION- D13 - European Search Opinion issued on EP15860648.3 (the application which was granted as the opposed patent) July 2018
OPPOSITION- Kress, E. ; Hedges, J.F. ; Jutila, M.A., "Distinct gene expression in human V@d1 and V@d2 @c@d T cells following non-TCR agonist stimulation", Molecular Immunology, PERGAMON, GB, GB , (20060501), vol. 43, no. 12, ISSN 0161-5890, pages 2002 - 2011, XP027899386
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OPPOSITION- Siegers Gabrielle M., Emeline J. Ribot, Armand Keating & Paula J. Foster , "Electronic supplementary material: Extensive expansion of primary human gamma delta T cells generates cytotoxic effector memory cells that can be labeled with Feraheme for cellular MRI", Cancer immunology immunotherapy, Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, Berlin/Heidelberg , (20130301), vol. 62, no. 3, doi:10.1007/s00262-012-1353-y, ISSN 0340-7004, pages 1 - 6, XP093322227
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SEARCH- D. KABELITZ ET AL, "The Multifunctionality of Human V[gamma]9V[delta]2 [gamma][delta] T Cells: Clonal Plasticity or Distinct Subsets? : Plasticity of Human [gamma][delta] T Cells", SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY, GB, (20120901), vol. 76, no. 3, doi:10.1111/j.1365-3083.2012.02727.x, ISSN 0300-9475, pages 213 - 222, XP055486714 [X] 1-17 * abstract * * Introduction, pages 213-214, especially p. 214 4th sentence from end. Gamma delta 2 T cells account for between 50 - 95% of Gamma delta T cell population in blood *
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