UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 14, 2005
PRO-PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Nevada | 000-32877 | 04-3562325 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 189 Wells Avenue, Newton, Massachusetts | 02459 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 559-0033
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 8.01 Other Events:
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office notified us that it has granted our request for an inter partes re-examination of U.S. Patent No. 6,680,306 owned by GlycoGenesys, Inc. because the patent office agrees that the prior publications we brought to its attention, including our U.S. Patent No. 6,643,946 for DAVANAT®, raised a substantial new question of patentability of both of the independent claims and all 21 dependent claims in the GlycoGenesys patent. As reported in our Form 10-K for the 2004 fiscal year, we filed the re-examination request in January 2005.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| PRO-PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | ||||
| By: | /s/ David Platt | |||
| David Platt | ||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||
| Date: April 25, 2005 | ||||