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EP About this file: EP1244794

EP1244794 - MUTANT APRE PROMOTER [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  08.08.2008
Database last updated on 02.11.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip11.09.2009Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): TR		published on 14.10.2009  [2009/42]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL, INC.
925 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, California 94304 / US
[2002/40]
Inventor(s)01 / FERRARI, Eugenio
1681 Hickory Avenue
San Bruno, CA 94066 / US
02 / VALLE, Fernando
Apartment 212, 1015 Cadillac Way
Burlingame, CA 94010 / US
 [2002/40]
Representative(s)Kiddle, Simon John, et al
Mewburn Ellis LLP
City Tower
40 Basinghall Street
London EC2V 5DE / GB
[N/P]
Former [2002/40]Kiddle, Simon John, et al
Mewburn Ellis, York House, 23 Kingsway
London WC2B 6HP / GB
Application number, filing date00990354.321.12.2000
[2002/40]
WO2000US35312
Priority number, dateUS2000047949407.01.2000         Original published format: US 479494
[2002/40]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO0151643
Date:19.07.2001
Language:EN
[2001/29]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1244794
Date:02.10.2002
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 19.07.2001 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2002/40]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1244794
Date:03.10.2007
Language:EN
[2007/40]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP19.07.2001
ClassificationIPC:C12N15/55, C12N9/54, C12N15/75
[2002/40]
CPC:
C12N9/54 (EP,US); C12N15/52 (KR)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   CY,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE,   TR [2002/40]
Extension statesALNot yet paid
LTNot yet paid
LVNot yet paid
MKNot yet paid
RONot yet paid
SINot yet paid
TitleGerman:MUTANTER APRE PROMOTER[2002/40]
English:MUTANT APRE PROMOTER[2002/40]
French:PROMOTEUR MUTANT D'APRE[2002/40]
Entry into regional phase25.07.2002National basic fee paid 
25.07.2002Designation fee(s) paid 
25.07.2002Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure18.07.2001Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
25.07.2002Examination requested  [2002/40]
06.11.2006Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
09.01.2007Reply to a communication from the examining division
21.03.2007Communication of intention to grant the patent
13.07.2007Fee for grant paid
13.07.2007Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)04.07.2008No opposition filed within time limit [2008/37]
Fees paidRenewal fee
12.12.2002Renewal fee patent year 03
12.12.2003Renewal fee patent year 04
14.12.2004Renewal fee patent year 05
15.12.2005Renewal fee patent year 06
13.12.2006Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT03.10.2007
CY03.10.2007
TR03.10.2007
IE21.12.2007
LU21.12.2007
MC31.12.2007
SE03.01.2008
GR04.01.2008
ES14.01.2008
PT03.03.2008
[2009/42]
Former [2009/37]AT03.10.2007
CY03.10.2007
IE21.12.2007
LU21.12.2007
MC31.12.2007
SE03.01.2008
GR04.01.2008
ES14.01.2008
PT03.03.2008
Former [2009/33]AT03.10.2007
CY03.10.2007
IE21.12.2007
MC31.12.2007
SE03.01.2008
GR04.01.2008
ES14.01.2008
PT03.03.2008
Former [2009/13]AT03.10.2007
IE21.12.2007
MC31.12.2007
SE03.01.2008
GR04.01.2008
ES14.01.2008
PT03.03.2008
Former [2008/48]AT03.10.2007
IE21.12.2007
MC31.12.2007
SE03.01.2008
ES14.01.2008
PT03.03.2008
Former [2008/33]AT03.10.2007
MC31.12.2007
SE03.01.2008
ES14.01.2008
PT03.03.2008
Former [2008/29]AT03.10.2007
SE03.01.2008
ES14.01.2008
PT03.03.2008
Former [2008/24]SE03.01.2008
ES14.01.2008
PT03.03.2008
Former [2008/23]SE03.01.2008
ES14.01.2008
Cited inInternational search[Y]US4828994  (FAHNESTOCK STEPHEN R [US], et al) [Y] 1-31 * the whole document *;
 [PXY]  - JAN J ET AL, "CHARACTERIZATION OF THE 5' SUBTILISIN (APRE) REGULATORY REGIO FROM BACILLUS SUBTILIS", FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS,AMSTERDAM,NL, (20000201), vol. 183, ISSN 0378-1097, pages 9 - 14, XP000991252 [PX] 1,3,5,7,21,22 * page 11, column 2 * [Y] 2,4,6,8-20,23-31

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00621-7
 [Y]  - HENNER D J ET AL, "LOCATION OF THE TARGETS OF THE HPR-97, SACU32(HY), AND SACQ36(HY) MUTATIONS IN UPSTREAM REGIONS OF THE SUBTILISIN PROMOTER", JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY,WASHINGTON, DC,US, (198801), vol. 170, no. 1, ISSN 0021-9193, pages 296 - 300, XP000991319 [Y] 1-31 * the whole document *
 [Y]  - PARK S-S ET AL, "BACILLUS SUBTILIS SUBTILISIN GENE (APRE) IS EXPRESSED FROM A SIGMAA(SIGMA3) PROMOTER IN VITRO AND IN VIVO", JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY,WASHINGTON, DC,US, (198905), vol. 171, no. 5, ISSN 0021-9193, pages 2657 - 2665, XP000991318 [Y] 1-31 * the whole document *
 [Y]  - FERRARI E ET AL, "TRANSCRIPTION OF BACILLUS SUBTILIS SUBTILISIN AND EXPRESSION OF SUBTILISIN IN SPORULATION MUTANTS", JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY,WASHINGTON, DC,US, (198801), vol. 170, no. 1, ISSN 0021-9193, pages 289 - 295, XP000991317 [Y] 1-31 * the whole document *
 [A]  - MCCREADY P M ET AL, "BACILLUS SUBTILIS SENS EXERTS ITS ACTIVITY THROUGH A SITE IN THE 5' FLANKING REGION OF THE APRE PROMOTER", JOURNAL OF GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY,SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY, READING,GB, (1992), vol. 138, ISSN 0022-1287, pages 2069 - 2074, XP000991358 [A] * the whole document *
 [AD]  - HELMANN J D, "COMPILATION AND ANALYSIS OF BACILLUS SUBTILIS SIGMAA-DEPENDENT PROMOTER SEQUENCES: EVIDENCE FOR EXTENDED CONTACT BETWEEN RNA POLYMERASE AND UPSTREAM PROMOTER DNA", NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH,OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, SURREY,GB, (1995), vol. 23, no. 13, ISSN 0305-1048, pages 2351 - 2360, XP000990076 [AD] * the whole document *
 [A]  - S-L- WONG ET AL., "The subtilisin E gene of Bacillus subtilis is transcribed from a sigma 37 promoter in vivo.", PROC. NATL. ACAD. SCI. USA, (198402), vol. 81, pages 1184 - 1188, XP002166626 [A] * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.81.4.1184
 [A]  - GENEX CORP., "Sequence of the apr [Bsu] gene encoding subtilisin", EMBL, (19910824), XP002166627 [A] * Sequence data *
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