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EP About this file: EP2964757

EP2964757 - IMPROVEMENT OF CLOSTRIDIAL BUTANOL PRODUCTION BY GENE OVEREXPRESSION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application is deemed to be withdrawn
Status updated on  16.09.2016
Database last updated on 28.02.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip16.09.2016Application deemed to be withdrawnpublished on 19.10.2016  [2016/42]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
Brüningstrasse 50
65929 Frankfurt am Main / DE
[2016/02]
Inventor(s)01 / DRAGOVIC, Zdravko
Gräfelfinger Strasse 72
81375 München / DE
02 / MANN, Miriam
Kolumbusring 66
18106 Rostock / DE
03 / SCHIRRMACHER, Georg
Mozartstrasse 125a
85521 Ottobrunn / DE
04 / SCHMIDT, Michael
Münchener Strasse 24c
85748 Garching / DE
05 / LUETKE-EVERSLOH, Tina
Am Kabuzenhof 30
18057 Rostock / DE
06 / WEUSTER-BOTZ, Dirk
Leonrodstrasse 12
80634 München / DE
 [2016/07]
Former [2016/02]01 / DRAGOVIC, Zdravko
Gräfelfinger Strasse 72
81375 München / DE
02 / MANN, Miriam
Soester Strasse 16
18057 Rostock / DE
03 / SCHIRRMACHER, Georg
Liebigstrasse 21
80538 München / DE
04 / SCHMIDT, Michael
Münchener Strasse 24c
85748 Garching / DE
05 / LUETKE-EVERSLOH, Tina
Am Kabuzenhof 30
18057 Rostock / DE
06 / WEUSTER-BOTZ, Dirk
Leonrodstrasse 12
80634 München / DE
Representative(s)Graser, Konstanze
Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
IPM / Patent & License Management
Arabellastrasse 4a
81925 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2016/02]Graser, Konstanze
Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
Patent Management
Lenbachplatz 6
80333 München / DE
Application number, filing date14708052.706.03.2014
[2016/02]
WO2014EP54334
Priority number, dateEP2013015801206.03.2013         Original published format: EP 13158012
[2016/02]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2014135633
Date:12.09.2014
Language:EN
[2014/37]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2964757
Date:13.01.2016
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 12.09.2014 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2016/02]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP12.09.2014
ClassificationIPC:C12N9/04, C12N9/88, C12P7/16
[2016/02]
CPC:
C12N9/0006 (EP); C12N15/52 (EP); C12N9/88 (EP);
C12P7/16 (EP); Y02E50/10 (EP)
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2016/02]
TitleGerman:VERBESSERUNG DER HERSTELLUNG VON CLOSTRIDIELLEM BUTANOL DURCH GENÜBEREXPRESSION[2016/02]
English:IMPROVEMENT OF CLOSTRIDIAL BUTANOL PRODUCTION BY GENE OVEREXPRESSION[2016/02]
French:AMÉLIORATION DE LA PRODUCTION DE BUTANOL CLOSTRIDIAL PAR SUREXPRESSION GÉNIQUE[2016/02]
Entry into regional phase06.10.2015National basic fee paid 
06.10.2015Designation fee(s) paid 
06.10.2015Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure06.10.2015Examination requested  [2016/02]
27.04.2016Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect  [2016/42]
01.06.2016Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the Extended European Search Report/Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority/International Preliminary Examination Report/Supplementary international search report not received in time  [2016/42]
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Cited inInternational search[XI]   VEL BERZIN ET AL: "Selective n-Butanol Production by Clostridium sp. MTButOH1365 During Continuous Synthesis Gas Fermentation Due to Expression of Synthetic Thiolase, 3-Hydroxy Butyryl-CoA Dehydrogenase, Crotonase, Butyryl-CoA Dehydrogenase, Butyraldehyde Dehydrogenase, and NAD-Dependent Butanol Dehydrogenase", APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, vol. 169, no. 3, 8 January 2013 (2013-01-08), pages 950 - 959, XP055066601, ISSN: 0273-2289, DOI: 10.1007/s12010-012-0060-7 [X] 1,2,4,7,8,10,12 * the whole document * * in particular abstract; page 954, par. 1 and 2 * [I] 3,5,6,9,11,13-15

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12010-012-0060-7
 [T]   XIAOHU HOU ET AL: "Engineering Clostridium acetobutylicum for alcohol production", JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, vol. 166, no. 1-2, 4 May 2013 (2013-05-04), pages 25 - 33, XP055066625, ISSN: 0168-1656, DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2013.04.013 [T]

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2013.04.013
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