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EP About this file: EP3108003

EP3108003 - DE NOVO DESIGN OF ALLOSTERIC PROTEINS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  16.12.2022
Database last updated on 08.04.2026
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  07.01.2022
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  15.09.2021
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  15.03.2019
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  25.11.2016
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  07.11.2016
Most recent event   Tooltip19.12.2025Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): TR		published on 21.01.2026  [2026/04]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
President and Fellows of Harvard College
17 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138 / US
[2016/52]
Inventor(s)01 / CHURCH, George M.
218 Kent Street
Brookline, Massachusetts 02446 / US
02 / RAMAN, Srivatsan
1427 Willow Trl
Middleton, WI 53562-3300 / US
03 / TAYLOR, Noah D.
407 Marlborough Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02115 / US
 [2016/52]
Representative(s)Regimbeau
20, rue de Chazelles
75847 Paris Cedex 17 / FR
[2016/52]
Application number, filing date15751902.620.02.2015
[2016/52]
WO2015US16868
Priority number, dateUS201461942755P21.02.2014         Original published format: US 201461942755 P
[2016/52]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2015127242
Date:27.08.2015
Language:EN
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Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3108003
Date:28.12.2016
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 27.08.2015 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2016/52]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3108003
Date:09.02.2022
Language:EN
[2022/06]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US27.08.2015
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP31.07.2017
ClassificationIPC:G01N33/50
[2017/35]
CPC:
G01N33/5023 (EP,KR,US); C12N15/1037 (KR); C12N15/1058 (US);
C07K14/00 (US); C12N15/1086 (KR); C12N15/1089 (KR);
C40B40/02 (KR); G01N33/5308 (US); G06F30/00 (US);
G16B15/00 (EP,US); G16B15/30 (EP,KR,US) (-)
Former IPC [2016/52]C12P21/08, C12N15/10, C40B50/06
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Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
TitleGerman:DE-NOVO-DESIGN VON ALLOSTEREN PROTEINEN[2016/52]
English:DE NOVO DESIGN OF ALLOSTERIC PROTEINS[2016/52]
French:CONCEPTION DE NOVO DE PROTÉINES ALLOSTÉRIQUES[2016/52]
Entry into regional phase15.09.2016National basic fee paid 
15.09.2016Search fee paid 
15.09.2016Designation fee(s) paid 
15.09.2016Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure15.09.2016Examination requested  [2016/52]
15.09.2016Date on which the examining division has become responsible
15.02.2018Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
19.03.2019Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
26.09.2019Reply to a communication from the examining division
08.12.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
21.01.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
16.09.2021Communication of intention to grant the patent
29.12.2021Fee for grant paid
29.12.2021Fee for publishing/printing paid
29.12.2021Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Opposition(s)10.11.2022No opposition filed within time limit [2023/03]
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.02.2017Renewal fee patent year 03
27.02.2018Renewal fee patent year 04
27.02.2019Renewal fee patent year 05
27.02.2020Renewal fee patent year 06
25.02.2021Renewal fee patent year 07
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