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EP About this file: EP3245296

EP3245296 - IN VITRO METHOD FOR ESTIMATING IN VIVO PROTEIN DIGESTIBILITY [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  12.02.2020
Database last updated on 13.11.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  20.10.2017
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  01.08.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip26.01.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
General Mills, Inc.
PO Box 1113 Number One General Mills Boulevard
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55440 / US
[2017/47]
Inventor(s)01 / PLANK, David W.
37660 Reed Avenue
Taylors Falls, MN 55084 / US
 [2017/47]
Representative(s)Vossius & Partner Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbB
Siebertstrasse 3
81675 München / DE
[2017/47]
Application number, filing date16737816.513.01.2016
[2017/47]
WO2016US13247
Priority number, dateUS20151459905016.01.2015         Original published format: US201514599050
[2017/47]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2016115249
Date:21.07.2016
Language:EN
[2016/29]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3245296
Date:22.11.2017
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 21.07.2016 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2017/47]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US21.07.2016
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP19.06.2018
ClassificationIPC:C12Q1/37, G01N33/02, G01N33/68
[2018/29]
CPC:
C12Q1/37 (EP,US); G01N21/75 (US); G01N33/02 (EP,US);
G01N33/6806 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2017/47]C12Q1/37
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 [2017/47]
TitleGerman:IN-VITRO-VERFAHREN ZUR SCHÄTZUNG DER IN-VIVO-PROTEINVERDAULICHKEIT[2017/47]
English:IN VITRO METHOD FOR ESTIMATING IN VIVO PROTEIN DIGESTIBILITY[2017/47]
French:PROCÉDÉ IN VITRO POUR ESTIMER LA DIGESTIBILITÉ D'UNE PROTÉINE IN VIVO[2017/47]
Entry into regional phase16.08.2017National basic fee paid 
16.08.2017Search fee paid 
16.08.2017Designation fee(s) paid 
16.08.2017Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure16.08.2017Examination requested  [2017/47]
16.08.2017Date on which the examining division has become responsible
16.01.2019Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
17.02.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
27.08.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
06.05.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
19.10.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
04.04.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
02.08.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
29.01.2018Renewal fee patent year 03
30.01.2019Renewal fee patent year 04
23.01.2020Renewal fee patent year 05
21.01.2021Renewal fee patent year 06
21.01.2022Renewal fee patent year 07
18.01.2023Renewal fee patent year 08
26.01.2024Renewal fee patent year 09
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.3181/00379727-72-17425
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.4315/0362-028X-45.13.1248
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