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EP About this file: EP3608415

EP3608415 - POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE PARTICLES AND AQUEOUS DISPERSION OF SAME [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  10.01.2020
Database last updated on 02.11.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  13.10.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip15.03.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Kaneka Corporation
3-18, Nakanoshima 2-chome
Kita-ku
Osaka-shi, Osaka 530-8288 / JP
[2020/07]
Inventor(s)01 / NISHIYAMA, Kazuki
c/o KANEKA CORPORATION, 1-8
Takasagocho Miyamaecho, Takasago-shi
Hyogo 676-8688 / JP
02 / ASHIDA, Tomoaki
c/o KANEKA CORPORATION, 1-8
Takasagocho Miyamaecho, Takasago-chi
Hyogo 676-8688 / JP
 [2020/07]
Representative(s)Vossius & Partner Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbB
Siebertstrasse 3
81675 München / DE
[2020/07]
Application number, filing date18780481.029.03.2018
[2020/07]
WO2018JP13238
Priority number, dateJP2017007528205.04.2017         Original published format: JP 2017075282
[2020/07]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2018186278
Date:11.10.2018
Language:JA
[2018/41]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3608415
Date:12.02.2020
Language:EN
[2020/07]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP11.10.2018
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP11.12.2020
ClassificationIPC:C12P7/62, C08L5/00, C08L67/04, C08L101/16
[2020/07]
CPC:
C12P7/625 (EP); C08L67/04 (EP,US); C08L5/00 (EP);
C08L101/16 (EP); C08L2207/53 (US)
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 [2020/07]
TitleGerman:POLYHYDROXYALKANOATTEILCHEN UND WÄSSRIGE DISPERSION DERSELBEN[2020/07]
English:POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE PARTICLES AND AQUEOUS DISPERSION OF SAME[2020/07]
French:PARTICULES DE POLYHYDROXYALCANOATE ET DISPERSION AQUEUSE DE CELLES-CI[2020/07]
Entry into regional phase18.10.2019Translation filed 
04.11.2019National basic fee paid 
04.11.2019Search fee paid 
04.11.2019Designation fee(s) paid 
04.11.2019Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure04.11.2019Examination requested  [2020/07]
14.07.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
Fees paidRenewal fee
23.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 03
24.03.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
23.03.2022Renewal fee patent year 05
22.03.2023Renewal fee patent year 06
14.03.2024Renewal fee patent year 07
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Documents cited:Search[XI]WO2010116681  ;
 [A]WO9515260  (ZENECA LTD [GB], et al) [A] 1-6* page 4, line 1 - page 5, line 1 *;
 [A]EP0708804  (ZENECA LTD [GB]) [A] 1-6 * page 3, lines 49-53 *;
 [XI]US2005196827  (OSAKADA FUMIO [JP], et al) [X] 1,3,4 * the whole document * * see especially: * * page 1, paragraph 11 * * page 3, paragraph 45 * * page 4, paragraph 56 * * page 6, paragraphs 69-70 * * page 6, paragraph 74 * * page 6, paragraph 78 * * pages 10-11; example 3; table 3 * * figure 2 * [I] 2,5,6;
 [XI]  - DATABASE WPI, 0, Derwent World Patents Index, vol. 2010, no. 71, Database accession no. 2010-N08316, XP002801298 & WO2010116681 A1 20101014 (KANEKA CORPORATION) [X] 1-4 * abstract * [I] 5,6
International search[Y]JPH09500157  (ZENECA LIMITED) [Y] 1-4 * , page 8, fourth paragraph & WO 1995/002649 A1, page 8, fourth paragraph & US 5711842 A1 & EP 708804 A1 *;
 [A]JPH09506303  (ZENECA LIMITED) [A] 1-4 * , example (B) & WO 1995/015260 A1, EXAMPLE Solvent Process (B) & EP 731754 A1 *;
 [XY]WO2005085461  (KANEKA CORP [JP], et al) [X] 1-4 * , paragraph [0059], example 3 & US 2005/0196827 A1, paragraph [0094], example 3 * [Y] 1-4;
 [A]WO2009145164  (KANEKA CORP [JP], et al) [A] 1-4* & US 2011/0091948 A1 & EP 2295536 A1 *;
 [XY]  - ZHAOLIN D. et al., "A new method of recovering polyhydroxyalkanoate from azotobactor chroococcum", Chinese Science Bulletin, (20000201), vol. 45, no. 3, doi:10.1007/BF02884685, ISSN 1001-6538, pages 252 - 256, XP055635166 [X] 1-4 * , abstract, p. 255, third paragraph, fig. 3, footnote * [Y] 1-4

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