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EP3837376 - RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS STRAIN AND USE THEREOF IN THE PRODUCTION OF ACRYLIC ACID [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  07.04.2022
Database last updated on 05.10.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  21.05.2021
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  24.02.2020
Formerunknown
Status updated on  13.09.2019
Most recent event   Tooltip12.08.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
AECI Limited
AECI Place The Woodlands
Woodlands Drive
Woodmead
2196 Sandton / ZA
[2021/25]
Inventor(s)01 / BANNERMAN, Natasha
c/o AECI Place The Woodlands
Woodlands Drive
Woodmead
2196 Sandton / ZA
02 / DLALISA, Nolusizo Khaliphile
c/o AECI Place The Woodlands
Woodlands Drive
Woodmead
2196 Sandton / ZA
03 / ETTY, Lee Anne
c/o AECI Place The Woodlands
Woodlands Drive
Woodmead
2196 Sandton / ZA
 [2021/25]
Representative(s)Glück Kritzenberger Patentanwälte PartGmbB
Franz-Mayer-Str. 16a
93053 Regensburg / DE
[N/P]
Former [2021/25]Glück Kritzenberger Patentanwälte PartGmbB
Hermann-Köhl-Strasse 2a
93049 Regensburg / DE
Application number, filing date19762901.716.08.2019
[2021/25]
WO2019ZA50047
Priority number, dateZA2018000546916.08.2018         Original published format: ZA 201805469
[2021/25]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2020037338
Date:20.02.2020
Language:EN
[2020/08]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3837376
Date:23.06.2021
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 20.02.2020 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2021/25]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP20.02.2020
ClassificationIPC:C12P13/02, C12N1/36, C12N9/78, C12N9/88, C12N15/00
[2021/25]
CPC:
C12Y402/01084 (EP); C12N9/78 (EP,US); C12N1/36 (EP);
C12N9/88 (EP); C12P13/02 (EP); C12P7/40 (US);
C12Y305/05001 (EP,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 [2021/25]
TitleGerman:RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS STAMM UND IHRE VERWENDUNG IN DER HERSTELLUNG VON ACRYLSÄURE[2022/16]
English:RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS STRAIN AND USE THEREOF IN THE PRODUCTION OF ACRYLIC ACID[2021/25]
French:SOUCHE DE RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS ET SON UTILISATION DANS LA PRODUCTION D'ACIDE ACRYLIQUE[2022/16]
Former [2021/25]RHODOCOCCUS-RHODOCHROUS-STAMM UND SEINE VERWENDUNG ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON ACRYLSÄURE
Former [2021/25]SOUCHE DE RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHREUX ET SON UTILISATION DANS LA PRODUCTION D'ACIDE ACRYLIQUE
Biological materialThis application mentions deposited biological material, check the file for details
Entry into regional phase18.02.2021National basic fee paid 
18.02.2021Designation fee(s) paid 
18.02.2021Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure12.06.2020Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
18.02.2021Examination requested  [2021/25]
18.02.2021Date on which the examining division has become responsible
06.04.2022Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
16.05.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
06.06.2024Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
23.07.2024Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.08.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
22.07.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
18.08.2023Renewal fee patent year 05
12.08.2024Renewal fee patent year 06
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Cited inInternational search[XY]WO9721805  (ALLIED COLLOIDS LTD [GB], et al) [X] 8 * page 1, lines 3-5 * * page 3, line 28 - page 10, line 8; examples 1-15 * * claims 1, 12-14 * [Y] 1-7,9-18;
 [Y]CN105420154  (UNIV TSINGHUA) [Y] 1-7,9-18 * the whole document *;
 [XY]  - SANKHIAN U D ET AL, "Nitrile hydratase of Rhodococcus rhodochrous NHB-2: Optimisation of conditions for production of enzyme and conversion of acrylonitrile to acrylamide", ASIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY, BIOTECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENTALSCIENCES, GLOBAL SCIENCE PUBLICATIONS, ALIGARTH, IN, (20030101), vol. 5, no. 2, ISSN 0972-3005, pages 217 - 223, XP009086468 [X] 3,5 * abstract * * page 219, column r, paragraph 2 - page 220, column l, line 2; tables 1,2 * [Y] 4,10,12
 [X]  - KOBAYASHI M ET AL, "PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A NOVEL NITRILASE OF RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS K22 THAT ACTS ON ALIPHATIC NITRILES", JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY,, (19900901), vol. 172, no. 9, ISSN 0021-9193, pages 4807 - 4815, XP001052643 [X] 8 * abstract * * page 4812, column r, paragraph 2 - page 4813, column r, paragraph 1; table 3 *
 [Y]  - NAGASAWA T ET AL, "EPSILON-CAPROLACTAM, A NEW POWERFUL INDUCER FOR THE FORMATION OF RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS J1 NITRILASE", ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY, SPRINGER BERLIN HEIDELBERG, BERLIN/HEIDELBERG, (19901201), vol. 155, no. 1, doi:10.1007/BF00291267, ISSN 0302-8933, pages 13 - 17, XP002028289 [Y] 6,7,10,11 * abstract * * page 13, column r, paragraph 3 - page 16, column l, paragraph 32; tables 2,3 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00291267
by applicant   - "NCIMB", Database accession no. 42803
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