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EP About this file: EP4103688

EP4103688 - USE OF MICROBIAL CELL LINES TO MAXIMIZE ORGANIC ACID PRODUCTION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  18.11.2022
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  20.08.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip16.02.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
S & P Ingredient Development, LLC
600 Highway 169 South Suite 885
St. Louis Park MN 55426 / US
[2022/51]
Inventor(s)01 / WHITE, Derrick
Nutek Food Science
Beadle Center
1901 Vine Street
Lincoln, Nebraska 68503-0666 / US
02 / BROPHY, James S.
600 Highway 169 South, Suite 885
St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55426 / US
03 / PITCHAI, Krishnamoorthy
600 Highway 169 South, Suite 885
St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55426 / US
 [2022/51]
Representative(s)Fish & Richardson P.C.
Highlight Business Towers
Mies-van-der-Rohe-Straße 8
80807 München / DE
[2022/51]
Application number, filing date21753482.512.02.2021
[2022/51]
WO2021US17940
Priority number, dateUS202062977087P14.02.2020         Original published format: US 202062977087 P
[2022/51]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021163548
Date:19.08.2021
Language:EN
[2021/33]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4103688
Date:21.12.2022
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 19.08.2021 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2022/51]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US19.08.2021
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP18.07.2023
ClassificationIPC:C12N1/20, C12P7/52, C12P7/56, C12P39/00, C12P7/46, C12P7/54
[2023/33]
CPC:
C12P7/56 (EP,KR,US); C12N1/20 (EP,KR,US); C12P39/00 (EP,US);
C12P7/46 (EP,US); C12P7/52 (EP,KR); C12P7/54 (EP,KR,US)
Former IPC [2022/51]C12N1/20, C12N1/36, C12N15/52
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 [2022/51]
TitleGerman:VERWENDUNG VON MIKROBIELLEN ZELLINIEN ZUR MAXIMIERUNG DER PRODUKTION VON ORGANISCHEN SÄUREN[2022/51]
English:USE OF MICROBIAL CELL LINES TO MAXIMIZE ORGANIC ACID PRODUCTION[2022/51]
French:UTILISATION DE LIGNÉES CELLULAIRES MICROBIENNES POUR MAXIMISER LA PRODUCTION D'ACIDE ORGANIQUE[2022/51]
Entry into regional phase02.09.2022National basic fee paid 
02.09.2022Search fee paid 
02.09.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
02.09.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure02.09.2022Examination requested  [2022/51]
14.02.2024Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
14.02.2024Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
02.09.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
15.02.2024Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[XI]US1932755  (STILES HUGH R, et al) [X] 1-5 * claims 4-6,14-16 * [I] 6-15;
 [XDI]WO8504901  (IGI BIOTECHNOLOGY INC [US]) [XD] 1-4 * pages 1-5; claim 3 * [I] 5-15;
 [X]US2004033289  (SELMER-OLSEN EIRIK [NO]) [X] 1-15 * paragraph [0026] - paragraph [0037] *;
 [X]  - TANIGUCHI MASAYUKI, "Production of a mixture of antimicrobial organic acids from lactose by co-culture of Bifidobacterium longum and Propionibacterium freudenreichii", BIOSCI. BIOTECHNOL. BIOCHEM, (19980101), vol. 62, no. 8, pages 1522 - 1527, XP055878699 [X] 1-15 * page 1522 - page 1523 * * page 1525 *
 [XI]  - BORDER P M ET AL, "PRODUCTION OF PROPIONIC ACID BY MIXED BACTERIAL FERMENTATION", BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS, KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS, DORDRECHT, (19870101), vol. 9, no. 12, doi:10.1007/BF01026193, ISSN 0141-5492, pages 843 - 848, XP008069041 [X] 1-5 * the whole document * [I] 6-15

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01026193
International search[A]US1932755  (STILES HUGH R, et al) [A] 1-4,21 * entirety of document *;
 [X]US2004033289  (SELMER-OLSEN EIRIK [NO]) [X] 1-4,21 * entirety of document especially Abstract; para [0026]-[0030]; [0037]; Figs. 2, 5 *;
 [A]US2017145467  (SVAGELJ MIRJAN [SI], et al) [A] 1-4,21* entirety of document *
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