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StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  22.08.2025
Database last updated on 21.03.2026
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  27.09.2024
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  01.12.2023
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Applicant(s)For all designated states
Vilnius University
Universiteto st. 3
01513 Vilnius / LT
[2024/01]
Inventor(s)01 / Meskys, Rolandas
Vilnius / LT
02 / Urbeliene, Nina
Vilnius / LT
03 / Tauraite, Daiva
Vilnius / LT
04 / Tiskus, Matas
Vilnius / LT
05 / Preitakaite, Viktorija
Vilnius / LT
 [2024/01]
Representative(s)Petniunaite, Jurga
AAA Law
A. Gostauto 40B
03163 Vilnius / LT
[2024/01]
Application number, filing date23168045.514.04.2023
[2024/01]
Priority number, dateLT2022000051415.04.2022         Original published format: LT 2022514
[2024/01]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP4299736
Date:03.01.2024
Language:EN
[2024/01]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP4299736
Date:20.03.2024
Language:EN
[2024/12]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP15.02.2024
ClassificationIPC:C12N9/78, A61K38/50
[2024/01]
CPC:
C12N9/78 (EP); C12Y305/04005 (EP); A61K38/00 (EP)
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,   ME,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2024/44]
Former [2024/01]AL,  AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  LV,  MC,  ME,  MK,  MT,  NL,  NO,  PL,  PT,  RO,  RS,  SE,  SI,  SK,  SM,  TR 
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TitleGerman:HYDROLASEN UND VERWENDUNGEN DAVON[2024/01]
English:HYDROLASES AND USES THEREOF[2024/01]
French:HYDROLASES ET LEURS UTILISATIONS[2024/01]
Examination procedure19.09.2024Examination requested  [2024/44]
19.09.2024Date on which the examining division has become responsible
20.09.2024Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
21.08.2025Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M05)
21.01.2026Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
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16.03.2026Renewal fee patent year 04
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 [A]   ANONYMOUS: "Cytidine deaminase (UniProt entry: A0A412G6B7_9FIRM)", 7 April 2021 (2021-04-07), pages 1 - 2, XP093100361, Retrieved from the Internet [retrieved on 20231108]
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 [PX]   URBELIENE NINA ET AL: "Cytidine deaminases catalyze the conversion of N(S,O)4-substituted pyrimidine nucleosides", SCIENCE ADVANCES, VOLUME 9, ISSUE 5, 3 February 2023 (2023-02-03), pages 1 - 14, XP093073374, Retrieved from the Internet [retrieved on 20230814], DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ade4361

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 [PX]   URBELIENE NINA ET AL: "Supplementary Materials for: Cytidine deaminases catalyze the conversion of N ( S , O ) 4 -substituted pyrimidine nucleosides", SCIENCE ADVANCES, vol. 9, no. 5, 3 February 2023 (2023-02-03), pages 1 - 47, XP093100372, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ade4361

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 [PXI]   ANONYMOUS: "Uncultured bacterium clone CDA_F14 cytidine deaminase (cdd) and EraGTPase genes, complete cds (GenBank: OM350122.1)", 27 December 2022 (2022-12-27), pages 1 - 2, XP093101440, Retrieved from the Internet [retrieved on 20231114]
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