| EP4705439 - GENETICALLY MODIFIED YEAST WITH DECREASED ERYTHRITOL PRODUCTION [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | Request for examination was made Status updated on 06.02.2026 Database last updated on 09.04.2026 | |
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| Former | unknown Status updated on 06.06.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 06.02.2026 | Publication in section I.1 EP Bulletin | published on 11.03.2026 [2026/11] | 06.02.2026 | The date on which the examining division becomes responsible, has been established | 06.02.2026 | Request for examination filed | published on 11.03.2026 [2026/11] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Cargill, Incorporated 15407 McGinty Road West Wayzata, Minnesota 55391 / US | [2026/11] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
LIAO, Hans H. Plymouth, Minnesota 55447 / US | 02 /
LIES, Douglas Paul Wayzata, Minnesota 55391 / US | 03 /
POOR, Catherine Bradshaw Wayzata, Minnesota 55391 / US | [2026/11] | Representative(s) | Cargill IP Department Cargill R&D Centre Europe BV Bedrijvenlaan 9 2800 Mechelen / BE | [2026/11] | Application number, filing date | 24729485.3 | 02.05.2024 | [2026/11] | WO2024US27357 | Priority number, date | US202363499989P | 04.05.2023 Original published format: US 202363499989 P | [2026/11] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2024229192 | Date: | 07.11.2024 | Language: | EN | [2024/45] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP4705439 | Date: | 11.03.2026 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 07.11.2024 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2026/11] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 07.11.2024 | Classification | IPC: | C12N9/04, C12P7/18, C12R1/645 | [2026/11] | CPC: |
C12N9/0006 (EP);
C12P7/18 (EP);
C12Y101/01021 (EP);
C12R2001/645 (EP)
| Designated contracting states | 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 [2026/11] | Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | Validation states | GE | Not yet paid | KH | Not yet paid | MA | Not yet paid | MD | Not yet paid | TN | Not yet paid | Title | German: | GENETISCH MODIFIZIERTE HEFE MIT VERMINDERTER ERYTHRITOLPRODUKTION | [2026/11] | English: | GENETICALLY MODIFIED YEAST WITH DECREASED ERYTHRITOL PRODUCTION | [2026/11] | French: | LEVURE GÉNÉTIQUEMENT MODIFIÉE À PRODUCTION D'ÉRYTHRITOL RÉDUITE | [2026/11] | Entry into regional phase | 10.11.2025 | National basic fee paid | 10.11.2025 | Designation fee(s) paid | 10.11.2025 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 10.11.2025 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 10.11.2025 | Examination requested [2026/11] | 10.11.2025 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible |
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