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EP About this file: EP0907728

EP0907728 - PROMOTER ELEMENTS CONFERRING ROOT-PREFERRED GENE EXPRESSION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  27.08.2005
Database last updated on 16.11.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip11.01.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): PT		published on 13.02.2008  [2008/07]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc.
800 Capital Square, 400 Locust Street
Des Moines, IA 50309 / US
[N/P]
Former [2004/19]For all designated states
Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc.
800 Capital Square, 400 Locust Street
Des Moines, IA 50309 / US
Former [1999/15]For all designated states
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
800 Capital Square, 400 Locust Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50309 / US
Inventor(s)01 / BRUCE, Wesley
4625 96th Street
Urbandale, IA 50322 / US
02 / LU, Guihua
4600 62nd Street
Urbandale, IA 50322 / US
[1999/15]
Representative(s)Bentham, Andrew
J A Kemp
14 South Square
Gray's Inn
London WC1R 5JJ / GB
[N/P]
Former [2003/04]Bentham, Andrew
J.A. Kemp & Co. 14 South Square Gray's Inn
London WC1R 5JJ / GB
Former [1999/15]Goldin, Douglas Michael
J.A. KEMP & CO. 14 South Square Gray's Inn
London WC1R 5LX / GB
Application number, filing date97926505.514.05.1997
[1999/15]
WO1997US08181
Priority number, dateUS1996064917217.05.1996         Original published format: US 649172
[1999/15]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO9744448
Date:27.11.1997
Language:EN
[1997/51]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0907728
Date:14.04.1999
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 27.11.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1999/15]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0907728
Date:20.10.2004
Language:EN
[2004/43]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP26.02.1998
ClassificationIPC:C12N15/10, C12N15/82, C12Q1/68, C12N15/31, C07K14/32, A01H5/00
[1999/15]
CPC:
C12N15/1086 (EP,US); C12N15/8222 (EP,US); C12N15/8227 (EP,US);
C12N15/8286 (EP,US); C12Q1/6811 (EP,US); C12Q1/6895 (EP,US);
C12Q1/6897 (EP,US); C12Q2600/158 (EP,US); Y02A40/146 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [1999/15]
TitleGerman:PROMOTORELEMENTE, WELCHE WURZEL-BEVORZUGTE GENEXPRESSION VERLEIHEN[1999/15]
English:PROMOTER ELEMENTS CONFERRING ROOT-PREFERRED GENE EXPRESSION[1999/15]
French:ELEMENTS PROMOTEURS CONFERANT UNE EXPRESSION GENIQUE DANS LES RACINES DE MANIERE PREFERENTIELLE[2004/19]
Former [1999/15]ELEMENTS PROMOTEURS CONFERANT UNE EXPRESSION GENIQUE DANS LES RACINES DE MANIERE PREFERENTIELLE.
Entry into regional phase18.11.1998National basic fee paid 
18.11.1998Designation fee(s) paid 
18.11.1998Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure17.12.1997Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
18.11.1998Examination requested  [1999/15]
16.03.1999Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
06.06.2003Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
07.10.2003Reply to a communication from the examining division
15.04.2004Communication of intention to grant the patent
16.08.2004Fee for grant paid
16.08.2004Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)21.07.2005No opposition filed within time limit [2005/41]
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.04.1998Renewal fee patent year 03
25.04.2000Renewal fee patent year 04
20.04.2001Renewal fee patent year 05
21.05.2002Renewal fee patent year 06
26.05.2003Renewal fee patent year 07
24.05.2004Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT20.10.2004
BE20.10.2004
CH20.10.2004
FI20.10.2004
LI20.10.2004
DK20.01.2005
GR20.01.2005
SE20.01.2005
ES31.01.2005
PT20.03.2005
LU14.05.2005
IE16.05.2005
MC31.05.2005
[2008/07]
Former [2007/29]AT20.10.2004
BE20.10.2004
CH20.10.2004
FI20.10.2004
LI20.10.2004
DK20.01.2005
GR20.01.2005
SE20.01.2005
ES31.01.2005
LU14.05.2005
IE16.05.2005
MC31.05.2005
Former [2007/26]AT20.10.2004
BE20.10.2004
CH20.10.2004
FI20.10.2004
LI20.10.2004
DK20.01.2005
GR20.01.2005
SE20.01.2005
ES31.01.2005
LU14.05.2005
IE16.05.2005
Former [2007/17]AT20.10.2004
BE20.10.2004
CH20.10.2004
FI20.10.2004
LI20.10.2004
DK20.01.2005
GR20.01.2005
SE20.01.2005
ES31.01.2005
IE16.05.2005
LU31.05.2005
Former [2006/25]AT20.10.2004
BE20.10.2004
CH20.10.2004
FI20.10.2004
LI20.10.2004
DK20.01.2005
GR20.01.2005
ES31.01.2005
IE16.05.2005
Former [2005/51]AT20.10.2004
BE20.10.2004
CH20.10.2004
FI20.10.2004
LI20.10.2004
DK20.01.2005
GR20.01.2005
ES31.01.2005
Former [2005/46]AT20.10.2004
CH20.10.2004
FI20.10.2004
LI20.10.2004
DK20.01.2005
GR20.01.2005
ES31.01.2005
Former [2005/36]AT20.10.2004
CH20.10.2004
FI20.10.2004
LI20.10.2004
GR20.01.2005
ES31.01.2005
Former [2005/27]CH20.10.2004
FI20.10.2004
LI20.10.2004
GR20.01.2005
ES31.01.2005
Former [2005/26]CH20.10.2004
FI20.10.2004
LI20.10.2004
GR20.01.2005
Former [2005/25]CH20.10.2004
FI20.10.2004
LI20.10.2004
Former [2005/24]FI20.10.2004
Cited inInternational search[A]EP0452269  (CIBA GEIGY AG [CH]) [A] 1-25 * the whole document *;
 [A]WO9402619  (PIONEER HI BRED INT [US]) [A] 1-25 * the whole document *;
 [A]WO9422304  (PIONEER HI BRED INT [US]) [A] 1-25 * the whole document *;
 [X]  - THIESEN,H.-J. AND BACH, C., "TARGET DETECTION ASSAY(TDA): A VERSATILE PROCEDURE TO DETERMINE DNA BINDING SITES AS DEMONSTRATED ON SP1 PROTEIN", NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH, (199007), vol. 18, no. 11, pages 3203 - 3209, XP000132496 [X] 7-10 * the whole document *
 [X]  - LERCHL, J., ET AL ., "MOLECULAR CLONING, CHARACTERIZATION AND EXPRESSION ANALYSIS OF ISOFORMS ENCODING TONOPLAST BOUND PROTON TRANSLOCATING INORGANIC PYROPHOSPHATASE IN TOBACCO", EMBL SEQUENCE DATA LIBRARY, HEIDELBERG, GERMANY, (19950430), XP002042002 [X] 12 * ACCESSION No. X83728 *
 [A]  - HOBSON,K., ET AL ., "USE OF DNA-PROTEIN INTERACTION TO ISOLATE SPECIFIC GENOMIC DNA SEQUENCES", ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY, (199103), vol. 193, no. 2, pages 220 - 224, XP000233613 [A] 1-25 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0003-2697(91)90012-I
 [DA]  - OLIPHANT,A.R.,ET AL., "DEFINING THE SEQUENCE SPECIFICITY OF DNA-BINDING PROTEINS BY SELECTING BINDING SITES FROM RANDOM-SEQUENCE OLIGONUCLEOTIDES: ANALYSIS OF YEAST GCN4 PROTEIN", MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY, (198907), vol. 9, no. 7, pages 2944 - 2949, XP000673592 [DA] 1-25 * the whole document *
 [PX]  - ROBERTSON, C.E., "UNPUBLISHED", EMBL SEQUENCE DATA LIBRARY, HEIDELBERG, GERMANY, (19970226), XP002042003 [PX] 11 * ACCESSION NO. Y11231 *
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