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EP About this file: EP0955381

EP0955381 - Detection of fungal pathogens using the polymerase chain reaction [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  30.03.2007
Database last updated on 29.06.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip01.08.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): LU		published on 03.09.2008  [2008/36]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Syngenta Participations AG
Schwarzwaldallee 215
4058 Basel / CH
[2001/13]
Former [1999/45]For all designated states
Novartis AG
Schwarzwaldallee 215
4058 Basel / CH
For:AT 
Novartis-Erfindungen Verwaltungsgesellschaft m.b.H.
Brunnerstrasse 59
1230 Wien / AT
Inventor(s)01 / Ligon, James M.
3616 South Pointe Drive
Apex, NC 27502 / US
02 / Beck, James J.
114 Ripley Court
Cary, NC 27513 / US
[1999/45]
Representative(s)(deleted)
[2000/43]
Former [1999/45]Becker, Konrad, et al
Novartis AG Geistiges Eigentum Konzern Patent- und Markenabteilung CH Postfach
4002 Basel / CH
Application number, filing date99109266.919.04.1995
[1999/45]
Priority number, dateUS1994023360825.04.1994         Original published format: US 233608
[1999/45]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0955381
Date:10.11.1999
Language:EN
[1999/45]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0955381
Date:11.06.2003
[2003/24]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0955381
Date:12.04.2006
Language:EN
[2006/15]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP29.04.2003
ClassificationIPC:C12Q1/68, C12N15/11
[2003/24]
CPC:
C12Q1/6895 (EP,US); C12Q2600/156 (EP,US)
Former IPC [1999/45]C12Q1/68
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [1999/45]
TitleGerman:Nachweis von Pilzpathogenen durch Anwendung der polymerase Kettenreaktion[1999/45]
English:Detection of fungal pathogens using the polymerase chain reaction[1999/45]
French:Détection des pathogènes fongiques utilisant la réaction de polymérase en chaine[1999/45]
Biological materialThis application mentions deposited biological material, check the file for details
Examination procedure15.07.2003Examination requested  [2003/39]
03.05.2004Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
29.10.2004Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.03.2005Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
12.09.2005Reply to a communication from the examining division
19.10.2005Communication of intention to grant the patent
14.02.2006Fee for grant paid
14.02.2006Fee for publishing/printing paid
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP95918255.1  / EP0758404
Opposition(s)15.01.2007No opposition filed within time limit [2007/18]
Fees paidRenewal fee
26.05.1999Renewal fee patent year 03
26.05.1999Renewal fee patent year 04
26.05.1999Renewal fee patent year 05
25.03.2000Renewal fee patent year 06
09.03.2001Renewal fee patent year 07
16.02.2002Renewal fee patent year 08
14.04.2003Renewal fee patent year 09
15.04.2004Renewal fee patent year 10
13.04.2005Renewal fee patent year 11
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT12.04.2006
BE12.04.2006
IT12.04.2006
IE19.04.2006
LU19.04.2006
MC30.04.2006
DK12.07.2006
SE12.07.2006
GR13.07.2006
ES23.07.2006
PT12.09.2006
[2008/36]
Former [2008/21]AT12.04.2006
BE12.04.2006
IT12.04.2006
IE19.04.2006
MC30.04.2006
DK12.07.2006
SE12.07.2006
GR13.07.2006
ES23.07.2006
PT12.09.2006
Former [2008/16]AT12.04.2006
BE12.04.2006
IT12.04.2006
IE19.04.2006
MC30.04.2006
DK12.07.2006
SE12.07.2006
ES23.07.2006
PT12.09.2006
Former [2007/18]AT12.04.2006
BE12.04.2006
IE19.04.2006
MC30.04.2006
DK12.07.2006
SE12.07.2006
ES23.07.2006
PT12.09.2006
Former [2007/07]AT12.04.2006
MC30.04.2006
DK12.07.2006
SE12.07.2006
ES23.07.2006
Former [2007/02]AT12.04.2006
SE12.07.2006
ES23.07.2006
Former [2006/50]SE12.07.2006
ES23.07.2006
Former [2006/49]SE12.07.2006
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 [DY]  - WHITE T ET AL, "AMPLIFICATION AND DIRECT SEQUENCING OF FUNGAL RIBOSOMAL RNA GENES FOR PHYLOGENETICS", PCR PROTOCOLS: A GUIDE TO METHODS AND APPLICATIONS, SAN DIEGO, ACADEMIC PRESS, US, (1990), pages 315 - 322, XP002017490 [DY] 1,3-14 * table 1 * * figure 1 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-372180-8.50042-1
 [DY]  - NIKOFOROV T T ET AL, "THE USE OF PHOSPHOROTHIOATE PRIMERS AND EXONUCLEASE HYDROLYSIS FOR THE PREPARATION OF SINGLE-STRANDED PCR PRODUCTS AND THEIR DETECTIONBY SOLID-PHASE HYBRIDIZATION", PCR METHODS & APPLICATIONS, COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY PRESS, US, (19940401), vol. 3, no. 5, ISSN 1054-9803, pages 285 - 291, XP000601523 [DY] 15-17 * abstract * * page 286 * * page 288 *
 [A]  - POUPARD P ET AL, "VARIABILITY OF PSEUDOCERCOSPORELLA-HERPOTRICHOIDES FRON DEIGHTON THE CAUSE OF EYESPOT IN CEREALS A REVIEW", AGRONOMIE (PARIS), (1992), vol. 12, no. 3, ISSN 0249-5627, pages 205 - 218, XP009008511 [A] 1-17 * the whole document *
 [A]  - NAZAR R N ET AL, "POTENTIAL USE OF PCR-AMPLIFIED RIBOSOMAL INTERGENIC SEQUENCES IN THE DETECTION AND DIFFERENTIATION OF VERTICILLIUM WITH PATHOGENS", PHYSIOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY, ACADEMIC PRESS LTD, GB, (1991), vol. 39, no. 1, ISSN 0885-5765, pages 1 - 11, XP000609318 [A] 8-10,15-17 * abstract * * page 3, paragraph 1 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0885-5765(91)90027-F
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