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EP About this file: EP1186238

EP1186238 - Cheese yield enhancing method [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  03.02.2006
Database last updated on 29.06.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip11.01.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): SE		published on 13.02.2008  [2008/07]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
15-1, Kyobashi 1-chome, Chuo-ku
Tokyo / JP
[N/P]
Former [2002/11]For all designated states
Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
15-1, Kyobashi 1-chome, Chuo-ku
Tokyo / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Kumazawa, Yoshiyuki, Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Seasonings
Research/Development, 1-1 Suzuki-cho, Kawasaki-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210-8681 / JP
02 / Sakamoto, Jiro, Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Seasonings
Research/Development, 1-1 Suzuki-cho, Kawasaki-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210-8681 / JP
03 / Kuraishi, Chiya, Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Seasonings
Research/Development, 1-1 Suzuki-cho, Kawasaki-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210-8681 / JP
04 / Nio, Noriki, Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Centr. Res. Labs
1-1 Suzuki-cho, Kawasaki-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210-8681 / JP
05 / Sakaguchi, Shoji, Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Seasonings
Research/Development, 1-1 Suzuki-cho, Kawasaki-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210-8681 / JP
 [2002/11]
Representative(s)Strehl Schübel-Hopf & Partner
Maximilianstrasse 54
80538 München / DE
[2002/11]
Application number, filing date01118640.002.08.2001
[2002/11]
Priority number, dateJP2000026361631.08.2000         Original published format: JP 2000263616
[2002/11]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP1186238
Date:13.03.2002
Language:EN
[2002/11]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP1186238
Date:12.03.2003
[2003/11]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1186238
Date:30.03.2005
Language:EN
[2005/13]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP23.01.2003
ClassificationIPC:A23C19/05, A23C19/032
[2002/11]
CPC:
C12Y203/02013 (EP,US); A23C19/053 (EP,US); A23C19/0328 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   CY,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE,   TR [2002/11]
TitleGerman:Verfahren zur Erhöhung der Ausbeute von Käse[2002/11]
English:Cheese yield enhancing method[2002/11]
French:Procédé d'augmentation du rendement en fromage[2002/11]
Examination procedure02.04.2003Examination requested  [2003/22]
03.05.2004Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
19.08.2004Reply to a communication from the examining division
04.10.2004Communication of intention to grant the patent
28.12.2004Fee for grant paid
28.12.2004Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)02.01.2006No opposition filed within time limit [2006/12]
Fees paidRenewal fee
13.08.2003Renewal fee patent year 03
12.08.2004Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT30.03.2005
BE30.03.2005
CH30.03.2005
FI30.03.2005
IT30.03.2005
LI30.03.2005
TR30.03.2005
GR30.06.2005
SE30.06.2005
ES11.07.2005
CY02.08.2005
IE02.08.2005
LU02.08.2005
MC31.08.2005
PT07.09.2005
[2008/07]
Former [2007/36]AT30.03.2005
BE30.03.2005
CH30.03.2005
FI30.03.2005
IT30.03.2005
LI30.03.2005
TR30.03.2005
GR30.06.2005
ES11.07.2005
CY02.08.2005
IE02.08.2005
LU02.08.2005
MC31.08.2005
PT07.09.2005
Former [2007/26]AT30.03.2005
BE30.03.2005
CH30.03.2005
FI30.03.2005
LI30.03.2005
TR30.03.2005
GR30.06.2005
ES11.07.2005
CY02.08.2005
IE02.08.2005
LU02.08.2005
MC31.08.2005
PT07.09.2005
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CH30.03.2005
FI30.03.2005
LI30.03.2005
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GR30.06.2005
ES11.07.2005
CY02.08.2005
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LU31.08.2005
MC31.08.2005
PT07.09.2005
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FI30.03.2005
LI30.03.2005
TR30.03.2005
GR30.06.2005
ES11.07.2005
IE02.08.2005
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PT07.09.2005
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BE30.03.2005
CH30.03.2005
FI30.03.2005
LI30.03.2005
TR30.03.2005
GR30.06.2005
ES11.07.2005
IE02.08.2005
MC31.08.2005
PT07.09.2005
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BE30.03.2005
CH30.03.2005
FI30.03.2005
LI30.03.2005
GR30.06.2005
ES11.07.2005
IE02.08.2005
MC31.08.2005
PT07.09.2005
Former [2006/28]AT30.03.2005
BE30.03.2005
CH30.03.2005
FI30.03.2005
LI30.03.2005
GR30.06.2005
ES11.07.2005
MC31.08.2005
PT07.09.2005
Former [2006/14]AT30.03.2005
BE30.03.2005
CH30.03.2005
FI30.03.2005
LI30.03.2005
GR30.06.2005
ES11.07.2005
PT07.09.2005
Former [2005/51]AT30.03.2005
BE30.03.2005
FI30.03.2005
Former [2005/46]FI30.03.2005
Documents cited:Search[XY]DD247832  (WISSENSCHAFTLICH TECHN OEKONOM [DD]) [X] 1,4,5 * page 1; examples 1,2; claims 1,2 * [Y] 3;
 [YD]WO9113553  (NOVO NORDISK AS [DK]) [YD] 3 * examples 2,3 *;
 [AD]EP0711504  (AJINOMOTO KK [JP]) [AD] 2,7* claim 1 *;
 [XP]EP1048219  (KRAFT FOODS INC [US]) [XP] 1,4,5 * page 7, line 15 - line 36; examples 1-4; claims 6,7,15 *;
 [X]  - HOFI A A ET AL, "The use of casein and whey protein hydrolysates in white soft cheese making.", EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE 1973 FOOD SCI. DEPT., FAC. OF AGRIC., EIN-SHAMS UNIV., CAIRO, UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC, vol. 1, no. 2, pages 159 - 162, XP008012460 [X] 1,3,5 * the whole document *
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