blank Quick help
blank Maintenance news

Scheduled maintenance

Regular maintenance outages:
between 05.00 and 05.15 hrs CET (Monday to Sunday).

Other outages
Availability
Register Forum

2022.02.11

More...
blank News flashes

News flashes

New version of the European Patent Register - SPC information for Unitary Patents.

2024-03-06

More...
blank Related links

Release notes
European Patent Register Assistant
European Patent Register Resource Book
European Patent Register – pocket guide
FAQ - European Patent Register
FAQ - Register Alert
Federated Register (Flyer)
Global Dossier (Flyer)
Register events
Deep link coverage
Federated Register content
The Patent Information Tour
Fair use charter

Extract from the Register of European Patents

EP About this file: EP1613746

EP1613746 - NOVEL PLANT ACYLTRANSFERASES SPECIFIC FOR LONG-CHAINED, MULTIPLY UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  10.01.2014
Database last updated on 24.04.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip17.07.2015Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): HU, LU		published on 19.08.2015  [2015/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
3rd Floor, Senate House, Tyndall Avenue
Bristol BS8 1TH / GB
[2006/02]
Inventor(s)01 / RENZ, Andreas
Heinrich-von-Kleist-Str. 6
67117 Limburgerhof / DE
02 / BAUER, Jörg
Friedrich-Profit-Str. 56
67063 Ludwigshafen / DE
03 / FRENTZEN, Margit
Worringerweg 1
52072 Aachen / DE
04 / SÖZER, Nursen
Klosterstr. 38a
52531 Übach-Palenberg / DE
05 / KEITH, Stobart
6 Julius Road
Bishopston
Bristol BS7 8EN / GB
06 / FRASER, Thomas
19 Pyecroft Ave, Henleaze
Bristol BS9 4NL / GB
07 / LAZARUS, Colin, M.
119 York Road
Montpelier
Bristol BS6 5QG / GB
08 / QI, Baoxiu
4 Cumberland House
Norfolk Crescent
Bath BAI 2BG / GB
09 / ABBADI, Amine
Lübbersmeyer Weg 26
22549 Hamburg / DE
10 / HEINZ, Ernst
Puttkampsweg 13
22609 Hamburg / DE
 [2013/10]
Former [2006/02]01 / RENZ, Andreas
Heinrich-von-Kleist-Str. 6
67117 Limburgerhof / DE
02 / BAUER, Jörg
Friedrich-Profit-Str. 56
67063 Ludwigshafen / DE
03 / FRENTZEN, Margit
Worringerweg 1
52072 Aachen / DE
04 / SÖZER, Nursen
Klosterstr. 38a
52531 Übach-Palenberg / DE
05 / KEITH, Stobart
6 Julius Road, Bishopston
Bristol BS7 8EN / GB
06 / FRASER, Thomas
19 Pyecroft Ave, Henleaze
Bristol BS9 4NL / GB
07 / LAZARUS, Colin, M.
119 York Road, Montpelier
Bristol BS6 5QG / GB
08 / QI, Baoxiu
4 Cumberland House, Norfolk Crescent
Bath BAI 2BG / GB
09 / ABBADI, Amine
Lübbersmeyer Weg 26
22549 Hamburg / DE
10 / HEINZ, Ernst
Puttkampsweg 13
22609 Hamburg / DE
Representative(s)Pressler, Uwe
BASF SE Global Intellectual Property GVX - C6
67056 Ludwigshafen / DE
[2013/10]
Former [2006/02]Pressler, Uwe
c/o BASF Aktiengesellschaft
67056 Ludwigshafen / DE
Application number, filing date04723591.626.03.2004
[2006/02]
WO2004EP03224
Priority number, dateDE200311475931.03.2003         Original published format: DE 10314759
DE200314899617.10.2003         Original published format: DE 10348996
[2006/02]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO2004087902
Date:14.10.2004
Language:DE
[2004/42]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP1613746
Date:11.01.2006
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 14.10.2004 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2006/02]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1613746
Date:06.03.2013
Language:DE
[2013/10]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP03.03.2005
ClassificationIPC:C12N9/10, C12N15/82, C12P7/64, A01H5/00
[2006/02]
CPC:
C12P7/6427 (EP,US); C12N15/8247 (EP,US); C12N9/1029 (EP,US);
C12P7/6432 (US); C12P7/6434 (US); C12P7/6458 (US);
C12P7/6472 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HU,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   TR [2006/02]
TitleGerman:NEUE PFLANZLICHE ACYLTRANSFERASEN SPEZIFISCH FÜR LANGKETTIGE, MEHRFACH UNGESÄTTIGTE FETTSÄUREN[2006/02]
English:NOVEL PLANT ACYLTRANSFERASES SPECIFIC FOR LONG-CHAINED, MULTIPLY UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS[2006/02]
French:NOUVELLES ACYLTRANSFERASES VEGETALES SPECIFIQUES POUR ACIDES GRAS A LONGUE CHAINE POLYINSATURES[2006/02]
Entry into regional phase31.10.2005National basic fee paid 
31.10.2005Designation fee(s) paid 
31.10.2005Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure05.04.2005Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
31.10.2005Examination requested  [2006/02]
23.02.2009Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
13.08.2009Reply to a communication from the examining division
02.08.2010Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
07.02.2011Reply to a communication from the examining division
12.07.2012Date of oral proceedings
20.08.2012Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
27.09.2012Communication of intention to grant the patent
23.01.2013Fee for grant paid
23.01.2013Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)EP11156830.9  / EP2365063
EP11156834.1  / EP2390313
EP16165842.2
The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  23.02.2009
Opposition(s)09.12.2013No opposition filed within time limit [2014/07]
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.03.2006Renewal fee patent year 03
02.04.2007Renewal fee patent year 04
31.03.2008Renewal fee patent year 05
31.03.2008Renewal fee patent year 06
31.03.2010Renewal fee patent year 07
31.03.2011Renewal fee patent year 08
31.03.2012Renewal fee patent year 09
Opt-out from the exclusive  Tooltip
competence of the Unified
Patent Court		 See the Register of the Unified Patent Court for opt-out data
Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court.
Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU26.03.2004
CY06.03.2013
CZ06.03.2013
DK06.03.2013
EE06.03.2013
FI06.03.2013
IT06.03.2013
NL06.03.2013
PL06.03.2013
RO06.03.2013
SI06.03.2013
SK06.03.2013
TR06.03.2013
AT26.03.2013
IE26.03.2013
LU26.03.2013
BE31.03.2013
CH31.03.2013
LI31.03.2013
MC31.03.2013
BG06.06.2013
GR07.06.2013
PT08.07.2013
[2015/34]
Former [2015/32]CY06.03.2013
CZ06.03.2013
DK06.03.2013
EE06.03.2013
FI06.03.2013
IT06.03.2013
NL06.03.2013
PL06.03.2013
RO06.03.2013
SI06.03.2013
SK06.03.2013
TR06.03.2013
AT26.03.2013
IE26.03.2013
BE31.03.2013
CH31.03.2013
LI31.03.2013
MC31.03.2013
BG06.06.2013
GR07.06.2013
PT08.07.2013
Former [2014/37]CY06.03.2013
CZ06.03.2013
DK06.03.2013
EE06.03.2013
FI06.03.2013
IT06.03.2013
NL06.03.2013
PL06.03.2013
RO06.03.2013
SI06.03.2013
SK06.03.2013
AT26.03.2013
IE26.03.2013
BE31.03.2013
CH31.03.2013
LI31.03.2013
MC31.03.2013
BG06.06.2013
GR07.06.2013
PT08.07.2013
Former [2014/11]CY06.03.2013
CZ06.03.2013
DK06.03.2013
EE06.03.2013
FI06.03.2013
IT06.03.2013
NL06.03.2013
PL06.03.2013
RO06.03.2013
SI06.03.2013
SK06.03.2013
IE26.03.2013
BE31.03.2013
CH31.03.2013
LI31.03.2013
MC31.03.2013
BG06.06.2013
GR07.06.2013
PT08.07.2013
Former [2014/09]CY06.03.2013
CZ06.03.2013
DK06.03.2013
EE06.03.2013
FI06.03.2013
NL06.03.2013
PL06.03.2013
RO06.03.2013
SI06.03.2013
SK06.03.2013
IE26.03.2013
BE31.03.2013
CH31.03.2013
LI31.03.2013
MC31.03.2013
BG06.06.2013
GR07.06.2013
PT08.07.2013
Former [2014/08]CY06.03.2013
CZ06.03.2013
EE06.03.2013
FI06.03.2013
NL06.03.2013
PL06.03.2013
RO06.03.2013
SI06.03.2013
SK06.03.2013
IE26.03.2013
BE31.03.2013
CH31.03.2013
LI31.03.2013
MC31.03.2013
BG06.06.2013
GR07.06.2013
PT08.07.2013
Former [2014/07]CY06.03.2013
CZ06.03.2013
EE06.03.2013
FI06.03.2013
NL06.03.2013
PL06.03.2013
RO06.03.2013
SI06.03.2013
SK06.03.2013
IE26.03.2013
MC31.03.2013
BG06.06.2013
GR07.06.2013
PT08.07.2013
Former [2013/52]CY06.03.2013
CZ06.03.2013
EE06.03.2013
FI06.03.2013
NL06.03.2013
PL06.03.2013
RO06.03.2013
SI06.03.2013
SK06.03.2013
MC31.03.2013
BG06.06.2013
GR07.06.2013
PT08.07.2013
Former [2013/50]CZ06.03.2013
EE06.03.2013
FI06.03.2013
NL06.03.2013
PL06.03.2013
RO06.03.2013
SI06.03.2013
SK06.03.2013
MC31.03.2013
BG06.06.2013
GR07.06.2013
PT08.07.2013
Former [2013/49]CZ06.03.2013
EE06.03.2013
FI06.03.2013
NL06.03.2013
RO06.03.2013
SI06.03.2013
SK06.03.2013
MC31.03.2013
BG06.06.2013
GR07.06.2013
PT08.07.2013
Former [2013/48]EE06.03.2013
FI06.03.2013
NL06.03.2013
SI06.03.2013
MC31.03.2013
BG06.06.2013
GR07.06.2013
PT08.07.2013
Former [2013/47]FI06.03.2013
SI06.03.2013
MC31.03.2013
BG06.06.2013
GR07.06.2013
PT08.07.2013
Former [2013/37]FI06.03.2013
SI06.03.2013
BG06.06.2013
GR07.06.2013
Former [2013/34]BG06.06.2013
Cited inInternational search[DXA]WO0018889  (CALGENE LLC [US]) [DX] 11,15-23 * sequence 6 * [A] 1-26;
 [X]WO0159128  (BASF AG [DE], et al) [X] 24-26 * page 10, line 13 - line 27; table 1 * * page 69, line 15 - page 70, line 46; example - *;
 [X]WO02072742  (NESTLE SA [CH], et al) [X] 24-26 * the whole document *;
 [X]  - LOPEZ ALONSO D ET AL, "Plants as 'chemical factories' for the production of polyunsaturated fatty acids", BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES, ELSEVIER PUBLISHING, BARKING, GB, (200010), vol. 18, no. 6, ISSN 0734-9750, pages 481 - 497, XP002208312 [X] 24-26 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0734-9750(00)00048-3
 [DA]  - KNUTZON D S ET AL, "CLONING OF A COCONUT ENDOSPERM CDNA ENCODING A 1-ACYL-SN-GLYCEROL-3-PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE THAT ACCEPTS MEDIUM-CHAIN-LENGHT SUBSTRATES", PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGISTS, ROCKVILLE, MD, US, (1995), vol. 109, no. 3, ISSN 0032-0889, pages 999 - 1006, XP000907268 [DA] 1-26

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1104/pp.109.3.999
 [A]  - LASSNER M W ET AL, "LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID ACYLTRANSFERASE FROM MEADOWFOAM MEDIATES INSERTION OF ERUCIC ACID AT THE SN-2 POSITION OF TRIACYLGLYCEROL IN TRANSGENIC RAPESEED OIL", PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGISTS, ROCKVILLE, MD, US, (1995), vol. 109, ISSN 0032-0889, pages 1389 - 1394, XP002003604 [A] 1-26 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1104/pp.109.4.1389
 [A]  - HOBBS D H ET AL, "Cloning of a cDNA encoding diacylglycerol acyltransferase from Arabidopsis thaliana and its functional expression", FEBS LETTERS, ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, AMSTERDAM, NL, (19990611), vol. 452, no. 3, ISSN 0014-5793, pages 145 - 149, XP004259739 [A] 1-26 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0014-5793(99)00646-8
 [A]  - LIU ET AL., "Cloning and Sequencing of the cDNA (Accession No. AF090734) Coding for Glycerol-3-Phosphate Acyltransferase from Vicia faba. (PGR99-094)", EMBL, (19980923), Database accession no. AF090734, URL: EBI, XP002295954 [A] 1-26 * column A *
 [A]  - JAKO C ET AL, "Seed-specific over-expression of an Arabidopsis cDNA encoding a diacylglycerol acyltransferase enhances seed oil content and seed weight", PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGISTS, ROCKVILLE, MD, US, (200106), vol. 126, no. 2, ISSN 0032-0889, pages 861 - 874, XP002242963 [A] 1-26 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1104/pp.126.2.861
 [A]  - ZOU ET AL, "The Arabidopsis thaliana TAG1 mutant has a mutation in a diacylglycerol acyltransferase gene", PLANT JOURNAL, BLACKWELL SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS, OXFORD, GB, (1999), vol. 19, no. 6, ISSN 0960-7412, pages 645 - 653, XP002133607 [A] 1-26 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-313x.1999.00555.x
 [A]  - MCLEAN J ET AL, "CLONING AND EXPRESSION OF HUMAN LECITHIN-CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE CDNA", PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF USA, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. WASHINGTON, US, (19860401), vol. 83, ISSN 0027-8424, pages 2335 - 2339, XP002008904 [A] 1-26 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.83.8.2335
 [A]  - OELKERS PETER ET AL, "A lecithin cholesterol acyltransferase-like gene mediates diacylglycerol esterification in yeast", JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, (20000526), vol. 275, no. 21, ISSN 0021-9258, pages 15609 - 15612, XP002295953 [A] 1-26 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.C000144200
The EPO accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of data originating from other authorities; in particular, it does not guarantee that it is complete, up to date or fit for specific purposes.