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EP1672077 - PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SUCCINIC ACID [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 27.11.2015 Database last updated on 19.07.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	27.11.2015	No opposition filed within time limit	published on 30.12.2015 [2015/53]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation 1-1, Marunouchi 1-chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8251 / JP
	For all designated states Ajinomoto Co., Inc. 15-1, Kyobashi 1-chome, Chuo-ku Tokyo 104-8315 / JP
	[2012/27]
Former [2006/47]	For all designated states Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation 14-1, Shiba 4-chome, Minato-ku Tokyo 108-0014 / JP
	For all designated states Ajinomoto Co., Inc. 15-1 Kyobashi 1-chome, Chuo-ku Tokyo 104-8315 / JP
Former [2006/25]	For all designated states MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION 33-8, Shiba 5-chome, Minato-ku Tokyo 108-0014 / JP
	For all designated states Ajinomoto Co., Inc. 15-1 Kyobashi 1-chome, Chuo-ku Tokyo 104-8315 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / MURASE, Makoto c/o Mitsubishi Chemical Group Science and Technology Research Center, Inc. 1000, Kamoshida-cho Aoba-ku Yokohama-shi Kanagawa 227-8502 / JP
	02 / AOYAMA, Ryusuke c/o Mitsubishi Chemical Group Science and Technology Research Center, Inc. 1000, Kamoshida-cho Aoba-ku Yokohama-shi Kanagawa 227-8502 / JP
	03 / IKUTA, Miki c/o Mitsubishi Chemical Group Science and Technology Research Center, Inc. 1000, Kamoshida-cho Aoba-ku Yokohama-shi Kanagawa 227-8502 / JP
	04 / YAMAGISHI, Kenji c/o Mitsubishi Chemical Group Science and Technology Research Center, Inc. 1000, Kamoshida-cho Aoba-ku Yokohama-shi Kanagawa 227-8502 / JP
	05 / MORIYA, Mika c/o Ajinomoto Co., Inc. 1-1, Suzuki-cho Kawasaki-ku Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 210-8681 / JP
	06 / NAKAMURA, Jun c/o Ajinomoto Co., Inc. 1-1, Suzuki-cho Kawasaki-ku Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 210-8681 / JP
	07 / KOJIMA, Hiroyuki c/o Ajinomoto Co., Inc. 1-1, Suzuki-cho Kawasaki-ku Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 210-8681 / JP
	[2015/04]
Former [2006/25]	01 / MURASE, Makoto, Mitsubishi C.G.S.T.R.C., Inc. 1000, Kamoshida-cho, Aoba-ku Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 227-8502 / JP
	02 / AOYAMA, Ryusuke, Mitsubishi C.G.S.T.R.C., Inc. 1000, Kamoshida-cho, Aoba-ku Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 227-8502 / JP
	03 / IKUTA, Miki, Mitsubishi C.G.S.T.R.C., Inc. 1000, Kamoshida-cho, Aoba-ku Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 227-8502 / JP
	04 / YAMAGISHI, Kenji, Mitsubishi C.G.S.T.R.C., Inc. 1000, Kamoshida-cho, Aoba-ku Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 227-8502 / JP
	05 / MORIYA, Mika, Ajinomoto Co., Inc. 1-1, Suzuki-cho, Kawasaki-ku Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 210-8681 / JP
	06 / NAKAMURA, Jun, Ajinomoto Co., Inc. 1-1, Suzuki-cho, Kawasaki-ku Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 210-8681 / JP
	07 / KOJIMA, Hiroyuki, Ajinomoto Co., Inc. 1-1, Suzuki-cho, Kawasaki-ku Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 210-8681 / JP
Representative(s)	Vossius & Partner Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbB Siebertstrasse 3 81675 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2015/04]	Vossius & Partner Siebertstrasse 4 81675 München / DE
Former [2008/35]	Vossius & Partner Siebertstrasse 3 81675 München / DE
Former [2006/25]	Vossius & Partner Siebertstrasse 4 81675 München / DE
Application number, filing date	04772360.6	27.08.2004
	[2006/25]
	WO2004JP12404
Priority number, date	JP20030304443	28.08.2003 Original published format: JP 2003304443
	[2006/25]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2005021770
	Date:	10.03.2005
	Language:	EN
	[2005/10]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1672077
	Date:	21.06.2006
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 10.03.2005 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2006/25]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1672077
	Date:	21.01.2015
	Language:	EN
	[2015/04]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	10.03.2005
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	09.09.2011
Classification	IPC:	C12P7/40, C12N15/09, C12N1/21, C12P7/46	[2011/40]
	CPC:	C12P7/46 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2006/25]	C12P7/40, C12N15/09, C12N1/21
Designated contracting states	DE, FR, GB [2006/49]
Former [2006/25]	AT, 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
Title	German:	VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON BERNSTEINSÄURE	[2006/25]
	English:	PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SUCCINIC ACID	[2006/25]
	French:	PROCEDE DE PRODUCTION D'ACIDE SUCCINIQUE	[2006/25]
Biological material	This application mentions deposited biological material, check the file for details
Entry into regional phase	13.03.2006	Translation filed
	13.03.2006	National basic fee paid
	13.03.2006	Search fee paid
	13.03.2006	Designation fee(s) paid
	13.03.2006	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	13.03.2006	Examination requested [2006/25]
	05.04.2012	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	08.08.2012	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	10.10.2013	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	19.02.2014	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	31.07.2014	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	08.12.2014	Fee for grant paid
	08.12.2014	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	08.12.2014	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)	The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 05.04.2012
Opposition(s)	22.10.2015	No opposition filed within time limit [2015/53]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	13.03.2006	Renewal fee patent year 03
	31.08.2007	Renewal fee patent year 04
	29.08.2008	Renewal fee patent year 05
	24.08.2009	Renewal fee patent year 06
	24.08.2010	Renewal fee patent year 07
	25.08.2011	Renewal fee patent year 08
	24.08.2012	Renewal fee patent year 09
	26.08.2013	Renewal fee patent year 10
	22.08.2014	Renewal fee patent year 11
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