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EP About this file: EP1554932

EP1554932 - Use of lipo-chitooligosaccharides for increasing photosynthesis in plants and corresponding methods and compositions [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  25.12.2015
Database last updated on 13.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip20.07.2018Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): PT		published on 22.08.2018  [2018/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
McGill University
Office of Technology Transfer, 3550 University Street Montreal
Quebec H3A 2A7 / CA
[2015/08]
Former [2005/29]For all designated states
McGILL UNIVERSITY
Office of Technology Transfer, 3550 University Street
Montreal, Quebec H3A 2A7 / CA
Inventor(s)01 / Smith, Donald L.
21,111 Lakeshore Road
Ste-Anne de Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9 / CA
02 / Prithiviraj, Balakrishnan
Nova Scotia Agric. Coll.
Dep. of Plant and Animal Sc.
58 River Road,Box 550
Truro, NS, B24 5E3 / CA
03 / Zhou, Xiaomin
21,111 Lakeshore Road
P.O. Box 152
Ste-Anne de Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9 / CA
04 / Souleimanov, Alfred
5340 Walkley
Apt. No. 301
Montreal, QC H4V 2M7 / CA
 [2014/39]
Former [2005/47]01 / Smith, Donald L.
21,111 Lakeshore Road
Ste-Anne de Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9 / CA
02 / Prithiviraj, Balakrishnan Nova Scotia Agric. Coll.
Dep. of Plant and Animal Sc. 58 River Road,Box 550
Truro, NS, B24 5E3 / CA
03 / Zhou, Xiaomin
21,111 Lakeshore Road P.O. Box 152
Ste-Anne de Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9 / CA
04 / Souleimanov, Alfred
5340 Walkley Apt. No. 301
Montreal, QC H4V 2M7 / CA
Former [2005/29]01 / Smith, Donald L.
21,111 Lakeshore Road
Ste-Anne de Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9 / CA
02 / Prithiviraj, Balakrishnan
21,111 Lakeshore Road P.O. Box 79
Ste-Anne de Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9 / CA
03 / Zhou, Xiaomin
21,111 Lakeshore Road P.O. Box 152
Ste-Anne de Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9 / CA
04 / Souleimanov, Alfred
5340 Walkley Apt. No. 301
Montreal, QC H4V 2M7 / CA
Representative(s)Mathys & Squire
The Shard
32 London Bridge Street
London SE1 9SG / GB
[N/P]
Former [2015/08]Mathys & Squire LLP
The Shard
32 London Bridge Street
London SE1 9SG / GB
Former [2011/03]Mathys & Squire LLP
120 Holborn London
EC1N 2SQ / GB
Former [2006/44]Naylor, Kathryn May, et al
Mathys & Squire 120 Holborn
London EC1N 2SQ / GB
Former [2005/29]Adams, Harvey Vaughan John, et al
Mathys & Squire, 120 Holborn
London EC1N 2SQ / GB
Application number, filing date05009071.106.10.2000
[2005/29]
Priority number, dateCA1999228572708.10.1999         Original published format: CA 2285727
[2005/29]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP1554932
Date:20.07.2005
Language:EN
[2005/29]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP1554932
Date:29.03.2006
[2006/13]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1554932
Date:18.02.2015
Language:EN
[2015/08]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP14.02.2006
ClassificationIPC:A01N43/16, A01N63/02, A01N63/00
[2005/29]
CPC:
A01N43/16 (EP,US); A01N63/20 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   CY,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [2005/29]
TitleGerman:Verwendung von Lipo-Chitooligosacchariden zur Erhöhung der Photosynthese in Pflanzen und entsprechende Verfahren und Zusammensetzungen[2005/29]
English:Use of lipo-chitooligosaccharides for increasing photosynthesis in plants and corresponding methods and compositions[2005/29]
French:Utilisation de lipo-chito-oligosaccharides pour accroître la photosynthèse dans les plantes, et procédés et compositions associés[2005/29]
Examination procedure26.04.2005Examination requested  [2005/29]
11.11.2010Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
20.05.2011Reply to a communication from the examining division
28.08.2014Communication of intention to grant the patent
29.12.2014Fee for grant paid
29.12.2014Fee for publishing/printing paid
29.12.2014Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP00967477.1  / EP1221846
Divisional application(s)EP15155275.9  / EP2907389
The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued (EP20000967477) is  30.04.2003
Opposition(s)19.11.2015No opposition filed within time limit [2016/04]
Fees paidRenewal fee
26.04.2005Renewal fee patent year 03
26.04.2005Renewal fee patent year 04
26.04.2005Renewal fee patent year 05
19.10.2005Renewal fee patent year 06
04.10.2006Renewal fee patent year 07
01.10.2007Renewal fee patent year 08
29.09.2008Renewal fee patent year 09
15.09.2009Renewal fee patent year 10
15.09.2010Renewal fee patent year 11
31.10.2011Renewal fee patent year 12
30.10.2012Renewal fee patent year 13
25.10.2013Renewal fee patent year 14
31.10.2014Renewal fee patent year 15
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipCY18.02.2015
DK18.02.2015
FI18.02.2015
MC18.02.2015
PT18.02.2015
SE18.02.2015
GR19.05.2015
IE06.10.2015
LU06.10.2015
CH31.10.2015
LI31.10.2015
[2018/34]
Former [2017/40]CY18.02.2015
DK18.02.2015
FI18.02.2015
MC18.02.2015
SE18.02.2015
GR19.05.2015
IE06.10.2015
LU06.10.2015
CH31.10.2015
LI31.10.2015
Former [2016/45]DK18.02.2015
FI18.02.2015
MC18.02.2015
SE18.02.2015
GR19.05.2015
IE06.10.2015
LU06.10.2015
CH31.10.2015
LI31.10.2015
Former [2016/33]DK18.02.2015
FI18.02.2015
MC18.02.2015
SE18.02.2015
GR19.05.2015
LU06.10.2015
CH31.10.2015
LI31.10.2015
Former [2016/28]DK18.02.2015
FI18.02.2015
MC18.02.2015
SE18.02.2015
GR19.05.2015
LU06.10.2015
Former [2016/26]DK18.02.2015
FI18.02.2015
SE18.02.2015
GR19.05.2015
LU06.10.2015
Former [2015/50]DK18.02.2015
FI18.02.2015
SE18.02.2015
GR19.05.2015
Former [2015/37]FI18.02.2015
SE18.02.2015
GR19.05.2015
Former [2015/36]FI18.02.2015
SE18.02.2015
Documents cited:Search[A]US5175149  (STACEY GARY [US], et al) [A] 1-10 * column 1, line 64 - column 2, line 46; claim - * * column 4, line 61 - line 65 *;
 [X]DE19633502  (BAYER AG [DE]) [X] 1-10 * page 2, line 1 - line 50 * * page 12, line 60 - page 13, line 3; examples C,D *;
 [A]ATA203098  (MBT TECHNOLOGY CENTER ESTABLIS [LI])[A] 1-10;
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jxb/39.9.1313
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.269.5225.841
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