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EP3371326 - LIGASE-ASSISTED NUCLEIC ACID CIRCULARIZATION AND AMPLIFICATION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  29.09.2023
Database last updated on 15.06.2024
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  14.06.2023
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  29.05.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  10.08.2018
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  13.05.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip24.05.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): LV
published on 26.06.2024 [2024/26]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Global Life Sciences Solutions Operations UK Ltd
19 Jessops Riverside
800 Brightside Lane
Sheffield
S9 2RX / GB
[2020/33]
Former [2018/37]For all designated states
General Electric Company
1 River Road
Schenectady, NY 12345 / US
Inventor(s)01 / HELLER, Ryan Charles
1 Research Circle
K1-5D41
Niskayuna, New York 12309 / US
02 / KVAM, Erik Leeming
1 Research Circle
K1-3A59
Niskayuna, New York 12309 / US
03 / NELSON, John Richard
1 Research Circle
K1-3A59
Niskayuna, New York 12309 / US
 [2018/37]
Representative(s)Bannan, Sally
Cytiva
Amersham Place
Little Chalfont
Buckinghamshire HP7 9NA / GB
[2023/44]
Former [2018/37]Aldenbäck, Ulla Christina, et al
GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences AB Patent Department Björkgatan 30
751 84 Uppsala / SE
Application number, filing date16862774.301.11.2016
[2018/37]
WO2016US59835
Priority number, dateUS20151493327505.11.2015         Original published format: US201514933275
[2018/37]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2017079114
Date:11.05.2017
Language:EN
[2017/19]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3371326
Date:12.09.2018
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 11.05.2017 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2018/37]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3371326
Date:01.11.2023
Language:EN
[2023/44]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US11.05.2017
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP29.03.2019
ClassificationIPC:C12Q1/6844, C12P19/34
[2023/23]
CPC:
C12P19/34 (EP); C12Q1/6844 (EP)
C-Set:
C12Q1/6844, C12Q2521/501, C12Q2531/125 (EP)
Former IPC [2018/37]C12Q1/68, C12P19/34
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2018/37]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesMANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TitleGerman:LIGASE-UNTERSTÜTZTE NUKLEINSÄUREZIRKULARISATION UND -AMPLIFIKATION[2018/37]
English:LIGASE-ASSISTED NUCLEIC ACID CIRCULARIZATION AND AMPLIFICATION[2018/37]
French:CIRCULARISATION ET AMPLIFICATION D'ACIDE NUCLÉIQUE ASSISTÉES PAR LIGASE[2018/37]
Entry into regional phase20.04.2018National basic fee paid 
04.05.2018Search fee paid 
20.04.2018Designation fee(s) paid 
20.04.2018Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure20.04.2018Examination requested  [2018/37]
20.04.2018Date on which the examining division has become responsible
11.10.2019Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
03.06.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
08.10.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
04.02.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
02.08.2021Reply to a communication from the examining division
17.12.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
31.05.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
03.01.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
13.03.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
15.06.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
26.09.2023Fee for grant paid
26.09.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
26.09.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.11.2018Renewal fee patent year 03
20.11.2019Renewal fee patent year 04
19.11.2020Renewal fee patent year 05
19.10.2021Renewal fee patent year 06
15.09.2022Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT01.11.2023
HR01.11.2023
LT01.11.2023
LV01.11.2023
PL01.11.2023
RS01.11.2023
BG01.02.2024
NO01.02.2024
GR02.02.2024
IS01.03.2024
PT01.03.2024
[2024/26]
Former [2024/25]AT01.11.2023
HR01.11.2023
LT01.11.2023
PL01.11.2023
RS01.11.2023
BG01.02.2024
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GR02.02.2024
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PT01.03.2024
Former [2024/24]AT01.11.2023
HR01.11.2023
LT01.11.2023
RS01.11.2023
BG01.02.2024
NO01.02.2024
GR02.02.2024
IS01.03.2024
PT01.03.2024
Former [2024/23]AT01.11.2023
LT01.11.2023
BG01.02.2024
GR02.02.2024
IS01.03.2024
PT01.03.2024
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BG01.02.2024
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IS01.03.2024
Former [2024/20]GR02.02.2024
IS01.03.2024
Documents cited:Search[A]WO2010094040  (EPICT TECHNOLOGIES CORP [US], et al)[A] 1-29;
 [I]  - ATHANASIOS TSAFTARIS ET AL, "Rolling circle amplification of genomic templates for inverse PCR (RCA-GIP): a method for 5' and 3'-genome walking without anchoring", BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS, SPRINGER NETHERLANDS, DORDRECHT, (20090917), vol. 32, no. 1, ISSN 1573-6776, pages 157 - 161, XP019766772 [I] 1,4,6,8-29 * page 159, column l, paragraph 1 - paragraph 2 *
 [A]  - WANG G ET AL, "DNA amplification method tolerant to sample degradation", GENOME RESEARCH, COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY PRESS, US, (20040101), vol. 14, doi:10.1101/GR.2813404, ISSN 1088-9051, pages 2357 - 2366, XP002391762 [A] 1-29 * page 2363, column r, paragraph l - page 2364, column r, paragraph 1 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/gr.2813404
 [A]  - NUNEZ ET, "Application of Circular Ligase to Provide Template for Rolling Circle Amplification of Low Amounts of Fragmented DNA", (20100331), pages 1 - 7, 19TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON HUMAN IDENTIFICATION - 2008,, URL: http://www.promega.com/~/media/files/resources/conference%20proceedings/ishi%2019/oral%20presentations/nunez.pdf?la=en, XP008153466 [A] 1-29
International search[Y]US2006134631  (KROKAN HANS E [NO], et al) [Y] 26, 27 * . Especially para [0006]. *;
 [XY]US2015031086  (HELLER RYAN CHARLES [US], et al) [X] 1-25, 28 * ; Especially para [0005], [0006], [0020], [0032], [0037], [0038], [0042], [0044], [0045], [0050], [0059], [0063], [0072] * [Y] 26, 27, 29;
 [Y]WO2015022359  (GEN ELECTRIC [US], et al) [Y] 29* . Especially para [0007] *
Examination   - CABRAL-NETO J B ET AL, "Implication of uracil in spontaneous mutagenesis on a single-stranded shuttle vector replicated in mammalian cells", MUTATION RESEARCH, ELSEVIER, AMSTERDAM, NL, vol. 288, no. 2, doi:10.1016/0027-5107(93)90091-S, ISSN 0027-5107, (19930801), pages 249 - 255, (19930801), XP023423943

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0027-5107(93)90091-S
by applicantUS2015031086
    - Biotechnol Lett, (20090000), vol. 32, pages 157 - 61
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