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EP3900545 - METHOD FOR PRODUCING CHOCOLATE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  24.02.2023
Database last updated on 20.05.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  24.09.2021
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  02.07.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip10.04.2024New entry: Reply to examination report 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
The Nisshin OilliO Group, Ltd.
23-1, Shinkawa 1-chome
Chuo-ku
Tokyo 104-8285 / JP
[2021/43]
Inventor(s)01 / OONISHI, Kiyomi
c/o THE NISSHIN OILLIO GROUP, LTD.
Yokohama Isogo Complex
1, Shinmori-cho, Isogo-ku
Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 235-8558 / JP
02 / HACHIYA, Iwao
c/o THE NISSHIN OILLIO GROUP, LTD.
Yokohama Isogo Complex
1, Shinmori-cho, Isogo-ku
Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 235-8558 / JP
03 / KANAMARU, Wakako
c/o THE NISSHIN OILLIO GROUP, LTD.
Yokohama Isogo Complex
1, Shinmori-cho, Isogo-ku
Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 235-8558 / JP
 [2021/43]
Representative(s)Becker, Eberhard
Becker Kurig & Partner
Patentanwälte mbB
Bavariastraße 7
80336 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2021/43]Becker, Eberhard
Becker & Kurig Partnerschaft
Patentanwälte PartmbB
Bavariastrasse 7
80336 München / DE
Application number, filing date19900338.517.12.2019
[2021/43]
WO2019JP49364
Priority number, dateJP2018023983321.12.2018         Original published format: JP 2018239833
[2021/43]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2020129968
Date:25.06.2020
Language:JA
[2020/26]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3900545
Date:27.10.2021
Language:EN
[2021/43]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP25.06.2020
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP24.01.2022
ClassificationIPC:A23G1/36, A23G1/56
[2021/43]
CPC:
A23G1/36 (EP,KR,US); A23G1/0036 (KR,US); A23G1/0053 (KR);
A23G1/56 (EP,KR,US); A23V2002/00 (US)
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 [2021/43]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON SCHOKOLADE[2021/43]
English:METHOD FOR PRODUCING CHOCOLATE[2021/43]
French:PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION DE CHOCOLAT[2021/43]
Entry into regional phase14.06.2021Translation filed 
14.06.2021National basic fee paid 
14.06.2021Search fee paid 
14.06.2021Designation fee(s) paid 
14.06.2021Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure14.06.2021Examination requested  [2021/43]
29.07.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
27.02.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
14.06.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
02.02.2024Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M03)
09.04.2024Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
18.11.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
08.11.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
13.12.2023Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[X]US5989619  (ZUMBE ALBERT [GB], et al) [X] 1-9 * example -; claim - *;
 [X]JP2003284497  (FUJI OIL CO LTD) [X] 1-9 * paragraphs [0004] - [0044]; example - *;
 [X]US7186435  (BECKETT STEPHEN THOMAS [GB], et al) [X] 1-9 * example - *;
 [X]WO2009081777  (NISSHIN OILLIO GROUP LTD [JP], et al) [X] 1-9 * pages 1-14; example -; claim - *;
 [X]WO2009081916  (FUJI OIL CO LTD [JP], et al) [X] 1-9 * example -; claim - *;
 [X]WO2012056673  (SAKAMOTO YAKUHIN KOGYO CO LTD [JP], et al) [X] 1-9 * example - *;
 [X]JP2012106936  (MEIJI CO LTD) [X] 1-9 * paragraphs [0017] - [0019] - [0029]; examples 1,2; claim - *;
 [X]JP2012110268  (FUJI OIL CO LTD) [X] 1-9 * example - *;
 [X]WO2015098932  (NISSHIN OILLIO GROUP LTD [JP]) [X] 1-9* pages 1-17; example -; claim - *;
 [X]WO2018185502  (UNIV BIRMINGHAM [GB]) [X] 1-9 * page 6; example -; claim - *;
 [X]  - SCHANTZ B ET AL, "Influence of lecithin-PGPR blends on the rheological properties of chocolate", LWT- FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ACADEMIC PRESS, UNITED KINGDOM, (20050201), vol. 38, no. 1, doi:10.1016/J.LWT.2004.03.014, ISSN 0023-6438, pages 41 - 45, XP004606348 [X] 1-9 * pages 41-44; figure -; table - *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2004.03.014
International search[XA]JPH02219543  (MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA) [X] 1-5, 7-9 * claims, examples 3, 5 * [A] 6;
 [XA]JPH07132047  (LOTTE CO LTD) [X] 9 * claims, examples *[A] 1-8;
 [XA]WO9619923  (CADBURY SCHWEPPES PLC [GB], et al) [X] 1, 4, 5, 7 * claims, page 5, example 1 * [A] 2, 3, 6, 8, 9;
 [XA]JP2003284497  (FUJI OIL CO LTD) [X] 1-7, 9 * claims, paragraphs [0005], [0007], [0010], [0011], example 4 * [A] 8;
 [XA]WO2018185502  (UNIV BIRMINGHAM [GB]) [X] 1, 3-8 * claims, page 6, examples * [A] 2, 9;
 [XA]  - SCHANTZ, B. et al., "Influence of lecithin-PGPR blends on the rheological properties of chocolate", LWT-Food Science and Technology, (20040000), vol. 38, no. 1, doi:10.1016/j.lwt.2004.03.014, pages 41 - 45, XP004606348 [X] 1, 2, 4, 7, 9 * , in particular, Abstract, Materials and methods, fig. 2, 3 * [A] 3, 5, 6, 8

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2004.03.014
by applicantUS6165540
 US6488979
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