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EP About this file: EP3927172

EP3927172 - MICROBIAL CONVERSION OF LACTOSE-CONTAINING FEEDSTOCKS TO CARBOXYLIC ACIDS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  26.11.2021
Database last updated on 07.10.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  28.08.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip02.08.2024New entry: Additional fee for renewal fee: payment of fee 
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Applicant(s)For all designated states
Capro-X, Inc.
116 W. Green Street
Ithaca NY 14850 / US
[2021/52]
Inventor(s)01 / GUZMAN, Juan J., Jr.
116 W. Green Street
Ithaca, New York 14850 / US
[N/P]
Former [2021/52]01 / GUZMAN, Juan J., Jr.
Ithaca, New York 14850 / US
Representative(s)Forresters IP LLP
Skygarden
Erika-Mann-Straße 11
80636 München / DE
[2021/52]
Application number, filing date20759994.524.02.2020
[2021/52]
WO2020US19534
Priority number, dateUS201962809685P24.02.2019         Original published format: US 201962809685 P
[2021/52]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2020172675
Date:27.08.2020
Language:EN
[2020/35]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3927172
Date:29.12.2021
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 27.08.2020 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2021/52]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US27.08.2020
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP31.10.2022
ClassificationIPC:C12P7/40, C12P7/56, C12P7/52, C12P39/00, A23C21/02, A23C9/127
[2022/48]
CPC:
A23C9/127 (EP); A23C21/02 (EP); C12P39/00 (EP);
C12P7/40 (EP); C12P7/52 (EP); C12P7/56 (EP)
Former IPC [2021/52]A23C21/02, C07C51/00, C08G63/08, C12P1/04, G01N33/04
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 [2021/52]
TitleGerman:MIKROBIELLE UMWANDLUNG VON LAKTOSE-ENTHALTENDEN AUSGANGSSTOFFEN IN CARBONSÄUREN[2021/52]
English:MICROBIAL CONVERSION OF LACTOSE-CONTAINING FEEDSTOCKS TO CARBOXYLIC ACIDS[2021/52]
French:CONVERSION MICROBIENNE DE CHARGES CONTENANT DU LACTOSE EN ACIDES CARBOXYLIQUES[2021/52]
Entry into regional phase17.08.2021National basic fee paid 
17.08.2021Search fee paid 
17.08.2021Designation fee(s) paid 
17.08.2021Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure17.08.2021Examination requested  [2021/52]
26.05.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.02.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
27.02.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
31.07.2024Renewal fee patent year 05
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2017.11.008
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13213-011-0264-z
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2017.11.008
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