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EP0140410 - Novel enzyme product and its use in the saccharification of starch [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Patent maintained as amended Status updated on 18.10.1996 Database last updated on 03.10.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	05.10.2005	Change: Appeal number
Applicant(s)	For all designated states GIST-BROCADES N.V. Wateringseweg 1 P.O. Box 1 NL-2600 MA Delft / NL
	[1985/19]
Inventor(s)	01 / Ducroo, Paul Rue Mermoz 6 F-59133 Phalempin / FR
	02 / Labout, Johannes Jacobus Maria Alberdingk Thijmlaan 8 NL-2106 EK Heemstede / NL
	03 / Noordam, Bertus Wagenaarhof 19 NL-2692 BJ 's-Gravenzande / NL
	[1985/19]
Representative(s)	Armitage, Ian Michael, et al Mewburn Ellis LLP York House 23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP / GB
	[N/P]
Former [1995/49]	Armitage, Ian Michael, et al MEWBURN ELLIS York House 23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP / GB
Former [1985/19]	Huygens, Arthur Victor, Dr. c/o Gist-Brocades N.V. Patents & Trademarks Department Martinus Nijhofflaan 2 PO Box 1 NL-2600 MA Delft / NL
Application number, filing date	84201301.3	10.09.1984
	[1985/19]
Priority number, date	EP19830201303	11.09.1983 Original published format: EP 83201303
	[1985/19]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0140410
	Date:	08.05.1985
	Language:	EN
	[1985/19]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0140410
	Date:	17.11.1988
	Language:	EN
	[1988/46]
	Type:	B2 New European patent specification
	No.:	EP0140410
	Date:	04.12.1996
	Language:	EN
	[1996/49]
	Type:	B2 RE Reissue of amended patent specification
	No.:	EP0140410
	Date:	26.11.1997
	[1997/48]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	28.02.1985
Classification	IPC:	C12N9/30, C12N9/34, C12P19/20	[1985/19]
	CPC:	C12N9/242 (EP); C12N9/2428 (EP); C12P19/20 (EP)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, FR, GB, IT, LI, LU, NL, SE [1985/19]
Title	German:	Enzymprodukt und seine Verwendung in der Verzuckerung von Stärke	[1985/19]
	English:	Novel enzyme product and its use in the saccharification of starch	[1985/19]
	French:	Produit enzymatique et son application dans la saccharification de l'amidon	[1985/19]
Examination procedure	30.05.1985	Examination requested [1985/34]
	12.11.1986	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M05)
	22.04.1987	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	14.10.1987	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	15.12.1987	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	15.03.1988	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes)
	17.05.1988	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	30.05.1988	Fee for grant paid
	30.05.1988	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	Opponent(s)	01 12.08.1989 28.08.1989 ADMISSIBLE Kali-Chemie Aktiengesellschaft Hans-Böckler-Alle 20 D-30173 Hannover / DE
		02 16.08.1989 13.10.1989 ADMISSIBLE Novo-Nordisk A/S Novo Alle DK-2880 Bagsvaerd / DK Opponent's representative Brown, John D. Boehmert & Boehmert Pettenkoferstrasse 20-22 80336 München / DE
		[N/P]
	Former [1989/41]
	Opponent(s)	01 12.08.1989 28.08.1989 ADMISSIBLE Kali-Chemie Aktiengesellschaft Hans-Böckler-Alle 20 D-30173 Hannover / DE
		02 16.08.1989 13.10.1989 ADMISSIBLE Novo-Nordisk A/S Novo Alle DK-2880 Bagsvaerd / DK Opponent's representative Brown, John David FORRESTER & BOEHMERT Franz-Joseph-Strasse 38 D-80801 München / DE
	18.10.1989	Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
	15.05.1990	Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
	22.12.1994	Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M04)
	23.02.1995	Reply to a communication from the opposition division
	13.03.1995	Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M02)
	18.05.1995	Reply to a communication from the opposition division
	31.07.1995	Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M04)
	08.12.1995	Reply to a communication from the opposition division
	11.03.1996	Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
	17.04.1996	Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition
	02.07.1996	Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended
	30.09.1996	Fee for printing new specification paid
Appeal following opposition	14.01.1991	Appeal received No. T0089/91
	19.04.1991	Statement of grounds filed
	09.11.1993	Result of appeal procedure: maintenance in amended form
	09.11.1993	Date of oral proceedings
	15.11.1993	Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	09.07.1986	Renewal fee patent year 03
	24.08.1987	Renewal fee patent year 04
	23.07.1988	Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:	Search	[A]GB1037710 (CORN PRODUCTS CO);
		[A]GB1106421 (KENNETH FRED MELLOR);
		[A]US4017363 (MCMULLEN WILLIAM H, et al);
		[A]GB2016476 (WALKER & SONS INC HIRAM);
		[A]US4284722 (TAMURI MASAKI, et al);
		[AD]EP0063909
		[X] - DIE STÄRKE, vol. 27, no. 11, November 1975, pages 377-383, Weinheim, DE; J.J. MARSHALL: "Starch-degrading enzymes, old and new"
		[X] - STARCH/STÄRKE, vol. 30, no. 8, 1978, pages 272-275, Verlag Chemie GmbH, Weinheim, DE; N. RAMACHANDRAN et al.: "Studies on the thermophilic amylolytic enzymes of a strain of Aspergillus niger"
		[A] - CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS, vol. 73, no. 17, 26th October 1970, page 35, no. 84092z, Columbus, Ohio, USA; J.J. MARSHALL et al.: "Incomplete conversion of glycogen and starch by crystalline amyloglucosidase and its importance in the determination of amylaceous polymers" & FEBS (FED. EUR. BIOCHEM. SOC.) LETT.
		[A] - STARCH/STÄRKE, vol. 30, no. 10, 1978, pages 341-345, Verlag Chemie GmbH, Weinheim, DE; P. FINCH et al.: "Comparative studies on glucoamylases isolated from a strain of Aspergillus"
		[A] - CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS, vol. 96, no. 3, 18th January 1982, page 208, no. 17141b, Columbus, Ohio, USA; G.I. KVESITADZE et al.: "Selection of microscopic fungi producing acid-stable alpha-amylase and glucoamylase" & MIKROBIOLOGIYA 1981, 50(5), 807-812
		[A] - DIE STÄRKE, vol. 27, no. 4, 1975, pages 123-128, Weinheim, DE; S. UEDA et al.: "Multiple forms of glucoamylase of rhizopus species"

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