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EP About this file: EP0515048

EP0515048 - Plant promoter sequences [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  17.07.1998
Database last updated on 05.07.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip17.07.1998Refusal of applicationpublished on 02.09.1998 [1998/36]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
800 Capital Square, 400 Locust Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50309 / US
[N/P]
Former [1998/14]For all designated states
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
800 Capital Square, 400 Locust Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50309 / US
Former [1992/48]For all designated states
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
700 Capital Square 400 Locust Street
Des Moines Iowa 50309 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Neill, John
4834 NW 50th Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50310 / US
02 / Howard, John
3211 Valley Ridge Court
West Des Moines, Iowa 50265 / US
[1992/48]
Representative(s)Goldin, Douglas Michael, et al
J.A. KEMP & CO. 14 South Square Gray's Inn
London WC1R 5JJ / GB
[N/P]
Former [1998/14]Goldin, Douglas Michael, et al
J.A. KEMP & CO. 14 South Square Gray's Inn
London WC1R 5LX / GB
Former [1992/48]Goldin, Douglas Michael
J.A. KEMP & CO. 14, South Square Gray's Inn
London WC1R 5LX / GB
Application number, filing date92303858.229.04.1992
[1992/48]
Priority number, dateUS1991069422701.05.1991         Original published format: US 694227
[1992/48]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0515048
Date:25.11.1992
Language:EN
[1992/48]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP28.09.1992
ClassificationIPC:C12N15/82
[1992/48]
CPC:
C12N15/8237 (EP,US); C12N15/8238 (EP,US); C12N9/1088 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IT,   LI,   LU,   NL,   PT,   SE [1992/48]
TitleGerman:Pflanzen-Promotersequenzen[1992/48]
English:Plant promoter sequences[1992/48]
French:Séquences de promoteurs de plantes[1992/48]
Examination procedure10.05.1993Examination requested  [1993/27]
14.08.1995Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
19.02.1996Reply to a communication from the examining division
25.07.1996Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
04.11.1996Reply to a communication from the examining division
14.08.1997Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: )
27.03.1998Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: formalities examination [1998/36]
06.04.1998Application refused, date of legal effect [1998/36]
Fees paidRenewal fee
11.04.1994Renewal fee patent year 03
04.04.1995Renewal fee patent year 04
25.03.1996Renewal fee patent year 05
24.03.1997Renewal fee patent year 06
26.03.1998Renewal fee patent year 07
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Documents cited:Search[Y]WO9008826  (ICI PLC [GB]);
 [Y]EP0388186  (DU PONT [US]);
 [A]WO9008830  (ICI PLC [GB]);
 [A]WO8912230  (SALK INST BIOTECH IND [US]);
 [A]EP0332104  (CIBA GEIGY AG [CH]);
 [XPD]EP0465024  (PIONEER HI BRED INT [US])
 [Y]  - PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY vol. 6, 1986, DORDRECHT, NL pages 203 - 211; D.M. SHAH ET AL.: 'Structural analysis of a maize gene coding for glutathione-S-transferase involved in herbicide detoxification'
 [AD]  - PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY vol. 7, 1986, DORDRECHT, NL pages 235 - 243; R.C. WIEGAND ET AL.: 'Messenger RNA encoding a glutathione-S-transferase responsible for herbicide tolerance in maize is induced in response to safener treatment'
 [Y]  - NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH. vol. 16, no. 2, 1988, LONDON, GB pages 425 - 438; G. GROVE ET AL.: 'Characterization and heterospecific expression of cDNA clones of genes in the maize GSH-S-transferase multigene family'
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