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EP0628075 - ENDO-1,4-BETA-D-GLUCANASE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 04.10.2002 Database last updated on 15.07.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	28.12.2007	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT	published on 30.01.2008 [2008/05]
Applicant(s)	For:GB IE Unilever PLC Unilever House Blackfriars London Greater London EC4P 4BQ / GB
	For:AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GR IT LI NL PT SE Unilever N.V. Weena 455 3013 AL Rotterdam / NL
	[N/P]
Former [2001/48]	For:GB IE UNILEVER PLC Unilever House, Blackfriars London EC4P 4BQ / GB
	For:AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GR IT LI NL PT SE UNILEVER N.V. Weena 455 3013 AL Rotterdam / NL
Former [1995/32]	For:GB IE UNILEVER PLC Unilever House Blackfriars London EC4P 4BQ / GB
	For:AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GR IT LI NL PT SE UNILEVER N.V. Weena 455 NL-3013 AL Rotterdam / NL
Former [1994/50]	For:GB IE UNILEVER PLC Unilever House Blackfriars London EC4P 4BQ / GB
	For:AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GR IT LI NL PT SE UNILEVER N.V. Weena 455 NL-3013 AL Rotterdam / NL
Inventor(s)	01 / DE SILVA, Jacqueline Pear Tree Cottage, The High Street Pavenham, Bedford MK43 7NJ / GB
	02 / JARMAN, Carl Dudley 43 Glenfield Drive, Great Doddington Northamptonshire NN9 7TE / GB
	03 / ARROWSMITH, David Andrew 59 Queen Street Rushden, Northamptonshire NN10 0AY / GB
	04 / REID, John Spence Grant 6 Abbeyview Logie Road, Stirling FK9 5JZ / GB
	05 / EDWARDS, Mary Elizabeth 6 Abbeyview Logie Road, Stirling FK9 5JZ / GB
	[1994/50]
Representative(s)	Evans, Jacqueline Gail Victoria, et al Unilever plc Patent Division Colworth House Sharnbrook Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2001/41]	Evans, Jacqueline Gail Victoria, et al Unilever plc Patent Division Colworth House Sharnbrook Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB
Former [1996/33]	Lipscombe, Martin John, et al Keith W Nash & Co, Pearl Assurance House, 90-92 Regent Street Cambridge CB2 1DP / GB
Former [1994/50]	Butler, David John, et al Unilever PLC Patent Division Colworth House Sharnbrook Bedford MK44 1LQ / GB
Application number, filing date	93904273.5	01.03.1993
	[1994/50]
	WO1993GB00424
Priority number, date	EP19920301707	28.02.1992 Original published format: EP 92301707
	[1994/50]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9317101
	Date:	02.09.1993
	Language:	EN
	[1993/21]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0628075
	Date:	14.12.1994
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 02.09.1993 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1994/50]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0628075
	Date:	28.11.2001
	Language:	EN
	[2001/48]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	02.09.1993
Classification	IPC:	C12N9/24, C12P21/00	[1994/50]
	CPC:	C12Y302/01073 (EP,US); C12N9/24 (KR); C12N15/8241 (EP,US); C12N9/2437 (EP,US); C12Y302/01004 (EP,US); Y10S47/01 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, NL, PT, SE [1994/50]
Title	German:	ENDO-1,4-BETA-GLUKANASE	[1994/50]
	English:	ENDO-1,4-BETA-D-GLUCANASE	[1994/50]
	French:	ENDO-1,4-BETA-D-GLUCANASE	[1994/50]
Entry into regional phase	17.08.1994	National basic fee paid
	17.08.1994	Designation fee(s) paid
	17.08.1994	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	29.07.1993	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	17.08.1994	Examination requested [1994/50]
	26.02.1996	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	20.06.1996	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	01.08.2000	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	01.12.2000	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	29.01.2001	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
	07.04.2001	Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
	08.05.2001	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	13.07.2001	Fee for grant paid
	13.07.2001	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	29.08.2002	No opposition filed within time limit [2002/47]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	20.03.1995	Renewal fee patent year 03
	13.03.1996	Renewal fee patent year 04
	21.03.1997	Renewal fee patent year 05
	11.03.1998	Renewal fee patent year 06
	23.03.1999	Renewal fee patent year 07
	17.03.2000	Renewal fee patent year 08
	20.03.2001	Renewal fee patent year 09
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	28.11.2001
	FR	28.11.2001
	GR	28.11.2001
	IT	28.11.2001
	DK	28.02.2002
	PT	28.02.2002
	SE	28.02.2002
	GB	01.03.2002
	ES	02.03.2002
	[2008/05]
Former [2006/32]	AT	28.11.2001
	FR	28.11.2001
	GR	28.11.2001
	DK	28.02.2002
	PT	28.02.2002
	SE	28.02.2002
	GB	01.03.2002
	ES	02.03.2002
Former [2004/28]	AT	28.11.2001
	GR	28.11.2001
	DK	28.02.2002
	PT	28.02.2002
	SE	28.02.2002
	GB	01.03.2002
	ES	02.03.2002
Former [2003/45]	AT	28.11.2001
	GR	28.11.2001
	DK	28.02.2002
	PT	28.02.2002
	SE	28.02.2002
	GB	01.03.2002
Former [2003/09]	AT	28.11.2001
	GR	28.11.2001
	PT	28.02.2002
	SE	28.02.2002
	GB	01.03.2002
Former [2003/01]	GR	28.11.2001
	PT	28.02.2002
	SE	28.02.2002
	GB	01.03.2002
Former [2002/49]	GR	28.11.2001
	PT	28.02.2002
	SE	28.02.2002
Former [2002/48]	PT	28.02.2002
	SE	28.02.2002
Former [2002/26]	SE	28.02.2002
Cited in	International search	[A]JP3180180 ;
		[Y]EP0353191 (CIBA GEIGY AG [CH]);
		[A]WO9009436 (CARLSBERG AS [DK], et al)
		[X] - AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, vol. 53, no. 9, 1989, pages 2335-2339, Tokyo, JP, H. TEZUKA et al.: "Construction of a beta-glucanase hyperproducing Bacillus subtilis using the cloned beta-glucanase gene and a multi-copy plasmid", see abstract, figures 1-3
		[Y] - THE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, vol. 261, no. 20, 15 July 1986, pages 9489-9494, Baltimore, MD, US, M. EDWARDS et al.: "Purification and properties of a novel xyloglucan-specific endo-(1-4)-beta-D-glucanase from germinated nasturtium seeds (Tropaeolum majus L.) (cited in the application)
		[A] - DATABASE WPIL, week 9137, Derwent Publications Ltd., London, GB, AN 91-271574 [37], & JP - A - 3180180 (AJINMOTO KK) 06.08.1991, see abstract, & JP3180180 A 00000000
		[A] - CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS DATABASE, Ohio, US, abstract no. 115(7)67183y, C. FANUTTI et al.: "A xyloglucan-oligosaccharide-specific .alpha.-D-xylosidase or exo-oligoxyloglucan-.alpha.-xylohydrolase from germinated nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus L.) seeds. Purification, properties and its interaction with a xyloglucan-specific endo-(1.fwdarw.4)-.beta.-D-glucanase and other hydrolases during storage-xyloglucan mobilization, & Planta 1991, vol. 184, no. 1, pages 137-147

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