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EP About this file: EP0726317

EP0726317 - Bacillus-derived transglutaminase [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  07.03.2008
Database last updated on 19.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip02.05.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): IT
published on 04.06.2008  [2008/23]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
No. 15-1, Kyobashi 1-chome, Chuo-ku
Tokyo 104 / JP
[2007/18]
Former [1996/33]For all designated states
Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
No. 15-1, Kyobashi 1-chome, Chuo-ku
Tokyo 104 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Kobayashi, Katsunori, c/o Central Res. Lab.
Ajinomoto Co., Inc., No. 1-1, Suzuki-cho
Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken / JP
02 / Yamanaka, Shigeru, c/o Central Res. Laboratories
Ajinomoto Co., Inc., No. 1-1, Suzuki-cho
Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken / JP
03 / Miwa, Kiyoshi, c/o Central Res. Laboratories
Ajinomoto Co., Inc., No. 1-1, Suzuki-cho
Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken / JP
04 / Suzuki, Shunichi, c/o Central Res. Laboratories
Ajinomoto Co., Inc., No. 1-1, Suzuki-cho
Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken / JP
05 / Eto, Yuzuru, c/o Central Res. Laboratories
Ajinomoto Co., Inc., No. 1-1, Suzuki-cho
Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken / JP
06 / Tanita, Yuko, c/o Central Res. Laboratories
Ajinomoto Co., Inc., No. 1-1, Suzuki-cho
Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken / JP
07 / Yokozeki, Kenzo, c/o Central Res. Laboratories
Ajinomoto Co., Inc., No. 1-1, Suzuki-cho
Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken / JP
08 / Hashiguchi, Kenichi, c/o Central Res. Laboratories
Ajinomoto Co., Inc., No. 1-1, Suzuki-cho
Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken / JP
[1996/33]
Representative(s)Strehl Schübel-Hopf & Partner
Maximilianstrasse 54
80538 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [1996/33]Strehl Schübel-Hopf Groening & Partner
Maximilianstrasse 54
80538 München / DE
Application number, filing date96101905.609.02.1996
[1996/33]
Priority number, dateJP1995002196309.02.1995         Original published format: JP 2196395
JP1995022631604.09.1995         Original published format: JP 22631695
JP1996001307229.01.1996         Original published format: JP 1307296
[1996/33]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0726317
Date:14.08.1996
Language:EN
[1996/33]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0726317
Date:09.06.1999
[1999/23]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0726317
Date:02.05.2007
Language:EN
[2007/18]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP27.04.1999
ClassificationIPC:C12N15/54, C12N9/10, C12N1/21
[1996/33]
CPC:
C12N9/1044 (EP,US); C12N15/11 (KR); C12N9/88 (KR);
C12P21/00 (KR); Y10S435/839 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE [1996/33]
TitleGerman:Aus Bacillus stammende Transglutaminase[1996/33]
English:Bacillus-derived transglutaminase[1996/33]
French:Transglutaminase obtenu de Bacillus[1996/33]
Biological materialThis application mentions deposited biological material, check the file for details
Examination procedure01.12.1999Examination requested  [2000/04]
16.03.2005Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
31.05.2005Reply to a communication from the examining division
19.07.2005Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
16.11.2005Reply to a communication from the examining division
04.04.2006Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
03.08.2006Reply to a communication from the examining division
17.11.2006Communication of intention to grant the patent
22.03.2007Fee for grant paid
22.03.2007Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)05.02.2008No opposition filed within time limit [2008/15]
Fees paidRenewal fee
11.02.1998Renewal fee patent year 03
10.02.1999Renewal fee patent year 04
11.02.2000Renewal fee patent year 05
15.02.2001Renewal fee patent year 06
13.02.2002Renewal fee patent year 07
12.02.2003Renewal fee patent year 08
12.02.2004Renewal fee patent year 09
14.02.2005Renewal fee patent year 10
14.02.2006Renewal fee patent year 11
14.02.2007Renewal fee patent year 12
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT02.05.2007
BE02.05.2007
CH02.05.2007
DK02.05.2007
IT02.05.2007
LI02.05.2007
NL02.05.2007
SE02.08.2007
GR03.08.2007
ES13.08.2007
PT02.10.2007
[2008/23]
Former [2008/21]AT02.05.2007
BE02.05.2007
CH02.05.2007
DK02.05.2007
LI02.05.2007
NL02.05.2007
SE02.08.2007
GR03.08.2007
ES13.08.2007
PT02.10.2007
Former [2008/12]AT02.05.2007
BE02.05.2007
CH02.05.2007
DK02.05.2007
LI02.05.2007
NL02.05.2007
SE02.08.2007
ES13.08.2007
PT02.10.2007
Former [2008/08]AT02.05.2007
BE02.05.2007
CH02.05.2007
DK02.05.2007
LI02.05.2007
SE02.08.2007
ES13.08.2007
Former [2008/06]AT02.05.2007
BE02.05.2007
CH02.05.2007
LI02.05.2007
SE02.08.2007
ES13.08.2007
Documents cited:Search[A]EP0379606  (AJINOMOTO KK [JP], et al) [A] 1-10 * the whole document *;
 [X]EP0481504  (AMANO PHARMA CO LTD [JP], et al) [X] 1,5,6,8-10 * the whole document * * page 9, lines 20-22 *;
 [E]WO9606931  (NOVO NORDISK AS [DK], et al) [E] 1-10 * page 12, line 18 - page 14, line 4; claims 24-30 *;
 [X]  - HANLON DW ET AL., "TGL Protein", SWISSPROT DATABASE, ACCESSION NUMBER P40746, (19950201), XP002099266 [X] 1-10 * the whole document *
 [DA]  - RAMANUJAM MV, HAGEMAN JH, "Intracellular Transglutaminase (EC2.3.2.13) in a Procaryote: Evidence from Vegetative and Sporulating Cells of Bacillus Subtilis 168", FASEB JOURNAL, (1990), vol. 4, no. 7, page A2321, XP002099267 [DA] * the whole document *
 [L]  - KOBAYASHI K. ET AL, "Molecular Cloning of the Transglutaminase Gene from Bacillus subtilis and Its Expression in Escherichia coli", BIOSCI. BIOTECHNOL. BIOCHEM., (1998), vol. 62, no. 6, pages 1109 - 1114, XP002099268 [L] * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1271/bbb.62.1109
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