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EP0957173 - PROCESS FOR PREPARING FAT OR OIL CONTAINING UNSATURATED FATTY ACID [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Patent maintained as amended Status updated on 10.03.2017 Database last updated on 11.05.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	25.04.2019	Deletion: Despatch of communication that patent is revoked
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Suntory Holdings Limited 1-40, Dojimahama 2-chome, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi Osaka 530-8203 / JP
	[2009/30]
Former [1999/46]	For all designated states SUNTORY LIMITED 1-40, Dojimahama 2-chome, Kita-ku Osaka-shi, Osaka 530-8203 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / HIGASHIYAMA, Kenichi 1-9-5-602, Yamazaki,Shimamoto-cho Mishima-gun, Osaka 618 / JP
	02 / AKIMOTO, Kengo 2-75-404, Idasugiyama-cho, Hakahara-ku Kawsaki-shi, Kanagawa, 211-0036 / JP
	03 / SHIMIZU, Sakayu 6-9, Tokiwayamashita-cho,Ukyo-ku Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 616 / JP
	[2005/45]
Former [1999/46]	01 / HIGASHIYAMA, Kenichi 1-9-5-602, Yamazaki,Shimamoto-cho Mishima-gun, Osaka 618 / JP
	02 / AKIMOTO, Kengo 1-9-5-1006, Yamazaki,Shimamoto-cho Mishima-gun, Osaka 618 / JP
	03 / SHIMIZU, Sakayu 6-9, Tokiwayamashita-cho,Ukyo-ku Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 616 / JP
Representative(s)	Stoner, Gerard Patrick, et al Mewburn Ellis LLP City Tower 40 Basinghall Street London EC2V 5DE / GB
	[2017/15]
Former [1999/46]	Stoner, Gerard Patrick, et al MEWBURN ELLIS York House 23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP / GB
Application number, filing date	97937813.0	27.08.1997
	[1999/46]
	WO1997JP02989
Priority number, date	JP19960230210	30.08.1996 Original published format: JP 23021096
	[1999/46]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9808967
	Date:	05.03.1998
	Language:	EN
	[1998/09]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0957173
	Date:	17.11.1999
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 05.03.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1999/46]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0957173
	Date:	22.09.2004
	Language:	EN
	[2004/39]
	Type:	B2 New European patent specification
	No.:	EP0957173
	Date:	12.04.2017
	Language:	EN
	[2017/15]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	05.03.1998
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	20.12.1999
Classification	IPC:	C12P7/64, // (C12P7/64, C12R1:645)	[2017/15]
	CPC:	C12P7/6472 (EP,US); C12P7/64 (EP,KR,US); A23D9/00 (EP,US); A23K20/158 (EP,US); A23L33/12 (EP,US); A23L33/40 (EP,US); (+) A23V2002/00 (EP,US); Y10S426/801 (EP,US); Y10S426/807 (EP,US) (-)
	C-Set:	A23V2002/00, A23V2250/54252, A23V2250/1874, A23V2250/1868, A23V2250/1862, A23V2250/187, A23V2250/612, A23V2250/28, A23V2250/70, A23V2250/156 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [1999/46]	C12P7/64, // (C12P7/64, C12R1:645)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [2017/15]
Former [1999/46]	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE
Title	German:	VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON UNGESÄTTIGTE FETTSÄUREN ENTHALTENDEM FETT ODER ÖL	[1999/46]
	English:	PROCESS FOR PREPARING FAT OR OIL CONTAINING UNSATURATED FATTY ACID	[1999/46]
	French:	PROCEDE DE FABRICATION DE GRAISSE OU D'HUILE CONTENANT UN ACIDE GRAS INSATURE	[2004/10]
	Former [1999/46]	PROCEDE DE FABRICATION DE GRAISSE OU D'HUILE CONTENANT UN ACIDE GRAS NON SATURE
Entry into regional phase	23.03.1999	Translation filed
	23.03.1999	National basic fee paid
	23.03.1999	Search fee paid
	23.03.1999	Designation fee(s) paid
	23.03.1999	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	20.02.1998	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: JP
	23.03.1999	Examination requested [1999/46]
	01.03.2002	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	18.10.2002	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time
	30.12.2002	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	08.07.2003	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	25.09.2003	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	16.02.2004	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	21.06.2004	Fee for grant paid
	21.06.2004	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)	EP04012292.1 / EP1454990
Opposition(s)	Opponent(s)	01 22.06.2005 19.11.2014 WITHDRAWN DSM IP Assets B.V. Het Overloon 1 6411 TE Heerlen / NL Opponent's representative Elkenbracht, Johan Christiaan DSM Intellectual Property P.O. Box 4 6100 AA Echt / NL
		02 22.06.2005 19.11.2014 WITHDRAWN Martek Bioscience Corp. 6480 Dobbin Rd. Columbia MD 21045 / US Opponent's representative Mercer, Christopher Paul Carpmaels & Ransford LLP One Southampton Row London WC1B 5HA / GB
		[2015/02]
	Former [2009/51]
	Opponent(s)	01 22.06.2005 21.09.2005 ADMISSIBLE DSM IP Assets B.V. Het Overloon 1 6411 TE Heerlen / NL Opponent's representative Elkenbracht, Johan Christiaan DSM Intellectual Property Office Delft PP 600-0240 P.O. Box 1 2600 MA Delft / NL
		02 22.06.2005 21.09.2005 ADMISSIBLE Martek Bioscience Corp. 6480 Dobbin Rd. Columbia MD 21045 / US Opponent's representative Mercer, Christopher Paul Carpmaels & Ransford 43-45 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA / GB
	Former [2009/38]
	Opponent(s)	01 22.06.2005 21.09.2005 ADMISSIBLE DSM IP Assets B.V. Het Overloon 1 6411 TE Heerlen / NL Opponent's representative Elkenbracht, Johan Christiaan DSM Intellectual Property Office Delft PP 600-0240 P.O. Box 1 2600 MA Delft / NL
		02 22.06.2005 21.09.2005 ADMISSIBLE Martek Bioscience Corp. 6480 Dobbin Rd. Columbia MD 21045 / US Opponent's representative Mercer, Christopher Paul Carpmaels & Ransford 43-45 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA / GB
	Former [2005/34]
	Opponent(s)	01 22.06.2005 DSM IP Assets B.V. Het Overloon 1 6411 TE HEERLEN / NL Opponent's representative Elkenbracht, Johan Christiaan DSM Intellectual Property Office Delft PP 600-0240 P.O. Box 1 2600 MA Delft / NL
		02 22.06.2005 Martek Bioscience Corp. 6480 Dobbin Rd. Columbia MD 21045 / US Opponent's representative Mercer, Christopher Paul Carpmaels & Ransford, 43-45 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA / GB
	26.09.2005	Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
	10.08.2006	Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
	09.04.2008	Date of oral proceedings
	06.06.2008	Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
	06.06.2008	Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked
	23.12.2014	Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M06)
	24.06.2015	Reply to a communication from the opposition division
	26.10.2015	Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M04)
	07.03.2016	Reply to a communication from the opposition division
	25.07.2016	Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition
	04.08.2016	Legal effect of interlocutory decision in opposition
	21.11.2016	Despatch of communication that the patent will be maintained as amended
	24.02.2017	Fee for printing new specification paid
Appeal following opposition	06.08.2008	Appeal received No. T1540/08
	16.10.2008	Statement of grounds filed
	12.10.2011	Result of appeal procedure: continuation of opposition procedure
	13.10.2011	Date of oral proceedings
	19.10.2011	Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched
Petition(s) for review:	16.05.2012	Petition for review received
		Number: R0007/12
		for appeal No. T1540/08-3304
		Petitioner: OP01
	06.12.2013	Decision: Rejection of petition for review.
	16.05.2012	Petition for review received
		Number: R0008/12
		for appeal No. T1540/08-3304
		Petitioner: OP02
	06.12.2013	Decision: Rejection of petition for review.
	06.12.2013	Date of oral proceedings
Request for further processing for:	30.12.2002	Request for further processing filed
	30.12.2002	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	30.01.2003	Decision despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	23.08.1999	Renewal fee patent year 03
	22.08.2000	Renewal fee patent year 04
	22.08.2001	Renewal fee patent year 05
	22.08.2002	Renewal fee patent year 06
	22.08.2003	Renewal fee patent year 07
	14.07.2004	Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	LU	27.08.2007
	MC	31.08.2007
	[2010/05]
Former [2008/23]	MC	31.08.2007
Documents cited:	Search	[A]EP0269351 (LION CORP [JP]) [A] 1* example 2; claim - *;
		[A] - SHINMEN, YOSHIFUMI ET AL, "Production of arachidonic acid by Mortierella fungi. Selection of a potent producer and optimization of culture conditions for large-scale production", CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS, (19890814), vol. 111, no. 7, Database accession no. 55750, XP002124927 [A] 1 * abstract *
	International search	[A]EP0252716 (SUNTORY LTD [JP]);
		[A]JPH01304892 (SUNTORY LTD)
		[X] - APPL. MICROBIOL. BIOTECHNOL., 1989, Vol. 31, No. 1, SHINMEN YOSHIFUMI et al., "Production of Arachidonic Acid by Mortierella Fungi", pages 11-16.
	Examination	WO9213086
	Opposition	WO9621037
		- SHIMIZU S. ET AL, "Occurence of a Novel Sterol, 24.25-Methylenecholest-5-en-3ß-ol, in Mortierella alpina 1S-4", LIPIDS, (1992), vol. 27, no. 6, pages 481 - 483

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