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EP0951531 - LACTIC FERMENT COMPRISING A PARTICULAR STRAIN OF LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS AND USE THEREOF [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 04.01.2008 Database last updated on 17.08.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	04.01.2008	No opposition filed within time limit	published on 06.02.2008 [2008/06]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Bio K + International Inc. Suite 1920, 1155, rue Metcalfe Montréal Québec H3B 2V6 / CA
	[2007/09]
Former [1999/43]	For all designated states Bio K + International Inc. Suite 1920, 1155, rue Metcalfe Montréal, Québec H3B 2V6 / CA
Inventor(s)	01 / LUQUET, François-Marie 41, rue Aristide Briand F-91400 Orsay / FR
	[1999/43]
Representative(s)	Goulard, Sophie, et al Cabinet ORES 36 Rue de St Pétersbourg 75008 Paris Cedex / FR
	[N/P]
Former [2003/23]	Goulard, Sophie, et al Cabinet ORES, 36,rue de St Pétersbourg 75008 Paris Cedex / FR
Former [1999/43]	Mouget-Goniot, Claire, et al Cabinet Orès, 6, Avenue de Messine 75008 Paris / FR
Application number, filing date	97945702.5	28.11.1997
	[1999/43]
	WO1997CA00915
Priority number, date	US19960032157P	29.11.1996 Original published format: US 32157 P
	[1999/43]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9823727
	Date:	04.06.1998
	Language:	EN
	[1998/22]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0951531
	Date:	27.10.1999
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 04.06.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1999/43]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0951531
	Date:	28.02.2007
	Language:	EN
	[2007/09]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	04.06.1998
Classification	IPC:	C12N1/20, A61K35/74, A23C9/123	[1999/43]
	CPC:	A23C9/1234 (EP,US); C12N1/205 (EP,US); A61K35/747 (EP,US); C12N1/20 (EP,US); A23V2400/113 (EP,US); C12R2001/23 (EP,US); (+) Y10S435/854 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL, SE [1999/43]
Title	German:	MILCHSAÜREFERMENT DAS EIN SPEZIELLER STAMM VON LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS ENTHÄLTUND VERWENDUNG	[1999/43]
	English:	LACTIC FERMENT COMPRISING A PARTICULAR STRAIN OF LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS AND USE THEREOF	[1999/43]
	French:	FERMENT LACTIQUE CONTENANT UNE SOUCHE DE LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS ET UTILISATION DE CELUI-CI	[1999/43]
Biological material	This application mentions deposited biological material, check the file for details
Entry into regional phase	14.06.1999	National basic fee paid
	14.06.1999	Designation fee(s) paid
	14.06.1999	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	26.06.1998	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	22.06.1999	Examination requested [1999/43]
	17.06.2003	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	24.11.2003	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	02.03.2004	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	28.07.2004	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	01.04.2005	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	29.09.2005	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	29.09.2006	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	04.01.2007	Fee for grant paid
	04.01.2007	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)	EP06015760.9 / EP1728855
	EP09014543.4 / EP2159277
Opposition(s)	29.11.2007	No opposition filed within time limit [2008/06]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	18.11.1999	Renewal fee patent year 03
	21.11.2000	Renewal fee patent year 04
	29.11.2001	Renewal fee patent year 05
	28.11.2002	Renewal fee patent year 06
	20.11.2003	Renewal fee patent year 07
	30.11.2004	Renewal fee patent year 08
	23.11.2005	Renewal fee patent year 09
	23.11.2006	Renewal fee patent year 10
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Cited in	International search	[X]EP0181170 (ADVANCE KAIHATSU KENKYUSHO [JP]) [X] 1-3,14 * page 1, line 22 - page 3, line 9 * * page 12 - page 15; example 1 *;
		[A]EP0199535 (NEW ENGLAND MEDICAL CENTER INC [US]) [A] * page 1, line 3 - page 2, line 23 * * page 10, line 6 - page 11, line 12 *;
		[A]GB2261372 (REID GREGOR [CA], et al) [A] * page 4, line 21 - page 6, line 3 *;
		[A]EP0577903 (NESTLE SA [CH]) [A] * claims 1-10 *;
		[A]EP0577904 (NESTLE SA [CH]) [A] * page 2, line 16 - line 43 *;
		[X]US5516684 (SAITO YOSHIO [JP], et al) [X] 1-3,14 * column 2, line 46 - column 4, line 20 *;
		[X] - MITAL ET AL, "ANTICARCINOGENIC, HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC, AND ANTAGONISTIC ACTIVITIES OF LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS", MEDLINE, FILE SERVER STN KARLSRUHE, XP002057947 [X] 1-3,14 * abstract *
		[ ] - CRITICAL REVIEWS IN MICROBIOLOGY, (1995), vol. 21, no. 3, pages 175 - 214
		[A] - GONZALEZ ET AL, "PREVENTION OF INFANTILE DIARRHOEA BY FERMENTED MILK", MICROBIOLOGIE-ALIMENTS-NUTRITION, (1990), vol. 8, pages 349 - 354, XP002057945 [A] * page 349 * * abstract *
		[A] - NADER DE MARCIAS ET AL, "INHIBITION OF SHIGELLA SONNEI BY LACTOBACILLUS CASEI AND LACT. ACIDOPHILUS", JOURNAL OF APPLIED BACTERIOLOGY, (1992), vol. 73, pages 407 - 411, XP002057946 [A] * page 407 * * abstract *
		[A] - PERDIGON ET AL, "PREVENTION OF GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION USING IMMUNOBIOLOGICAL METHODS WITH MILK FERMENTED WITH LACTOBACILLUS CASEI AND LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS", FSTA, INTERNATIONAL FOOD INFORMATION SERVICE (IFIS), FRANFURT/MAIN, DE, XP002057948 [A] * abstract *
		[ ] - JOURNAL OF DAIRY RESEARCH, (1990), vol. 57, pages 255 - 264

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