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EP1042964 - SWEETENER COMPOSITION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 10.03.2006 Database last updated on 05.10.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	30.03.2007	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): LU	published on 02.05.2007 [2007/18]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Ajinomoto Co., Inc. 15-1 Kyobashi 1-chome, Chuo-ku Tokyo 104-0031 / JP
	[N/P]
Former [2005/18]	For all designated states Ajinomoto Co., Inc. 15-1 Kyobashi 1-chome, Chuo-ku Tokyo 104-0031 / JP
Former [2000/41]	For all designated states Ajinomoto Co., Inc. 15-1 Kyobashi 1-chome, Chuo-ku Tokyo 104-0031 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / ISHIDA, Hirotoshi, Res. Lab., Ajinomoto Co., Inc. 1-1, Suzuki-cho, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi Kanagawa-ken 210-0801 / JP
	02 / NAGAI, Takeshi, Res. Lab., Ajinomoto Co., Inc 1-1, Suzuki-cho, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi Kanagawa-ken 210-0801 / JP
	03 / TAKEMOTO, Tadashi, Res. Lab., Ajinomoto Co., Inc. 1-1, Suzuki-cho, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi Kanagawa-ken 210-0801 / JP
	04 / SUZUKI, Yuichi, Res. Lab., Ajinomoto Co., Inc 1-1, Suzuki-cho, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi Kanagawa-ken 210-0801 0-0801 / JP
	[2000/41]
Representative(s)	Strehl Schübel-Hopf & Partner Maximilianstrasse 54 80538 München / DE
	[2000/41]
Application number, filing date	98954772.4	20.11.1998
	[2000/41]
	WO1998JP05237
Priority number, date	JP19970352729	22.12.1997 Original published format: JP 35272997
	[2000/41]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9932000
	Date:	01.07.1999
	Language:	EN
	[1999/26]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP1042964
	Date:	11.10.2000
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 01.07.1999 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2000/41]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP1042964
	Date:	04.05.2005
	Language:	EN
	[2005/18]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	01.07.1999
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	06.04.2001
Classification	IPC:	A23L1/236, C07K5/06, C07D291/06, C07K1/12	[2001/18]
	CPC:	A23L27/32 (EP,US); A23L27/30 (KR)
	Former IPC [2000/41]	A23L1/236
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, NL, PT, SE [2000/41]
Title	German:	SUESSTOFFZUSAMMENSETZUNG	[2000/41]
	English:	SWEETENER COMPOSITION	[2000/41]
	French:	COMPOSITION EDULCORANTE	[2000/41]
Entry into regional phase	29.05.2000	Translation filed
	17.07.2000	National basic fee paid
	17.07.2000	Search fee paid
	17.07.2000	Designation fee(s) paid
	17.07.2000	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	16.06.1999	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: JP
	17.07.2000	Examination requested [2000/41]
	03.11.2004	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	03.03.2005	Fee for grant paid
	03.03.2005	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	07.02.2006	No opposition filed within time limit [2006/17]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	13.11.2000	Renewal fee patent year 03
	14.11.2001	Renewal fee patent year 04
	13.11.2002	Renewal fee patent year 05
	12.11.2003	Renewal fee patent year 06
	12.11.2004	Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	AT	04.05.2005
	FI	04.05.2005
	DK	04.08.2005
	GR	04.08.2005
	SE	04.08.2005
	ES	15.08.2005
	PT	17.10.2005
	IE	21.11.2005
	LU	30.11.2005
	[2007/18]
Former [2006/49]	AT	04.05.2005
	FI	04.05.2005
	DK	04.08.2005
	GR	04.08.2005
	SE	04.08.2005
	ES	15.08.2005
	PT	17.10.2005
	IE	21.11.2005
Former [2006/14]	AT	04.05.2005
	FI	04.05.2005
	DK	04.08.2005
	GR	04.08.2005
	SE	04.08.2005
	ES	15.08.2005
	PT	17.10.2005
Former [2006/13]	AT	04.05.2005
	FI	04.05.2005
	DK	04.08.2005
	SE	04.08.2005
Former [2005/52]	FI	04.05.2005
	SE	04.08.2005
Former [2005/50]	SE	04.08.2005
Documents cited:	Search	[DX]US4158068 (LUCK ERICH [DE], et al) [DX] 1 * column 2, line 3 - line 53; example 1; claim 1 *;
		[A]EP0137326 (SEARLE & CO [US]) [A] 1-4* page 6, line 1 - line 8 *;
		[X]EP0334617 (TATE & LYLE PLC [GB]) [X] 1,4 * example 4; claims 1,7,8,12 *;
		[X]US5164214 (WILD RAINER [DE]) [X] 1 * examples 1,5; claims 1,3,14 *;
		[A]EP0514937 (AJINOMOTO KK [JP]) [A] 1-4 * page 1, line 35 - line 58; example -; claims 1-5; table 1 *;
		[X]WO9620608 (WRIGLEY W M JUN CO [US], et al) [X] 1 * page 9; examples 1,10; claims 1,4,6; table 1 *;
		[X] - LANTON B ISBN 0-905003-11-X, "Recent developments in sweetener synergies.", FOOD INDUSTRIES OF SOUTH AFRICA 1988, vol. 41, no. 2, page 23, 25, XP000991369 [X] 1 * the whole document *
		[A] - AYYA N ET AL, "Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of high-intensity sweeteners and sweetener mixtures.", CHEMICAL SENSES 1992 CORRESPONDENCE (REPRINT) ADDRESS, H. T. LAWLESS, DEP. OF FOOD SCI., CORNELL UNIV., ITHACA, NY 14853, USA, vol. 17, no. 3, pages 245 - 259, XP000991203 [A] 1-4 * page 248, paragraph 1; figures 1,2 *
	International search	[A]JPH01211468 (RUDOLF BUIRUTO GMBH & CO KG);
		[A]JPH04346769 (AJINOMOTO KK)

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