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Publication No. EP2173197

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App No. EP08784967

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Filed by Bunge Loders Croklaan B.V.

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Filed on 2008-07-22

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Issued/Published on 2019-07-03

Official EPO Register

Publication No. EP2173197 A2

Application No. EP08784967 Filed: 2008-07-22

Grant Date 2008-07-22 Mention of grant

Active Oppositions 2 Active EPO Oppositions

Patent Abstract / Summary

Patent abstract is being processed or was not provided in English by the publishing office.

IPC Classifications

C11C3/00, C11C3/10, C12N9/20, A23L33/00, A23L33/12 A23L1/30, C11C3/00, C11C3/10, C12N9/20

Priority Claims

EP 20070252947 Date: 2007-07-25

Designated Contracting States (34 EPC States)

Austria (AT)

Belgium (BE)

Bulgaria (BG)

Switzerland (CH)

Cyprus (CY)

Czech Republic (CZ)

Germany (DE)

Denmark (DK)

Estonia (EE)

Spain (ES)

Finland (FI)

France (FR)

United Kingdom (GB)

Greece (GR)

Croatia (HR)

Hungary (HU)

Ireland (IE)

Iceland (IS)

Italy (IT)

Liechtenstein (LI)

Lithuania (LT)

Luxembourg (LU)

Latvia (LV)

Monaco (MC)

Malta (MT)

Netherlands (NL)

Norway (NO)

Poland (PL)

Portugal (PT)

Romania (RO)

Sweden (SE)

Slovenia (SI)

Slovakia (SK)

Turkey (TR)

Parties & Representation

Applicants

Bunge Loders Croklaan B.V.

Hogeweg 1, 1521 AZ Wormerveer

LODERS CROKLAAN B.V.

Hogeweg 1, 1521 AZ Wormerveer

Inventors (4)

'T ZAND, Imro

Loders Croklaan B.V., PO Box 4

BOUWER, Sietze

Lipid Nutrition B.V., NL-1520 AA Wormerveer

BHAGGAN, Krishnadath

Loders Croklaan B.V., PO Box 4

SCHMID, Ulrike

Loders Croklaan B.V., PO Box 4

Representatives / Agents

Potter Clarkson

Chapel Quarter, Mount Street

Potter Clarkson LLP

The Belgrave Centre, Talbot Street

Simpson, Mark Geoffrey

Potter Clarkson LLP Park View House 58 The Ropewalk Nottingham, NG1 5DD

Elseviers, Myriam, et al

Cargill R&D Centre Europe BVBA, Bedrijvenlaan 9

Hamer, Christopher K., et al

Mathys & Squire The Shard, 32 London Bridge Street

Key Procedural Dates

Request-For-Examination 2010-01-29

Mention Of Grant Published 2008-07-22

First-Examination-Report-Despatched 2010-07-08

Patent Oppositions

Official opposition proceedings filed against European Patent EP2173197 under EPC Article 99.

2 ACTIVE OPPONENTS

Opponent Company

Cargill, Incorporated

15407 McGinty Road West, US

Representative

Elseviers, Myriam, et al

Filing Date

2020-04-02

Opposition in Progress

Opponent Company

AAK AB

Skrivaregatan 9, SE

Representative

Hamer, Christopher K., et al

Filing Date

2020-04-03

Opposition in Progress

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2010-04-14	17P	REQUEST FOR EXAMINATION FILED	EP
2010-04-14	AK	DESIGNATED CONTRACTING STATES	EP
2010-04-14	AX	REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT	EP
2010-08-11	17Q	FIRST EXAMINATION REPORT DESPATCHED	EP
2012-08-15	DAX	REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT (DELETED)	EP
2019-01-23	RIC1	INFORMATION PROVIDED ON IPC CODE ASSIGNED BEFORE GRANT	EP
2019-02-27	INTG	INTENTION TO GRANT ANNOUNCED	EP
2019-03-27	RAP1	PARTY DATA CHANGED (APPLICANT DATA CHANGED OR RIGHTS OF AN APPLICATION TRANSFERRED)	EP
2018-12-20	REG	REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE	EP
2019-07-03	AK	DESIGNATED CONTRACTING STATES	EP
2019-07-03	REG	REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE	EP
2019-07-15	REG	REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE	EP
2019-07-25	REG	REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE	EP
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2019-07-31	REG	REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE	EP
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2020-01-31	PG25	LAPSED IN A CONTRACTING STATE [ANNOUNCED VIA POSTGRANT INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL OFFICE TO EPO]	EP
2020-02-28	PG25	LAPSED IN A CONTRACTING STATE [ANNOUNCED VIA POSTGRANT INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL OFFICE TO EPO]	EP
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2020-03-31	PG25	LAPSED IN A CONTRACTING STATE [ANNOUNCED VIA POSTGRANT INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL OFFICE TO EPO]	EP
2020-04-02	REG	REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE	EP
2020-05-01	PG25	LAPSED IN A CONTRACTING STATE [ANNOUNCED VIA POSTGRANT INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL OFFICE TO EPO]	EP
2020-05-06	26	OPPOSITION FILED	EP
2020-05-13	26	OPPOSITION FILED	EP
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2019-01-29	GRAP	DESPATCH OF COMMUNICATION OF INTENTION TO GRANT A PATENT	EP
2019-05-22	GRAS	GRANT FEE PAID	EP
2019-05-31	GRAA	(EXPECTED) GRANT	EP
2021-02-15	REG	REFERENCE TO A NATIONAL CODE	EP
2021-05-31	PG25	LAPSED IN A CONTRACTING STATE [ANNOUNCED VIA POSTGRANT INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL OFFICE TO EPO]	EP
2010-03-12	PUAI	PUBLIC REFERENCE MADE UNDER ARTICLE 153(3) EPC TO A PUBLISHED INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION THAT HAS ENTERED THE EUROPEAN PHASE	EP
2019-05-31	STAA	INFORMATION ON THE STATUS OF AN EP PATENT APPLICATION OR GRANTED EP PATENT	EP
2019-01-29	STAA	INFORMATION ON THE STATUS OF AN EP PATENT APPLICATION OR GRANTED EP PATENT	EP
2021-07-30	PG25	LAPSED IN A CONTRACTING STATE [ANNOUNCED VIA POSTGRANT INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL OFFICE TO EPO]	EP
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2020-04-03	PLBI	OPPOSITION FILED	EP
2022-05-16	PLCK	COMMUNICATION DESPATCHED THAT OPPOSITION WAS REJECTED	EP
2022-07-18	APBM	APPEAL REFERENCE RECORDED	EP
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2024-07-20	STAA	INFORMATION ON THE STATUS OF AN EP PATENT APPLICATION OR GRANTED EP PATENT	EP
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Patent & Non-Patent Citations

Cited documents and prior art referenced in search and examination reports.

32 Citations

Cited Patent Documents

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WO2009012982

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Non-Patent Scientific Literature (NPL)

WIM DE GREYT: "CHEMICAL vs ENZYMATIC INTERESTERIFICATION", IUPAC-AOCS WORKSHOP ON FATS, OILS & OILSEEDS ANALYSIES & PRODUCTION, TUNIS, TUNESIA, Tunis, Tunesia, pages 1 - 37, XP055548324, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:http://old.iupac.org/symposia/proceedings/Tunis04/degreyt-interesterification-modifieddgw.pdf> [retrieved on 20190128]

"Lipid technologies and applications", 1 January 1997, MARCEL DEKKER, article ROZENDAAL, ET AL: "Interesterification of Oils and Fats", pages: 223 - 263, XP055713212

"Bailey's Industrial Oil and Fat Products", 1 January 2005, article YUSOF BASIRON: "Palm Oil", pages: 333 - 429, XP055713216

E. DEFFENSE: "Fractionation of Palm Oil", JAOCS, vol. 62, no. 2, February 1985 (1985-02-01), pages 376 - 385, XP001629988

WIM DE GREYT: "Chemical vs Enzymatic Interesterification,", IUPAC-AOCS WORKSHOP ON FATS, OILS & OILSEEDS ANALYSES & PRODUCTION, 6 December 2004 (2004-12-06), Tunis, Tunisia, pages 1 - 37, XP055548324

FRANK D. GUNSTONE, JOHN L. HARWOOD, ALBERT J. DIJKSTRA: "The Lipid Handbook with CD-ROM, Third Edition", 2007, CRC PRESS, ISBN: 2pp, 263, 285, XP055722445, 300

JOHARI MINAL: "An Introduction to Random Interesterification of Palm Oil", PALM OIL DEVELOPMENTS, vol. 39, December 2003 (2003-12-01), pages 1 - 6, XP055722452

MARC KELLENS: "Interesterification: Process Conditions", SCI LECTURE PAPERS SERIES - LPS 114/2000, 2000, pages 1 - 3, XP055722455

M. MARTIN-LOMAS, R. MARTINEZUTRILLA, I. MARTINEZCASTRO, M. JUREZ: "Identification of Carbonyl Compounds in Transesterified Fats, Detection in Milk Fat", FETTE . SEIFEN . ANSTRICHMITTEL, vol. 83, no. 1, 1981, pages 7 - 10, XP055722456

LINSEN LIU: "How is Chemical Interesterification Initiated: Nucleophilic Substitution or a-Proton Abstraction?", JAOCS, vol. 81, no. 4, 2004, pages 331 - 337, XP055722459

ENZYMOTEC, LTD: "InFat (High 2-Palmitic Acid Vegetable Oil) GRAS Notification GENERALLY RECOGNIZED AS SAFE (GRAS) EXEMPTION CLAIM", GRAS NOTICE (GRM) NO. 192, 31 January 2006 (2006-01-31), pages 000001 - 000126, XP055722465, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:https://www.fda.gov/Food/lngredientsPackagingLabeling/GRAS/NoticeInventory/default.htm> [retrieved on 20060202]

- WIM DE GREYT: "CHEMICAL vs ENZYMATIC INTERESTERIFICATION", IUPAC-AOCS WORKSHOP ON FATS, OILS & OILSEEDS ANALYSIES & PRODUCTION, TUNIS, TUNESIA, Tunis, Tunesia, pages 1 - 37, XP055548324, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:http://old.iupac.org/symposia/proceedings/Tunis04/degreyt-interesterification-modifieddgw.pdf> [retrieved on 20190128]

- "Lipid technologies and applications", 1 January 1997, MARCEL DEKKER, article ROZENDAAL, ET AL: "Interesterification of Oils and Fats", pages: 223 - 263, XP055713212

- "Bailey's Industrial Oil and Fat Products", 1 January 2005, article YUSOF BASIRON: "Palm Oil", pages: 333 - 429, XP055713216

- E. DEFFENSE: "Fractionation of Palm Oil", JAOCS, vol. 62, no. 2, February 1985 (1985-02-01), pages 376 - 385, XP001629988

- WIM DE GREYT: "Chemical vs Enzymatic Interesterification,", IUPAC-AOCS WORKSHOP ON FATS, OILS & OILSEEDS ANALYSES & PRODUCTION, 6 December 2004 (2004-12-06), Tunis, Tunisia, pages 1 - 37, XP055548324

- FRANK D. GUNSTONE, JOHN L. HARWOOD, ALBERT J. DIJKSTRA: "The Lipid Handbook with CD-ROM, Third Edition", 2007, CRC PRESS, ISBN: 2pp, 263, 285, XP055722445, 300

- JOHARI MINAL: "An Introduction to Random Interesterification of Palm Oil", PALM OIL DEVELOPMENTS, vol. 39, December 2003 (2003-12-01), pages 1 - 6, XP055722452

- MARC KELLENS: "Interesterification: Process Conditions", SCI LECTURE PAPERS SERIES - LPS 114/2000, 2000, pages 1 - 3, XP055722455

- M. MARTIN-LOMAS, R. MARTINEZ‐UTRILLA, I. MARTINEZ‐CASTRO, M. JUÁREZ: "Identification of Carbonyl Compounds in Transesterified Fats, Detection in Milk Fat", FETTE . SEIFEN . ANSTRICHMITTEL, vol. 83, no. 1, 1981, pages 7 - 10, XP055722456

- LINSEN LIU: "How is Chemical Interesterification Initiated: Nucleophilic Substitution or a-Proton Abstraction?", JAOCS, vol. 81, no. 4, 2004, pages 331 - 337, XP055722459

- ENZYMOTEC, LTD: "InFat™ (High 2-Palmitic Acid Vegetable Oil) GRAS Notification GENERALLY RECOGNIZED AS SAFE (GRAS) EXEMPTION CLAIM", GRAS NOTICE (GRM) NO. 192, 31 January 2006 (2006-01-31), pages 000001 - 000126, XP055722465, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:https://www.fda.gov/Food/lngredientsPackagingLabeling/GRAS/NoticeInventory/default.htm> [retrieved on 20060202]

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Patent Abstract / Summary

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Priority Claims

Designated Contracting States (34 EPC States)

Parties & Representation

Applicants

Inventors (4)

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Key Procedural Dates

Patent Oppositions

Cargill, Incorporated

AAK AB

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Complete European Patent Register Dossier (148 Total Documents)

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