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HYBRID MUSHROOM STRAIN B14528 AND DESCENDANTS THEREOF

Publication No. EP3107375

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App No. EP15751489

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Filed by Sylvan America, Inc.

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Filed on 2015-02-20

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Issued/Published on 2025-10-29

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Publication No. EP3107375 A1

Application No. EP15751489 Filed: 2015-02-20

Grant Date 2025-10-29 Mention of grant

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Patent Abstract / Summary

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IPC Classifications

A01H15/00

Priority Claims

US 201414186478 Date: 2014-02-21

Designated Contracting States (38 EPC States)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Parties & Representation

Applicants

Sylvan America, Inc.

198 Nolte Drive, Kittanning, PA 16201

Inventors (3)

KERRIGAN, Richard

160 N. Jefferson Street, Kittanning, Pennsylvania 16201

WACH, Mark

2606 Sample Road, Allison, Pennsylvania 15101

SCHULTZ, Michelle

232 Pence Road, New Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 16242

Representatives / Agents

Forresters IP LLP

Skygarden, Erika-Mann-Straße 11

Donald, Jenny Susan

Forresters, Skygarden

Carpmaels & Ransford LLP

One Southampton Row, London WC1B 5HA

Key Procedural Dates

Request-For-Examination 2016-07-21

Mention Of Grant Published 2025-10-29

First-Examination-Report-Despatched 2018-10-09

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Patent & Non-Patent Citations

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

10 Citations

Cited Patent Documents

WO2012008969 2012-01-19

Espacenet

US2002059655 2002-05-16

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US2010154079 2010-06-17

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CA2694598 2010-08-25

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Non-Patent Scientific Literature (NPL)

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- D1 - Biological Deposit Receipt and Viability Statement for B14528 filed on 10 October 2016

- D2 - Notice from the European Patent Office dated 7 July 2010 (OJ EPO 2010, 498)

- SYLVAN: "Sylvan locations", HTTPS://WWW.SYLVAN.BIO, SYLVAN, 30 July 2026 (2026-07-30), pages 1 - 4, XP093421902, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:https://www.sylvan.bio/sylvan-locations>

- D4 - Notice dated 1 October 1996 concerning the main amendments to Rules 28 and 28a EPC (OJ EPO 1996, 596)

- D5 - Declaration summited on T 2542/12

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EP	EP3107375A4	A4	2017-07-05	Espacenet
EP	EP3107375B1	B1	2025-10-29	Espacenet
AU	AU2015218870A1	A1	2016-07-07	Espacenet
AU	AU2015218870B2	B2	2020-04-30	Espacenet
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ES	ES3059228T3	T3	2026-03-19	Espacenet
MX	MX2016010498A	A	2017-02-28	Espacenet
PL	PL3107375T3	T3	2026-03-02	Espacenet
US	US9017988B1	B1	2015-04-28	Espacenet
WO	WO2015127195A1	A1	2015-08-27	Espacenet
ZA	ZA201605287B	B	2017-09-27	Espacenet

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Amycel, Inc.

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