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HYDROLYSED COLLAGEN FOR USE IN IN AMELIORATING HYPERGLYCAEMIA OR A RISK FACTOR FOR HYPERGLYCAEMIA AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING IT

Publication No. EP4498839

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App No. EP23730777

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Filed by Rousselot BV

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Filed on 2023-06-02

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Issued/Published on 2025-12-17

Official EPO Register

Publication No. EP4498839 A1

Application No. EP23730777 Filed: 2023-06-02

Grant Date 2025-12-17 Mention of grant

Active Oppositions 1 Active EPO Oppositions

Patent Abstract / Summary

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

IPC Classifications

A61K38/01, A23L33/18, A61P3/10, A61K38/39, A23L33/28 A23L33/18, A61P3/10, A61K38/39, A23L33/28

Priority Claims

BE 20220005427 Date: 2022-06-02

Designated Contracting States (39 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 ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

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Applicants

Rousselot BV

Meulestedekaai 81, 9000 Gent

Inventors (5)

CALLEMIN, Kristof Robert

9000 GENT

GEVAERT, Elien Monique

9000 GENT

GOES, Arne

9000 GENT

PRAWITT, Janne

9000 GENT

VLEMINCKX, Sara

9000 GENT

Representatives / Agents

EP&C

P.O. Box 3241, 2280 GE Rijswijk

Hoeger, Stellrecht & Partner Patentanwälte mbB

Uhlandstrasse 14c, 70182 Stuttgart

Key Procedural Dates

Request-For-Examination 2024-10-29

Mention Of Grant Published 2025-12-17

First-Examination-Report-Despatched 2025-03-25

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Non-Patent Scientific Literature (NPL)

- SHAN HE; CHRIS FRANCO; WEI ZHANG: "Process optimisation and physicochemical characterisation of enzymatic hydrolysates of proteins from co‐products of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) and Yellowtail Kingfish (Seriola lalandi)", INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, vol. 47, no. 11, 8 August 2012 (2012-08-08), GB , pages 2397 - 2404, XP071855932, ISSN: 0950-5423, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2012.03115.x * p. 2397-2404 *

- NOVONESIS: "Flavourzyme", HTTPS://WWW.NOVONESIS.COM, NOVOZYMES A/S, PART OF NOVONESIS GROUP, 18 September 2026 (2026-09-18), pages 1 - 5, XP093437157, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:https://www.novonesis.com/en/biosolutions/food-and-beverages/other-foods/animal-co-products/flavourzyme> * pages 1 to 4 *

- SAHA, B.C. HAYASHI, K.: "Debittering of protein hydrolyzates", BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES, vol. 19, no. 5, 1 September 2001 (2001-09-01), GB , pages 355 - 370, XP004319701, ISSN: 0734-9750, DOI: 10.1016/S0734-9750(01)00070-2 * p. 355-370 *

- CHOONPICHARN SADABPONG; JATURASITHA SANCHAI; RAKARIYATHAM NUANSRI; SUREE NUTTEE; NIAMSUP HATAICHANOKE: "Antioxidant and antihypertensive activity of gelatin hydrolysate from Nile tilapia skin", JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, vol. 52, no. 5, 25 September 2014 (2014-09-25), IN, pages 3134 - 3139, XP035483386, ISSN: 0022-1155, DOI: 10.1007/s13197-014-1581-6 * p. 3134-3139 *

- OLUGBENGA P SOLADOYE: "Antioxidant and Angiotensin 1 Converting Enzyme Inhibitory Functions from Chicken Collagen Hydrolysates", JOURNAL OF NUTRITION & FOOD SCIENCES, vol. 05, no. 03, XP055324636, DOI: 10.4172/2155-9600.1000369 * p. 1-9 *

- BORRAJO PAULA, LÓPEZ-PEDROUSO MARÍA, FRANCO DANIEL, PATEIRO MIRIAN, LORENZO JOSÉ M.: "Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activity of Porcine Liver Hydrolysates Using Flavourzyme", APPLIED SCIENCES, vol. 10, no. 11, 1 June 2020 (2020-06-01), CH, pages 3950 - 3950-14, XP093437160, ISSN: 2076-3417, DOI: 10.3390/app10113950 * p. 1-14 *

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HYDROLYSED COLLAGEN FOR USE IN IN AMELIORATING HYPERGLYCAEMIA OR A RISK FACTOR FOR HYPERGLYCAEMIA AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING IT

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