The patent EP2916652 was granted to Rhodia Operations on Feb 23, 2022. The application was originally filed on Nov 7, 2013 under application number EP13791775A. The patent is currently recorded with a legal status of "Patent Maintained As Amended".

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| INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORT | US2011054042 |
| INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORT | US3258326 |
| INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORT | US4381947 |
| INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORT | WO9611230 |
| OPPOSITION | JPH1112073 |
| OPPOSITION | US2006018968 |
| OPPOSITION | US2007135312 |
| OPPOSITION | US2007142519 |
| OPPOSITION | US2011054042 |
| OPPOSITION | US4883536 |
| OPPOSITION | US5489638 |
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| OPPOSITION | US7476646 |
| OPPOSITION | WO2004028686 |
| OPPOSITION | WO9104660 |
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| INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORT | - Anonymous, "Botany online: Cell Wall - Cell Walls of Algae", (20040101), URL: http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/e26/26d.htm, (20140124), XP055098294 [T] * "structural components of the cell walls of algae" * |
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