The patent EP3234197 was granted to DOW Agrosciences on Apr 24, 2024. The application was originally filed on Dec 18, 2015 under application number EP15871207A. The patent is currently recorded with a legal status of "Patent Maintained As Amended".

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| INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORT | US2014220564 |
| OPPOSITION | EP3234197 |
| OPPOSITION | WO2016100883 |
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| EXAMINATION | - Illumina, "Infinium Assay workflow", (20121011), URL: http://www.bea.ki.se/documents/workflow_infinium.pdf, (20190510), XP055587615 |
| OPPOSITION | - CHALHOUB Boulos et al., "Early allopolyploid evolution in the post-Neolithic Brassica napus oilseed genome", Science, (20140000), vol. 345, no. 6199, pages 950 - 953, XP055834898 |
| OPPOSITION | - CLARKE Wayne E., Erin E. Higgins, Joerg Plieske, Ralf Wieseke, Christine Sidebottom, Yogendra Khedikar, Jacqueline Batley, Dave Edwards, Jinling Meng, Ruiyuan Li, Cynthia Taylor Lawley, Jérôme Pauquet, Benjamin Laga, Wing Cheung, Federico Iniguez-Luy, Emmanuelle Dyrszka, Stephen Rae, Benjamin Stich, Rod J. Snowdon, Andrew G. Sharpe, Martin W. Ganal & Isobel A. P. Parkin, "A high-density SNP genotyping array for Brassica napus and its ancestral diploid species based on optimised selection of single-locus markers in the allotetraploid genome", Theor Appl Genet, (20160600), vol. 129, no. 10, pages 1887 - 1899, XP055834940 |
| OPPOSITION | - CLARKE Wayne E.et al, "Genomic DNA Enrichment Using Sequence Capture Microarrays: a Novel Approach to Discover Sequence Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNP) in Brassica napus L", PLoS ONE, (20130000), vol. 8, no. 12, pages 1 - 14 |
| OPPOSITION | - CLARKE Wayne E., Isobel A. Parkin , Humberto A. Gajardo , Daniel J. Gerhardt , Erin Higgins , Christine Sidebottom , Andrew G. Sharpe , Rod J. Snowdon , Maria L. Federico , Federico L. Iniguez-Luy, "Genomic DNA Enrichment Using Sequence Capture Microarrays: a Novel Approach to Discover Sequence Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNP) in Brassica napus L", PLoS ONE, (20130000), vol. 8, no. 12, pages 1 - 14, XP055834905 |
| OPPOSITION | - "Infinium ® Assay Workflow", Illumina, (20120000), URL: http://www.bea.ki.se/documents/workflow_infinium.pdf, XP055587615 |
| OPPOSITION | - LIU Liezhao et al, "A High-Density SNP Map for Accurate Mapping of Seed Fibre QTL in Brassica napus L", PLoS ONE, (20130000), vol. 8, no. 12, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0083052, pages 1 - 19 |
| OPPOSITION | - SHOAIB et al., "Dry Matter Yield and Forage Quality of Oat, Barley and Canola Mixture", Pak. J. Agri. Sci., (20140000), vol. 51, no. 2, pages 443 - 449, XP055834869 |
| OPPOSITION | - SLOMINSKI Bogdan A., "Nutritive Value of Canola Meal: The Dietary Fibre Story", University of Manitoba, (20150000), URL: https://www.agwest.sk.ca/IRC2015/BSIominskiCanolameal.pdf, XP055834548 |
| OPPOSITION | - SLOMINSKI Bogdan A. , Wei Jia, Anna Rogiewicz, Charles M. Nyachoti, Dave Hickling, "Low-Fiber Canola.Part 1. Chemical and Nutritive Composition of the Meal", Agric. Food Chem, (20120000), vol. 60, doi:10.1021/jf302117x, pages 12225 - 12230, XP055834501 |
| OPPOSITION | - WANG Jia, Hongju Jian, Lijuan Wei,Cunmin Qu,Xinfu Xu,Kun Lu,Wei Qian,Jiana Li,Maoteng Li,Liezhao Liu, "Genome-Wide Analysis of Seed Acid Detergent Lignin (ADL) and Hull Content in Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.)", PLoS ONE, (20151216), vol. 10, no. 12, pages 1 - 18, XP055834913 |
| OPPOSITION | - EDWARDS David, Jacqueline Batley, Rod J. Snowdon, "Accessing complex crop genomes with next-generation sequencing", Theor Appl Genet, (20120000), vol. 126, no. 1, doi:10.1007/s00122-012-1964-x, pages 1 - 11, XP035157570 |
| OPPOSITION | - ORABY et al., "Impact of suppressing the caffeic acid O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene on lignin, fiber, and seed oil composition in Brassica napus transgenic plants", Eur Food Res Technol., (20150000), vol. 240, doi:10.1007/s00217-014-2397-3, pages 931 - 938, XP055834900 |
| OPPOSITION | - SOMERS Daryl J; Rakow Gerhard; Prabhu Vinod K; Friesen Ken R D, "Identification of a major gene and RAPD markers for yellow seed coat colour in Brassica napus", Genome, (20010000), vol. 44, no. 6, doi:10.1139/gen-44-6-1077, pages 1077 - 82, XP001537076 |
| OPPOSITION | - LIU Liezhao, Cunmin Qu; Benjamin Wittkop; Bin Yi; Yang Xiao; Yajun He; Rod J Snowdon; Jiana Li, "A High-Density SNP Map for Accurate Mapping of Seed Fibre QTL in Brassica napus L", PLoS ONE, (20130000), vol. 8, no. 12, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0083052, pages 1 - 9, XP055217239 |
| SEARCH | - LEONID AKHOV ET AL, "Proanthocyanidin biosynthesis in the seed coat of yellow-seeded, canola quality Brassica napus YN01-429 is constrained at the committed step catalyzed by dihydroflavonol 4-reductaseThis paper is one of a selection of papers published in a Special Issue from the National Research Council of Canada -", BOTANY = BOTANIQUE, (20090615), vol. 87, no. 6, doi:10.1139/B09-036, ISSN 1916-2790, pages 616 - 625, XP055472407 [X] 3-6,8-11,13,15 * abstract * * the whole document * |
| SEARCH | - LIEZHAO LIU ET AL, "A High-Density SNP Map for Accurate Mapping of Seed Fibre QTL in Brassica napus L", PLOS ONE, (20131201), vol. 8, no. 12, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0083052, pages 1 - 9, XP055217239 [I] 1,2 * abstract * * the whole document * [A] 7,12,14,16 |
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