The patent EP3411057 was granted to Fresenius Kabi Deutschland on Dec 20, 2023. The application was originally filed on Feb 3, 2017 under application number EP17702403A. The patent is currently recorded with a legal status of "Patent Maintained As Amended".

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| Citation Phase | Publication Number |
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| DESCRIPTION | DE102010060564 |
| INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORT | CA967053 |
| INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORT | CZ27640U |
| INTERNATIONAL-SEARCH-REPORT | WO2015095542 |
| OPPOSITION | DE102010060564 |
| OPPOSITION | JP2001061444 |
| OPPOSITION | JP2008247748 |
| OPPOSITION | US6383534 |
| OPPOSITION | WO2005023017 |
| OPPOSITION | WO2005092120 |
| OPPOSITION | WO2016177775 |
| OPPOSITION | WO9522909 |
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| Citation Phase | Reference Text |
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| OPPOSITION | - Dairy Export Council U S, "Nutritional composition of skim milk powder", Reference Manual for U.S. Milk powders, (20050000), page 41 |
| OPPOSITION | - Dairy Export Council U S, "Nutritional composition of skim milk powder", Reference Manual for U.S. Milk powders, (20050000), page 41, XP055534136 |
| OPPOSITION | - Dried dairy ingredients, Karen Smith, Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research, May 15, 2008 |
| OPPOSITION | - Patel Kamlesh C et al, "The Temperature Uniformity During Air Drying of a Colloidal Liquid Droplet", Drying Technology, (20050000), vol. 23, pages 2337 - 2367 |
| OPPOSITION | - Polymerdatabase.com: Molecular weight and molecular weight distribution https://polymerdatabase.com/polymer%20physics/Molecular%20Weight.html |
| OPPOSITION | - The Food Energy Value of Polyols, European Association of Polyol Producers https://polyols-eu.org/wpcontent/uploads/Food_energy_value_of_polyols.pdf#:~:text=The%20Food%20Energy%20Value%20of%20Polyols%20The%20Food,The%20energy%20value% 20for%20sugar%20is%2017kJ%2Fgram%20%284kcal%2Fgram%29 |
| OPPOSITION | - Wikipedia: Molar mass distributionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molar mass distribution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molar_mass_distribution |
| OPPOSITION | - Patel Kamlesh C., Chen Xiao Dong, Kar Saptarshi, "The Temperature Uniformity During Air Drying of a Colloidal Liquid Droplet", Drying Technology, (20050000), vol. 23, pages 2337 - 2367, XP055845809 |
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