PROTEASES FROM GRAM POSITIVE ORGANISMS - Patent 1042488

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EP 1 042 488 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	25.11.1999

(43)	Date of publication:
	11.10.2000 Bulletin 2000/41

(21)	Application number: 98964092.5

(22)	Date of filing: 17.12.1998

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: C12N 15/57, C12N 15/75, C12N 1/21, C11D 3/386, A23K 1/165 // C12N9/56

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US9826/972

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 9933/959 (08.07.1999 Gazette 1999/27)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB IT LI NL SE

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Priority:

30.12.1997 GB 9727468

(71)	Applicant: Genecor International, Inc.
	Palo Alto,California 94304 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	ESTELL, David, A. San Mateo, CA 94403 (US)

(74)	Representative: Brasnett, Adrian Hugh et al
	Mewburn EllisYork House23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP London WC2B 6HP (GB)

(54)	PROTEASES FROM GRAM POSITIVE ORGANISMS