PRODUCTION OF LUTEIN IN MICROORGANISMS - Patent 1268752

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EP 1 268 752 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	02.01.2003 Bulletin 2003/01

(21)	Application number: 01914713.1

(22)	Date of filing: 07.03.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: C12N 9/02, C12N 1/20, C12N 15/63, C07H 21/04

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0107/178

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0106/6703 (13.09.2001 Gazette 2001/37)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

07.03.2000 US 187576 P

(71)	Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
	Minneapolis, MN 55440-5624 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	DE SOUZA, Mervyn, L. Plymouth, Minnesota 55441 (US) KOLLMAN, Sherry, R. Maple Grove, MN 55369 (US) SCHROEDER, William, A. Brooklyn Park, MN 55443 (US)

(74)	Representative: Fisher, Adrian John et al
	CARPMAELS & RANSFORD43 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA London WC1A 2RA (GB)

(54)	PRODUCTION OF LUTEIN IN MICROORGANISMS