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(88) Date of publication A3: 23.10.2003 (43) Date of publication: 07.01.2004 Bulletin 2004/02 (21) Application number: 02739081.4 (22) Date of filing: 25.01.2002

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: C07H 21/04, C12N 15/00, C12N 15/63, C12N 1/20, C12P 23/00 (86) International application number: PCT/US2002/002124 (87) International publication number: WO 2002/079395 (10.10.2002 Gazette 2002/41)

(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 (30) Priority: 26.01.2001 US 264329 P 04.05.2001 US 288984 P (71) Applicant: Cargill, Incorporated Minneapolis, MN 55440-5624 (US)	(72) Inventors: DE SOUZA, Mervyn, L. St. Paul, MN 55114-1134 (US) KOLLMANN, Sherry, R. Maple Grove, MN 55369 (US) MAY, Colleen, A. Tonka Bay, MN 55331 (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)